메모리얼 비치

Memorial Beach
메모리얼 비치
A-ha Memorial Beach.jpg
스튜디오 앨범 기준
아하
방출된1993년 6월 14일
녹음된1991–1993
스튜디오페이즐리 파크(미네소타 주 찬하센)
장르.
길이49:33
라벨워너 브라더스.
프로듀서
아하 연대기
태양의 동쪽, 달의 서쪽
(1990)		 메모리얼 비치
(1993)		 마이너 어스 메이저 스카이
(2000)
메모리얼 비치의 싱글스
  1. "다크 이즈 더 나이트"
    개봉: 1993년 5월 24일
  2. "눈 속의 천사"
    개봉:1993년 9월 6일
프로페셔널 등급
점수 검토
출처순위
올뮤직 [1]
대중음악 백과사전[2]
Q[3]

메모리얼 비치(Memorial Beach)는 1993년 6월 14일 워너 브라더스가 발매한 노르웨이 밴드 아하의 다섯 번째 스튜디오 앨범이다. 기록.

Background

The album was recorded primarily at Prince's Paisley Park studios outside Minneapolis in the United States. Memorial Beach featured three UK Top 50 singles for the band, "Move to Memphis" (released as a single in 1991, almost two years before the album), "Dark is the Night" and "Angel in the Snow". While the album did not chart on the U.S. Billboard 200 and would be the band's last to be released there, the single "Dark Is the Night" peaked at #11 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart,[4] their last U.S. charting to date. Q magazine listed the album as one of the 50 best albums of 1993: "If ever a band deserved reappraisal on the back of an album then it was a-ha!"

"Angel in the Snow" was written by Pål Waaktaar for his bride, Lauren, as a wedding gift. Recording the album was, according to Morten Harket, "A rather dark and heavy period for the band", although Magne Furuholmen has said, "I dig Memorial Beach, and 'Dark is the Night for All' is the high point, the best thing on the disc."

JD and Jevetta Steele from the American gospel group The Steeles contribute backing vocals on the songs "Move to Memphis" and "Lie Down in Darkness". French actress Béatrice Dalle appears in the music video for the song "Move to Memphis".

Some lyrics from "Locust" were reused on the 2004 Savoy single "Whalebone".

This was the last album to feature the original a-ha logo until they reunited for the second time for Cast in Steel (2015).

Track listing

All tracks written by Pål Waaktaar unless noted otherwise:

  1. "Dark Is the Night for All" – 3:46
  2. "Move to Memphis" – 4:22 (Pål Waaktaar/Magne Furuholmen)
  3. "Cold as Stone" – 8:19
  4. "Angel in the Snow" – 4:13
  5. "Locust" – 5:09
  6. "Lie Down in Darkness" – 4:32
  7. "How Sweet It Was" – 6:00
  8. "Lamb to the Slaughter" – 4:20 (Magne Furuholmen)
  9. "Between Your Mama and Yourself" – 4:16
  10. "Memorial Beach" – 4:36

2015 Deluxe edition

Disc 1
  1. "Dark Is The Night For All"
  2. "Move To Memphis"
  3. "Cold As Stone"
  4. "Angel In The Snow"
  5. "Locust"
  6. "Lie Down In Darkness"
  7. "How Sweet It Was"
  8. "Lamb To The Slaughter"
  9. "Between Your Mama And Yourself"
  10. "Memorial Beach"
Bonus tracks
  1. "Move To Memphis" (Extended Mix)
  2. "Angel In The Snow" (Acoustic Instrumental)
Disc 2
  1. "Dark Is The Night For All" (Demo)
  2. "Cold As Stone" (Demo)
  3. "Angel In The Snow" (Demo)
  4. "Locust" (Demo)
  5. "Lie Down In Darkness" (Demo)
  6. "How Sweet It Was" (Demo)
  7. "Bar Room" (Demo)
  8. "Lamb To The Slaughter" (Demo)
  9. "Between Your Mama And Yourself" (Demo)
  10. "Memorial Beach" (Demo)
  11. "Dark Is The Night For All" (Alternative Version)
  12. "Swing Of Things" (Live March 17, 1994 at The Sentrum Scene/ Oslo, Norway)
  13. "Dark Is The Night For All" (Live March 17, 1994 at The Sentrum Scene/ Oslo, Norway)
  14. "Move To Memphis" (Live March 17, 1994 at The Sentrum Scene/ Oslo, Norway)
  15. "Cold As Stone/Sycamore Leaves" (Live March 17, 1994 at The Sentrum Scene/ Oslo, Norway)
  16. "Shapes That Go Together" (Live March 17, 1994 at The Sentrum Scene/ Oslo, Norway)

Personnel

a-ha

Additional Musicians

  • Jørun B. Bøgeberg - bass guitar
  • Per Hillestad - drums
  • J.D. Steele - backing vocals on (2, 6)
  • Jevetta Steele - backing vocals (2, 6)
  • Kat Wilson - backing vocals (2, 6)

Production

  • Producers - A-ha, Pål Waaktaar, David Z
  • Mastering - Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC

Charts

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 132
European Albums (Music & Media)[6] 25
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] 17
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[8] 27
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[9] 1
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[10] 39
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 39
UK Albums (OCC)[12] 17

References

  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r184437
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Concise ed.). United Kingdom: Omnibus Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-84609-856-7.
  3. ^ "a-ha: Memorial Beach". Q. No. 87. December 1993. p. 118.
  4. ^ Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
  5. ^ "Response from ARIA re: a-ha ARIA chart history, received 22 December 2017". Retrieved 9 December 2020 – via Imgur.
  6. ^ "European Hot 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 27. 3 July 1993. p. 34. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  7. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – a-ha – Memorial Beach" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  8. ^ ａ〜ｈａのアルバム売り上げランキング [a-ha album sales ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – a-ha – Memorial Beach". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – a-ha – Memorial Beach". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Swisscharts.com – a-ha – Memorial Beach". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  12. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 December 2020.