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Hunting High and Low

Alternative rock
Alternative rockSynth-pop

Hunting High and Low is a Alternative rock and Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Toto, Culture Club, Madonna and Michael Jackson. Those roots explain a lot about how Hunting High and Low arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Love You Inside Out, Losing My Religion, Hotel California, Speed of Sound and More Than a Woman, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Coldplay, Wild Nothing, Peter Gabriel, Guns N' Roses and Nirvana, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Hunting High and Low, reaching back through Toto and forward to Coldplay. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Hunting High and Low is the debut studio album by the Norwegian synth-pop band a-ha, first released on 1 June 1985 by Warner Bros. Records in Norway and the United States, and then released in the United Kingdom and Europe on 28 October 1985. The album was a huge commercial success, reaching high positions on charts worldwide. The album was recorded at Eel Pie Studios in Twickenham, London, and produced by Tony Mansfield, John Ratcliff and Alan Tarney.

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Hunting High and LowTotoCulture ClubMadonnaMichael JacksonColdplayWild NothingPeter GabrielGuns N' RosesNirvanaQueenRöyksoppRobynLove You Inside OutLosing My ReligionHotel CaliforniaSpeed of SoundMore Than a WomanSay Say SayIt's My LifeEvery Breath You Take

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Hunting High and Low grew out of Toto, Culture Club, Madonna and Michael Jackson, shares an orbit with Love You Inside Out, Losing My Religion, Hotel California and Speed of Sound, went on to shape Coldplay, Wild Nothing, Peter Gabriel and Guns N' Roses. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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