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Minor Earth Major Sky
After a seven-year absence during which the Norwegian pop trio went off to paint or record solo albums, A-Ha return with Minor Earth Major Sky, their sixth studio album. Recorded in New York over the course of a year, this one is filled with characteristically subtle melodies, sweeping pop production, and a haunting melancholy. Some tracks (like the winsome "Sun Never Shone That Day") border on the bland, but there are songs that have bite--such as the icy, William Orbit-style ballad "Little Black Heart"; the big, blowsy title track; and the satirical "The Company Man," where the band sing frankly of being ripped off by their record label ("Deals fell into our arms / And out of our hands"). There's also a nod to the Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby" in the epic, socially conscious ballad "Mary Ellen Makes the Moment Count." --Lucy O'Brien
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Tracks| 1 | Minor Earth Major | | 2 | Little Black Heart | | 3 | Velvet | | 4 | Summer Moved On | | 5 | The Sun Never Shone That Day | | 6 | To Let You Win | | 7 | The Company Man | | 8 | Thought That It Was You | | 9 | I Wish I Cared | | 10 | Barely Hanging On | | 11 | You'll Never Get Over Me | | 12 | I Won't Forget Her | | 13 | Mary Ellen Makes The Moment Count |
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