A Place to Call Home is the first solo album by Joey Tempest

Joey Tempest

Joey Tempest is the vocalist and main songwriter in the Swedish heavy metal band Europe. He has written hits like "The Final Countdown", "Rock the Night" and "Superstitious".-Early life:...

, the vocalist in the Swedish hard rock

Hard rock

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 band Europe

Europe (band)

Europe is a Swedish rock band formed in Upplands Väsby in 1979 under the name Force by vocalist Joey Tempest, guitarist John Norum and drummer Tony Reno. Although widely associated with glam metal, the band's sound incorporates heavy metal and hard rock elements...

. 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

Van Morrison

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 and Bob Dylan

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."

Europe guitarist John Norum

John Norum

John Norum is a rock music guitarist and founder of the Swedish band Europe . Concurrent to his role with Europe, he also maintains a side solo project...

 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
  Svante Henryson
  Svante Henryson is a composer, cellist, electric bassist and double bassist, active within jazz, classical music, and hard rock.-Childhood & Studies:Svante Henryson grew up in Umeå in northern Sweden...
  
  , 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, 7, engineer
• Nick Hopkins – Engineer
• Robert Wellerfors – Mastering
• Dan Håfström – Production assistant
• Joel Berg – Art direction
• John Scarisbrick – Photography
• Per Zennström – Photography