East of the Sun, West of the Moon
A-Ha
℗ 1990 Warner Brothers Records 7599 26314
A small surprise, too quickly destined for the cut-out bins considering the way their career finally went after Hunting High And Low. This is a nicely crafted collection of songs, performed and sung beautifully, with lots of echoes and suggestions tucked into the music. While not an album one can discuss at length, it's an album that's a pleasure to listen to and one that deserves a better reception than the one, unfortunately, that it seems to have gotten. — Steven McDonald. |
- 1. Crying in the Rain (Howard Greenfield — Carole King) [04:25]
- 2. Early Morning (Pal Waaktaar — Magne Furuholmen) [02:58]
- 3. I Call Your Name (Pal Waaktaar — Magne Furuholmen) [04:53]
- 4. Slender Frame (Pal Waaktaar — Magne Furuholmen) [03:42]
- 5. East of the Sun (Pal Waaktaar) [04:47]
- 6. Sycamore Leaves (Pal Waaktaar) [05:21]
- 7. Waiting for Her (Pal Waaktaar — Magne Furuholmen) [04:49]
- 8. Cold River (Pal Waaktaar — Lauren Savoy) [04:41]
- 9. The Way We Talk (Magne Furuholmen) [01:31]
- 10. Rolling Thunder (Pal Waaktaar — Magne Furuholmen) [05:43]
- 11. (Seemingly) Nonstop July (Pal Waaktaar) [02:54]
Участие в альбоме:
- Magne Furuholmen: harmonica, keyboards, lead vocals, strings, second vocal
- Morten Harket: lead vocals
- Paul Waaktaar-Savoy: bass, guitar, piano, second vocal
- David Bedford: strings
- Jorun Bogeberg: bass guitar
- Martin Ditcham: percussion, tambourine
- Per Hillestad: drums
- Chris Hughes: drums
- Phil Todd: saxophone
Тексты:
Crying in the Rain
(Howard Greenfield — Carole King)
I'll never let you see The way my broken heart is hurting me I've got my pride and I know how to hide All the sorrow and pain I'll do my crying in the rain If I wait for cloudy skies You won't know the rain from the tears in my eyes You'll never know that I still love you So though the heartaches remain I'll do my crying in the rain Raindrops falling from heaven Will never wash away my misery But since we're not together I'll wait for stormy weather To hide these tears I hope you'll never see Someday when my crying's done I'm gonna wear a smile and walk in the sun I may be a fool But till then, darling, you'll never see me complain I'll do my crying in the rain I'll do my crying in the rain I'll do my crying in the rain I'll do my crying in the rain
Early Morning
(Pal Waaktaar — Magne Furuholmen)
Early morning Eight o'clock precise I see the lonely August sun arise Say you know You will Move me like you do Out on the fields… I'm waiting the whole night through Early morning, early morning, yeah Ran the whole way Down to the tracks Through the doorway, then a last look back Say you know You will Save me like you do Out on the fields… I've waited the whole night through Early morning, early morning, yeah I climbed all the stairways To find the rooftop clear Got the shotgun lying with me here Say you know You will Move me like you do Out on the fields… You know how it feels, yeah Early morning, early morning, yeah Early morning Eight o'clock precise
I Call Your Name
(Pal Waaktaar — Magne Furuholmen)
We got married on a cold mid-winter's morning We said our lines Then kissed And it was over Those pronouncements had such weight I guess they made us hesitate Hesitate When she moved her hips And swayed in my direction I thought we could make it yet And beat the isolation But in that gentle dark Man, we tore ourselves apart Through fire and rain Through wilderness and pain Through the losses, through the gains On love's roller coaster train I call your name Oh God… we used to laugh Is the fire dying, babe It hurts to ask Let me hold you for awhile.
Slender Frame
(Pal Waaktaar — Magne Furuholmen)
Your coat is hanging loosely On your slender frame There's many roads to lave by But few come back again I don't believe it I believe it Take a look around and see What's stopping you is stopping me One moonless night and we'll make it right And vanish in the dark of night Pack up your things and go Run down the road, don't take it slow Pack up your things today and run away Yeah, run away You say it's useless crying Never got you far You claim there's none as lonely Lonely as you are I don't believe it I believe it Take a look around and see What's breaking you is breaking me One moonless night we'll make it right And vanish in the dark of night
East of the Sun
(Pal Waaktaar)
Half of a letter Tells half a story The way I see it It's half the worry Where I came from I forgot too soon... East of the sun And west of the moon Money talks And hey, I'm listening I've lived without it Enough to miss it Where I'm going I'll get there soon East of the sun And west of the moon Another day leaves me aching I try to wake up But something's breaking Here inside me Deep and hollow A sound that no other sound could follow I know the pain Before the wound East of the sun And west of the moon
Sycamore Leaves
(Pal Waaktaar)
Can't stop thinking 'bout it It fills me with unease Out there by the roadside something's buried Under sycamore leaves Wet grounds, late September The foliage of the trees I came upon this feeling that someone's lying Covered by sycamore leaves And I could never face it And take a look and see And I could never break out And shake it's grip on me
Waiting for Her
(Pal Waaktaar — Magne Furuholmen)
Waiting for her That's all I ever do Waiting for her So why didn't I Take the measures justified Our love has always been the same She comes, then goes away again Oh yeah She used to say We didn't have the breaks we should've had Coming our way But why didn't I take that time and put it right Our love has always been the same She leaves me standing out in the rain Oh yeah Send her my love She's all I'm thinking of Oh yeah I'm telling you And when she's sleeping by my side Eyes closed, all knowledge trapped inside Oh yeah Why didn't I Take the measures justified Send her my love She's all I'm thinking of Oh yeah I'm telling you
Cold River
(Pal Waaktaar — Lauren Savoy)
I took a ride in an automobile Pushed my hands out against the wheel Asked a girl if she needed a ride She said, "Sure, babe, but I wanna drive" Hey now, wait awhile We're going down with a smile Cold river — she took me down Cold river — she took my pride Had to stop on account of the storm Seemed like years since I'd been warm We drove all night till the tires blew Got in the back and did what you do Hey now, wait awhile We're going down with a smile Cold river — she took me down Cold river — she took my pride On a sunny day On a sunny day (She took my pride) All the money you made Did you need it, babe
The Way We Talk
(Magne Furuholmen)
Sometimes the way we talk isn't all that good We can't change though we know we should Baby, these fights we have aren't always fair Was this problem always there If I could, I'd change, I swear I I could, I would, I swear
Rolling Thunder
(Pal Waaktaar — Magne Furuholmen)
It's the weight below us And our fate before us Like a rolling thunder Rolling up from under Don't ever leave this way I know it's getting harder, but hey If your world should crumble, yeah And the rain gets in Running through your skin Soaking you outside in The rain… see it falling But I don't know how long it will be Until the storm's over But I'll wait I will Like the years of silence To the growing violence Like a rolling thunder Rolling up from under Don't ever leave me this way Wait a little longer, yeah, stay Through all the night I tumble, yeah When the rain comes in I will shed my skin Losing it from within See the rain… it's falling But I won't be leaving your side Until all is over I'll wait I will So many lifetimes you've been waiting for it All through the good times when you tried to ignore it You hesitate It's come too late You hear the sound Of when wheels engage When the rain comes in I will shed my skin Losing it from within
(Seemingly) Nonstop July
(Pal Waaktaar)
Walking by strangers Stranger than me We talk of the future Between you and me Sweet little darling Where will we be Sweet little darling Where will we be It's hard to conceive it All comes to an end A joke when it's funny, well… I laugh and pretend We're fools to believe it We're fools to try