Let’s Hope You Didn’t Buy a-ha’s “25” Just Yet

Because the compilation released almost everywhere but the U.S. is getting expanded a bit more, as a CD/DVD edition with the first-ever compilation of the band’s videos. If you’re a big a-ha fan – and let’s face it: if you are, there’s at least a 75% chance of you getting 25 in the first place – you’ll want to wait until this version is released October 4.

And please excuse the grumbling, but catalogue fans are this close, it seems, to abandoning the purchase of reissues and box sets from U.S.-based stores, because all the interesting stuff is coming out from labels on other shores. At least stuff is getting put onto CD and DVD, but the lack of catalogue respect in the States is a bitter pill to have to swallow sometimes.

Speaking of cool a-ha stuff that you can order from the U.K., the band has begun selling the newly expanded version of their official book, The Swing of Things 1985-2010, a hard-to-find chronicle of the band in their own words and photos, now expanded to cover their full history.

The track list for 25 is here; the DVD track list is after the jump.

a-ha, 25: The Very Best of a-ha (Rhino, 2010)

Disc 3: Music Videos DVD (included with certain editions of the compilation)

1. Take on Me
2. The Sun Always Shines on T.V.
3. I’ve Been Losing You
4. Manhattan Skyline
5. Stay on These Roads
6. Crying in the Rain
7. Dark is the Night for All
8. Move to Memphis
9. Shapes That Go Together
10. Angel in the Snow
11. Summer Moved On
12. Minor Earth Major Sky
13. Lifelines
14. Did Anyone Approach You?
15. Velvet
16. Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)
17. Take on Me (Original Version – 1984)