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Stay on These Roads 
Studio album by A-ha Released 3 May 1988 Recorded 1987 Genre New Wave
Synthpop
Alternative rockLength 43:16 Label Warner Bros. Producer Alan Tarney A-ha chronology Scoundrel Days
(1986)Stay on These Roads
(1988)East of the Sun, West of the Moon
(1990)Singles from Stay on These Roads - "Stay on These Roads"
Released: 14 March 1988 - "The Blood That Moves the Body"
Released: 6 June 1988 - "Touchy!"
Released: 15 August 1988 - "You Are the One"
Released: 21 November 1988 - "There's Never a Forever Thing"
Released: 1989 (Brazil Only)
Stay on These Roads is the third full-length album by the rock band A-ha. It was released on 3 May 1988 through Warner Bros. Records.
Contents
Recording
A Synclavier, Sequential Circuits Prophet 5, Yamaha DX-7, Roland D-50, and Roland Juno-60 or Roland Juno-106 synthesizers were used in the recording of this album, as was a Yamaha RX-5 drum machine.
Release and Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Q [2]Stay on These Roads was the band's third studio album. The album's peak on the Billboard 200 was 148. The album was another big hit by A-ha internationally, selling over 4 million copies worldwide. Stay on These Roads achieved Platinum status in Brazil and Gold in the UK, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Germany and Double Platinum status in France.
William Ruhlmann of Allmusic 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-ha's 1987 theme from the James Bond movie The Living Daylights, 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 included 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. None of the singles charted on the Billboard Hot 100.
Track listing
- "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)
- "The Living Daylights" - 4:47 (Barry, 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)
* released as singles from this album. Track 2 was re-released in 1992 in a remixed form.
Chart positions
Album
Chart Peak 
Swiss Album Charts[3]6 
Austrian Album Charts[4]9 
Swedish Albums Chart[5]10 
Norwegian Album Chart[6]1 
Billboard 200[7]148 
UK Album Charts[8]2 
German Album Chart[9]4 
Italian Album Chart[10]2 
Canadian Album Chart[11]55 Singles
[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
Year Name Chart Peak 1988 Stay on These Roads Norwegian Singles Chart 1 Swiss Singles Chart 10 British Singles Chart 5 Irish Singles Chart 2 French Singles Chart 3 Swedish Singles Chart 17 Austrian Singles Chart 1 German Singles Chart 7 Italian Singles Chart 1 The Blood That Moves The Body British Singles Chart 25 Irish Singles Chart 11 Swiss Singles Chart 29 German Singles Chart 23 Touchy! British Singles Chart 11 Irish Singles Chart 6 Swiss Singles Chart 18 French Singles Chart 5 German Singles Chart 13 You Are the One British Singles Chart 13 Irish Singles Chart 12 French Singles Chart 21 German Singles Chart 30 Stay on These Roads Tour
'Stay on These Roads Tour' was a 1988-1989 concert tour by a-ha. They made 87 concerts over 8 countries.
'Tour Dates'
- 3/19/1988 Shepton Mallet, UK - Showering Pavilion
- 3/20/1988 St. Austell, UK - Cornwall Coliseum
- 3/22/1988 Portsmouth, UK - Guildhall
- 3/23/1988 Bournemouth, UK - International Centre
- 3/25/1988 Birmingham, UK - NEC
- 3/28/1988 Manchester, UK -Apollo Theatre
- 3/29/1988 Manchester, UK - Apollo Theatre
- 3/30/1988 Blackpool, UK - Opera House
- 3/31/1988 Edinburgh, UK - Playhouse
- 4/2/1988 Leeds, UK - Queen's Hall
- 3rd April 1988 Liverpool, UK - Empire Theatre
- 7th April 1988 Naples, Italy - Palasport
- 8th April 1988 Rome, Italy - Paleur
- 9th April 1988 Florence, Italy - Palasport
- 10th April 1988 Genova, Italy - Palasport
- 12th April 1988 Turin, Italy - Palasport
- 14th April 1988 Modena,Italy - Palasport
- 15th April 1988 Milan, Italy - Palatrussardi
- 16th April 1988 Milan, Italy - Palatrussardi
- 17th April 1988 Bolzano, Italy - Palasport
- 19th April 1988 Treviso, Italy - Palasport
- 28th April 1988 Vienna, Austria - Stadthalle
- 30th April 1988 Basel, Switzerland - Sporthalle
- 1st May 1988 Lausanne, Switzerland - Patinoire de Malley
- 3rd May 1988 Dijon, France - Palais des Sports
- 4th May 1988 Lyon, France - Palais des Sports
- 5th May 1988 Clermont-Ferrand, France - Maison des Sports
- 6th May 1988 Grenoble, France - Alpexpo
- 7th May 1988 Mulhouse, France - Palais des Sports
- 9th May 1988 Istres, Marseille, France - Ice Rink
- 10th May 1988 Montpellier, France - Zenith
- 11th May 1988 Nice, France - Theatre de Verdure
- 13th May 1988 Toulouse, France - Palais des Sports
- 14th May 1988 Bordeaux, France - Ice Rink
- 16th May 1988 Tours, France - Structure
- 17th May 1988 Rennes, France - Omnisport Hall
- 18th May 1988 Caen, France - Palais des Sports
- 19th May 1988 Paris, France - Bercy
- 20th May 1988 Paris, France - Bercy
- 21st May 1988 Lille, France - Espace Foire
- 2nd June 1988 Cologne, Germany - Sporthalle
- 3rd June 1988 Kassel, Germany - Eissporthalle
- 4th June 1988 Hannover, Germany - Stadion Sporthalle
- 5th June 1988 Kiel, Germany - Osteenhalle
- 7th June 1988 Berlin, Germany - Waldbuhne
- 8th June 1988 Oldenburg, Germany - Weser-Ems-Halle
- 10th June 1988 Hamburg, Germany - Sporthalle
- 11th June 1988 Hamburg, Germany - Sporthalle
- 12th June 1988 Dortmund, Germany - Wesfalenhalle
- 13th June 1988 Heidelberg, Germany - Rhein Necker Halle
- 15th June 1988 Stuttgart, Germany - Martin-Schleyer Halle
- 16th June 1988 Frankfurt, Germany - Festhalle
- 17th June 1988 Offenburg, Germany - Ortenauhalle
- 18th June 1988 Munich, Germany - Olympiahalle
- 20th June 1988 Saarbrucken, Germany - Saarlandhalle
- 23rd June 1988 Paris, France - Bercy
- 25th June 1988 Oslo, Norway - Kalvoya Festival
- 3rd September 1988 Fukuoka, - Japan Sun Palace
- 5th September 1988 Kita-Hyushi, Japan - Koseinenkin Hall
- 6th September 1988 Chime, Japan - Kenmin Kaikan
- 8th September 1988 Nabano, Japan - Kenmin Bunka
- 9th September 1988 Bendal, Japan - Sports Center
- 11th September 1988 Sappora, Japan - Kobeinenkin Hall
- 13th September 1988 Osaka, Japan - Castle Hall
- 14th September 1988 Hiroshima, Japan - Yubin Chokin
- 16th September 1988 Tokyo, Japan - Budokan Hall
- 17th September 1988 Tokyo, Japan - Budokan Hall
- 18th September 1988 Kobe, Japan - World Kinen Hall
- 20th September 1988 Shizuoka Shimin, Japan - Bunka Kaikan
- 21st September 1988 Niibata, Japan - Kenmin Kaikan
- 22nd September 1988 Yamamashi, Japan - Kenmin Bunka
- 24th September 1988 Aichi, Japan - Naboya Gymnasium
- 26th September 1988 Kanazawa, Japan - Kanko Kaikan
- 27th September 1988 Sunma, Japan - Kenmin Kaikan
- 28th September 1988 Yokohama, Japan - Bunka Gymnasium
- 30th September 1988 Tokyo, Japan - Budokan Hall
- 4th December 1988 Brighton, UK - Brighton Centre
- 5th December 1988 Bristol, UK - Hippodrome
- 6th December 1988 London, UK - Wembley Arena
- 7th December 1988 London, UK - Wembley Arena
- 10th December 1988 Belfast, UK - King's Hall
- 12th December 1988 Dublin, Ireland - RDS
- 10th March 1989 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Place of Apoteose
- 11th March 1989 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Place of Apoteose
- 17th March 1989 Sao Paulo, Brazil Estadio do Palmeiras
- 18th March 1989 Sao Paulo, Brazil Estadio do Palmeiras
- 19th March 1989 Sao Paulo, Brazil Estadio do Palmeiras
References
- ^ Allmusic Review
- ^ Q Review
- ^ Swiss album Chart page on Start Something in various European charts, Cited 26 March 2008
- ^ Austrian Album Chart Cited 26 March 2008
- ^ Swedish Album Chart , Cited 26 March 2008
- ^ Norwegian Albums Chart, Cited 26 March 2008
- ^ billboard.com 26 March 2008
- ^ UK Album Chart
- ^ German Album Chart
- ^ "Italian Album Chart". Italian charts. http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yenda/lpe1986.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
- ^ "Canadian Album Chart". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/index-e.html. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
- ^ "Norwegian Singles Chart". VG-lista. http://norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&search=A-ha. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
- ^ "American Single Charts". VG-lista. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Singles&model.vnuArtistId=3914&model.vnuAlbumId=749648. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
- ^ "American Single Charts". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=344&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Bubbling+Under+Hot+100+Singles&ci=3014843&cdi=6733544&cid=07%2F24%2F1993. Retrieved 2008-05-07.[dead link]
- ^ "British Single Chart". UK Top 40. http://www.everyhit.com/. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
- ^ "Swedish Singles Chart". Hitlista. http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=A-ha&cat=s. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
- ^ "French Singles Chart". Palmares. http://lescharts.com/search.asp?search=A-ha&cat=s. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
- ^ "Austrian Singles Chart". Austria Top 40. http://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=A-ha&cat=s. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
- ^ "Swiss Singles Chart". Schweizer Hitparade. http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=A-ha&cat=s. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
- ^ "Irish Singles Chart". The Irish Chart. http://www.irishcharts.ie/. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
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External links
- Lyrics
- Tour of 1988-1989, in German
A-ha Studio albums Hunting High and Low • Scoundrel Days • Stay on These Roads • East of the Sun, West of the Moon • Memorial Beach • Minor Earth Major Sky • Lifelines • Analogue • Foot of the MountainCompilation albums Headlines and Deadlines – The Hits of A-ha • The Definitive Singles Collection 1984–2004 • 25Live albums A-ha Live at Vallhall – Homecoming • How Can I Sleep with Your Voice in My Head • Ending on a High Note – The Final ConcertEPs 45 R.P.M. Club • Twelve Inch Club • Scoundrel Club • Road ClubBox sets Tours Hunting High and Low Tour • Stay On These Roads Tour • Walk Under the Sun Dance Under the Moon Tour • East of the Sun West of the Moon Tour • Memorial Beach Tour • Minor Earth Major Sky Tour • Lifelines Tour • Analogue Tour • Foot Of The Mountain Tour • Ending On A High Note TourRelated articles Categories:- A-ha albums
- 1988 albums
- Warner Bros. Records albums
- "Stay on These Roads"
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