Start from the Dark

Infobox Album | Name = Start from the Dark
Type = studio
Artist = Europe


Released = September 22, 2004
Recorded = Studios 301, Little Big Room, Stockholm, Sweden 2004
Genre = Hard rock, Heavy metal, Glam metal
Length = 48:33
Label = Sanctuary Records
Producer = Kevin Elson, Europe
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:scm1z85a5yvo link]
Last album = ""
(2004)
This album = "Start from the Dark"
(2004)
Next album = "The Final Countdown Tour 1986"
(2004)
Misc = Singles
Name = Start from the Dark
Type = Studio
single 1 = Got to Have Faith
single 1 date = September 15, 2004
single 2 = Hero
single 2 date = September 20, 2004

"Start from the Dark" is the sixth studio album by the Swedish hard rock band Europe. It was released on September 22, 2004, by Sanctuary Records. It was the band's first release of new material since they reunited in 2003.

Track listing

#"Got to Have Faith" (Joey Tempest, John Norum) – 3:10
#"Start from the Dark" (Tempest, Norum) – 4:12
#"Flames" (Tempest) – 3:55
#"Hero" (Tempest) – 4:15
#"Wake Up Call" (Tempest, Norum) – 4:14
#"Reason" (Tempest, Mic Michaeli) – 4:37
#"Song No. 12" (Tempest, Norum) – 4:09
#"Roll With You" (Tempest, Norum) – 4:30
#"Sucker" (Tempest) – 3:42
#"Spirit of the Underdog" (Tempest) – 4:25
#"America" (Tempest) – 3:35
#"Settle for Love" (Tempest, Norum) – 3:49

Music Videos

*Got to Have Faith- The video features the band performing in a garage with clips taken from the Ghost Rider movies. In an interlude, the video shows brief, distorted clips of the band from the 1980's. The motorcycle, touching speeds over 300km/h, zooms past Upplands Väsby at the end of the video.
*Hero- The video tells a story of aspiring young rock performers, interspersed with clips of the band on tour. The video is a tribute to the bands idol, Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy.

Personnel

*Joey Tempest – vocals, acoustic guitars
*John Norum – guitars
*John Levén – bass
*Mic Michaeli – keyboards
*Ian Haugland – drums
*Marcus Michaeli – additional beats
*Europe – Producer
*Kevin Elson – Producer, Mixing
*Tom Size – Engineer
*Bob Ludwig – Mastering
*Niklas Bernstone – Photography
*Niklas Brodd – Art Direction and Graphic Production
*Thomas Larsson – Art Direction and Graphic Production

References