Almost Unplugged

Infobox Album | Name = Almost Unplugged
Type = Live album
Artist = Europe


Released = September 17, 2008
Recorded = January 26, 2008 at Nalen, Stockholm, Sweden
Genre = Hard rock, Heavy metal, Glam metal
Length =
Label = Hell&Back
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "Extended Versions"
(2007)
This album = "Almost Unplugged"
(2008)
Next album = "Untitled Europe album"
(2009)

"Almost Unplugged" is a live album by the Swedish hard rock band Europe. It was released on September 17, 2008.

The album was recorded at Nalen, a venue in Stockholm on January 26, 2008. The band was accompanied by a string quartet and played reworked versions of its own songs, as well as cover versions of songs by bands that have influenced Europe's sound over the years – Pink Floyd, UFO, Led Zeppelin and Thin Lizzy. The album debuted on the Swedish Album Chart at number 26, and went to number 23 the following week.cite web
url=http://www.swedishcharts.com//showinterpret.asp?interpret=Europe
title=Swedish Album Chart
publisher=swedishcharts.com
accessdate=2008-06-24]

Track listing

#"Got to Have Faith" (Joey Tempest, John Norum) – 4:15
#"Forever Travelling" (Tempest, Mic Michaeli) – 4:22
#"Devil Sings the Blues" (Tempest, Michaeli) – 6:26
#"Wish You Were Here" (David Gilmour, Roger Waters) – 4:36
#"Dreamer" (Tempest) – 4:23
#"Love to Love" (Phil Mogg, Michael Schenker) – 7:31
#"The Final Countdown" (Tempest) – 5:46
#"Yesterday's News" (Tempest, Kee Marcello, John Levén, Ian Haugland, Michaeli) – 6:30
#"Since I've Been Lovin' You" (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones) – 7:24
#"Hero" (Tempest) – 4:26
#"Suicide" (Phil Lynott) – 5:42
#"Memories" (Tempest) – 5:51
#"Superstitious" (Tempest) – 4:39
#"Rock the Night" (Tempest) – 5:51

Personnel

*Joey Tempest – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
*John Norum – electric & acoustic guitars
*John Levén – bass guitar, acoustic guitar
*Mic Michaeli – keyboards, backing vocals
*Ian Haugland – drums, backing vocals
*Malin-My Nilsson – violin, string arrangements
*Victoria Lundell – violin
*Jonna Inge – viola
*Anna Landberg Dager – cello
*Andreas Bauman – mixing
*Henrik Jonsson – mastering
*Staffan Lindahl – tour manager/production manager
*Ronny "Rompa" Bernström – live sound engineer
*Anders "Q-lan" Wallertz – lighting designer
*Samuel "Samme" Nielsen – monitor engineer
*Peter "Peter" Erixon – backline tech
*Roger "Spy-T" Albinsson – backline tech
*Thomas Eijerstam – technical manager
*Fredrik Martinsson – web sound engineer
*Gundars Rullis – FOH technician
*Tindra Jonsson Wibers – co-ordinator
*Dimitrios Dimitriadis – cover design

References