Rock the Night: The Very Best of Europe

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Rock the Night: The Very Best of Europe
Europe Rock the Night album.jpg
Greatest hits album by
Released3 March 2004
Recorded1982–1992
Genre Heavy metal, hard rock, glam metal
Length2:20:29
Label Sony Music
Producer Various
Europe chronology
Super Hits
(1998)
Rock the Night: The Very Best of Europe
(2004)
Start from the Dark
(2004)

Rock the Night: The Very Best of Europe is a compilation album by Europe, which was released on 3 March 2004 by Sony Music.

Contents

Unlike 1982–1992 , which was put together by vocalist Joey Tempest on his own, the track listing for Rock the Night was decided by all the members of the band.

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Rock the Night" (Tempest) – 4.04
  2. "Superstitious" (Tempest) – 4.34
  3. "I'll Cry for You" [acoustic] (Tempest, Graham) – 3.58
  4. "Cherokee" (Tempest) – 4.40
  5. "Stormwind" (Tempest) – 4.28
  6. "Sweet Love Child" (Tempest, Marcello, Michaeli) – 4.56
  7. "In the Future to Come" (Tempest) – 5.00
  8. "Here Comes the Night" (Tempest) – 4.26
  9. "Sign of the Times" (Tempest) – 4.15
  10. "Dreamer" (Tempest) – 4.26
  11. "Seventh Sign" (Tempest, Marcello, Michaeli) – 4.41
  12. "Yesterday's News" (Tempest, Marcello, Levén, Haugland, Michaeli) – 5.26
  13. "Got Your Mind in the Gutter" (Tempest, Hill, Marcello) – 4.59
  14. "Ready or Not" (Tempest) – 4.05
  15. "Aphasia" [instrumental] (Norum) – 2.30
  16. "Time Has Come" [live at Solnahallen, Stockholm 1986] (Tempest) – 4.31

Disc two

  1. "The Final Countdown" (Tempest)
  2. "Halfway to Heaven" (Tempest, John, Rice)
  3. "Open Your Heart" [original version] (Tempest)
  4. "Long Time Coming" (Tempest)
  5. "Mr. Government Man" (Tempest, Hill)
  6. "Carrie" (Tempest, Michaeli)
  7. "Seven Doors Hotel" [B-side version] (Tempest)
  8. "Girl from Lebanon" (Tempest)
  9. "The King Will Return" (Tempest)
  10. "More Than Meets the Eye" (Tempest, Marcello, Michaeli)
  11. "Prisoners in Paradise" (Tempest)
  12. "Wings of Tomorrow" (Tempest)
  13. "On Broken Wings" (Tempest)
  14. "Scream of Anger" (Tempest, Jacob)
  15. "Heart of Stone" (Tempest)
  16. "Let the Good Times Rock" [live at Ahoy Stadium, Rotterdam 1989] (Tempest)

Personnel

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