Foot of the Mountain

Foot of the Mountain
Foot of the Mountain
Studio album by A-ha
Released	12 June 2009
Recorded	January – May 2009
Studio	United States; (Water Music, Beat 360, The Alabaster Room); Norway; (Yoga Studio, Alabaster Cottage, Malabar Studio, Rainbow Studio); Germany; (Gaga Studios, Bookie Park Studios); United Kingdom; (Real World Studios);
Genre	Synth-pop
Length	40:45
Label	We Love Music, Polydor, Universal
Producer	A-ha, Steve Osborne, Mark Saunders, Roland Spremberg, Erik Ljunggren
A-ha chronology
Singles from Foot of the Mountain
	"Foot of the Mountain"; Released: 5 May 2009; "Nothing Is Keeping You Here"; Released: 21 September 2009; "Shadowside"; Released: 21 September 2009;

Foot of the Mountain is the ninth studio album by the Norwegian pop rock band A-ha. It was released on 19 June 2009 and reached No. 1 on the German Albums Chart^[3] and No. 2 on the Norwegian Albums Chart.^[4] In its first week in the UK, the album debuted at No. 5, the group's highest chart placing in that country since Stay on These Roads in 1988.^[5]

The overall sound of the record marks a return to the synth-pop style the band became famous for in the mid-1980s.^[2] Keyboardist Magne Furuholmen describes the album thus: "It's an album that incorporates the key elements that first defined the band: soaring vocals, synth hooks, yearning lyrics and melodic melancholia."^[2]

Foot of the Mountain was A-ha's last full-length album before their split in 2010 and the last to the use the new A-ha logo before they reunited and reverted to their old logo. However, they did release a further compilation album 25 with their new single "Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)" before reuniting in 2015.

^ "Foot of the Mountain". Amazon Germany. 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c [1] Archived 8 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ "A-ha til topps i Tyskland – kultur". Dagbladet.no. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
^ "A-ha – VG-lista. Offisielle hitlister fra og med 1958". Lista.vg.no. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
^ "A-ha rett inn på 5. plass – kultur". Dagbladet.no. 2 August 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2012.

[1] "Foot of the Mountain". Amazon Germany. 2009.

[A-ha.com-2] [1] Archived 8 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "A-ha til topps i Tyskland – kultur". Dagbladet.no. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2012.

[4] "A-ha – VG-lista. Offisielle hitlister fra og med 1958". Lista.vg.no. Retrieved 12 January 2012.

[5] "A-ha rett inn på 5. plass – kultur". Dagbladet.no. 2 August 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2012.

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