Redux: Europe

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Redux: Europe
Kee Marcello Redux Europe album.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 11, 2011 (Sweden)
January 13, 2012 (Worldwide)
Genre Hard rock
Length65:46
Label GPM
Producer Kee Marcello
Kee Marcello chronology
Melon Demon Divine
(2004)
Redux: Europe
(2011)
Judas Kiss
(2013)

Redux: Europe is the third solo album by Kee Marcello, the former guitarist in the Swedish hard rock band Europe. [1] It was released on November 11, 2011 in Sweden and was released on January 13, 2012 worldwide. It contains the brand new title track as well as re-recordings of Europe and Easy Action tracks. [1]

Contents

The song "Hammers Heart" is dedicated to the memory of Gary Moore. [2] The liner notes also state that the title track was originally written for the creation of the European Union, and Kee intended for a tenor such as Luciano Pavarotti to sing it.

Redux: Europe entered the official Swedish album chart at number 32 on November 18, 2011, but remained on the chart only for a week. On February 17, 2012, the album re-entered the chart at number 9. [3]

Track listing

  1. "Redux: Europe" – 3:25
  2. "Superstitious" – 4:37
  3. "Seventh Sign" – 4:30
  4. "Let the Good Times Rock" – 4:06
  5. "Girl from Lebanon" – 5:19
  6. "The Final Countdown" – 5:00
  7. "We Go Rocking (Slight Return)" – 4:01
  8. "Carrie" – 4:32
  9. "Hammers Heart" – 3:36
  10. "Bumble Kee" – 1:45
  11. "Here Comes the Night" – 4:28
  12. "Halfway to Heaven" – 3:52
  13. "More Than Meets the Eye" – 3:23
  14. "Mind in the Gutter" (featuring Hanna Marcello) – 4:47
  15. "Open Your Heart" – 4:07
  16. "Rock the Night" – 4:18

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. 1 2 "BLABBERMOUTH.NET - Former EUROPE Guitarist To Release 'Controversial' Autobiography". roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 2011-11-25. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
  2. 1 2 Marcello, Kee (2011). Redux: Europe (Media notes). Kee Marcello. GPM. GPM003.
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