Foot of the Mountain

Foot of the Mountain is the ninth studio album by the Norwegian pop rock band A-ha. It was released on 19 June 2009 and reached No. 1 on the German Albums Chart and No. 2 on the Norwegian Albums Chart. In its first week in the UK, the album debuted at No. 5, the group's highest chart placing in that country since Stay on These Roads in 1988.

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Foot of the Mountain
Studio album by
A-ha
Released12 June 2009
RecordedJanuary – May 2009
Studio
  • United States
  • (Water Music, Beat 360, The Alabaster Room)
  • Norway
  • (Yoga Studio, Alabaster Cottage, Malabar Studio, Rainbow Studio)
  • Germany
  • (Gaga Studios, Bookie Park Studios)
  • United Kingdom
  • (Real World Studios)
GenreSynth-pop
Length40:45
LabelWe Love Music, Polydor, Universal
ProducerA-ha, Steve Osborne, Mark Saunders, Roland Spremberg, Erik Ljunggren
A-ha chronology
Analogue
(2005)		 Foot of the Mountain
(2009)		 25
(2010)
Singles from Foot of the Mountain
  1. "Foot of the Mountain"
    Released: 5 May 2009
  2. "Nothing Is Keeping You Here"
    Released: 21 September 2009
  3. "Shadowside"
    Released: 21 September 2009

The overall sound of the record marks a return to the synth-pop style the band became famous for in the mid-1980s. Keyboardist Magne Furuholmen describes the album thus: "It's an album that incorporates the key elements that first defined the band: soaring vocals, synth hooks, yearning lyrics and melodic melancholia."

Foot of the Mountain was A-ha's last full-length album before their split in 2010 and the last to the use the new A-ha logo before they reunited and reverted to their old logo. However, they did release a further compilation album 25 with their new single "Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)" before reuniting in 2015.

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