Ending on a High Note: The Final Concert

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Ending on a High Note:
The Final Concert
A-ha Ending on a High Note cover.jpg
Live album by
A-ha
Released1 April 2011
Recorded3–4 December 2010
Venue Oslo Spektrum, Oslo
Label
A-ha chronology
25
(2010)		Ending on a High Note:
The Final Concert
(2011)		 Cast in Steel
(2015)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Ending on a High Note: The Final Concert is a live album by Norwegian band a-ha, released on 1 April 2011. It was recorded at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo on 4 December 2010, which was initially planned to be their final concert before their eventual reunion in 2015. The concert on the previous night was also recorded as a back-up. The album contains the entire set from the final concert with the exception of "The Bandstand" and "Bowling Green", the latter being an Everly Brothers cover the band performed as part of the final encore.

Contents

There were separate CD, DVD, deluxe DVD (two CDs and DVD) and Blu-ray editions. The CD-only release is a one-disc CD and only features 16 tracks.

Track listing

  1. "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." (Paul Waaktaar-Savoy)
  2. "Move to Memphis" (Magne Furuholmen, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy)†
  3. "The Blood That Moves the Body" (Paul Waaktaar-Savoy)
  4. "Scoundrel Days" (Magne Furuholmen, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy)
  5. "The Swing of Things" (Paul Waaktaar-Savoy)
  6. "Forever Not Yours" (Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket, Ole Sverre-Olsen)
  7. "Stay on These Roads" (Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy)
  8. "Manhattan Skyline" (Magne Furuholmen, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy)
  9. "Hunting High and Low" (Paul Waaktaar-Savoy)
  10. "We're Looking for the Whales" (Paul Waaktaar-Savoy)†
  11. "Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)" (Paul Waaktaar-Savoy)†
  12. "Crying in the Rain" (Carole King, Howard Greenfield)†
  13. "Minor Earth Major Sky" (Magne Furuholmen, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy)
  14. "Summer Moved On" (Paul Waaktaar-Savoy)
  15. "I've Been Losing You" (Paul Waaktaar-Savoy)
  16. "Foot of the Mountain" (Magne Furuholmen, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Martin Terefe)
  17. "Cry Wolf" (Magne Furuholmen, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy)
  18. "Analogue (All I Want)" (Magne Furuholmen, Max Martin, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy)
  19. "The Living Daylights" (John Barry, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy)
  20. "Take On Me" (Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy)

† Not included on single-disc edition.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Ending on a High Note: The Final Concert. [2]

A-ha

Additional personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI) [22] Gold100,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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