Remastered and Expanded (Deluxe) edition of a-ha's 1986 sophomore album Scoundrel Days
If you are a vinyl purist, you might ask: Do I need a digital remaster? Yes, for three reasons:
Someone in the crowd carried the same red ribbon. A man—older, but his eyes like the young carpenter's—stood frozen, fingers white on a lamp post. The child, grown now, stepped forward with a daughter on her hip. She had the same laugh. The man sobbed in the street, laughed, and then sobbed again, and the crowd made room like water making way for a stone. aha scoundrel days remastered and expanded upd
Scoundrel wasn't his name—no one used real names anymore—but it stuck because he was always two steps ahead of shame. He was a small man with a big grin and pockets full of other people's troubles. Once, decades ago, he'd been a fixer for corporations, soldering ethics into devices that could make a lover forget a night or a board member forget a debt. Later, when the contracts dissolved into rumors, he graduated to a more lucrative trade: salvaging lost days.
Scoundrel Days: Remastered and Expanded edition is a deluxe 2-CD reissue of a-ha's critically acclaimed second album. Originally released in 2010 through Rhino Records Remastered and Expanded (Deluxe) edition of a-ha's 1986
is where a-ha proved they were a formidable rock band. The remastering sharpens the bite of Paul Waaktaar-Savoy’s aggressive guitar work and Morten Harket’s soaring, often haunting, vocals. Standouts:
Scoundrel and his crew disappeared into the alleys afterward, because that is what they did. They had saved a day—not to sell, not to polish, but to restore. The woman's cube was empty now, its hum gone. The note vanished back into a pocket. For a heartbeat, Scoundrel wondered if he'd made a mistake. People would come asking for favors, for brokered memories, for edits. The ledger would tighten. The noise would get louder. The child, grown now, stepped forward with a
The Remastered and Expanded Edition—released as part of the band's comprehensive reissue campaign—does more than just polish the audio; it excavates the ambition and melancholy that made this album one of the most compelling, yet underrated, records of the 1980s.
: Contains demo versions for nearly every track on the album, such as "Scoundrel Days (Octocon Studio Demo)" and "The Swing of Things (Demo #3)". Live Performances : Features a selection of live tracks recorded in