Minor Earth Major Sky

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Minor Earth Major Sky
Studio album by a-ha
Released	July 17, 2000
Recorded	1998-2000
Genre	Pop
Length	51:42
Label	Wea International
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a-ha chronology
Memorial Beach (1993)	Minor Earth Major Sky (2000)	Lifelines (2002)

Minor Earth Major Sky is the sixth album by Norwegian band a-ha, released in 2000 World Sales: 2.750.000

[edit] Track listing

1. Minor Earth Major Sky – 5:25
2. Little Black Heart – 4:35
3. Velvet – 4:21
4. Summer Moved On – 4:38
5. The Sun Never Shone That Day – 4:40
6. To Let You Win – 4:24
7. The Company Man – 3:15
8. Thought That It Was You – 3:50
9. I Wish I Cared – 4:23
10. Barely Hanging On – 3:56
11. You'll Never Get Over Me – 5:40
12. I Won't Forget Her – 4:44
13. Mary Ellen Makes the Moment Count – 4:51
14. Summer Moved On (remix) – 6:00 (Japan only)

[edit] Miscellanea

Until the release of this album, the band had been on hiatus since the early 1990s. After a very well-received performance of "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." and new song "Summer Moved On" at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in 1998, the threesome returned to the studio and recorded 2000's Minor Earth, Major Sky, which resulted in a new tour.

Morten Harket holds the world record for the longest note held in a song. During the song "Summer Moved On" Morten sustains a note for 20.2 seconds.

"Velvet," the third single from the album, is a re-recording of a song originally released in 1996 by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy's other band, Savoy.

Almost the entire album was remixed by producer Niven Garland, at the record company's insistence, to make it more radio-friendly for the band's German market.

"Summer Moved On (edit)," "Minor Earth, Major Sky (remix)" and "Velvet (edit)" were commercially released as singles. "I Wish I Cared" was an internet download single, accompanied by an internet-only single – one of the first of its kind.

[edit] External links

• Album entry on a-ha discography site

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Morten Harket | Magne Furuholmen | Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (also known as Pål Waaktaar)

Discography

Albums: Hunting High and Low | Scoundrel Days | Stay on These Roads | East of the Sun, West of the Moon | Memorial Beach | Minor Earth Major Sky | Lifelines | Analogue

Live albums and compilations: Headlines And Deadlines - The Hits of a-ha | How Can I Sleep With Your Voice In My Head a-ha Live | The Singles: 1984-2004 | The Definitive Singles Collection 1984-2004

Singles: "Take on Me (1st rel)" | "Love Is Reason" | "Take on Me (2nd rel)" | "Take on Me (3rd rel)" | "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." | "Train of Thought" | "Hunting High and Low" | "I've Been Losing You" | "Cry Wolf" | "Maybe Maybe" | "Manhattan Skyline" | "The Living Daylights" | "Stay on These Roads" | "The Blood That Moves The Body" | "Touchy!" | "You Are the One" | "There's Never a Forever Thing" | "Crying in the Rain" | "I Call Your Name" | "Early Morning" | "Waiting for Her" | "Move to Memphis" | "The Blood That Moves The Body (Remix)" | "Dark Is the Night" | "Angel" | "Lie Down In Darkness" | "Shapes That Go Together" | "Summer Moved On" | "Minor Earth Major Sky" | "Velvet" | "The Sun Never Shone That Day" | "Minor Earth Major Box (4 CD Box set)" | "Forever Not Yours" | "Lifelines" | "Did Anyone Approach You?" | "The Sun Always Shines On T.V. a-ha Live" | "Celice" | "Birthright" | "Analogue (All I Want)" | "Cosy Prisons"