Memorial Beach
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Memorial Beach is the fifth album by Norwegian band A-ha
, released in 1993.
The album was recorded primarily at Prince
’s Paisley Park studios outside Minneapolis in the U.S. Featured among the tracks is “Angel in the Snow,” a song Paul wrote for his bride, Lauren Savoy, as a wedding gift, and the eight-minute epic “Cold As Stone”. Recording the album was, according to Harket, “A rather dark and heavy period for the band”, although Magne has said, “I dig Memorial Beach, and 'Dark is the Night for All' is the high point, the best thing on the disc.”
Memorial Beach featured three more top 50 singles for the band in the UK, “Move to Memphis,” “Dark is the Night” and “Angel in the Snow”. While the album did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100, and would be the band's last to be released in the U.S., the single "Dark Is the Night" peaked at #11 on the Billboard
Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
chart, their last U.S. charting to date.
A-ha
A-ha were a Norwegian pop band formed in Oslo in 1982. The band was founded by Morten Harket , Magne Furuholmen , and Pål Waaktaar...
, released in 1993.
The album was recorded primarily at Prince
Prince (musician)
Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...
’s Paisley Park studios outside Minneapolis in the U.S. Featured among the tracks is “Angel in the Snow,” a song Paul wrote for his bride, Lauren Savoy, as a wedding gift, and the eight-minute epic “Cold As Stone”. Recording the album was, according to Harket, “A rather dark and heavy period for the band”, although Magne has said, “I dig Memorial Beach, and 'Dark is the Night for All' is the high point, the best thing on the disc.”
Memorial Beach featured three more top 50 singles for the band in the UK, “Move to Memphis,” “Dark is the Night” and “Angel in the Snow”. While the album did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100, and would be the band's last to be released in the U.S., the single "Dark Is the Night" peaked at #11 on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
The Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It lists the top 25 singles below number 100 that have not yet charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Sometimes, however, singles halt their progress on this chart, and never appear on the Hot 100...
chart, their last U.S. charting to date.
- JD and Jevetta SteeleJevetta Steele-Biography:Steele is originally from Gary, Indiana, though she has lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for many years. She originally migrated to the Twin Cities to become a criminal lawyer, although music and stage would eventually became her destined paths. In addition to her successful solo career,...
from the American gospel group The Steeles appears on backing vocals on the songs "Move to Memphis" and "Lie Down in Darkness" as does the singer Kathy Wilson.
- French actress Béatrice DalleBéatrice Dalle-Biography:Dalle was born in Brest, Finistère, France, as Béatrice Cabarrou. In 1985 she married the painter Jean-François Dalle but they divorced in 1988....
appears in the music video for the song "Move to Memphis"
- Some lyrics from "Locust" were reused on the 2004 SavoySavoy (band)Savoy are a Norwegian-American rock trio consisting of Paul Waaktaar-Savoy , Lauren Savoy and Frode Unneland...
single "Whalebone".
- British indie band Memorial Beach named themselves after the album.
Track listing
All tracks written by Pål Waaktaar unless noted otherwise:- "Dark Is the Night for AllDark Is the Night"Dark is the Night for All" is a song by A-ha, the second single from the album Memorial Beach.The song, like the entire Memorial Beach album, was recorded at Prince's Paisely Park studios. There are two versions of the music video; the first version was banned due to disturbing scenes, including...
" – 3:46 - "Move to Memphis" – 4:22 (Pål Waaktaar/Magne Furuholmen)
- "Cold as Stone" – 8:19
- "Angel in the SnowAngel (a-ha song)"Angel in the Snow" is a song by A-ha, the third single from the album Memorial Beach. The single version of the song is only named "Angel"....
" – 4:13 - "Locust" – 5:09
- "Lie Down in Darkness" – 4:32
- "How Sweet It Was" – 6:00
- "Lamb to the Slaughter" – 4:20 (Magne Furuholmen)
- "Between Your Mama and Yourself" – 4:16
- "Memorial Beach" – 4:36
Singles
- "Move To Memphis", UK#47
- "Dark Is The Night For All", UK#19, US#111
- "Angel In The Snow", UK#41