Analogue

a-ha’s 2005 studio album, "Analogue", will be released as a 2 CD deluxe edition in April. The band’s 8th album was produced by a-ha and Martin Terefe, mixed by Flood, and was notable for featuring "Analogue (All I Want)", a song that returned a-ha to the top 10 of the UK singles charts after a 17 year drought. Swedish songwriter and producer Max Martin was brought in to work his magic on a song called "Minor Key Sonata (Analogue)" and it was transformed into "Analogue (All I Want)". Other singles from the album include "Celice" and "Cosy Prisons", which featured backing vocals from Graham Nash.

Unlike the RSD 2 LP vinyl set, which simply spreads the album across 4 sides of vinyl, the 2 CD set offers 21 bonus tracks, 15 of which are previously unreleased.

Appended to the album on CD 1 is a-ha’s last proper b-side, the excellent "Case Closed On Silver Shore", the radio mix of "Cosy Prisons" and edits of "Celice" and "Analogue (All I Want)".

CD 2 is where it gets really interesting with early, alternate and demo versions of every album track, including the embryonic "Minor Key Sonata", which featured on the UK CD single of "Analogue", and even an early version of the aforementioned "Case Closed On Silver Shore".

This disc also includes 3 unreleased outtakes from the "Analogue" sessions. "Slanted Floor" and "With You With Me" were both written by Morten Harket and Ole Sverre Olsen and later re-recorded for Morten’s 2008 solo album "Letter From Egypt". The 3rd outtake, "Windfalls", was written by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy.

The 2 disc set features newly mastered audio and is presented as a digipak with notes by Kieron Tyler with new contributions from the band’s Paul Waaktar-Savoy and Magne Furuholmen. This "Analogue" 2 CD set will be reissued on April 17th, 2026, via Rhino Records and Warner Music. The 2 LP vinyl is out the next day for Record Store Day.