Out of My Hands | ||||
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Released | April 13, 2012 | |||
Recorded | Norway (Ljunggren Studio, Snowdrop Studios) England (Real World Studios) Sweden (Studio Brun, Quant Studios) | |||
Genre | Synthpop, pop rock | |||
Length | 37:44 | |||
Label | Universal, Island, We Love Music | |||
Producer | Morten Harket, Lars Hustoft, Peter Kvint, Erik Ljunggren, Steve Osborne, Jonas Quant | |||
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Out of My Hands is the fifth studio album and third English-language album by Norwegian pop singer Morten Harket. It was released on April 13,2012 through Island Records. [1] The album was mainly produced by British record producer Steve Osborne,who worked with a-ha on their ninth studio album, Foot of the Mountain (2009). The album charted at number one in Norway,becoming the singer's third number-one album there.
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Nordlys | negative [9] |
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Nick Levine of the BBC gave the album a favourable review,and wrote:"There's a similar dignity to Morten Harket's first solo album since the split. It's a grown-up synth-pop affair featuring songs that vary in pace all the way from a fairly slow mid-tempo to,ooh,a fairly fast mid-tempo. Actually,Out of My Hands doesn't sound too different from the last few a-ha albums,but it's also fresh enough to recall Echoes ,Will Young's stellar electro-pop LP from last year." [11]
In his review for Daily Express ,Simon Gage gave the album three out of five stars writing,"The famous falsetto is still very much in evidence and the songs strong if a little on the dated side with driving guitars and lush orchestrations making it sound remarkably a-ha-esque." [12]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Scared of Heights" | Espen Lind | Lind | Erik Ljunggren | 3:22 |
2. | "Keep the Sun Away" | David Sneddon, James Bauer-Mein, Julian Peake | Sneddon, Bauer-Mein, Peake | Steve Osborne, Ljunggren | 3:19 |
3. | "Lightning" | Joakim Berg, Martin Sköld, Morten Harket | Berg, Sköld, Harket | Osborne, Erik Ljunggren | 3:52 |
4. | "I'm the One" | Ole Sverre Olsen, Harket | Harket, Peter Kvint | Ljunggren, Kvint | 3:22 |
5. | "Quiet" | Olsen, Harket | Harket, Kvint | Kvint, Harket | 4:19 |
6. | "Burn Money Burn" | Berg, Harket [a] | Berg | Ljunggren, Osborne | 3:52 |
7. | "When I Reached the Moon" | Håvard Rem | Harket, Kvint | Osborne | 3:50 |
8. | "Listening" | Neil Tennant | Tennant, Chris Lowe | Osborne | 4:53 |
9. | "Just Believe It" | Olsen, Berg, Harket | Berg, Jonas Quant | Jonas Quant | 3:28 |
10. | "Out of My Hands" | Harket, Olsen | Harket, Lars K. Hustoft | Hustoft, Harket, Kvint | 3:37 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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11. | "Undecided" | Hågen Rørmark, Christian Engebretsen, Tor Einar Krogtoft-Jensen | 3:33 |
Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums Chart [16] | 30 |
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia) [17] | 90 |
Dutch Albums Chart [18] | 77 |
French Albums Chart | 29 |
German Albums Chart [19] | 3 |
Norwegian Albums Chart [20] | 1 |
Russian Albums Chart | 18 |
Swiss Albums Chart [21] | 23 |
UK Albums Chart [22] | 37 |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label |
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Austria [23] | April 13, 2012 | CD, digital download | Universal Music Group, Island Records, We Love Music |
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United Kingdom [24] | May 14, 2012 | Wrasse Records |