War of Kings (album)

War of Kings
Studio album by Europe
Released	March 2, 2015 (see Release history)
Recorded	October–November 2014
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Label	UDR Records JVC (Japan)
Producer	Dave Cobb
Europe chronology
Bag of Bones (2012) War of Kings (2015) War of Kings Special Edition (2015)
Singles from War of Kings
"War of Kings" Released: February 4, 2015 "Days of Rock 'n' Roll" Released: March 16, 2015[1]

War of Kings is the tenth studio album by the Swedish rock band Europe. It was released on March 2, 2015 by UDR Records.^[2]

Album information

Vocalist Joey Tempest stated that "War of Kings is the album we always wanted to make, ever since we were kids listening to bands like Zeppelin, Purple and Sabbath. And after hearing Dave Cobb's amazing production for Rival Sons we simply had to work with him. Our adventure is still ON!"^[2]

The first single, "War of Kings", was released on February 4, 2015. The music video was directed by Patric Ullaeus and premiered on February 9.^[3] The second single, "Days of Rock 'n' Roll", was released on March 16, 2015^[1] and the music video premiered on April 27. The Special Edition of this album includes also a DVD of the band's performance at the Wacken Open Air.

Track listing^[4]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"War of Kings"	Tempest, Levén, Dave Cobb	4:36
2.	"Hole in My Pocket"	Tempest, Levén	3:42
3.	"The Second Day"	Tempest, Michaeli	5:23
4.	"Praise You"	Tempest, Michaeli, Cobb	4:34
5.	"Nothin' to Ya"	Tempest, Norum, Michaeli, Levén, Haugland	3:54
6.	"California 405"	Tempest, Michaeli	4:31
7.	"Days of Rock 'n' Roll"	Tempest	3:05
8.	"Children of the Mind"	Tempest, Michaeli, Cobb	4:30
9.	"Rainbow Bridge"	Tempest, Michaeli	3:16
10.	"Angels (With Broken Hearts)"	Tempest, Michaeli, Norum, Levén, Haugland, Cobb	5:19
11.	"Light It Up"	Tempest, Norum, Levén	6:10

CD digipak/Japanese edition bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Vasastan" (instrumental)	Michaeli, Norum	5:11

Personnel

Europe

• Joey Tempest – lead vocals
• John Norum – guitars
• John Levén – bass
• Mic Michaeli – keyboards
• Ian Haugland – drums

Production^[2]

• Produced by Dave Cobb
• Engineered by John Netti

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5]	27
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6]	58
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[7]	83
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[8]	35
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[9]	38
French Albums (SNEP)[10]	69
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11]	23
Italian Albums (FIMI)[12]	41
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[13]	38
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[14]	41
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15]	2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16]	6

Release history

Region	Date
United Kingdom	March 2, 2015[2]
Japan	March 4, 2015[2]
Europe	March 6, 2015[2]
United States	March 10, 2015[2]

References

1. http://replicapromo.tumblr.com/post/112641653835
2. "EUROPE To Release ‘War Of Kings’ On UDR Records In March MelodicRock.com". melodicrock.com. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
3. "Swedish Rock Legends EUROPE Premier "War Of Kings" Music Video - Bravewords.com". bravewords.com. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
4. "EUROPETHEBAND.COM". europetheband.com. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
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6. "Ultratop.be – Europe – War Of Kings" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
7. "Ultratop.be – Europe – War Of Kings" (in French). Hung Medien.
8. "Dutchcharts.nl – Europe – War Of Kings" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
9. "Europe: War Of Kings" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
10. "Lescharts.com – Europe – War Of Kings". Hung Medien.
11. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
12. "Italiancharts.com – Europe – War Of Kings". Hung Medien.
13. "Norwegiancharts.com – Europe – War Of Kings". Hung Medien.
14. "Spanishcharts.com – Europe – War Of Kings". Hung Medien.
15. "Swedishcharts.com – Europe – War Of Kings". Hung Medien.
16. "Swisscharts.com – Europe – War Of Kings". Hung Medien.