Wild Seed (album)

For other uses, see Wild Seed (disambiguation).

Wild Seed
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Studio album by Morten Harket
Released	4 September 1995
Recorded	1994–95 in Trondheim and Oslo, Norway; and Oxfordshire and London, England
Genre	Pop rock, alternative rock
Length	49:56
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Christopher Neil
Morten Harket chronology
Poetenes Evangelium (1993)Poetenes Evangelium1993 Wild Seed (1995) Vogts Villa (1996)Vogts Villa1996
Singles from Wild Seed
"A Kind of Christmas Card" Released: 1995 "Spanish Steps" Released: 1995 "Los Angeles" Released: 1996

Wild Seed is the second studio album and first English-language album by Norwegian pop singer Morten Harket. The album was released on 4 September 1995 through Warner Bros. Records. After a-ha went on a hiatus in 1994, Harket began recording Wild Seed with British record producer Christopher Neil, who previously worked with the band on their fourth studio album, East of the Sun, West of the Moon (1990). Wild Seed charted at number one in Norway and at number 89 in the United Kingdom. It has since sold 160.000 copies in Norway.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"A Kind of Christmas Card"	Håvard Rem	Morten Harket	4:06
2.	"Spanish Steps"	Rem, Harket, Torstein Flakne	Flakne	4:07
3.	"Half in Love Half in Hate"	Ole Sverre Olsen	Harket	4:45
4.	"Brodsky Tune"	Joseph Brodsky, Harket	Harket	4:23
5.	"Wild Seed"	Harket	Harket	4:48
6.	"Los Angeles"	Rem	Harket	4:26
7.	"East Timor"	Henning Kramer Dahl, Rem, Harket	Geir Kolbu	4:12
8.	"Lay Me Down Tonight"	Rem, Harket	Harket	2:17
9.	"Tell Me What You See"	Rem, Harket	Harket	4:50
10.	"Stay"	Rem, Harket	Harket	3:29
11.	"Lord"	Rem	Harket	3:46
12.	"Ready to Go Home"	Andrew Gold, Graham Gouldman	Gold, Gouldman	4:33

Japanese bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"A Change Is Gonna Come"	Sam Cooke	5:56

• "Brodsky Tune" lyrics from the poem "Bosnia Tune" by Joseph Brodsky, chorus by Morten Harket.
• "Lay Me Down Tonight", "Tell Me What You See" and "Stay" are based on a Norwegian poem by Håvard Rem.

Miscellanea

• When Canadian singer Céline Dion heard this album, she decided to use the same recording studio in Oslo where this record was made.
• This is the biggest-selling a-ha solo release to date.
• A Kind Of Christmas Card was released as a promo single in Brazil to moderate success.
• Some "A Kind of Christmas Card" chart placings: #1 Norway, #18 Mexico, #53 UK
• The song was covered by Marcos Marin by Projeto Set Band in 2005.