Stay on These Roads

Stay on These Roads
Studio album by A-ha
Released 3 May 1988
Recorded 1987
Genre New Wave
Synthpop
Alternative rock
Length 43:16
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Alan Tarney
A-ha chronology
Scoundrel Days
(1986)
Stay on These Roads
(1988)
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
(1990)
Singles from Stay on These Roads
  1. "Stay on These Roads"
    Released: 14 March 1988
  2. "The Blood That Moves the Body"
    Released: 6 June 1988
  3. "Touchy!"
    Released: 15 August 1988
  4. "You Are the One"
    Released: 21 November 1988
  5. "There's Never a Forever Thing"
    Released: 1989 (Brazil Only)

Stay on These Roads is the third full-length album by the rock band A-ha. It was released on 3 May 1988 through Warner Bros. Records.

Contents

Recording

A Synclavier, Sequential Circuits Prophet 5, Yamaha DX-7, Roland D-50, and Roland Juno-60 or Roland Juno-106 synthesizers were used in the recording of this album, as was a Yamaha RX-5 drum machine.

Release and Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Q [2]

Stay on These Roads was the band's third studio album. The album's peak on the Billboard 200 was 148. The album was another big hit by A-ha internationally, selling over 4 million copies worldwide. Stay on These Roads achieved Platinum status in Brazil and Gold in the UK, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Germany and Double Platinum status in France.

William Ruhlmann of Allmusic said "in the U.K., the album became the group's third straight to peak at number two, though it charted for a shorter period than the first two albums, and there were four Top 25 hits—the title track, 'The Blood That Moves the Body,' 'Touchy!,' and 'You Are the One.' (Also included was A-ha's 1987 theme from the James Bond movie The Living Daylights, a U.K. number five that missed the U.S. charts.)"

Lead single "Stay on These Roads", number one in Norway, was a hit across Europe, including top-five showings in the UK, France, Austria and Ireland and top-ten chartings in Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland. Stay on These Roads included three more hit singles, "The Blood That Moves The Body", "Touchy!" and "You Are the One", though a final single, "There's Never a Forever Thing", was released only in Brazil. None of the singles charted on the Billboard Hot 100.

Track listing

  1. "Stay on These Roads" * - 4:45 (Furuholmen, Harket, Waaktaar)
  2. "The Blood That Moves the Body" * - 4:06 (Waaktaar)
  3. "Touchy!" * - 4:34 (Furuholmen, Harket, Waaktaar)
  4. "This Alone Is Love" - 5:15 (Furuholmen, Waaktaar)
  5. "Hurry Home" - 4:37 (Furuholmen, Waaktaar)
  6. "The Living Daylights" - 4:47 (Barry, Waaktaar)
  7. "There's Never a Forever Thing" - 2:53 (Waaktaar)
  8. "Out of Blue Comes Green" - 6:42 (Waaktaar)
  9. "You Are the One"* - 3:51 (Furuholmen, Waaktaar)
  10. "You'll End up Crying" - 2:06 (Waaktaar)

* released as singles from this album. Track 2 was re-released in 1992 in a remixed form.

Chart positions

Album

Chart Peak
Swiss Album Charts[3] 6
Austrian Album Charts[4] 9
Swedish Albums Chart[5] 10
Norwegian Album Chart[6] 1
Billboard 200[7] 148
UK Album Charts[8] 2
German Album Chart[9] 4
Italian Album Chart[10] 2
Canadian Album Chart[11] 55

Singles

[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]

Year Name Chart Peak
1988 Stay on These Roads Norwegian Singles Chart 1
Swiss Singles Chart 10
British Singles Chart 5
Irish Singles Chart 2
French Singles Chart 3
Swedish Singles Chart 17
Austrian Singles Chart 1
German Singles Chart 7
Italian Singles Chart 1
The Blood That Moves The Body British Singles Chart 25
Irish Singles Chart 11
Swiss Singles Chart 29
German Singles Chart 23
Touchy! British Singles Chart 11
Irish Singles Chart 6
Swiss Singles Chart 18
French Singles Chart 5
German Singles Chart 13
You Are the One British Singles Chart 13
Irish Singles Chart 12
French Singles Chart 21
German Singles Chart 30

Stay on These Roads Tour

'Stay on These Roads Tour' was a 1988-1989 concert tour by a-ha. They made 87 concerts over 8 countries.

'Tour Dates'

References

  1. ^ Allmusic Review
  2. ^ Q Review
  3. ^ Swiss album Chart page on Start Something in various European charts, Cited 26 March 2008
  4. ^ Austrian Album Chart Cited 26 March 2008
  5. ^ Swedish Album Chart , Cited 26 March 2008
  6. ^ Norwegian Albums Chart, Cited 26 March 2008
  7. ^ billboard.com 26 March 2008
  8. ^ UK Album Chart
  9. ^ German Album Chart
  10. ^ "Italian Album Chart". Italian charts. http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yenda/lpe1986.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-07. 
  11. ^ "Canadian Album Chart". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/index-e.html. Retrieved 2008-03-07. 
  12. ^ "Norwegian Singles Chart". VG-lista. http://norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&search=A-ha. Retrieved 2008-03-07. 
  13. ^ "American Single Charts". VG-lista. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Singles&model.vnuArtistId=3914&model.vnuAlbumId=749648. Retrieved 2008-03-07. 
  14. ^ "American Single Charts". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=344&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Bubbling+Under+Hot+100+Singles&ci=3014843&cdi=6733544&cid=07%2F24%2F1993. Retrieved 2008-05-07. 
  15. ^ "British Single Chart". UK Top 40. http://www.everyhit.com/. Retrieved 2008-03-07. 
  16. ^ "Swedish Singles Chart". Hitlista. http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=A-ha&cat=s. Retrieved 2008-03-07. 
  17. ^ "French Singles Chart". Palmares. http://lescharts.com/search.asp?search=A-ha&cat=s. Retrieved 2008-03-07. 
  18. ^ "Austrian Singles Chart". Austria Top 40. http://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=A-ha&cat=s. Retrieved 2008-03-07. 
  19. ^ "Swiss Singles Chart". Schweizer Hitparade. http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=A-ha&cat=s. Retrieved 2008-03-07. 
  20. ^ "Irish Singles Chart". The Irish Chart. http://www.irishcharts.ie/. Retrieved 2008-03-07. 
  21. ^ "German Singles Chart". Charts-Surfer. http://www.charts-surfer.de/musiksearch.php. Retrieved 2008-06-07. 
  22. ^ "Italian Singles Chart". hitparadeitalia. http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yends/hpe1987.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-07. 

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