Almost Unplugged

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Almost Unplugged
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Live album by
Europe
Released17 September 2008
Recorded26 January 2008 at Nalen, Stockholm, Sweden
Genre Rock, acoustic music
Length77:42
Label Hell&Back
Europe chronology
Extended Versions
(2007)		Almost Unplugged
(2008)		 The Final Countdown: The Best of Europe
(2009)
Vinyl cover
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Limited edition vinyl cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Almost Unplugged
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Starring Europe
Music by Europe
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Release date
  • 19 August 2009 (2009-08-19)
Running time
83 min
LanguageEnglish

Almost Unplugged is a live album by the Swedish hard rock band Europe. It was released on CD on 17 September 2008 and on DVD on 19 August 2009.

Contents

The album was recorded at Nalen, a venue in Stockholm on 26 January 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. [2]

The album is dedicated to Michelle Meldrum, John Norum's late wife, who died on 21 May 2008.

Track listing

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

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1445288
  2. ↑ "Swedish Album Chart". swedishcharts.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
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