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Žanr: Pop, Rok
Poreklo: Strani izvođač

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Studio album by a-ha
Released 6 October 1986
Recorded 1986
Studio RG Jones, London, UK
Genre
Synth-poppop rock
Length 38:41
Label Warner Bros.
Producer
MagsAlan TarneyPål Waaktaar
a-ha chronology
Hunting High and Low
(1985) Scoundrel Days
(1986) Stay on These Roads
(1988)

Scoundrel Days is the second studio album by Norwegian band a-ha, released on 6 October 1986 by Warner Bros. Records. A remastered edition with additional tracks was released in 2010.

Production
Scoundrel Days was the second long-player release from a-ha, which was highly anticipated after the success of their first album, Hunting High and Low (1985), which had reached #2 in the United Kingdom`s Album Chart, and number 15 in the United States` Billboard 200 in the previous year. Scoundrel Days was recorded in England in early 1986 at RG Jones Recording Studios on Beulah Road in Wimbledon, South-West London. The record was produced by Alan Tarney, who had produced the band`s singles `Take On Me` and `The Sun Always Shines on T.V.` in the previous year, and it was engineered by Gerry Kitchingham.[1]

The songs were composed by Pal Waaktaar and Magne Furuholmen; the band`s vocalist Morten Harket did not contribute to the songwriting as he had on their first album. Waaktaar and Furuholmen also self-produced three of the record`s tracks, `I`ve Been Losing You`, `Maybe Maybe`, and `Soft Rains of April`.[1]

Yamaha DX7 and Roland Juno-60/106 synths were used in the recording of this album, the Roland Juno 60 was used on opening of the song `Manhattan Skyline` (which is the same synth used on the `Take On Me` riff) and the Yamaha DX7 drum sound was used on the opening of `October`. `Scoundrel Days` and `Swing of Things` signature sounds were obtained from a PPG Wave. The drums and several other sound effects were from drawn from a Fairlight CMI.[citation needed]

Single releases
`I`ve Been Losing You` was the first single from the album. It reached number one in Norway and number eight in the United Kingdom. `I`ve Been Losing You` became the most commercially successful single from the album in Europe.

`Cry Wolf` was the second single from the album. It was the most successful single from the album in the United States, where it peaked at number 14 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, and at number 50 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was the band`s last entry on the latter chart. The single reached the top 40 nearly everywhere else it was released, including top-five chartings in the United Kingdom, Poland and Ireland, reaching number two in Norway. (The lyrics `Night I left the city I dreamt of a Wolf...` are credited to Lauren Savoy whom Pål later married).

`Maybe, Maybe` was the third single released from the album, but was released solely in Bolivia.[2]

`Manhattan Skyline` was the fourth and final single released from the long-player, reaching #13 on the United Kingdom`s chart. The song was co-written by keyboardist Magne Furuholmen and guitarist Paul Waaktaar-Savoy. The song starts with a calm verse in F major, before kicking into a hard rock-style chorus with a guitar riff in D minor. In the official A-ha biography, The Swing of Things, Furuholmen said it was `perhaps one of the most inspired cut and paste-projects that Paul and I did. I wrote the quiet part. Paul wrote the rock part.`[3]

Artwork
The cover photography was taken by Norwegian photographer Knut Bry at the Haleakala volcano on Maui, Hawaii, in 1986

All tracks are written by Magne Furuholmen and Pål Waaktaar, except where noted

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. `Scoundrel Days` 3:56
2. `The Swing of Things` Waaktaar 4:14
3. `I`ve Been Losing You` Waaktaar 4:24
4. `October` Waaktaar 3:48
5. `Manhattan Skyline` 4:52
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
6. `Cry Wolf` 4:05
7. `We`re Looking for the Whales` 3:39
8. `The Weight of the Wind` Waaktaar 3:57
9. `Maybe, Maybe` Furuholmen 2:34
10. `Soft Rains of April` 3:1

Personnel
A-ha

Morten Harket – lead and backing vocals
Magne Furuholmen – keyboards, bass and drum programming, backing vocals
Pål Waaktaar – guitars, drum programming, backing vocals
with:

Graham Prescott – strings (1)
Leif Karsten Johansen – bass guitar (3)
Michael Sturgis – drums (2, 3, 10)
Øystein Jevanord – drums (6)
Production

Alan Tarney – producer (1, 2, 4–8), mixing
Magne Furuholmen – producer (3, 9, 10)
Paul Waaktaar-Savoy – producer (3, 9, 10)
Gerry Kitchingham – engineer
John Hudson – mixing
Jeri McManus Heiden – art direction, design
Kim Champagne – design
Knut Bry – photography