Brother (Morten Harket album)

Brother
Studio album by Morten Harket
Released 11 April 2014 (2014-04-11)
Recorded 2013-2014, 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
Out of My Hands
(2012)		 Brother
(2014)
Singles from Brother
  1. "There Is a Place"
    Released: 29 November 2013
  2. "Brother"
    Released: 18 January 2014
  3. "Do You Remember Me?"
    Released: 12 May 2014[2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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 pop singer 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] 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.

Track listing

  • All music written by Morten Harket and Peter Kvint. All lyrics written by Morten Harket and Ole Sverre Olsen, with additional words by Peter Kvint, except "First Man to the Grave", music and lyrics written by Ole Sverre Olsen.
No.TitleLength
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

Personnel

  • Morten Harket – producer, instruments, vocals
  • Peter Kvint – producer, recording, mixer, instruments, backing vocals
  • Janne Hansson – strings, drums and organ recording
  • Simon Nordberg – additional mixing (track 1)
  • Tom Coyne – mastering
  • Aya Merill – mastering
  • Joakim Milder – strings arranger and conductor
  • Per Lindvall – drums
  • Jesper Nordenström – piano, organ
  • Björn Risberg – cello

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
scope="row"German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] 11
scope="row"Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[16] 1
scope="row"Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] 62
UK Albums (OCC)[18] 56

References

  1. ↑ Østbø, Stein (16 April 2014). "Videopremiere: Morten Harket - «Brother»" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  2. ↑ Durée totale : 00:04:04 (2018-01-19). "Do You Remember Me? | Morten Harket – Télécharger et écouter l'album". Qobuz.com. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  3. ↑ VegardEnlid Mobil: 951 98 728 (2014-04-11). "Komfort og krem". adressa.no. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  4. ↑ Svein Andersen (2014-04-10). "«Endelig har Morten Harket fått ut sitt potensial som soloartist». - Aftenposten". Aftenposten.no. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  5. ↑ Av Ørjan Nilsson (2018-01-18). "Bergensavisen - «Fremgang, men litt for ujevnt»". Ba.no. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  6. ↑ "Kunsten å være Morten Harket - Bergens Tidende". Bt.no. 2014-01-31. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  7. ↑ Torgrim Øyre. "Idétørke og gamle løsninger i ny innpakning - Dagbladet". Dagbladet.no. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  8. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  9. ↑ Av Anmeldt av: Jon Vidar Bergan (2018-01-18). "Drammens Tidende - Vakker popmusikk fra Sætre". Dt.no. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  10. ↑ Antall kommentarer på artikkelen (VG Nett) 10.04.2014 16:37 (2017-12-20). "Plateanmeldelse: Morten Harket - «Brother» - Musikkanmeldelse - VG". Vg.no. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  11. ↑ Av Per Kristian Hansen (2018-01-18). "Østlendingen - Harkets hittil beste". Ostlendingen.no. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  12. ↑ "'Brother' tracklist and cover art". Mortenharket.com. 1 March 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  13. ↑ Talseth, Thomas (18 January 2014). "Låtanmeldelse: Morten Harket - «Brother»" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  14. ↑ Lamden, Tim (9 April 2014). "New song by A-ha frontman Morten Harket inspired by Lib Dem candidate Maajid Nawaz". Ham & High. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  15. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Morten Harket – Brother". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Morten Harket – Brother". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  18. ↑ "FreezePage". FreezePage. 2014-04-27. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  • "Complete 'Brother' album lyrics". Mortenharket.com. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
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