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2002 studio album by A-ha

Lifelines

Studio album by

A-ha

Released

24 April 2002 (2002-04-24)

Recorded

June 2001 – January 2002

Genre

Length

61:34

Label

WEA

Producer

A-ha chronology

Minor Earth Major Sky
(2000)

Lifelines
(2002)

Analogue
(2005)

Singles from Lifelines

"Forever Not Yours"
Released: 2 April 2002
"Lifelines"
Released: 8 July 2002
"Did Anyone Approach You?"
Released: 30 September 2002

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[1]
Groove.no	4/7link
musicOMH	Positivelink
PopMatters	Positivelink

Lifelines is the seventh studio album by the Norwegian bandA-ha, released on 24 April 2002 byWEA. The album topped the charts in Norway and Germany, and reached the top 10 in Austria, Denmark, Greece, Poland and Switzerland. In 2019,Lifelines andMinor Earth Major Sky, both of A-ha's albums recorded for Warner Music Germany, were remastered and re-released with an extra disc, which contained demos, early versions and alternate mixes. They also received their first official vinyl releases.

Singles and videos

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The video for the single "Forever Not Yours" was shot inHavana, Cuba. It was directed by Harald Zwart (who also directed the "Velvet" video) and the storyline is based on the story ofNoah's Ark^[2] and today's celebrities. Look-alikes ofDesmond Tutu,Madonna andQueen Elizabeth II are included, among others.

The video for the single "Lifelines" uses segments from the 1991 short filmÅret gjennom Børfjord, also known asA Year Along the Abandoned Road. In the short film a camera moves through a small village inFinnmark, Norway, while the seasons change.

Cover art

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The cover for the album was made by Andy Frank during the shooting of the music video for "Forever Not Yours" in Havana. It is an edited image of Jose Marti Parque Stadium. In the booklet there are also images of old theatres and old American cars as well as other views which can be found on the streets of Havana.

Track listing

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Standard version
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Lifelines"	Magne Furuholmen	Furuholmen	Martin Landquist,Stephen Hague	4:17
2.	"You Wanted More"	Furuholmen	Furuholmen,Morten Harket	Landquist, Hague	3:39
3.	"Forever Not Yours"	Harket, Ole Sverre-Olsen	Furuholmen, Harket	Hague, Landquist	4:06
4.	"There's a Reason for It"	Paul Waaktaar-Savoy	Waaktaar-Savoy	Ian Caple	4:21
5.	"Time & Again"	Waaktaar-Savoy	Waaktaar-Savoy	Waaktaar-Savoy	5:03
6.	"Did Anyone Approach You?"	Waaktaar-Savoy	Waaktaar-Savoy	Tore Johansson	4:10
7.	"Afternoon High"	Waaktaar-Savoy	Waaktaar-Savoy	Clive Langer,Alan Winstanley	4:30
8.	"Oranges on Appletrees"	Furuholmen	Furuholmen, Harket	Langer, Winstanley, Hague^[a]	4:16
9.	"A Little Bit"	Waaktaar-Savoy	Waaktaar-Savoy	Ian Caple	4:10
10.	"Less Than Pure"	Waaktaar-Savoy	Waaktaar-Savoy	Ian Caple	4:13
11.	"Turn the Lights Down"	Furuholmen, Harket	Furuholmen, Harket	Landquist, Hague	4:14
12.	"Cannot Hide"	Harket, Sverre-Olsen	Harket, Landquist	Landquist	3:19
13.	"White Canvas"	Furuholmen	Furuholmen	Landquist	3:27
14.	"Dragonfly"	Furuholmen	Furuholmen	Langer, Winstanley	3:19
15.	"Solace"	Furuholmen	Furuholmen	Ian Caple	4:20

Deluxe edition (bonus tracks)
No.	Title	Length
16.	"Did Anyone Approach You" (Tore Johansen Mix)	5:56
17.	"Time and Again" (Langer & Wainstanley Version)	5:47

Russian version (bonus tracks)
No.	Title	Length
16.	"Minor Earth - Major Sky" (ATB mix)	5:47
17.	"Velvet" (De-PHAZZ mix)	3:47

Japanese version (bonus tracks)
No.	Title	Length
16.	"Differences" (original demo)	2:47
17.	"Hunting High and Low" (Live in Oslo)	7:07
18.	"Manhattan Skyline" (Live in Oslo)	6:14

2019 deluxe edition (disc two)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lifelines (Demo)"	5:16
2.	"You Wanted More (Demo)"	4:01
3.	"Forever Not Yours (Demo)"	4:12
4.	"There's a Reason for It (Demo)"	4:14
5.	"The Breakers"	3:26
6.	"Time & Again (Demo)"	5:11
7.	"Did Anyone Approach You? (Demo)"	4:02
8.	"Afternoon High (Original Demo)"	4:39
9.	"Oranges on Appletrees (Early Mix)"	4:00
10.	"Sole Survivor"	4:07
11.	"Less Than Pure (Demo)"	4:18
12.	"To Show It Is To Blow It (Demo)"	4:10
13.	"Turn The Lights Down (Demo)"	4:01
14.	"Cannot Hide (Demo)"	3:14
15.	"There's a Reason for It (A Break in the Clouds)"	4:15
16.	"One in a Million (Early Version of White Canvas)"	2:46
17.	"Dragonfly (Demo)"	3:32
18.	"Solace (Early Version)"	4:12
19.	"Differences (Original Demo)"	2:48

Notes

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^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer
The Russian version of the album contains an introduction spoken by Morten Harket in Russian.

Personnel

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A-ha

Morten Harket – vocals
Magne Furuholmen – keyboards
Paul Waaktaar-Savoy – guitars

Additional musicians

Martin Landquist – additional instruments (1, 12, 13), additionalloops (4)
Sven Lindvall – bass guitar (1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14)
Jørun Bøgeberg – bass guitar (9, 10)
Per Lindvall – drums (1, 2, 3, 7–11, 13, 14, 15)
Attila Cederbygd – programmed beats (12)
Joakim Milder – string arrangements (1, 5, 7, 8, 11, 15)
Stockholm Session Strings – strings (1, 7, 8, 11, 15)
Vertavo Quartet – strings (5)
Anneli Drecker – female vocals (1, 11)

Technical

Ulf Holand – engineer (1, 2, 3, 8, 11, 13, 15),Pro Tools operator (1, 2, 3, 8, 11, 13, 15)
Bob Kraushaar – engineer (3), mixing (8)
Mike Hartung – engineer (4–7, 9, 10, 15), Pro Tools operator (4–7, 9, 10, 15)
Janne Hansson – string recording (1, 5, 7, 8, 11, 15)
Michael Brauer – mixing (1–7, 9, 10, 13, 15)
Carl-Michael Herlöfsson – mixing (12)
Clive Langer – mixing (14)
Alan Winstanley – mixing (14)
Stephen Hague –Logic operator (1, 2, 3, 11), mixing (8, 11)
Martin Landquist – Logic operator (1, 2, 11, 12, 13)
Kjetil Bjerkestrand – Pro Tools operator (13, 15)
George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York, USA) (1, 4–7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15)
René Schardt – mastering at Galaxy Studios (Mol, Belgium) (2, 3, 8, 12)

Production and visual

Yiva Neumann – production coordinator, personal manager
Jan Walaker – design, photography
Thomas Knutstad – additional design
Olaf Heine – band photography
Andy Frank – cover photography
Sverre Flatby – managing director
Brian Lane – management (London)

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance forLifelines
Chart (2002)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[3]	2
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)^[4]	20
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[5]	9
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[6]	92
European Albums (Music & Media)^[7]	4
French Albums (SNEP)^[8]	30
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[9]	1
Greek International Albums (IFPI)^[10]	9
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[11]	99
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[12]	1
Polish Albums (ZPAV)^[13]	8
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[14]	81
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)^[15]	32
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[16]	21
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[17]	6
UK Albums (OCC)^[18]	67

Weekly chart performance forLifelines (2019 reissue)
Chart (2019)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[19]	180
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[9]	68
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)^[20]	17
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[17]	90

Year-end charts

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Year-end chart performance forLifelines
Chart (2002)	Position
European Albums (Music & Media)^[21]	83
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[22]	23
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[23]	99

Certifications

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Certifications forLifelines
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)^[24]	Gold	150,000^{^}
Norway	—	84,000^[25]
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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^Larkin, Colin (2007).The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Concise ed.). United Kingdom: Omnibus Press. p. 30.ISBN 978-1-84609-856-7.
^"Aha the netherlands website". 2006. Archived fromthe original on 2006-12-06. Retrieved2006-11-13.
^"Austriancharts.at – a-ha – Lifelines" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
^"Oficiální česká hitparáda IFPI ČR – 20. týden 2002".Marketing & Media (in Czech). 17 May 2002. Retrieved10 December 2020.
^"Danishcharts.dk – a-ha – Lifelines". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
^"Dutchcharts.nl – a-ha – Lifelines" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
^"European Top 100 Albums"(PDF).Music & Media. Vol. 20, no. 23. 1 June 2002. p. 20.OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
^"Lescharts.com – a-ha – Lifelines". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
^^a ^b"Offiziellecharts.de – a-ha – Lifelines" (in German).GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
^"Top 50 Ξένων Άλμπουμ" [Top 50 Foreign Albums] (in Greek).IFPI Greece. Archived fromthe original on 2 June 2002. Retrieved9 December 2020.
^ａ〜ｈａのアルバム売り上げランキング [a-ha album sales ranking] (in Japanese).Oricon. Archived fromthe original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved9 December 2020.
^"Norwegiancharts.com – a-ha – Lifelines". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
^"Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart".OLiS.Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
^"Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100".Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
^Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005).Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid:Fundación Autor/SGAE.ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
^"Swedishcharts.com – a-ha – Lifelines". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
^^a ^b"Swisscharts.com – a-ha – Lifelines". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
^"Official Albums Chart Top 100".Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
^"Ultratop.be – a-ha – Lifelines" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
^"Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2019. 40. hét" (in Hungarian).MAHASZ. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
^"Year in Review – European Top 100 Albums 2002"(PDF).Music & Media. Vol. 21, no. 2/3. 11 January 2003. p. 15.OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
^"Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 2002" (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved9 December 2020.
^"Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2002".hitparade.ch (in German). Retrieved31 January 2022.
^"Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (A-ha; 'Lifelines')" (in German).Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
^Karlsen, Veronica (13 December 2002)."Guttas år".Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved20 July 2023.

External links

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"Discography site entry for Lifelines". Archived fromthe original on May 5, 2003.
The making of "A Year along the Abandoned Road"

v t e A-ha
Magne Furuholmen Morten Harket Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
Studio albums	Hunting High and Low Scoundrel Days Stay on These Roads East of the Sun, West of the Moon Memorial Beach Minor Earth Major Sky Lifelines Analogue Foot of the Mountain Cast in Steel True North
Compilation albums	Headlines and Deadlines: The Hits of A-ha The Definitive Singles Collection 1984–2004 25 Time and Again: The Ultimate A-ha
Live albums	Live at Vallhall: Homecoming How Can I Sleep with Your Voice in My Head Ending on a High Note: The Final Concert MTV Unplugged: Summer Solstice
Extended plays	45 R.P.M. Club Twelve Inch Club Scoundrel Club Road Club
Box sets	Minor Earth Major Box
Singles	"Take On Me" "Love Is Reason" "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." "Train of Thought" "Hunting High and Low" "I've Been Losing You" "Cry Wolf" "Manhattan Skyline" "The Living Daylights" "Stay on These Roads" "The Blood That Moves the Body" "Touchy!" "You Are the One" "Crying in the Rain" "I Call Your Name" "Early Morning" "Move to Memphis" "Dark Is the Night" "Angel in the Snow" "Shapes That Go Together" "Summer Moved On" "Minor Earth Major Sky" "Velvet" "Forever Not Yours" "Lifelines" "Did Anyone Approach You?" "Celice" "Analogue (All I Want)" "Cosy Prisons" "Foot of the Mountain" "Nothing Is Keeping You Here" "Shadowside" "Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)" "You Have What It Takes"
Tours	Ending on a High Note Tour
Related articles	Discography Awards Bridges Savoy Apparatjik The Swing of Things / The Demo Tapes
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