''Total Control'' is the first solo album by

John Norum John Norum (born 23 February 1964) is a Norwegian-Swedish guitarist and one of the founders of the rock band Europe. Concurrent to his role with Europe, he also maintains a career as a solo artist. Biography As an infant, Norum moved with his p ...

, best known as the guitarist for Swedish

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band

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located enti ...

. It was released after Norum left Europe following the release of 1986's '' The Final Countdown'' and the tour that followed.

Track listing

All songs were written by John Norum and

Marcel Jacob Marcel Karl Jacob (30 January 1964 – 21 July 2009), professionally known as Marcel Jacob, was a Swedish musician, best known as the founder, chief songwriter, and bassist of the hard rock band Talisman. For a brief period, he also played in t ...

, except where noted. # "Let Me Love You" – 3:23 # "Love Is Meant to Last Forever" – 3:40 # "Too Many Hearts" – 3:12 # "Someone Else Here" – 4:13 (Norum, Jacob, Peter Hermansson) # "Eternal Flame" – 3:14 # "Back on the Streets" – 4:11 (

Vinnie Vincent Vincent John Cusano (born August 6, 1952), better known by his stage name Vinnie Vincent, is an American guitarist. He is a former member of the rock band Kiss from 1982 until mid-1984 during the band's transition out of their 1973–1983 make ...

, Richard Friedman) # "Blind" – 3:53 # "Law of Life" – 4:22 (

Max Lorentz Max Lorentz (born in Täby, November 16, 1962) is a Sweden, Swedish musician, songwriter and producer. He has also worked as a session-musician with artists including Ulf Lundell, Sanne Salomonsen, Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Skifs, E-Type (musici ...

Mats Lindfors Talisman was a Swedish hard rock band. Founded in 1989 by the songwriting bassist Marcel Jacob and fronted by the American singer Jeff Scott Soto, the band released seven studio albums from 1990 to 2006, before going on a farewell tour in 2007 ...

) # "We'll Do What It Takes Together" – 3:25 # "In Chase of the Wind" – 3:02 # "Wild One" (bonus track) – 4:20 (

Phil Lynott Philip Parris Lynott (, ; 20 August 1949 – 4 January 1986) was an Irish singer, bassist, and songwriter. His most commercially successful group was Thin Lizzy, of which he was a founding member, the principal songwriter, lead vocalist and ba ...

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Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. *John Norum – guitars, lead and backing vocals *Marcel Jacob – bass * Göran Edman – lead vocals on "Love Is Meant to Last Forever", "Eternal Flame" and "Back on the Streets", backing vocals Guest musicians *Per Blom – keyboards *Peter Hermansson – drums *Micke Larsson –

fretless bass A fretless bass is a bass guitar whose neck does not have any frets. While the instrument is played in all styles of music, it is most common in pop, rock, and jazz. It first saw widespread use during the 1970s, although some players used them befo ...

on "Too Many Hearts" *Mats Lindfors – backing vocals on "Law of Life" *Max Lorentz –

Hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding #Drawbars, drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs ...

on "Law of Life" Production *John Norum – producer *Thomas Witt – producer *Per Blom – co-producer, engineer, mixing *Mats Lindfors – engineer, Mixing *Peter Dahl – mastering

Track listing

Personnel

Charts

Album

Singles

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