Almost Unplugged
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Publication |
September 17, 2008 |
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admission |
January 26, 2008 |
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| Label (s) | Universal Music | |||
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Title (number) |
14th |
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running time |
77:42 |
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Studio (s) |
Nalen ( Stockholm ) |
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Almost Unplugged is the live album by the Swedish hard rock band Europe , released in 2008 . It is dedicated to the American guitarist Michelle Meldrum who died on May 21, 2008 and who was married to the European guitarist John Norum .
background
On January 26, 2008 Europe performed a one-time concert with a string quartet in Stockholm . In addition to the group's well-known titles, cover versions of various songs by Pink Floyd ( Wish You Were Here ), Led Zeppelin ( Since I've Been Login 'You ), Thin Lizzy ( Suicide ) and UFO ( Love to Love ) were played. The event was broadcast as a webcast , and it was later decided to make the recording available on audio media.
Track list
- Got to Have Faith ( Joey Tempest , John Norum ) - 4:15
- Forever Traveling (Tempest, Mic Michaeli ) - 4:22
- Devil Sings the Blues (Tempest, Michaeli) - 6:26
- Wish You Were Here ( David Gilmour , Roger Waters ) - 4:36
- Dreamer (Tempest) - 4:23
- Love to Love ( Phil Mogg , Michael Schenker ) - 7:31
- The Final Countdown (Tempest) - 5:46
- Yesterday's News (Tempest, Kee Marcello , John Levén , Ian Haugland , Michaeli) - 6:30
- Since I've Been Lovin 'You ( Jimmy Page , Robert Plant , John Paul Jones ) - 7:24
- Hero (Tempest) - 4:26
- Suicide ( Phil Lynott ) - 5:42
- Memories (Tempest) - 5:51
- Superstitious (Tempest) - 4:39
- Rock the Night (Tempest) - 5:51
reception
Greg Prato wrote for Allmusic that few hair metal bands of the 1980s were "known to actually master their respective instruments". A group that was actually able to "put their" pretty boy "image" with skill "was Europe. Almost Unplugged show the group with a string quartet with which they would perform some rock classics together with their own material and the "still bombastic" The Final Countdown . Surprisingly, the power ballad Carrie is missing , from which one can assume that “it would have fitted well into the instrumental framework”. Almost Unplugged is "further proof that Europe are kings of arena rock" - at least in Europe.
Participating musicians
- Singing : Joey Tempest
- Guitars : John Norum
- Bas : John Levén
- Keyboard : Mic Michaeli
- Drums : Ian Haugland
- First violin : Malin-My Nilsson
- Second violin: Victoria Lundell
- Viola : Jonna Inge
- Violoncello : Anna Landberg Dager
Individual evidence
- ↑ Booklet of the album
- ↑ Review on Allmusic.com