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Cast In Steel

RELEASED
2015
TYPE
studio album
STYLES
pop, romantic
TRACKS
01, Cast In Steel  (3:50)
02, Under The Makeup  (3:25)
03, The Wake  (3:45)
04, Forest Fire  (3:54)
05, Objects In The Mirror  (4:14)
06, Door Ajar  (3:46)
07, Living At The End Of The World  (4:06)
08, Mythomania  (3:49)
09, She's Humming A Tune  (4:02)
10, Shadow Endeavors  (4:21)
11, Giving Up The Ghost  (4:15)
12, Goodbye Thompson  (3:34)
13, The End Of The Affair  (3:31)  BONUS
14, Mother Nature Goes To Heaven (Original Version)  (4:33)
      BONUS
15, Nothing Is Keeping You Here (Original Version)  (4:41)
      BONUS
16, Shadowside (Demo Version)  (4:16)  BONUS
17, Start The Simulator (Stereophonic Mix)  (5:19)  BONUS
18, Foot Of The Mountain (Mark Saunders Remix)  (4:18)
      BONUS
DURATION
73:53
MUSICIANS
MORTEN HARKET -vocals
PÅL WAAKTAAR-SAVOY -guitars
MAGNE FURUHOLMEN -keyboards
PETER KVINT -guitars (7), keyboards (3,7), programming (3),
      bass (3,7)
STEVE OSBORNE -guitars (4), keyboards (4), programming (4),
      bass (4)
ALAN TARNEY -guitars (6,10,12), keyboards (6,10,12), backing
      vocals (6,10,12)
ALBERT BJERGLUND -guitars (17)
MARK SAUNDERS -programming (17,18)
ROLAND SPREMBERG -programming (17)
CHUCK ZWICKY -programming (1,6,10,12)
ERIK LJUNGREN -programming (1,4,5,8,9,13,16÷18)
FLORIAN REUTTER -programming (4)
JOCHEN SCHMALBACH -programming (17)
KURT UENALA -programming (6,10,12)
ROB SCHWIMMER -theremin (2)
EVEN ORMESTAD -bass (1,2,9)
JOE MARDIN -drums (12)
KARL OLUF WENNERBERG -drums (1,2,4,5,8,9,11,13)
PER LINDVALL -drums (7,14,15)
KRISTIN WILKINSON -viola (5,11)
MONISA ANGELL -viola (5,11)
DAVID DAVIDSON -violin (5,11)
CONNI ELLISOR -violin (5,11)
DAVID ANGELL -violin (5,11)
MARY KATHRYN VANOSDALE -violin (5,11)
JULIE TANNER -cello (5,11)
SARINGHANI REIST -cello (5,11)
MACEDONIAN RADIO SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA -orchestra 1,2)
PRODUCED BY
ERIK LJUNGGREN (1,2,4,5,8,9,11,13,16)
PÅL WAAKTAAR-SAVOY (1,2,6,9,12)
PETER KVINT (3,7)
MAGNE FURUHOLMEN (4,5,8,11,13)
STEVE OSBORNE (4,5,17)
ALAN TARNEY (6,10,12)
MORTEN HARKET (7)
A-HA (14÷16)
MARK SAUNDERS (17,18)
ROLAND SPREMBERG (17)
REVIEW
Písně z "Cast In Steel" mají všechno, co můžete a chcete od A-ha očekávat. Pořád kouzelný Harketův hlas, podmanivou melancholii, sonické vzpomínky na 80’s i moderní taneční zvuk. To vše ve velmi sebevědomé produkci - takhle nezní někdo, kdo vypočítavě brnká na nostalgickou strunu. Nějaké neduživé pokusy o ždímání minulé slávy by ostatně podkopaly třicetiletý odkaz kapely a akorát by se tím A-ha ztrapnili.