Wild Seed (album)

Wild Seed is the second studio album and first English-language album by Norwegian pop singer Morten Harket. The album was released on 4 September 1995 through Warner Bros. Records. After a-ha went on a hiatus in 1994, Harket began recording Wild Seed with British record producer Christopher Neil, who previously worked with the band on their fourth studio album, East of the Sun, West of the Moon (1990). Wild Seed charted at number one in Norway and at number 89 in the United Kingdom. It has since sold 160.000 copies in Norway.[1]

Wild Seed
Studio album by Morten Harket
Released	4 September 1995
Recorded	1994–95 in Trondheim and Oslo, Norway; and Oxfordshire and London, England
Genre	Pop rock, alternative rock
Length	49:56
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Christopher Neil
Morten Harket chronology
Poetenes Evangelium (1993) Wild Seed (1995) Vogts Villa (1996)
Singles from Wild Seed
"A Kind of Christmas Card" Released: 1995 "Spanish Steps" Released: 1995 "Los Angeles" Released: 1996

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Guardian	[3]

Upon its release, Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian commented: "The A-ha frontman's solo debut reveals that, all this time, a poet's soul dwelt beneath that camera-pleasing exterior. Harket's brooding balladry calls to mind John Martyn and his sultry like, with a touch of Leonard Cohen in his low voice on "Brodsky Tune". If he's not as gifted a lyricist, he's got a lovely grasp of the rhythm of language."[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"A Kind of Christmas Card"	Håvard Rem	Morten Harket	4:06
2.	"Spanish Steps"	Rem, Harket, Torstein Flakne	Flakne	4:07
3.	"Half in Love Half in Hate"	Ole Sverre Olsen	Harket	4:45
4.	"Brodsky Tune"	Joseph Brodsky, Harket	Harket	4:23
5.	"Wild Seed"	Harket	Harket	4:48
6.	"Los Angeles"	Rem	Harket	4:26
7.	"East Timor"	Henning Kramer Dahl, Rem, Harket	Geir Kolbu	4:12
8.	"Lay Me Down Tonight"	Rem, Harket	Harket	2:17
9.	"Tell Me What You See"	Rem, Harket	Harket	4:50
10.	"Stay"	Rem, Harket	Harket	3:29
11.	"Lord"	Rem	Harket	3:46
12.	"Ready to Go Home"	Andrew Gold, Graham Gouldman	Gold, Gouldman	4:33

Japanese bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"A Change Is Gonna Come"	Sam Cooke	5:56

South Korean bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Can't Take My Eyes Off You"	Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio	3:46

• "Brodsky Tune" lyrics from the poem "Bosnia Tune" by Joseph Brodsky, chorus by Morten Harket.
• "Lay Me Down Tonight", "Tell Me What You See" and "Stay" are based on a Norwegian poem by Håvard Rem.

References

1. "Siste.no har flyttet til frifagbevegelse.no". Ba.no. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
2. "Wild Seed - Morten Harket | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
3. Sullivan, Caroline (8 September 1995). "Your essential guide to the week's CD releases". The Guardian.