European Sun

Infobox Album |
Name = European Sun: Archive Collection (1982 - 1987)
Type = Album


Artist = Paul Haig
from Album =
B-side =
Released = 1988
Format = CD
Recorded = 1982-1987
Genre = Synth Pop
Length =
Label = Les Disques Du Crepuscule
Writer = Paul Haig
Producer = Paul Haig
Certification =
Chart position =
Last album = The Warp Of Pure Fun
This album = European Sun
Next album = Chain

European Sun is a compilation of rare and unreleased tracks by former Josef K vocalist, Paul Haig. The album was released in 1988 on Belgian independent label Les Disques Du Crepuscule.

Interspersed between the rare a-sides and b-sides are tracks from Haig’s unreleased album, shelved by Island Records in 1985. Several tracks recorded during the Island sessions did however appear on the 1986 album The Warp Of Pure Fun.

Also included is the unreleased collaboration with Sheffield’s Cabaret Voltaire and a home demo, "Psycho San Jose"

In 2004, LTM released another compilation of rare material, Then Again, this duplicated several tracks from European Sun.

Track listing

# Running Away
# Chance
# Justice
# Swinging For You
# Shining Hour
# Blue For You
# Ghost Rider
# Torchomatic
# Endless Song
# Closer Now
# Dangerous Life
# The Executioner
# Psycho San Jose
# On This Night Of Decision
# World Raw