Last Safe Place

Last Safe Place
Studio album by LeRoux
Released	1982
Recorded	1982
Studio	Studio in the Country, Washington Parish, Louisiana
Genre	Hard rock pop rock
Label	RCA
Producer	Leon Medica
LeRoux chronology
Up (1980) Last Safe Place (1982) So Fired Up (1983)
Singles from Last Safe Place
"Addicted" Released: 1982 "The Last Safe Place On Earth" Released: 1982 "Nobody Said It Was Easy" Released: 1982

Last Safe Place is the fourth album by LeRoux released in 1982. It is the band's last album with Jeff Pollard and Bob Campo involved. ^{[1] [2]}

The album peaked at #64 on the Billboard 200, becoming the band's most successful album. "Nobody Said It Was Easy" is the album's (and the band's) only Top 20 hit, peaking at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100. ^{[3] [4]}

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Guitar Solo	Length
1.	"Addicted"	Roddy	Pollard	3:00
2.	"It Doesn't Matter"	Pollard, Roddy	Haselden	3:50
3.	"Nobody Said It Was Easy"	Haselden [5]	Haselden	4:11
4.	"The Last Safe Place On Earth"	Pollard	Pollard	3:13
5.	"Inspiration"	Medica, Pollard		4:00

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Guitar Solo	Length
6.	"You Know How Those Boys Are"	Haselden		3:27
7.	"Midnight Summer Dream"	Medica		3:21
8.	"Rock 'N' Roll Woman"	Stephen Stills	Pollard, Haselden	3:26
9.	"Long Distance Lover"	Roddy	Pollard	3:20
10.	"Make Believe"	Roddy		4:50

Personnel

LeRoux

• Jeff Pollard – lead vocals, guitar
• Tony Haselden – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, lead and backing vocals
• Leon Medica – bass, backing vocals
• David Peters – drums, backing vocals
• Rod Roddy – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizer
• Bobby Campo – backing vocals, percussion

Additional musicians

• Claudette Rogers – backing vocals (5)
• Lon Price – saxophone (5, 10)

Production

• Producer: Leon Medica
• Engineers: Warren Dewey, David Farrell, Terry Christian
• Photography: David Kennedy

Charts

Album

Chart (1982)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [6]	64

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1982	"Addicted"	Billboard Top Tracks [7]	7
	"The Last Safe Place On Earth"	Billboard Hot 100 [8]	77
	"Nobody Said It Was Easy"	Billboard Hot 100 [9]	18

References

1. "LeRoux - 'Last Safe Place' / 'So Fired Up'". Rocktopia. 28 July 2013. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
2. "Le Roux - The Last Safe Place On Earth". Paste . Retrieved December 16, 2019.
3. "LeRoux – Last Safe Place [Rock Candy remastered]". 0DayRox. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
4. Larkin, Colin (1995). The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music: Vol. 3. Guinness Publishing. p. 2423. ISBN   9781561591763 . Retrieved December 23, 2018– via Google Books.
5. LeRoux - Last Safe Place LP album sleeve.
6. "Last Safe Place". Billboard . Retrieved December 16, 2019.
7. "Addicted". Billboard . Retrieved December 16, 2019.
8. "The Last Safe Place On Earth". Billboard . Retrieved December 16, 2019.
9. "Nobody Said It Was Easy". Billboard . Retrieved December 16, 2019.

External links

• Last Safe Place at Discogs
• Last Safe Place at AllMusic