Year : 2013
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 200 mb
Bio:
Europe is a Swedish hard rock/heavy metal band formed in Upplands Väsby, Stockholm in 1979 under the name Force by vocalist Joey Tempest, guitarist John Norum, bassist Peter Olsson and drummer Tony Reno. Since its formation, Europe has released nine studio albums, three live albums, three compilations and nineteen videos.Europe rose to international fame in the 1980s with its third album The Final Countdown (1986), which became a substantial commercial success and sold over three million copies in the United States.The band was a pioneering force in the glam metal/blues metal genres and their third album,The Final Countdown, is considered a masterpiece of the genres. Europe was one of the most successful rock acts of the 1980s and sold over 20 million albums worldwide.The band has achieved two top 20 albums on the Billboard 200 chart (The Final Countdown and Out of This World) and two top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart ("The Final Countdown" and "Carrie").Europe went on hiatus in 1992, reunited temporarily for a one-off performance in Stockholm on New Year's Eve 1999 and announced an official reunion in 2003. Since then the band has released four albums, Start from the Dark (2004), Secret Society (2006), Last Look at Eden (2009) and Bag of Bones (2012). Europe will release its tenth album, War of Kings, in 2015.The band is mainly influenced by Whitesnake, Deep Purple, Rainbow, Led Zeppelin, Thin Lizzy, UFO and Michael Schenker Group.
Album:
On 7th June 2013, EUROPE took the stage in their home country Sweden for a very special occasion: celebrating 30 years of Rock music. Joey Tempest & Co. celebrated this event together with 30,000 people at the famous Sweden Rock Festival, all have been taped and now it's being released on various formats as "Live At Sweden Rock : 30th Anniversary Show".Europe performed a total 28 songs, of course including numbers from their most recent albums like Last Look At Eden and Bag Of Bones.But what makes this live album so special and different from a 'greatest hits live' it's the fact Europe selected their personal favourite moments from their earlier years, some of them performed live for the very first time in 25 years.We have from the very first album "In The Future To Come", "Seven Doors Hotel" and "Paradize Bay", from the second, "Scream Of Anger" & Wings Of Tomorrow", and more.Of course there's also the well known, awesome rockers that enhances the partying such as "Superstitious", where John Norum shines with his lead guitar playing matching the efforts of the studio version recorded by Kee Marcello, "Rock The Night", "Let The Good Times Rock", all time classic "The Final Countdown", the emotive "Prisoners In Paradise" and the unforgettable power ballad, possibly the bands’ finest ever, "Carrie".The most recent songs rocks too; "Always The Pretenders", the atmospherically enhanced rocker "No Stone Unturned" and the bluesy manifold of "Firebox". "New Love In Town" and "Start From The Dark" are quite hot as well, but as the record shows, Europe concentrated their efforts on their early days, and I am grateful for that. In the middle of the concert, "Drink And A Smile" and "Open Your Heart" nicely balance the album as are performed in a stripped, acoustic way.Finally, there are the pair of covers. I was somewhat stunned that in this kind of anniversary such an icon would perform covers songs. On the other hand, it shows humbleness and a fine tribute to one’s influences.Paying a tribute to UFO, with "Lights Out", Europe featured Michael Schenker that demonstrated his guitaring mastery, taking on the entire lead guitar flares. The song appeared so natural for Europe to perform.Second, there was the old Thin Lizzy out-of-jail hymn "Jailbreak", performed with no other than Lizzy’s Scott Gorham exchanging solos with John Norum, another excellent pick that spiced up the originals."Live At Sweden Rock : 30th Anniversary Show" is not just another 'live record'. It's a special treat spanning the entire career of this terrific band, and they sound joyful, bombastic and hot.Surely that Joey Tempest isn’t the same young vocalist that serviced these magical tunes back in the day, yet his mid-high register still deliver the goods, and as a whole, Europe let the good times roll and Tempest in particular shared their memorandum with a staggering ability and a lot of heart.
Line Up:
Joey Tempest – lead vocals
John Norum – guitar, backing vocals
John Levén – bass guitar
Mic Michaeli – keyboards, backing vocals
Ian Haugland – drums, backing vocals
Kee Marcello – guitar, backing vocals (live tracks on 2001 'Metal Masters' re-release only)
Production:
Kevin Elson – producer, engineer, mixing
Wally Buck – engineer, mixing
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Michael Johansson – photography
Les Katz – cover illustration
Joel Zimmerman – art direction
Tracklist:
CD1:
01. Intro / Riches To Rags
02. Firebox
03. Not Supposed To Sing The Blues
04. Scream Of Anger
05. Superstitious
06. No Stone Unturned
07. New Love In Town
08. In The Future To Come
09. Paradize Bay
10. Girl From Lebanon
11. Prisoners In Paradise
12. Always The Pretenders
13. Drink And A Smile
14. Open Your Heart
15. Love Is Not The Enemy
16. Sign Of The Times
CD2:
01. Start From The Dark
02. Wings Of Tomorrow
03. Carrie
04. Jailbreak (featuring Scott Gorham)
05. Seven Doors Hotel
06. Drum Solo
07. The Beast
08. Let The Good Times Rock
09. Lights Out (featuring Michael Schenker)
10. Rock The Night
11. Last Look At Eden
12. The Final Countdown
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