Road Club

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Road Club
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EP by
Released25 August 1988
Recorded1985–88
Genre Synthpop
Length25:47
Label Warner-Pioneer Corporation
Producer Alan Tarney, Tony Mansfield, A-ha

Road Club is the last of four Japan-exclusive EPs by A-ha. [1] Like the other three EPs, it is quite rare due to being only released in Japan.It reached #42 on the Japanese albums chart. [2] Tracks 1 & 3 were included on the 2015 deluxe edition of the album Stay on These Roads . Track 4 was included on the 2010 deluxe edition of the album Hunting High and Low . Tracks 2 and 4 were included on the 2015 expanded edition of the album Hunting High and Low .

Track listing

  1. "The Blood That Moves the Body" (extended version) – 5:26
  2. "Take On Me" (extended version) – 4:51
  3. "Stay on These Roads" (extended version) – 6:14
  4. "Hunting High and Low" (extended remix) – 6:03
  5. "Soft Rains of April" (original mix) – 3:15

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References

  1. "a-ha - Road Club (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 1988-08-25. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
  2. "A-ha - Albums 1988-89". www.darsu.btinternet.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 September 2001. Retrieved 13 January 2022.