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Adresseavisen[3]
Aftenposten[4]
Bergensavisen[5]
Bergens Tidende[6]
Dagbladet[7]
Dagsavisen[8]
Drammens Tidende[9]
Verdens Gang[10]
Østlendingen[11]

Brother is the sixth studio album and fourth English-language album by Norwegian pop singer Morten Harket. It was released on 11 April 2014 through Universal Music.[12] "There Is a Place" was released as the album's first single on 29 November 2013. On 18 January 2014, "Brother" was released as the second single. It was premiered the same day at the Norwegian award show, Spellemannprisen.[13] The song was inspired by the Radical, the memoir of British Islamist-turned-Liberal activist Maajid Nawaz.[14] It was featured as the Album of the Week on the Ken Bruce Show on BBC Radio 2 from 21 to 25 April 2014. The music video for the song "Brother" was directed by long time friend and Hollywood director Harald Zwart.

Track listing

  • All music written by Morten Harket and Peter Kvint. All lyrics written by Morten Harket and Ole Sverre Olsen, with additional words by Peter Kvint, except "First Man to the Grave", music and lyrics written by Ole Sverre Olsen.
No.TitleLength
1."Brother"4:31
2."Do You Remember Me?"4:04
3."Safe with Me"3:27
4."Whispering Heart"3:56
5."Heaven Cast"4:07
6."There Is a Place"3:15
7."Oh What a Night"3:41
8."End of the Line"3:36
9."Can't Answer This"3:36
10."First Man to the Grave"3:39

Personnel

  • Morten Harket – producer, instruments, vocals
  • Peter Kvint – producer, recording, mixer, instruments, backing vocals
  • Janne Hansson – strings, drums and organ recording
  • Simon Nordberg – additional mixing (track 1)
  • Tom Coyne – mastering
  • Aya Merill – mastering
  • Joakim Milder – strings arranger and conductor
  • Per Lindvall – drums
  • Jesper Nordenström – piano, organ
  • Björn Risberg – cello

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] 11
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[16] 1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] 62
UK Albums (OCC)[18] 56

References

  1. ^ Østbø, Stein (16 April 2014). "Videopremiere: Morten Harket - «Brother»" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 5 April 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ http://www.qobuz.com/album/do-you-remember-me-morten-harket/5054227021152
  3. ^ http://www.adressa.no/kultur/article9493537.ece
  4. ^ http://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/Endelig-har-Morten-Harket-fatt-ut-sitt-potensial-som-soloartist-7533537.html#.U1GFOfl_uBo
  5. ^ http://www.ba.no/puls/article7289316.ece
  6. ^ http://www.bt.no/bergenpuls/musikk/anmeldelser/Kunsten-a-vare-Morten-Harket-3097657.html
  7. ^ http://www.dagbladet.no/2014/04/10/kultur/musikk/musikkanmeldelser/anmeldelser/32754516/
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-18. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ http://www.dt.no/kultur/vakker-popmusikk-fra-setre-1.8377702
  10. ^ http://www.vg.no/rampelys/musikk/a-ha/plateanmeldelse-morten-harket-brother/a/10130524/
  11. ^ http://www.ostlendingen.no/kultur/musikkanmeldelser/harkets-hittil-beste-1.8382787
  12. ^ "'Brother' tracklist and cover art". Mortenharket.com. 1 March 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  13. ^ Talseth, Thomas (18 January 2014). "Låtanmeldelse: Morten Harket - «Brother»" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 5 April 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  14. ^ Lamden, Tim (9 April 2014). "New song by A-ha frontman Morten Harket inspired by Lib Dem candidate Maajid Nawaz". Ham & High. Retrieved 18 April 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  15. ^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  16. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Morten Harket – Brother". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
  17. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Morten Harket – Brother". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  18. ^ http://www.freezepage.com/1398611493AUFVZDXGWO
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