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2017 live album by A-ha
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MTV Unplugged: Summer Solstice is a live album by the Norwegian band a-ha , released on 6 October 2017 as part of the MTV Unplugged series. It was recorded live at the Harbour Hall at Ocean Sound Recordings in Giske , Norway, on 22 and 23 June 2017.
Commercial performance
The album debuted at number six on the UK Albums Chart with 6,982 units sold in its first week, becoming A-ha's seventh top-10 album in the United Kingdom.
Track listing
All tracks are produced by Lars Horntveth , except "Take On Me" produced by A-ha and Martin Terefe .
Notes
"Sox of the Fox" was originally recorded as "The Vacant" on the 1980 album Fakkeltog by the band Bridges (previous band of Paul Waaktaar-Savoy and Magne Furuholmen and for whom the former was its lead singer at the time).
"Killing Moon" is originally from Echo & the Bunnymen 's album Ocean Rain (1984).
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of MTV Unplugged: Summer Solstice .
a-ha
Additional musicians
Alison Moyet – vocals on "Summer Moved On"
Ian McCulloch – vocals on "Scoundrel Days" and "The Killing Moon"
Lissie – vocals on "I've Been Losing You"
Ingrid Helene Håvik – vocals on "The Sun Always Shines on TV"
Lars Horntveth – acoustic guitars, resonator , lap steel guitar , vibraphone , bass clarinet , soprano saxophone
Morten Qvenild – upright piano, harpsichord, harmonium , dulcitone , Fischers mandolinette, autoharp , kokles
Even Enersen Ormestad – bass
Karl Oluf Wenneberg – drums, percussion, bells, bass xylophone
Madeleine Ossum – violin, backing vocals
Emilie Heldal Lidsheim – viola, backing vocals
Tove Margrethe Erikstad – cello, backing vocals
Lars Horntveth – arrangement on all tracks except "Take On Me"
Martin Terefe – arrangement on "Take On Me"
Anders Tjore – co-arrangement on "I've Been Losing You", "The Sun Always Shines on TV", "This Alone Is Love", "Summer Moved On" and "Manhattan Skyline"
Technical
Lars Horntveth – production on all tracks except "Take On Me"
A-ha – production on "Take On Me"
Martin Terefe – production on "Take On Me"
John O'Mahony – recording, mixing
Henning Svoren – recording
Marcus Forsgren – recording (demo sessions)
Greg Calbi – mastering
Artwork
Max Dax – liner notes
Justin Loomis – photography
Matthias Löwenstein – artwork, cover
Season Zero – artwork, cover
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Chart (2017)
Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)
72
References
allmusic
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Lyrics FAKKELTOG by Bridges
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