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Track Listings

1 Take on Me
2 The Blue Sky
3 The Sun Always Shines on T.V
4 Train of Thought (7" Remix)
5 Hunting High and Low (7" Remix)
6 I've Been Losing You
7 Scoundrel Days
8 The Swing of Things
9 Cry Wolf
10 Manhattan Skyline (Edit Version)
11 The Living Daylights
12 Stay on These Roads
13 Touchy! (Uk DJ Edit)
14 There's Never a Forever Thing
15 You Are the One (7" Remix)
16 The Blood That Moves the Body (Two-Time Gun Remix)
17 Crying in the Rain
18 Early Morning
19 Slender Frame
20 I Call Your Name
21 Move to Memphis (Single Version)
22 Dark Is the Night for All
23 Cold As Stone (Re-Mix)
24 Angel in the Snow (Edit)
25 Shapes That Go Together
26 Summer Moved on
27 Minor Earth Major Sky (Niven's Radio Edit)
28 The Sun Never Shone That Day (Radio Edit)
29 Velvet
30 Forever Not Yours
31 Lifelines
32 Did Anyone Approach You?
33 Celice
34 Analogue
35 Cosy Prisons (Radio Mix)
36 Foot of the Mountain
37 Nothing Is Keeping You Here (Single Remix)
38 Shadowside (Single Edit)
39 Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)
40 Take on Me (1985 Version) (DVD)
41 The Sun Always Shines on T.V. (DVD)
42 I've Been Losing You (DVD)
43 Manhattan Skyline (DVD)
44 Stay on These Roads (DVD)
45 Crying in the Rain (DVD)
46 Dark Is the Night for All (DVD)
47 Move to Memphis (DVD)
48 Shapes That Go Together (DVD)
49 Angel in the Snow (DVD)
50 Summer Moved on (DVD)
51 Minor Earth Major Sky (DVD)
52 Lifelines (DVD)
53 Did Anyone Approach You? (DVD)
54 Velvet (DVD)
55 Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah) (DVD)
56 Take on Me (1984 Version) (Bonus Video) (DVD)

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Deluxe three disc (two CDs + NTSC/Region 0 DVD) edition includes bonus DVD featuring 17 career-spanning video clips. 2010 collection from the Norwegian Pop trio. After nine albums, an iconic music video, and sales of more than 36 million worldwide, 2010 celebrates a-ha's 25th anniversary and final year together. The album includes 38 a-Ha favorites including 'Take on Me', 'The Sun Always Shines on TV', 'Cry Wolf' and 'Velvet' plus the brand new track 'Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)'. Warner.

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.51 x 4.88 x 0.94 inches; 7.23 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ WEA
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ September 4, 2010
  • Label ‏ : ‎ WEA
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0041TW5WC
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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105. Memorial hits
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105. Memorial hits
When back in 2010 a-ha announced their split, I was gutted because one of my favourite bands would be no more, and happy because not many would be brave enough to retire so gracefully. Their aptly-titled Ending on a High Note farewell tour, was as overwhelming as expected. And their swansong, the melancholic "Butterfly, butterfly (The last hurrah)", was the perfect way to say goodbye - any fan watching the moving accompanying video, summing up their career in such a poignant manner, must have shed a tear, and will forever cherish the culminating moments of 25 years together shown in their eyes and their embrace. Paul, Magne, and Morten: from caterpillars, to chrysalises, and then finally butterflies."25" is an essential pop purchase, an excellent representation of the band's impressive and inspired body of work, chronologically compiled and lovingly remastered. Despite this 2CD+DVD package being a slightly missed opportunity to provide a complete and comprehensive videography, the audio content is nothing less than amazing, celebrating 25 years of music from a unique band whose incredible songwriting graced the world with some of the finest pop songs ever released. Who would have thought that a band from cold Norway could create such warm music? "25" is sheer proof. Summer moved on, but with this collection the sun will always shine... not just on TV! Tusen takk, a-ha!***** for the music**** for the DVD
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  • Kort
    5.0 out of 5 stars We're Looking For The Whales!
    Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2012
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    "We're Looking For The Whales" is just about the only track I'm missing on this excellent A-Ha remaster compilation.

    Fans of this group may think of a few other tracks they'd want on this album, but overall it delivers the complete "A-Ha" experience on two discs. Children of the 80s will mostly likely favor the first disc since it hits most of their highlights in that decade. But A-Ha went on to produce more excellent music in the 90s and beyond, and this collection covers most of it. The remastering is excellent, and both vocals and instruments shine in this recording. People buying this probably already know most of the songs, so there's no need review them. As a best-of, it captures most of what made A-Ha such a New Wave band hit. The quality of the recording is excellent.

    For newcomers to A-Ha, this is a great introduction to many of their popular tracks and a few that are not so well known. For long-time fans, it is a concise collection of what made them so good. To hardcore fans I would recommend getting each album - especially the remastered versions with extended content. But in a pinch, this really is just about all of the A-Ha you'll ever need.

    ~ Kort
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  • Jeffrey E.
    5.0 out of 5 stars A nice send-off....
    Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2010
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    A-ha has been tops on my favorites list of bands since 1985 when "Take on me" topped the charts here in the U.S. I was even fortunate enough to see them live in Toronto in 1986 right after "Scoundrel Days" was released. I've followed them through good albums and not so good albums but overall they have always delivered the magic that made them stand the test of time. I was very sorry to hear of them breaking up this year and going their separate ways. It has been an amazing run to say the least. It is really a shame that the U.S. couldn't appreciate them for more than that one first hit. Most people I talk to about A-ha only remember "Take on me" and the video for it. Talk about an underrated band! They matured and changed so much over the past 2 1/2 decades. Glad I didn't just buy the single for "Take on me" and forget about the rest of the album! "Hunting High and Low" was my very first CD some 500 ago!

    This final "hits" collection is really a must have for A-ha fans or anyone looking to experience their releases in one collection. I loved the story of how they came to be and the trip through time, from then to now, that was included in the liner notes. It was nice to see a couple of different versions of the songs included on here as I have virtually all of them on CD somewhere or other already. Even though I have all of their previous albums I still wanted to get a copy of this one for myself just to have as a final farewell.

    Thanks for 25 great years of music!
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  • Danielle
    5.0 out of 5 stars Perefect title: The Very Best of
    Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2018
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    Love this CD! I recently rediscovered this great band and their awesome music in the last couple of months. I have been all over YouTube watching and listening to all of their old favorites and all of the new stuff I was pleasantly surprised to find when I went looking. I have the Unplugged CD (which is REALLY good, too BTW) and I was looking at getting more of their music to listen to in the car (the only place I have a CD player) and I thought this would be a good one to get. I was right. It has (almost) all of their best songs on it. I was sad to not have Living a Boy's Adventure Tale and Here I Stand and Face the Rain and maybe a couple others but I know they couldn't put every song on there, they had to make some choices. Still a Great CD that I listen to all the time. Highly recommended for lifelong fans and new ones alike.
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  • Larry Davis
    4.0 out of 5 stars Would be 5, but that DVD, HUH???????
    Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2011
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    I've been a longtime a-ha fan since 1985 and "Take On Me"...saw their farewell tour in NYC in 2010, "ending on a high note" indeed. Before the tour, Rhino/Warner finally released in the US their 2004 compilation "Singles 1984-2004", which was fine, but as this was the farewell tour, and I heard a compilation/boxset would be released covering their whole career, Warners and Universal stuff combined, and here it is..."25", in 3 versions, the standard 2CD, a Japanese 2CD set with a completely different...fan-selected...tracklisting, and this, the Deluxe triple consisting of the standard 2CDs and a DVD of 17 vidclips...that's the one I purchased, as I had no a-ha on DVD, and this looks like a companion piece to the "Headlines & Deadlines" DVD, as most of the clips on it are post-1991, with standards and rarities and a missing clip from earlier, including the new vidclip of their final single "Butterfly Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)".

    Before I start, 2 questions...why "25" is not being released in the US at all??? Is it because of unavailability of licensing of tracks from their 2 Universal albums "Analogue" and "Foot Of The Mountain"??? Is this because of this reason that Rhino/Warner released (finally and late??) in the US the 2004 comp "Singles 1984-2004"??? Otherwise, why release that when knowingly "25" was ready to go?? And speaking of those 2 albums, why were there NO CLIPS from those albums on the DVD??? They have the songs, why no clips?? Strange.

    Now, as for the 2CDs, I say SHEER perfection...remastering and song selection, the right versions ("Move To Memphis 1991", "The Blood That Moves The Body 1992"), many of their best non-single album tracks ("Scoundrel Days", "The Swing Of Things", "Slender Frame") AND non-album singles (the 1991 "Move To Memphis", "Shapes That Go Together", the new "Butterfly Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)")!!! It's like the whole of the 2CDs was made to order for me, as if I was contacted and consulted in putting this together...sheer perfection and a clearcut way to explain to in-the-dark Americans why a-ha MATTER and got the shaft in American media, that they were unfairly tagged a 1-hit wonder joke, and are clear innovators of beautifully epic, intricate, dark, melancholic, widescreen pop that clearly influenced bands like Coldplay and Keane, and that even U2 tipped their hats to this groundbreaking Norwegian trio in "Beautiful Day", a nod to their 1985 #20 pop hit (in the US belying their 1-hit-wonder status here) "The Sun Always Shines On TV", one of their best (if not their very best) songs...sheer perfection.

    As for the DVD...it's meant to be a post-"Headlines & Deadlines" companion piece...and for the most part, it's awesome, with most of the clips post-1991, with a few classic clips and rarities like alt-cuts of their 1990 Carole King/Everly's cover of "Crying In The Rain" which has the band in it mostly, and the original 1984 clip of "Take On Me", interesting and cool...but it all stops with the clip of "The Sun Always Shines On TV", wow, whoever did that should be fired pronto!!! They used the wrong music track (the album version, not the single version) and had the music and video track badly jumpcut right when Morten starts to sing/mime...REALLY bad...and no excuse as the "Headlines & Deadlines" video/DVD did not have this problem...THEN what's really weird/odd is after the clip ends, it goes into the US National Anthem and video as if it's an end of a broadcast day in the 70s, the TV is about to go off the air into static, with US scenery and a US flag in the middle of the screen!!! Like, HUH??? Where did they get THAT??? And why is it on an a-ha DVD...a NORWEGIAN band????? Was it an American nationalist, is it a druggy sign of things to come???? Is this an alien invasion??? Am I here?? It sorta mirrors the 1969-era moon exploration clip of "Minor Earth Major Sky", with the US flag-planting, but in all the wrong ways. Totally surreal and kinda funny, but completely WRONG and misplaced. Whoever was responsible should be fired, immediately. Then, the print of "Take On Me" was possibly damaged, as for a splitsecond, the closeup of Bunty Bailey's face in the opening scene post-animation was either worn or had some dirt on the print, but it's only a quick splitsecond, no biggie...and the clip of 1986's "I've Been Losing You" (missing from "Headlines") had all-over-the-place editing...horrible job but that was prob the original vidclip. I'm just happy the 1991 clip of "Move To Memphis" is on there, perfect and untouched...that clip is pure sex...the hot girl, water, S&M imagery, plastic...pure sex...even the guys had that mood going on, Morten in Elvis mode, long hair and all.

    So overall, 4 stars...docked a star for the bad editing botch job on the DVD...everything else was perfect...not sure if Rhino will be able to fix the DVD, but I doubt it.
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  • Catherine Nolan
    5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE!!!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2023
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    I’m thrilled to have found a greatest hits CD. I hadn’t listened to A-ha in years since I only owned the cassette version and Lord only knows what happened to my cassette player. I was a huge fan back in the day and still am. Very happy with this purchase.
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  • LAURENT Frédéric
    5.0 out of 5 stars Double cd
    Reviewed in France on February 20, 2025
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    Impeccable, comme neuf
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  • Weyman
    5.0 out of 5 stars It's all good
    Reviewed in Canada on April 7, 2019
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    Happy with the product
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  • Laura
    5.0 out of 5 stars Sintesi di 25 anni di buona musica dei mitici a-ha
    Reviewed in Italy on November 7, 2019
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    Una raccolta dei pezzi più famosi di questa fantastica band. In un unico cd un pezzo di storia della loro carriera con alcuni remix. Io amo i ragazzi norvegesi per cui sono di parte ma la consiglio a chiunque piaccia la buona musica.
    Sono riuscita a trovare il cd usato in ottime condizioni come indicato all'ordine, soddisfattissima quindi anche del venditore.
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  • ANTONIO M. TORTOSA VAZQUEZ
    5.0 out of 5 stars A-HA éxitos
    Reviewed in Spain on May 27, 2018
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    Un gran álbum recopilatorio con todos los grandes éxitos de A-HA de todos sus álbumes menos el último que sacaron después de este recopilatorio
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  • Matt182
    5.0 out of 5 stars Goodbye to A-ha
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 30, 2013
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    This album was released surrounding the bands' final break-up and just after the release of their farewell single. The first ever A-ha album I ever bought was 'The definitive singles collection 1984-2004' compilation album and I have loved this band ever since. Whereas that album has the defining singles and most of them on it from that 20 year period, this album has not just every single ever released by the band, including the final ever song 'Butterfly, butterfly (The last Hurrah) but also a selection of non-singles from each of the 9 studio albums. I think this is the ultimate A-ha collection and was especially attractive to me when it was released as I had collected some but not all of A-ha's albums so it gives a flavour of a couple of the non-singles from those albums. The album artwork follows on from the final album Foot of the mountain with the nature theme but has its own bubble style artwork. The booklet features a welcome informative piece about the band's history.

    This album really is a piece of music history and if you have never bought an A-ha album before then it gives you a true slice of the band with not just the singles but album songs as well. The album features edited single versions and remixes which would even appeal to the veteran fan. There are 5 songs from the 1st two albums, 6 songs from the third, 4 songs from the fourth, fifth and sixth, 3 from the seventh, 3 from the eighth, 3 songs from the ninth and final album and the farewell single, which is very melancholy and emotionally stirring for the longer term fans. I think it's a brilliant song to say goodbye.

    From the early days of deep 80's synth pop all the way to the modern nostalgic electro of their final album and final single this 2 CD album takes us along the journey of the bands development. If I had to recommend an album to anyone interested in this band then it would be this greatest hits compilation. With 39 songs which take you through the bands 25 year history as 1 of the most successful bands it is an album not to be missed, by new and old fans, even if it's just to add to your collection because it's pure gold! At just £5.07 this album is a no-brainer purchase when 'The definitive singles collection' right now is £9.12! This album has over double the amount of tracks so this is the obvious choice for anyone. This album is compelling evidence that A-ha were the greatest Norwegian band of all time and proof that they are one of THE greatest bands ever.
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