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)
BONUS14, Mother Nature Goes To Heaven (Original Version) (4:33)
BONUS15, Nothing Is Keeping You Here (Original Version) (4:41)
BONUS16, Shadowside (Demo Version) (4:16)
BONUS17, Start The Simulator (Stereophonic Mix) (5:19)
BONUS18, 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.