Analogue (album)

Analogue
Studio album by A-ha
Released	4 November 2005
Recorded	February – 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
Length	54:43
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
"Celice" Released: 7 October 2005 "Birthright" Released: 28 October 2005 "Analogue (All I Want)" Released: 23 January 2006 "Cosy Prisons" Released: 17 April 2006

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AllMusic	link
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Entertainment.ie	Archived April 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
TheMusicZine	Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

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.

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

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Personnel

A-ha

• Morten Harket – vocals
• Paul Waaktaar-Savoy – keyboards, guitars, vocals
• Magne Furuholmen – keyboards, acoustic piano, guitars, vocals

Additional musicians

• Claes Björklund – acoustic piano, programming, guitars
• Christer Karlsson – acoustic piano
• Michael Ilbert – programming
• Andreas Olsson – programming, guitars
• Martin Terefe – acoustic piano, guitars, bass
• George Tanderø – programming
• Geir Sundstøl – guitars
• Sven Lindvall – bass
• Jørun Bøgeberg – bass
• Per Lindvall – drums
• Alex Toff – drums
• Frode Unneland – drums
• Anthony LaMarchina – cello
• Kristin Wilkinson – viola
• David Angell – violin
• David Davidson – violin, string arrangements
• Graham Nash – backing vocals (3, 7)

Technical and Design

• Claes Björklund – recording
• Michael Ilbert – recording, mixing (4)
• Andreas Olsson – recording
• George Tanderø – recording
• Martin Terefe – recording
• Nathaniel Chan – additional recording
• Kelly Pribble – additional recording
• Eivind Skovdahl – additional recording
• Bobby Shin – string recording
• Flood – mixing (1, 2, 3, 5-13)
• Max Dingle – mix assistant (1, 2, 3, 5-13)
• Catherine Marks – mix assistant (1, 2, 3, 5-13)
• Andy Savours – mix assistant (1, 2, 3, 5-13)
• George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York, USA)
• Martin Kvamme – design
• Stian Andersen – photography

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