MTV Unplugged: Summer Solstice

MTV Unplugged: Summer Solstice
MTV Unplugged: Summer Solstice
Live album by A-ha
Released	6 October 2017
Recorded	22–23 June 2017
Studio	Ocean Sound Recordings, Giske, Norway
Label	Polydor; We Love Music;
Producer	Lars Horntveth; A-ha; Martin Terefe;
A-ha chronology
Singles from MTV Unplugged: Summer Solstice
	"This Is Our Home"; Released: 8 September 2017; "The Sun Always Shines on TV"; Released: 15 September 2017; "The Living Daylights"; Released: 22 September 2017; "Take On Me"; Released: 29 September 2017;

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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.

Disc one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"This Is Our Home" (previously unreleased)	Magne Furuholmen	5:05
2.	"Lifelines"	Furuholmen	5:18
3.	"I've Been Losing You" (featuring Lissie)	Paul Waaktaar-Savoy	5:05
4.	"Analogue (All I Want)"	Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen, Max Martin	4:44
5.	"The Sun Always Shines on TV" (featuring Ingrid Helene Håvik)	Waaktaar-Savoy	4:28
6.	"A Break in the Clouds" (previously unreleased)	Waaktaar-Savoy	4:54
7.	"Foot of the Mountain"	Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen, Martin Terefe	5:27
8.	"Stay on These Roads"	Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen, Morten Harket	6:18
9.	"This Alone Is Love"	Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen	6:07
10.	"Over the Treetops"	Waaktaar-Savoy	6:43
11.	"Forever Not Yours"	Furuholmen, Harket, Ole Sverre-Olsen	4:07

Disc two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sox of the Fox"	Waaktaar-Savoy	7:18
2.	"Scoundrel Days" (featuring Ian McCulloch)	Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen	4:56
3.	"The Killing Moon" (featuring Ian McCulloch)	Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson, Pete de Freitas	5:55
4.	"Summer Moved On" (featuring Alison Moyet)	Waaktaar-Savoy	5:30
5.	"Memorial Beach"	Waaktaar-Savoy	4:32
6.	"Living a Boy's Adventure Tale"	Waaktaar-Savoy, Harket	5:36
7.	"Manhattan Skyline"	Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen	5:48
8.	"The Living Daylights"	Waaktaar-Savoy, John Barry	5:49
9.	"Hunting High and Low"	Waaktaar-Savoy	5:57
10.	"Take On Me"	Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen, Harket	4:14

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

Morten Harket – vocals
Magne Furuholmen – upright piano, harpsichord, celesta, acoustic guitar, flute, backing vocals
Paul Waaktaar-Savoy – acoustic guitar, backing vocals

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, 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

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)	14
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)	93
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)	35
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)	99
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)	98
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)	3
Greek Albums (IFPI)	23
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)	14
Scottish Albums (OCC)	4
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)	76
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)	20
UK Albums (OCC)	6

Year-end charts

Chart (2017)	Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)	72

A-ha
Magne Furuholmen Morten Harket Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
Studio albums	Hunting High and Low Scoundrel Days Stay on These Roads East of the Sun, West of the Moon Memorial Beach Minor Earth Major Sky Lifelines Analogue Foot of the Mountain Cast in Steel
Compilation albums	Headlines and Deadlines: The Hits of A-ha The Definitive Singles Collection 1984–2004 25 Time and Again: The Ultimate A-ha
Live albums	Live at Vallhall: Homecoming How Can I Sleep with Your Voice in My Head Ending on a High Note: The Final Concert MTV Unplugged: Summer Solstice
Extended plays	45 R.P.M. Club Twelve Inch Club Scoundrel Club Road Club
Box sets	Minor Earth Major Box
Singles	"Take On Me" "Love Is Reason" "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." "Train of Thought" "Hunting High and Low" "I've Been Losing You" "Cry Wolf" "Manhattan Skyline" "The Living Daylights" "Stay on These Roads" "The Blood That Moves the Body" "Touchy!" "You Are the One" "Crying in the Rain" "I Call Your Name" "Early Morning" "Move to Memphis" "Dark Is the Night" "Angel in the Snow" "Shapes That Go Together" "Summer Moved On" "Minor Earth Major Sky" "Velvet" "Forever Not Yours" "Lifelines" "Did Anyone Approach You?" "Celice" "Analogue (All I Want)" "Cosy Prisons" "Foot of the Mountain" "Nothing Is Keeping You Here" "Shadowside" "Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)"
Tours	Ending on a High Note Tour
Related articles	Discography Awards Bridges Savoy Apparatjik
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