Pyongyang Gold Stars - Take On Us! Pyongyang Gold Stars Play Great Popular Hits Vol 1.
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- The General Galloping on a White Horse
- Take on Me
- Train of Thought (FT. Kim Jin Hui)
- Hunting High and Low
- The Blue Sky
- Living a Boy's Adventure Tale
- The Sun Always Shines on T.V
- And You Tell Me
- Love Is Reason
- I Dream Myself Alive
- Here I Stand and Face the Rain
- The Sun Always Shines on T.V. (A New Religion Mix)
- Format
- Vinyl LP
- Released
- July 2, 2021
- Label
- Ship to Shore Media
- Tracks
- 12
In spring 2013, military tensions on the Korean peninsula had reached a boiling point amid escalating rhetoric between North Korea and the United Nations following Pyongyang's third nuclear test. In this tense atmosphere, a small team of Norwegian artists headed into the heart of the Hermit Kingdom to record a tribute album to international pop stars A-ha, re-interpreted by elite accordion students of Pyongyang's Kum Song (Gold Star) Music School. They made it out alive, and brought back this spectacular example of musical collaboration against all odds - and fine pop songs, too. Let a hundred a-ha-ccordions play!
