''Stay on These Roads'' is the third studio album by Norwegian band

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, released on 3 May 1988 by

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. Six singles were released from the album.

Recording

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, and

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s were used in the recording of this album, as was a

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drum machine.

Release and reception

The album peaked at number 148 on the US ''Billboard'' 200. It was another big hit by A-ha internationally, selling over 4 million copies worldwide. ''Stay on These Roads'' achieved

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status in Brazil and Gold in the UK, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Germany and Double Platinum status in France. It reached number two in the European top-100 albums sales chart. William Ruhlmann of

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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 re-recording of A-ha's 1987 theme from the James Bond movie ''

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'', which, in its single version, was 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'' includes 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.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy; music composers listed below. ;Side one # " Stay on These Roads" – 4:45 (Furuholmen, Harket, Waaktaar) # " The Blood That Moves the Body" – 4:06 (Waaktaar) # " Touchy!" – 4:34 (Furuholmen, Harket, Waaktaar) # "This Alone Is Love" – 5:15 (Furuholmen, Waaktaar) # "Hurry Home" – 4:37 (Furuholmen, Waaktaar) ;Side two # "

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, Waaktaar) # "There's Never a Forever Thing" – 2:53 (Waaktaar) # "Out of Blue Comes Green" – 6:42 (Waaktaar) # " You Are the One" – 3:51 (Furuholmen, Waaktaar) # "You'll End up Crying" – 2:06 (Waaktaar)

2015 Deluxe edition

;Disc 1 # "Stay on These Roads" (2015 Remastered) # "The Blood That Moves the Body" (2015 Remastered) # "Touchy!" (2015 Remastered) # "This Alone Is Love" (2015 Remastered) # "Hurry Home" (2015 Remastered) # "The Living Daylights" (2015 Remastered) # "There's Never a Forever Thing" (2015 Remastered) # "Out of Blue Comes Green" (2015 Remastered) # "You Are the One" (2015 Remastered) # "You'll End up Crying" (2015 Remastered) # "Stay on These Roads" (Extended Remix) # "You Are the One" (12" Remix) # "The Living Daylights (Extended Version) # "The Blood That Moves the Body" (Extended Remix) # "Touchy!" (Go-Go Mix) ;Disc 2 - Demos & Alternate Versions # "Stay on These Roads" (Early Version) # "The Blood That Moves the Body" (Demo) # "Touchy!" # "This Alone Is Love" (Demo) # "You Are the One" (Early Version) # "Cold River" (1987 Demo) # "Hurry Home" (Demo) # "I'll Never Find Streetful City" (Demo) # "The Living Daylights" (Demo) # "There's Never a Forever Thing" (Demo) # "Out of Blue Comes Green" (Alternate Mix) # "You'll End up Crying" (Demo) # "You Are the One" (Alternate Version) # "Touchy!" (Demo) # "Umbrella" (Rendezvous Demo) # "Thus Ended Our Love Affair" (Demo) # "There's Never a Forever Thing" (Acoustic Version) # "Evitar" (Demo) # "You Are the One" (Demo) # "Sail On My Love" (Writing Session)

Personnel

A-ha *

Morten Harket Morten Harket () (born September 14, 1959) is a Norwegian vocalist and songwriter, who is the lead singer of the synthpop/rock band A-ha. A-ha has released 10 studio albums to date, and topped the charts internationally after their breakthrough ...

– lead and backing vocals *

Magne Furuholmen Magne Furuholmen (born 1 November 1962) is a Norwegian musician and visual artist. He was named Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav by King Harald for his services to Norwegian music and his international success. Furuholmen, better kno ...

– keyboards, bass and drum programming, backing vocals *

Paul Waaktaar-Savoy Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (born Pål Gamst, 6 September 1961) is a Norwegian musician and songwriter. Waaktaar-Savoy is best known for his work as the main songwriter and guitarist in the Norwegian pop band A-ha, which has sold more than 50 million alb ...

– guitars, strings, bass and drum programming, backing vocals * Contributions to the recording of the album: Steve Sidwell, Ben Robbins,

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. Production and Technical *

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– producer * Gerry Kitchingham – recording engineer * John Hudson – mixing * Jeri Heiden – art direction *

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– band photography * Stuart Watson – "still life" photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

References

External links

Lyrics

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