A Place to Call Home (album)

Infobox Album
Name = A Place to Call Home
Type = studio
Artist = Joey Tempest


Released = April 20, 1995
Recorded =
Genre = Country rock
Length = 47:25
Label = Polar, Polydor
Producer = Dan Sundquist
Reviews =
Last album =
This album = "A Place to Call Home"
(1995)
Next album = "Azalea Place"
(1997)
Misc = Singles
Name = A Place to Call Home
Type = Studio
single 1 = A Place to Call Home
single 1 date = 1995
single 2 = Under the Influence
single 2 date = June 19, 1995
single 3 = We Come Alive
single 3 date = October 2, 1995
single 4 = Don't Go Changin' on Me
single 4 date = 1996

"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 April 20, 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." cite web |url=http://www.rathole.com/fireworks/18/1.asp |title=RATHOLE.com - Fireworks Magazine: Issue 18 |accessdate=2008-03-31 |format= |work=RATHOLE.com ]

Europe guitarist John Norum made a guest appearance on the song "Right to Respect".

Track listing

# "We Come Alive" – 4:48 (Joey Tempest)
# "Under the Influence" – 4:41 (Joey Tempest)
# "A Place to Call Home" – 3:42 (Joey Tempest)
# "Pleasure and Pain" – 3:55 (Joey Tempest)
# "Elsewhere" – 3:56 (Joey Tempest)
# "Lord of the Manor" – 3:46 (Joey Tempest)
# "Don't Go Changin' on Me" – 3:26 (Joey Tempest)
# "Harder to Leave a Friend Than a Lover" – 3:49 (Joey Tempest)
# "Right to Respect" – 2:50 (Joey Tempest)
# "Always a Friend of Mine" – 4:01 (Joey Tempest)
# "How Come You're Not Dead Yet" – 4:29 (Joey Tempest)
# "For My Country" – 3:50 (Joey Tempest)

Personnel

*Joey Tempest – Lead vocals, guitars
*Jonas Isacsson, Staffan Astner, Jesper Lindberg, John Norum – Guitars
*Dan Sundquist – Guitars, bass, piano
*Svanté Henryson, Sven Lindvall – Bass
*Mats Asplen – Organ
*Nicci Wallin, Per Lindvall, Christer Jansson – Drums cite web |url=http://glory.metalkings.ru/bands/t/joey-tempest.htm |title=Joey Tempest (Sweden) |accessdate=2008-03-31 |format= |work=Rock Warriors - Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Discographies ]

Album credits

*Dan Sundqvist - Producer
*Alar Suuma - Mixing
*Pontus Olsson - Mixing on tracks 3, 7, engineer
*Nick Hopkins - Engineer
*Robert Wellerfors - Mastering
*Dan Håfström - Production assistant
*Joel Berg - Art direction
*John Scarisbrick - Photography
*Per Zennström - Photography

References