Hunting High and Low for a Grammy as "Album Cover of the Year." The band released a live version of "The Sun Always Shines on TV" in 2003. "Hunting High and Low" was "a"-ha's breakout album. Upon its release in May 1985, "Hunting High and Low" peaked at number 15 on the "Billboard"'s Top 200 album chart. The album granted A-ha international recognition. "Hunting High and Low" got 3x platinum status in the UK and Platinum status in the United States and Germany, and Gold status in Brazil, and the Netherlands.The album reached #11 in the European top-100 albums sales chart. The album peaked
If I Should Fall from Grace with God for their previous album "Rum Sodomy & the Lash", released in August 1985, and had begun 1986 on a high note as they embarked upon a successful tour of the USA, their first in that country, and released the "Poguetry in Motion" EP which became their first top 40 hit in the UK. However, the relationship with their producer Elvis Costello was deteriorating, and tensions were further heightened by his romantic involvement with the band's bass player Cait O'Riordan. The group parted ways with Costello, and after increasingly erratic behaviour which included not turning up to play shows, O'Riordan also