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Out of My Hands (Morten Harket album)
2012 studio album by Morten Harket
| Out of My Hands | |
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| Released | April 13, 2012 (2012-04-13) |
| Recorded | Norway (Ljunggren Studio, Snowdrop Studios) England (Real World Studios) Sweden (Studio Brun, Quant Studios) |
| Genre | Synthpop, pop rock |
| Length | 37:44 |
| Label | Universal, Island, We Love Music |
| Producer | Morten Harket, Lars Hustoft, Peter Kvint, Erik Ljunggren, Steve Osborne, Jonas Quant |
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Out of My Hands is the fifth studio album and third English-language album by Norwegian pop singer Morten Harket. It was released on April 13, 2012 through Island Records.[1] The album was mainly produced by British record producerSteve Osborne, who worked with a-ha on their ninth studio album, Foot of the Mountain (2009). The album charted at number one in Norway, becoming the singer's third number-one album there.
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[edit]Nick Levine of the BBC gave the album a favourable review, and wrote: "There's a
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Born in Kongsberg, Norway on September 14, 1959, vocalist Morten Harket is best-known as the lead vocalist for Norwegian pop trio A-ha. He possesses a five octave range, which was unique in electronic pop and new wave music. In 2012, alongside his A-ha bandmates Magne Furuholmen and Päl Waaktaar-Savoy, Harket was named Knights First Class of the Order of St. Olav by King Harald for his services to Norwegian music and his international success. Harket’s interest in music began when he was very young – he was writing songs and playing piano at the age of 4. In 1982, he was performing with Oslo blues band Souldier Blue when he met Waaktaar and Furuholmen and formed A-ha. After two years of writing songs and perfecting their sound, A-ha released the original version of their signature song “Take on Me”. The band signed with Warner Bros. Records, releasing their debut album, Hunting High and Low, in 1985. The album included a re-recorded version of “Take on Me”, which was the album’s fi