A Place to Call Home is the first solo album by Joey Tempest, the vocalist in the Swedish hard rock band Europe. It was released on 20 April 1995 and presented a different sound compared to Europe.
"I needed a change from the Europe sound," Tempest said in an interview, "I wanted to prove myself as a singer/songwriter for sure, but for me it was more of a journey to learn about making music. I went to see a lot of new young artists .. got into stuff like Van Morrison and Bob Dylan."
Europe guitarist John Norum made a guest appearance on the song "Right to Respect".
Track listing All written by Joey Tempest. "We Come Alive" – 4:48 "Under the Influence" – 4:41 "A Place to Call Home" – 3:42 "Pleasure and Pain" – 3:55 "Elsewhere" – 3:56 "Lord of the Manor" – 3:46 "Don't Go Changin' on Me" – 3:26 "Harder to Leave a Friend Than a Lover" – 3:49 "Right to Respect" – 2:50 "Always a Friend of Mine" – 4:01 "How Come You're Not Dead Yet" – 4:29 "For My Country" – 3:50
Personnel Joey Tempest – lead vocals, guitars Jonas Isacsson, Staffan Astner, Jesper Lindberg, John Norum – guitars Dan Sundquist – guitars, bass, piano Svante Henryson, Sven Lindvall – bass Mats Asplen – organ Nicci Wallin, Per Lindvall, Christer Jansson – drums
Album credits Dan Sundqvist – producer Alar Suuma – mixing Pontus Olsson – mixing on tracks 3 and 7, engineer Nick Hopkins – engineer Robert Wellerfors – mastering Dan Håfström – production assistant Joel Berg – art direction John Scarisbrick, Per Zennström – photography
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