- Original Release Date: 1 Jan 1986
- Release Date: 1 Jan 1986
- Label: Rhino
- Copyright: 1986 Warner Bros. Records Inc.for the U.S. & WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
- Total Length: 39:04
- Genres: Pop
- ASIN: B001F4U2KI
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 14,829 in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 in MP3 Albums)
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- Original Release Date: 1 Jan 1986
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- Also available in CD Format
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| Play | 1. Scoundrel Days (Album Version) | 4:02 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 2. The Swing Of Things (Album Version) | 4:14 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 3. I've Been Losing You (Album Version) | 4:26 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 4. October (Album Version) | 3:55 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 5. Manhattan Skyline (Album Version) | 4:50 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 6. Cry Wolf (Album Version) | 4:06 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 7. We're Looking For The Whales (Album Version) | 3:43 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 8. The Weight Of The Wind (Album Version) | 4:00 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 9. Maybe Maybe (Album Version) | 2:36 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 10. Soft Rains Of April (Album Version) | 3:12 | £0.69 |
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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A slice of the best of 80s pop,
By A Customer
This review is from: Scoundrel Days (Audio CD)
Gosh, the memories!I used to be nuts about these guys when I was 13 - completely obsessed! I had bought Hunting High and Low (and worn a hole in it!) and awaited a new offering with bated breath. This album was released on my 14th birthday, and I can remember traveling home on the bus, gingerly clutching and studying the cover (oh, for the days of vinyl when buying an LP was a REAL event!) I certainly wasn't disappointed. In fact, I preferred this to the previous album, and it still remains one of my all-time favourites. I guess if I'm brutally honest, there are a few weak, 80s-lite track (Maybe Maybe, in particular!) but there are some fantastic tunes as well. Unlike HH&L, Scoundrel Days defines a-ha's trademark lush melodic tunes and soaring vocals. It's a far more mature album, and many of the tracks have a timeless quality, that still sounds fresh today. My own favourite is the incredibly sexy and powerful 'I've Been Losing You'. This is actually my favourite a-ha song ever. But 'Scoundrel Days' and 'The Swing of Things' are also among the best songs they've recorded. Most people think of this band as a one-hit wonder ('Take on Me) but their career spanned many years and they are still producing some amazing music. Anyone who ever had an interest in the band, or in 80s music in general should defintely give this a listen!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Their best work ever!!!!,
This review is from: Scoundrel Days (Audio CD)
If you're an a-ha fan and you don't own this album there is something wrong with you. From start to finish this is an immaculate album, with anthems levelling if not surpassing older hits such as "take on me" and "the sun always shines on tv". My personal favourites would have to be "the swing of things", and their own personal masterpiece "manhattan skyline", songs that touch the soul and beyond. Some criticise lesser tracks than "looking for the whales" and "maybe maybe", each has it's own charm and DO grown on you. Hidden gems would include the title track which certainly should have been released as a single, and "the weight of the wind" a heart pounding thrash out about someone who's clearly losing the plot. a-ha are brilliant make no mistake, and this is their legend.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Putting the gun down on the table, I must have realised...,
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This review is from: Scoundrel Days: Deluxe Edition (Audio CD)
...it wasn't the Deluxe Edition, that makes no difference.Or does it? Now that anything and everything appears ripe for this kind of special treatment, the appearance of a-ha's second album in a bells-and-whistles two disc format might seem merely routine. After all, what hasn't been either issued or rumoured to be issued in this way? Well, there are very good reasons for celebration in this particular case. Ever since its release in October 1986, the only existing Scoundrel Days CD had been based on the original. The 90s and 00s came and went without a reissue or remaster of any kind. So, first up this new edition makes good on that, restoring the beautiful sleeve artwork that adorned the Vinyl LP in the process. These little details matter! Then there is the extra/bonus material, mostly (and sensibly) confined to the second disc. The demos are presented in a sequence that mirrors the main album (with a further version of the title track for good measure); a nice touch even if, sadly, the audio quality of some (notably The Swing Of Things and Cry Wolf) verges on the distorted. In conjunction with the informative liner notes, it's possible to build up a fascinating picture of how this album evolved from a mixture of discarded songs for their debut album and hastily-written songs on tour, while the demos included here of Scoundrel Days (v.1), I've Been Losing You and Weight Of The Wind give the clearest evidence of how they worked at moving from the Hunting High & Low sound to something darker and deeper. The difference between these early works, and the finished versions, is quite startling. Maybe Maybe, meanwhile - always the album's weakest link - is arguably better in demo form...and listen out for the completely daft "sock it to me!" ad libs in the supposedly moody and tortured Weight Of The Wind. The extended mixes of its three singles are obviously welcome, and fit nicely onto the end of Disc 1, leaving Disc 2 for the demos, three B-sides, and Live recordings from a key Croydon gig in January 1987. If that's not enough to tempt you...well, it's simply their best album. Always has been. The occasional sound issues aside, this is how it should be enjoyed.
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