MTV Unplugged – Summer Solstice

MTV Unplugged – Summer Solstice is a live album by the Norwegian band a-ha. The album was released on 6 October 2017 as part of the MTV Unplugged TV series. It was recorded live at the Harbour Hall at Ocean Sound Recordings in Giske, Norway, on 22 and 23 June 2017.[1]

MTV Unplugged – Summer Solstice
Live album by
a-ha
Released6 October 2017 (2017-10-06)
StudioOcean Sound Recordings, Giske, Norway
Label
Producer
A-ha chronology
Time and Again: The Ultimate a-ha
(2016)		 MTV Unplugged – Summer Solstice
(2017)
Singles from MTV Unplugged – Summer Solstice
  1. "This Is Our Home"
    Released: 8 September 2017 (2017-09-08)
  2. "The Sun Always Shines on TV"
    Released: 15 September 2017 (2017-09-15)
  3. "The Living Daylights"
    Released: 22 September 2017 (2017-09-22)
  4. "Take On Me"
    Released: 29 September 2017 (2017-09-29)

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number six on the UK Albums Chart, selling 6,982 units in its first week and becoming a-ha's seventh top 10 album in the United Kingdom.[2]

Track listing

All tracks produced by Lars Horntveth; except "Take On Me" produced by a-ha and Martin Terefe.

Disc 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."This Is Our Home" (previously unreleased)Magne Furuholmen5:05
2."Lifelines" (from Lifelines (2002))Furuholmen5:18
3."I've Been Losing You" (featuring Lissie) (from Scoundrel Days (1986))Paul Waaktaar-Savoy5:05
4."Analogue (All I Want)" (from Analogue (2005))Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen, Max Martin4:44
5."The Sun Always Shines on TV" (featuring Ingrid Helene Håvik) (from Hunting High and Low (1985))Waaktaar-Savoy4:28
6."A Break in the Clouds" (previously unreleased)Waaktaar-Savoy4:54
7."Foot of the Mountain" (from Foot of the Mountain (2009))Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen, Martin Terefe5:27
8."Stay on These Roads" (from Stay on These Roads (1988))Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen, Morten Harket6:18
9."This Alone Is Love" (from Stay on These Roads (1988))Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen6:07
10."Over the Treetops" (from Analogue (2005))Waaktaar-Savoy6:43
11."Forever Not Yours" (from Lifelines (2002))Furuholmen, Harket, Ole Sverre-Olsen4:07
Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sox of the Fox" (Bridges cover version)Waaktaar-Savoy7:18
2."Scoundrel Days" (featuring Ian McCulloch) (from Scoundrel Days (1986))Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen4:56
3."The Killing Moon" (featuring Ian McCulloch) (Echo & the Bunnymen cover version)Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson, Pete de Freitas5:55
4."Summer Moved On" (featuring Alison Moyet) (from Minor Earth Major Sky (2000))Waaktaar-Savoy5:30
5."Memorial Beach" (from Memorial Beach (1993))Waaktaar-Savoy4:32
6."Living a Boy's Adventure Tale" (from Hunting High and Low (1985))Waaktaar-Savoy, Harket5:36
7."Manhattan Skyline" (from Scoundrel Days (1986))Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen5:48
8."The Living Daylights" (from Stay on These Roads (1988))Waaktaar-Savoy, John Barry5:49
9."Hunting High and Low" (from Hunting High and Low (1985))Waaktaar-Savoy5:57
10."Take On Me" (from Hunting High and Low (1985))Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen, Harket4:14

Notes
  • The song "Sox of the Fox" was originally recorded as "The Vacant" on the 1980 album Fakkeltog[3] by the band Bridges (previous band of Paul Waaktaar-Savoy and Magne Furuholmen and for whom the former was its lead singer at the time).
  • The song "Killing Moon", performed by a-ha and Ian McCulloch, is originally from Echo and the Bunnymen's album, Ocean Rain, released in 1984.

Musicians

a-ha

Additional musicians

Guest artists

Charts
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  3. Lyrics FAKKELTOG by Bridges
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