Out of My Hands | ||||
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Released | April 13, 2012 | |||
Recorded | Norway (Ljunggren Studio, Snowdrop Studios) England (Real World Studios) Sweden (Studio Brun, Quant Studios) | |||
Genre | Synthpop, pop rock | |||
Length | 37:44 | |||
Label | Universal, Island, We Love Music | |||
Producer | Morten Harket, Lars Hustoft, Peter Kvint, Erik Ljunggren, Steve Osborne, Jonas Quant | |||
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Singles from Out of My Hands | ||||
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Out of My Hands is the fifth studio album and third English-language album by Norwegian pop singer Morten Harket. It was released on April 13, 2012 through Island Records.[1] The album was mainly produced by British record producer Steve Osborne, who worked with a-ha on their ninth studio album, Foot of the Mountain (2009). Upon its release, the album received generally mixed reviews from Norwegian music critics. The album charted at number one in Norway, becoming the singer's third number-one album there.
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Source | Rating |
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Nordlys | negative[9] |
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Nick Levine of the BBC gave the album a favourable review, and wrote: "There's a similar dignity to Morten Harket's first solo album since the split. It's a grown-up synth-pop affair featuring songs that vary in pace all the way from a fairly slow mid-tempo to, ooh, a fairly fast mid-tempo. Actually, Out of My Hands doesn't sound too different from the last few a-ha albums, but it's also fresh enough to recall Echoes, Will Young's stellar electro-pop LP from last year."[11]
In his review for Daily Express, Simon Gage gave the album three out of five stars writing, "The famous falsetto is still very much in evidence and the songs strong if a little on the dated side with driving guitars and lush orchestrations making it sound remarkably a-ha-esque."[12]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Scared of Heights" | Espen Lind | Lind | Erik Ljunggren | 3:22 |
2. | "Keep the Sun Away" | David Sneddon, James Bauer-Mein, Julian Peake | Sneddon, Bauer-Mein, Peake | Steve Osborne, Ljunggren | 3:19 |
3. | "Lightning" | Joakim Berg, Martin Sköld, Morten Harket | Berg, Sköld, Harket | Osborne, Erik Ljunggren | 3:52 |
4. | "I'm the One" | Ole Sverre Olsen, Harket | Harket, Peter Kvint | Ljunggren, Kvint | 3:22 |
5. | "Quiet" | Olsen, Harket | Harket, Kvint | Kvint, Harket | 4:19 |
6. | "Burn Money Burn" | Berg, Harket[a] | Berg | Ljunggren, Osborne | 3:52 |
7. | "When I Reached the Moon" | Håvard Rem | Harket, Kvint | Osborne | 3:50 |
8. | "Listening" | Neil Tennant | Tennant, Chris Lowe | Osborne | 4:53 |
9. | "Just Believe It" | Olsen, Berg, Harket | Berg, Jonas Quant | Jonas Quant | 3:28 |
10. | "Out of My Hands" | Harket, Olsen | Harket, Lars K. Hustoft | Hustoft, Harket, Kvint | 3:37 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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11. | "Undecided" | Hågen Rørmark, Christian Engebretsen, Tor Einar Krogtoft-Jensen | 3:33 |
Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums Chart[16] | 30 |
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[17] | 90 |
Dutch Albums Chart[18] | 77 |
French Albums Chart | 29 |
German Albums Chart[19] | 3 |
Norwegian Albums Chart[20] | 1 |
Russian Albums Chart | 18 |
Swiss Albums Chart[21] | 23 |
UK Albums Chart[22] | 37 |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label |
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Austria[23] | April 13, 2012 | CD, digital download | Universal Music Group, Island Records, We Love Music |
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Germany[23] | |||
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Switzerland[23] | |||
United Kingdom[24] | May 14, 2012 | Wrasse Records |