In music archiving and retail contexts, “UPD” almost always stands for “Updated” or “Update.” It signals that the release in question is a newer digital or physical pressing—correcting metadata, adding tracks, or remastering from better sources compared to a prior reissue. Sometimes it’s used internally by streaming services to flag a refreshed album page.
To the casual observer, a-ha has always been defined by a singular, skycraper-high falsetto and a groundbreaking animated music video. But for the devoted, the Norwegian trio’s sophomore album, 1985’s Scoundrel Days, represents the moment Morten Harket, Magne Furuholmen, and Pål Waaktaar stripped away the teen-idol gloss to reveal the brooding art-rock band underneath.
The Remastered and Expanded Edition—released as part of the band's comprehensive reissue campaign—does more than just polish the audio; it excavates the ambition and melancholy that made this album one of the most compelling, yet underrated, records of the 1980s.
This isn't just a polish. The expanded edition adds a second disc (or digital album) of rare and unreleased material, including:
The UPD campaign began rolling out in Q4 2025, with wide availability by May 2026. Check:
What’s next? Rumors suggest the team behind this Scoundrel Days reissue is already working on East of the Sun, West of the Moon (1990) and the legendary Memorial Beach (1993) for similar Remastered and Expanded UPD treatments in 2027.