a-ha - Hunting High and Low (30th anniversary)

Today (June 1st) marks the 30th anniversary of Hunting High and Low, the debut album from the Norwegian pop band a-ha. It was a huge International smash, generating four big singles. Of course, here in the US it was known for the first single "Take On Me". It spent forty-seven weeks total on the US Billboard Album chart and peaked at number 15.

For more of my thoughts on this album, click here.

a-ha - Hunting High and Low

A Norwegian new wave band called a-ha made quite a splash on the music scene with their 1985 debut album Hunting High and Low. The group had formed a few years earlier, but their big break came thanks to an innovative video for the song “Take on Me” that ran constantly on MTV.

The album, which was released on June 1st of 1985, went to number 17 in Italy, number 15 on the US Billboard Album chart, number 12 in Canada, number 10 in Germany and Switzerland, number 7 in France, number 2 in the UK, and number 1 in Austria, Norway, New Zealand, and Sweden.