Brother | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 11 April 2014 | |||
Recorded | 2013–2014 | |||
Studio | Studio Brun and Atlantis Studios, Stockholm, Sweden | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
Length | 37.02 | |||
Label | Universal (Scandinavia) Wrasse (UK/Ireland) Starwatch (rest of Europe) | |||
Producer | Peter Kvint, Morten Harket[1] | |||
Morten Harket chronology | ||||
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Singles from Brother | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Adresseavisen | [3] |
Aftenposten | [4] |
Bergensavisen | [5] |
Bergens Tidende | [6] |
Dagbladet | [7] |
Dagsavisen | [8] |
Drammens Tidende | [9] |
Verdens Gang | [10] |
Østlendingen | [11] |
Brother is the sixth studio album and fourth English-language album by Norwegian singer & A-Ha lead vocalist Morten Harket. It was released on 11 April 2014 through Universal Music.[12] "There Is a Place" was released as the album's first single on 29 November 2013. On 18 January 2014, "Brother" was released as the second single. It was premiered the same day at the Norwegian award show, Spellemannprisen.[13] The song was inspired by the Radical, the memoir of British Islamist-turned-Liberal activist Maajid Nawaz.[14][15] It was featured as the Album of the Week on the Ken Bruce Show on BBC Radio 2 from 21 to 25 April 2014. The music video for the song "Brother" was directed by long-time friend and Hollywood director Harald Zwart.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Brother" | 4:31 |
2. | "Do You Remember Me?" | 4:04 |
3. | "Safe with Me" | 3:27 |
4. | "Whispering Heart" | 3:56 |
5. | "Heaven Cast" | 4:07 |
6. | "There Is a Place" | 3:15 |
7. | "Oh What a Night" | 3:41 |
8. | "End of the Line" | 3:36 |
9. | "Can't Answer This" | 3:36 |
10. | "First Man to the Grave" | 3:39 |
Chart (2014) | Peak position |
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German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16] | 11 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[17] | 1 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] | 62 |
UK Albums (OCC)[19] | 56 |