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Hunting High And Low

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4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
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  • Original Release Date: 12 Jun 1985
  • Format - Music: MP3
  • Compatible with MP3 Players (including with iPod®), iTunes, Windows Media Player
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Play   5. Living A Boy's Adventure Tale 5:02 £0.69  Buy MP3 
Play   6. The Sun Always Shines On T.V. 5:04 £0.89  Buy MP3 
Play   7. And You Tell Me 1:52 £0.69  Buy MP3 
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Play   9. I Dream Myself Alive 3:10 £0.69  Buy MP3 
Play 10. Here I Stand And Face The Rain 4:30 £0.69  Buy MP3 
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Where it all started! 8 Feb 2002
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
None of a-ha's album's are perfect - but it's impossible not to give them 5 stars, because each of them is so enjoyable in its own way.
I love this band - it started when I heard 'Take on Me' when I was 13, and this was the first album I bought with my own money.
Admittedly, it's sooo 80s, and not all of the songs age as well as their subsequent material. But it's immense fun, and reflects the energy and enthusiasm that the band obviously felt on the verge of success and stardom. They were so fresh-faced back then (with full hair and tight denim trousers!)
The band's better-known singles are here - Take on Me, The Sun Always Shines on TV, Hunting High and Low, and Train of Thought, but there are also some other unknown gems - particularly Living a Boys Adventure Tale.
As I said, some of the tunes are just too 80s to appeal to anyone other than die-hard fans - like And You Tell Me and Love is Reason.
But overall it's a great album of perfect syth pop, and a good starting point for a band that went on to have a great career!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great deluxe package for a-ha fans 8 Dec 2010
By LXIX TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
"Hunting High and Low" with its distinctive soaring vocals and massively successful pop melodies was one of the seminal albums of the 1980's. Songs like "Take On Me", "The Sun Always Shines on TV" and "Hunting High and Low" remain popular to this day throughout the world. This double album is a wonderful 25th anniversary package. The first CD contains a remastered version of the original album as well as 4 bonus tracks (mainly extended remixes) and is a total of 60.52 mins in duration.

The 2nd CD has no less than 23 tracks (providing an eclectic mixture of demo versions, unreleased material, B-sides and other rarities) and is 73.43 mins long. This extra CD is a real scoop for the purist fans. Yes, some of it is very raw, but it provides the listener with unique glimpses into the band's development and how the renowned a-ha sound was not an overnight success, but was instead built on years of hard work, sonic experimentation and creative drive.

I would have bought this album on its own just for Track 5 on Disc 2 - the early version of "Living A Boy's Adventure Tale" so I was very happy to get such a great and comprehensive collection of a-ha's material all in the one bundle.

All credit to Warner Music for putting this top notch double album package together for the fans. As if the 2 hours and 14 minutes of music wasn't enough, there's also a 20 page inlay booklet packed with insight and anecdotes.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I've had "Hunting High and Low" for over 20 years, but it was only listening to it again recently that I consciously realised just how good it really is.

What's great is that it manages to fit way more depth, intelligence and atmosphere into the 80s synthpop mould than you'd expect, yet still remains a fantastic pop album.

"Take On Me" may be the best-known song here (in part because it was their only major American hit). It's a good song, but possibly overplayed at the expense of the real masterpiece at the heart of the album, "The Sun Always Shines on TV"- a UK number one, and deservedly so.

The most generic 80s track here is "Love is Reason"- actually quite decent in its own right, but this simply highlights the fact that most of the other non-single songs are way better than the filler you'd expect from a debut album. I mean, "Living a Boy's Adventure Tale" is brilliant.

Morten Harket's singing is one very obvious reason for this album being a cut above the typical 80s synthpop offerings, but not the only one; aside from the songs, there are also some nice touches with the arrangements, like the clarinet in "Living a Boy's Aventure Tale" or the voices and strings in the middle of "I Dream Myself Alive".

Better than you'd have any right to expect from a debut, Hunting High and Low may be pop, but it's certainly not disposable, and it still sounds great over 20 years later.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Top Pop with a little bit more 28 Nov 2002
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This was the first albulm I ever owned from about 1986 I think. It is as good as I remember. The pure pop excellence of Take on Me and The Sun Always Shines on TV really stand the test of time, sounding fresh to this day. The textured keyboards and the beauty, yes sheer beauty (!), of Morten Harket's voice shines in the title track and Living A Boy's Adventure Tale. Maybe its my age but this remains, in my opinion, a classic pop albulm and I would recommend it to all those who remember A-ha. ...
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic 80's debut album 22 Sep 2005
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From the amazing sleeve (how many people can you spot in the picture?!) to the amazing songs - this album is a classic.
'Take on me' There is'nt much to say about this song as everyone knows it, and most people love it (and the video)
'Train of thought' This is a simpler version than the one released as a single (the remix version available on a Greatest hits album)This song doesnt sound like anything else - dance pop with pan pipes and lyrics about a bored business man.
'Hunting high and low' A great ballad, and again a simpler version than the remixed single. This version is less orchestral, but also sweeter and fragile.
'The blue sky' Back to full-blown pop, with some great lyrics.
'Living a boys adventure tale' A somewhat epic ballad that really transports the listener to another place, Morten's vocals are soaring and heart wrenching.
'The sun always shines on T.V' The number 1 single is A-ha at their best, mixing pop sensibility with darker meaning.
'And you tell me' A song in the vein of the Beatles, simple short and catchy ballad.
'Love is reason' A pop stomper with a high energy feel, could have easily been a single.
'Dream myself alive' A deceptively good song, this must be one of the first songs to use samples - news clips and t.v show soundbites- mixed in with a catchy pop song.
'Here i stand and face the rain' This again, could have been a single, along the lines of 'Sun always shines' but even better!
It starts with an opera singer and acoustic guitar and ends with Morten singing his heart out over driving drums and synths.

This album is incredibly ambitious for a debut and although it sold in bucket loads, it's still underrated - if you don't have this album then give it a try, it should be in everyone's music collection.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Finally!!!
Definitely one of my favourite cds from the '80s, now finally available in remastered 2-disc format. My collection will not be completed without this one. Cheers!!!
Published 23 days ago by James Lee
5.0 out of 5 stars great to hear the demos
love this album, its great to hear the demos as i am a songwriter from that period and wanted to hear their demos. Read more
Published 2 months ago by A. JOHNSON
4.0 out of 5 stars 80 classic
everyone knows there hit singles, but in a way they co created that 80ies feeling. Ask someone what they think of when they here an A-ha track they most likely will say the 80ies. Read more
Published 6 months ago by lqw666
5.0 out of 5 stars a-ha - debut album on cd
a-ha's success is almost entirely dependent on Alan Tarney, who is a genius.

debut album shared between Tarney and Mike Mansfied as co-producers

not exactly... Read more
Published 22 months ago by a.m.hardwick
5.0 out of 5 stars Happy memories
The original album was what brought me into the world of being an a-ha fan way back in 1985,my moment of never having heard of them, hearing the album and getting up as a convert... Read more
Published on 6 Mar 2011 by Rosie
2.0 out of 5 stars What was I thinking of ?
I had just moved to New Jersey when I first heard of a-ha. I was made aware of them by a Norwegian girl I knew but apart from 'Take On Me', I didn't really know their music. Read more
Published on 24 Dec 2010 by S. Roberts
4.0 out of 5 stars remastered classic album with extra tracks
this is one of my favourite albums of the 80s - it is clear that the production brought a lot of the demos to life. Read more
Published on 4 Dec 2010 by J. Lee
5.0 out of 5 stars A True Fan's Edtion
This is a two disc album the first being the original album with a couple of extra alternative mixes. Still a great album 25 years on... Read more
Published on 30 Sep 2010 by A. M. J. Withers
5.0 out of 5 stars This is where it all began...
One could see through the synthesisers and computers,particularly the FAIRLIGHT in the making of this groundbreaking 1st album by Morten ,Pal and Magne. Read more
Published on 20 Sep 2010 by J. P. Boyle
5.0 out of 5 stars an excellent deluxe edition
The original album was enough to give this five stars. 'Take on me' is one of the best songs i have ever heard, period. And that is with repeated listens. Read more
Published on 16 Aug 2010 by D. Moses
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