Analogue (album)

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Analogue
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Studio album by
A-ha
Released4 November 2005
RecordedFebruary – July 2005
Studio
  • The Alabaster Box, New York City, USA
  • Ocean Way, Nashville, USA
  • Rainbow, Oslo, Norway
  • My Home Studio, Oslo, Norway
  • Kensal Town Studios, West London, UK
  • Assault & Battery, London
  • Townhouse, London
  • Maratone, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Mono Music, Stockholm, Sweden
Length54:43
Label Polydor (#98746998)
Producer Martin Terefe, A-ha, Max Martin, Michael Ilbert, George Tanderø, Kjetil Bjerkestrand
A-ha chronology
Lifelines
(2002)		Analogue
(2005)		 Foot of the Mountain
(2009)
Singles from Analogue
  1. "Celice"
    Released: 7 October 2005
  2. "Birthright"
    Released: 28 October 2005
  3. "Analogue (All I Want)"
    Released: 23 January 2006
  4. "Cosy Prisons"
    Released: 17 April 2006
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Analogue is the eighth studio album by the Norwegian band A-ha, released in 2005. It is a-ha's first album on Polydor Records (Universal), having previously been signed to Warner Music. Four singles were also released from this record. The album's second single, "Analogue (All I Want)" became the group's first top 10 hit on the UK Singles Chart since "Stay on These Roads" (1988). The album reached No. 24 in the UK and got silver certification there.

Contents

Background and recording

The song "Analogue (All I Want)" was originally a song called "Minor Key Sonata (Analogue)", which (like the rest of the album) was produced by Martin Terefe and mixed by Flood. Max Martin was then brought in to turn "Minor Key Sonata (Analogue)" into a more radio-friendly song, with a less surreal lyric and catchier chorus. The song was then re-written as "Analogue (All I Want)" and re-recorded, and is the only track on the album not produced by Terefe. Upon its release as a single, it became the band's first top 10 hit in the UK since 1988.

The non-album B-side to "Analogue (All I Want)", "Case Closed on Silver Shore", was also produced during the Analogue sessions by Terefe, and mixed by Flood. It was written by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy.

The lead vocal on "The Summers of Our Youth" is by Furuholmen (the second time on an A-ha release), with Harket joining him on the chorus.

On the live version of "Holyground", Waaktaar-Savoy plays an omnichord.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicProducer(s)Length
1."Celice" Magne Furuholmen Furuholmen, Martin Terefe Terefe, A-ha3:41
2."Don't Do Me Any Favours"FuruholmenFuruholmenTerefe, A-ha3:51
3."Cosy Prisons"FuruholmenFuruholmenTerefe, A-ha, George Tanderø [a] 4:08
4."Analogue (All I Want)" Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Max Martin Waaktaar-Savoy, Martin, FuruholmenMartin, Michael Ilbert, A-ha3:48
5."Birthright"FuruholmenFuruholmen, TerefeTerefe, A-ha3:45
6."Holy Ground" Morten Harket, Nick Whitecross, Ole Sverre OlsenHarketTerefe, A-ha, Kjetil Bjerkestrand [a] 4:00
7."Over the Treetops"Waaktaar-SavoyWaaktaar-SavoyTerefe, A-ha4:24
8."Halfway Through the Tour"Waaktaar-SavoyWaaktaar-SavoyTerefe, A-ha7:26
9."A Fine Blue Line"FuruholmenFuruholmenTerefe, A-ha4:09
10."Keeper of the Flame"Waaktaar-SavoyWaaktaar-SavoyTerefe, A-ha3:58
11."Make It Soon"Olsen, HarketOlsen, HarketTerefe, A-ha3:21
12."White Dwarf"Waaktaar-SavoyWaaktaar-SavoyTerefe, A-ha4:24
13."The Summers of Our Youth"FuruholmenFuruholmenTerefe, A-ha, Tanderø [a] 3:56
iTunes Store bonus tracks [2]
No.TitleLyricsMusicProducer(s)Length
14."Celice" (Thomas Schumacher remix edit)FuruholmenFuruholmen, TerefeTerefe, A-ha, Thomas Schumacher [b] , Stephan Bodzin [b] 3:22
15."Celice" (Boris Dlugosch remix edit)FuruholmenFuruholmen, TerefeTerefe, A-ha, Boris Dlugosch [b] , Michi Lange [b] 3:51

Personnel

A-ha

Additional musicians

Technical and Design

Charts

Chart performance for Analogue
Chart (2005–2006)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [3] 18
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [4] 98
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [5] 63
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [6] 50
European Albums ( Billboard ) [7] 16
French Albums (SNEP) [8] 60
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] 6
Greek International Albums (IFPI) [10] 23
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [11] 1
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [12] 27
Scottish Albums (OCC) [13] 20
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [14] 21
UK Albums (OCC) [15] 24

Certifications

Certifications for Analogue
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [16] Silver60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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