A Place to Call Home (album)

A Place to Call Home
Studio album by Joey Tempest
Released	20 April 1995
Genre	Country rock
Length	47:25
Label	Polar, Polydor
Producer	Dan Sundquist
Joey Tempest chronology
A Place to Call Home (1995) Azalea Place (1997)
Singles from A Place to Call Home
"A Place to Call Home" Released: 1995 "Under the Influence" Released: 19 June 1995 "We Come Alive" Released: 2 October 1995 "Don't Go Changin' on Me" Released: 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 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." ^[1]

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

Track listing

All written by Joey Tempest.

1. "We Come Alive" – 4:48
2. "Under the Influence" – 4:41
3. "A Place to Call Home" – 3:42
4. "Pleasure and Pain" – 3:55
5. "Elsewhere" – 3:56
6. "Lord of the Manor" – 3:46
7. "Don't Go Changin' on Me" – 3:26
8. "Harder to Leave a Friend Than a Lover" – 3:49
9. "Right to Respect" – 2:50
10. "Always a Friend of Mine" – 4:01
11. "How Come You're Not Dead Yet" – 4:29
12. "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 ^[2]

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

1. "RATHOLE.com – Fireworks Magazine: Issue 18". RATHOLE.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
2. "Joey Tempest (Sweden)". Rock Warriors – Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Discographies. Archived from the original on 17 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-31.