''Azalea Place'' is the second solo album by

Joey Tempest Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson (born 19 August 1963), known professionally as Joey Tempest, is a Swedish musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Europe. He has written most of the band's biggest hit songs, including " The Fi ...

, the vocalist in the Swedish

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. It was released on 25 April 1997. "After my first solo album I went out to the States to work with Richard Dodd - who's this English guy living out in Nashville – on the second one, which kept me away from home for a long time," Tempest said in an interview, "But it was something that I needed to do, I had to get it out of my system."

Track listing

# "The Match" – 3:53 (Joey Tempest,

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) # "If I'd Only Known" – 3:54 (Joey Tempest, Steve Diamond, Richard Dodd) # "The One in the Glass" – 3:20 (Joey Tempest, Janet Zuckerman) # "Dance for You" – 3:12 (Joey Tempest) # "Not Welcome Any More" – 3:53 (Joey Tempest) # "Losing You Again" – 4:21 (Joey Tempest, Kent Lavoie) # "Revolution of Love" – 4:08 (Joey Tempest) # "Better Than Real" – 3:31 (Joey Tempest) # "If We Stay Or If We Go" – 4:02 (Joey Tempest,

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) # "In Confidence" – 4:27 (Joey Tempest) # "Further from the Truth" – 4:01 (Joey Tempest, Kent Lavoie) # "Lucky" – 4:29 (Joey Tempest)

Personnel

*Joey Tempest – Lead vocals, guitars, bass *

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– Spanish vocals on "Revolution of Love" *Reggie Young, Staffan Astner – Guitars *Tony Harrell – Keyboards *Greg Morrow, Tom Harding, Craig Crampf, Brian Barnett – Drums

Album credits

*Richard Dodd - Producer, engineer, arrangements *Jack Grochmal - Engineer *James Baur - Assisting engineer *Dan Leffler - Engineer on "If I'd Only Known" *Joey Tempest - Arrangements *George Marino - Mastering *Staffan Astner - Additional arrangements *Kristin Wilkinson - Strings arrangements *Martina Hoogland Ivanow - Photography *Martin Renck - Cover design

References

{{Authority control Joey Tempest albums 1997 albums