Foot Of The Mountain (studio album) by a-ha

Foot Of The Mountain by a-ha
Year: 2009
Release date: 2009-06-12
Overall rank: 9,076th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 59 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2009 (162nd)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (1,609th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,076th)
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a-ha bestography

Foot Of The Mountain is ranked 6th best out of 20 albums by a-ha on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by a-ha is Hunting High And Low which is ranked number 1758 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 960.

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 59 votes)
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02/22/2024 18:36 iann97  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,75175/100
 
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05/20/2023 00:35 PapaShiz86  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 10,14479/100
 
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03/08/2023 14:31 Igtonumama  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 9,74661/100
 
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03/05/2023 17:17 MW19704U  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 6,99059/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.5/100, a mean average of 69.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.0.

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85/100
From 02/03/2018 15:24
Foot of the Mountain is in the running for my favourite A-ha album of the 2000s, the only one that rivals it at all being the brilliant 'Analogue'.

This little gem of an album starts off with 'Bandstand' which is one of the weaker tracks, but still good nonetheless. Then we get the catchy ballad 'Riding the Crest' followed by 'What There is', again one of the less noteworthy tracks.

Then the album really kicks into gear with the brilliant title track which is one of their best pop singles since the early days. After which we have another really good track titled 'Real Meaning' and continue this run of quality with 'Shadowside', which is one of the best on the album.

Then we have a bit of a drop-off with 'Nothing is Keeping You Here', which is about as good as 'What There is' and 'The Bandstand'. After this we get a sudden jolt back into masterful territory with the best track on the album 'Mother Nature goes to Heaven', a beautiful, lush piece with lyrics as good as it's instrumentation. After this we get 'Sunny Mystery' which is nice followed by 'Start the Simulator', a great way to close the album.

Overall, this album feels like an A-ha album through and through. It's fun, catchy and there are enough great songs to keep you coming back for more. Highly recommend it.
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From 10/17/2012 08:14
Pleasant album, nothing special but a little bit above average.
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75/100
From 04/30/2011 19:35
a good album for most bands not so great for a-ha
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From 04/22/2010 19:40
Undeniable genius. So sad it's their last.
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From 02/06/2010 04:03
pretty impressive
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From 02/06/2010 02:16
Great Album , great music , Great songs , Great Band is perfect !!
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From 01/16/2010 06:46
This album BLEW ME AWAY!!! If you don't have it...you need it!! Its amazing!!!
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