A Place to Call Home (album)

A Place to Call Home is the first solo album by Joey Tempest, the vocalist in the Swedish hard rock band Europe. It was released on 20 April 1995 and presented a different sound compared to Europe.

"I needed a change from the Europe sound," Tempest said in an interview, "I wanted to prove myself as a singer/songwriter for sure, but for me it was more of a journey to learn about making music. I went to see a lot of new young artists .. got into stuff like Van Morrison and Bob Dylan."

Europe guitarist John Norum made a guest appearance on the song "Right to Respect".

Track listing
All written by Joey Tempest.
 * 1) "We Come Alive" – 4:48
 * 2) "Under the Influence" – 4:41
 * 3) "A Place to Call Home" – 3:42
 * 4) "Pleasure and Pain" – 3:55
 * 5) "Elsewhere" – 3:56
 * 6) "Lord of the Manor" – 3:46
 * 7) "Don't Go Changin' on Me" – 3:26
 * 8) "Harder to Leave a Friend Than a Lover" – 3:49
 * 9) "Right to Respect" – 2:50
 * 10) "Always a Friend of Mine" – 4:01
 * 11) "How Come You're Not Dead Yet" – 4:29
 * 12) "For My Country" – 3:50

Personnel

 * Joey Tempest – lead vocals, guitars
 * Jonas Isacsson, Staffan Astner, Jesper Lindberg, John Norum – guitars
 * Dan Sundquist – guitars, bass, piano
 * Svante Henryson, Sven Lindvall – bass
 * Mats Asplen – organ
 * Nicci Wallin, Per Lindvall, Christer Jansson – drums

Album credits

 * Dan Sundqvist – producer
 * Alar Suuma – mixing
 * Pontus Olsson – mixing on tracks 3 and 7, engineer
 * Nick Hopkins – engineer
 * Robert Wellerfors – mastering
 * Dan Håfström – production assistant
 * Joel Berg – art direction
 * John Scarisbrick, Per Zennström – photography