A-ha - Scoundrel Days -remastered And Expanded-... ✦ Reliable

And thanks to the new reissue, we finally have the sonic proof. The Difficult Second Album That Got It Right Released in 1986, Scoundrel Days was the hangover after the party. The band (Morten Harket, Magne Furuholmen, and Paul Waaktaar-Savoy) had just conquered the globe with Hunting High and Low . They could have written Take On Me 2.0 . Instead, they did something brave: they turned the lights down and the angst up.

This edition finally gives the album the respect it deserves. It scrubs off the 80s dust without sterilizing the grit. Whether you are a lifelong fan who wore out the cassette or a Gen Z listener who discovered The Last of Us cover of Take On Me , this is the A-ha rabbit hole you want to fall into. a-ha - Scoundrel Days -Remastered And Expanded-...

When you hear the name “A-ha,” you think of one thing: the cliff-jump music video for Take On Me . That high-octane synth riff. The pencil-sketch rotoscoping. Morten Harket hitting that note that makes dogs howl. And thanks to the new reissue, we finally