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Start from the Dark

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Released
  
22 September 2004

Label
  
Sanctuary Records

Release date
  
22 September 2004

Length
  
48:33

Artist
  
Europe

Producer
  
Kevin Elson

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Recorded
  
Studios 301, Little Big Room, Stockholm, Sweden 2004

Start from the Dark (2004)
  
The Final Countdown Tour 1986 (2004)

Genres
  
Hard rock, Heavy metal, Glam metal

Nominations
  
Grammis Award for Hard Rock/Metal of the Year

Similar
  
Europe albums, Hard rock albums

Start from the Dark is the sixth studio album by the Swedish rock band Europe. It was released on 22 September 2004 by Sanctuary Records. It was the band's first release since reforming in 2003, and the first original album of all-new material since 1991's Prisoners in Paradise.

Contents

Start from the Dark departs from the glam metal genre and featured a more modern sound compared to Europe's previous albums. "We wanted to be doing something at least that was a little bit relevant now; bit of a dry mix, detuned a bit," vocalist Joey Tempest said, "So we felt like we didn't want to do an '80s album per se, we just wanted to start like a fresh band really." Eventually, the album sold in excess of 600,000 copies worldwide.

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Track listing

  1. "Got to Have Faith" (Joey Tempest, John Norum) – 3:10
  2. "Start from the Dark" (Tempest, Norum) – 4:12
  3. "Flames" (Tempest) – 3:55
  4. "Hero" (Tempest) – 4:15
  5. "Wake Up Call" (Tempest, Norum) – 4:14
  6. "Reason" (Tempest, Mic Michaeli) – 4:37
  7. "Song No. 12" (Tempest, Norum) – 4:09
  8. "Roll With You" (Tempest, Norum) – 4:30
  9. "Sucker" (Tempest) – 3:42
  10. "Spirit of the Underdog" (Tempest) – 4:25
  11. "America" (Tempest) – 3:35
  12. "Settle for Love" (Tempest, Norum) – 3:49

Personnel

  • Joey Tempest – vocals, acoustic guitars
  • John Norum – guitars
  • John Levén – bass
  • Mic Michaeli – keyboards
  • Ian Haugland – drums
  • Marcus Michaeli – additional beats
  • Europe – Producer
  • Kevin Elson – Producer, Mixing
  • Tom Size – Engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – Mastering
  • Niklas Bernstone – Photography
  • Niklas Brodd – Art Direction and Graphic Production
  • Thomas Larsson – Art Direction and Graphic Production

    • Songs

    1Got to Have Faith3:11
    2Start From the Dark4:12
    3Flames3:56

    References

    Start from the Dark Wikipedia
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