a-ha – Minor Earth, Major Sky

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Label:	WEA – none
Format:	CDr , Album, Promo , Press Pack CDr , CD-ROM
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Released:	2000
Genre:	Pop
Style:	Pop Rock

Tracklist

CD-1		Minor Earth, Major Sky Drums – Frode Unneland Mixed By – Niven Garland Written-By – Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
CD-2		Little Black Heart Bass – Sven Lindvall Mixed By – Niven Garland Written-By – Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
CD-3		Velvet Drums – Per Lindvall Mixed By – Niven Garland Vocals [Additional] – Simone Larsen Written-By – Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
CD-4		Summer Moved On Mixed By – Boogieman Written-By – Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
CD-5		The Sun Never Shone That Day Mixed By – Niven Garland Written-By – Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
CD-6		To Let You Win Mixed By – Boogieman Music By – Morten Harket Words By – Håvard Rem
CD-7		The Company Man Drums – Frode Unneland Mixed By – Niven Garland Written-By – Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
CD-8		Thought That It Was You Mixed By – Niven Garland Music By – Morten Harket Words By – Ole Sverre Olsen
CD-9		I Wish I Cared Mixed By – Niven Garland Written-By – Magne Furuholmen
CD-10		Barely Hanging On Drums – Per Lindvall Mixed By – Niven Garland Written-By – Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
CD-11		You'll Never Get Over Me Drums – Per Hillestad Mixed By – Niven Garland Strings – Vertavo Quartet Vocals [Additional] – Lauren Savoy Written-By – Paul Waaktaar-Savoy Drums – Per Hillestad Mixed By – Niven Garland Strings – Vertavo Quartet Vocals [Additional] – Lauren Savoy Written-By – Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
CD-12		I Won't Forget Her Mixed By – Niven Garland Written-By – Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
CD-13		Mary Ellen Makes The Moment Count Bass – Sven Lindvall Drums – Per Lindvall Mixed By – Niven Garland Written-By – Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
		Bonus CD-ROM
CD-ROM-1		Biography
CD-ROM-2		Images Gallery
CD-ROM-3		Discography
CD-ROM-4		Interview
CD-ROM-5		Video Greeting

Credits

Arranged By [Strings] – Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
Co-producer – a-ha
Concertmaster – Atle Sponberg
Directed By – Kjetil Bjerkestrand
Engineer [Additional] – Ulf Holand
Producer – Roland Spremberg
Strings – Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra*
Technician [Pro Tools Operator] – Jon Marius Aareskjold

Notes

Place of recording: The Alabaster Room, Rainbow Studios, Boogie Park Studios
Time of recording: 1998-2000

On March, a-ha will release the single "Summer Moved On", to be followed by the album "Minor Earth, Major Sky" on April. This is the first new music from the Norwegian trio since 1993, and marks the beginning of a new chapter in the a-ha saga.
After having enjoyed massive international success in the 1980's, the three of a-ha - Morten Harket, Pål Waaktaar, Magne Furuholmen - spent much of the following decade working on individual projects, ranging from Furuholmen's acclaimed paintings to Waaktaar's band with his wife, Lauren Savoy. "We needed to establish ourselves on our ", the band says of the time spent apart from each other.
Having done just that, the three now bring a whole range of new elements and qualities to "Minor Earth, Major Sky". While their melodies and arrangements are as lush and majestic as ever, the band's growth and evolution is evident in ways both subtle and obvious throughout the album's x songs.
"Having had the sort of success we've had, we don't really have anything to prove in the commercial sense," feels Morten Harket. "Rather, this is finally proving what we're capable of as artists and musicians. And the astonishing thing is that, in every way you could think of, we're simply better than ever..."

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	Minor Earth \| Major Sky (CD, Album)	WEA	8573 82183-2	Europe	2000
Recently Edited	Minor Earth \| Major Sky = 天地知我心 (CD, Album, Slipcase)	Warner Music Taiwan	8573 82183-2	Taiwan	2000
Recently Edited	Minor Earth \| Major Sky (CD, Album, Enhanced)	WEA	WPCR-10688	Japan	2000
	Minor Earth, Major Sky (CD, Album, Promo)	WEA	PROP05125	Europe	2000
Recently Edited	Minor Earth \| Major Sky (CD, Album)	WEA	857382183-2	Brazil	2000