East of the Sun, West of the Moon
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Critical reception
Entertainment Weekly wrote that "symphonic piano grandeur and alternating blues/metal/flamenco/funk additives collapse beneath the bloated synthesizer slush."[1]
AllMusic wrote: "This is a nicely crafted collection of songs, performed and sung beautifully, with lots of echoes and suggestions tucked into the music. While not an album one can discuss at length, it's an album that's a pleasure to listen to and one that deserves a better reception than the one, unfortunately, that it seems to have gotten."[2]
Track listing
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- "The Way We Talk" features Magne Furuholmen on lead vocals.
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Personnel
A-ha
- Morten Harket – lead vocals, backing vocals
- Magne Furuholmen – keyboards, backing vocals, string arrangements (5), second vocals (8, 10), lead vocals (9), harmonica (10)
- Paul Waaktaar-Savoy – guitars, backing vocals, second vocals (4), bass guitar (6, 7, 8), acoustic piano (11)
Additional musicians
- Jørun Bøgeberg – bass guitar (1–5, 9, 10, 11)
- Per Hillestad – drums (1–6, 8–11)
- Chris Hughes – drums (7)
- Martin Ditcham – tambourine (3, 4), percussion (10)
- Phil Todd – saxophone (3)
- David Bedford – string arrangements (7)
Production
- Christopher Neil – producer (1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10)
- Ian Stanley – producer (2, 5, 7, 9, 11)
- Nick Davis – recording, mixing
- Haydn Bendall – additional engineer (5, 7)
- Steve "Barney" Chase – additional engineer (5, 7)
- Kim Champagne – art direction
- Jeri Heiden – art direction
- REY International – design
- Just Loomis – cover photography
- Lauren Savoy – inner sleeve photography
Charts
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Certifications and sales
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References
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