Girish Mahajan (Editor)

Face the Truth (John Norum album)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Release date
  
1992

Genre
  
Hard rock

Producer
  
John Norum

Face the Truth (John Norum album) httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaenthumbb

Released
  
1992 (Europe / Japan)1994 (USA)

Recorded
  
Total Accessing Recording, Redondo Beach, California

Length
  
43:37 (Europe / Japan)41:31 (USA)

Face the Truth(1992)
  
Another Destination(1995)

Artists
  
John Norum, All Faces Down

Labels
  
Epic Records, Shrapnel Records

Similar
  
John Norum albums, Hard rock albums

John norum glenn hughes face the truth


Face the Truth is the second solo album by John Norum, the guitarist in the Swedish hard rock band Europe. It was released in 1992.

Contents

Former Black Sabbath / Deep Purple vocalist Glenn Hughes sang several of the songs on the album. The song "Opium Trail" is a cover version of the Thin Lizzy song. "We Will Be Strong" is a duet with Europe vocalist Joey Tempest, which is not included on the American edition of the album.

The Swedish special edition contains a biography for John Norum, written in Swedish.

European, Japanese Pressings

  1. "Face the Truth" – 4:17 (Glenn Hughes, John Norum)
  2. "Night Buzz" – 3:22 (Norum, Henrik Hildén, Michelle Meldrum)
  3. "In Your Eyes" – 3:45 (Hughes, Norum, Peter Baltes)
  4. "Opium Trail" – 4:00 (Brian Downey, Phil Lynott, Scott Gorham)
  5. "We Will Be Strong" – 4:12 (Norum, Joey Tempest, Billy Haggerty)
  6. "Good Man Shining" – 3:04 (Hughes, Norum, Mats Attaque, Micke Höglund, Thomas Broman)
  7. "Time Will Find the Answer" – 5:02 (Hughes, Norum, Billy White)
  8. "Counting on Your Love" – 3:16 (Göran Edman, Hughes, Tempest, Norum, Peter Hermansson)
  9. "Endica" – 2:44 (Norum, Baltes)
  10. "Still the Night" – 3:58 (Hughes, Pat Thrall, Paul Delph)
  11. "Distant Voices" – 5:46 (Norum, Hughes, Baltes, White)

US Pressing

  1. "Distant Voices" – 5:46 (Norum, Hughes, Baltes, White)
  2. "Opium Trail" – 4:00 (Downey, Lynott, Gorham)
  3. "Night Buzz" – 3:22 (Norum, Hildén, Meldrum)
  4. "Good Man Shining" – 3:04 (Hughes, Norum, Attaque, Höglund, Broman)
  5. "Endica" – 2:44 (Norum, Baltes)
  6. "Face the Truth" – 4:17 (Hughes, Norum)
  7. "In Your Eyes" – 3:45 (Hughes, Norum, Baltes)
  8. "Time Will Find the Answer" – 5:02 (Hughes, Norum, White)
  9. "Counting on Your Love" – 3:16 (Edman, Hughes, Tempest, Norum, Hermansson)
  10. "Don't Believe a Word" (recorded live) – 3:13 (Lynott)
  11. "Free Birds in Flight" (recorded live) – 3:00 (Norum)

Personnel

  • John Norum – Guitars, lead and backing vocals
  • Glenn Hughes – Lead vocals
  • Peter Baltes – Bass
  • Henrik Hildén – Drums
  • Joey Tempest - Vocals on "We Will Be Strong"
  • Billy White - Rhythm guitar on "Time Will Find the Answer"
  • Mikkey Dee - Drums on "Distant Voices"
  • John Schreiner - Keyboards
  • Andy Lorber - Additional backing vocals

    • Album credits

  • Produced by: John Norum and Wyn Davis
  • Engineered by: Wyn Davis and Melissa Sewell
  • Mixed by: Max Norman and Wyn Davis
  • Mastered by: Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk
  • Assistant Engineer: Doug Drury
  • Recorded at: Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, CA
  • Mixed at: One on One, The Grey Room and The Enterprice [sic], Studio City, CA
  • Logo Design by Johan Jäger / Drömfabriken
  • Cover Design by: John Norum and Johan Jäger

    • Songs

    1Distant Voices5:46
    2Opium Trail3:59
    3Night Buzz3:23

    References

    Face the Truth (John Norum album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


    Similar Topics