- Audio Cassette (17 Oct 1990)
- Format: Import
- Label: Sony
- ASIN: B00000EHVK
- Other Editions: Audio CD | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. In the Future to Come |
| 2. Farewell |
| 3. Seven Doors Hotel |
| 4. King Will Return |
| 5. Boyazont |
| 6. Children of This Time |
| 7. Words of Wisdom |
| 8. Paradize Bay |
| 9. Memories |
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This first Europe album is something of a lost classic, and if you thought they were just about 'The Final Countdown' and all the cheeseball ballads they released when they got big, then this will prove to be a satisfying learning curve.
This was recorded in 1983, long before they went over the commercial parapet into big hair stardom (indeed the band photos here show much smaller hair). Its probably their heaviest record, with not a ballad in sight.
The quality is high from the beginning, kicking off with the frantic 'In The Future To Come', and running through mini epics such as 'Seven Doors Hotel', 'The King Will Return', 'Children Of This Time' and 'Memories'. As with the follow up album 'Wings Of Tomorrow', the middle of the album contains a short but thunderous instrumental called 'Boyazont'.
'Europe' dosent have the prominent keyboards of subsequent releases, which gives it a harder feel, the production is still quite polished but this dosent detract from the heaviness. If you only buy one Europe album, get their masterpiece 'Wings Of Tomorrow'. If you buy two, get this because its almost as good, and will show you a new (less cheesy) side to a classic band.
For fans of Maiden, Priest, Gillan, White Spirit, Gamma Ray and Helloween.
This was recorded in 1983, long before they went over the commercial parapet into big hair stardom (indeed the band photos here show much smaller hair). Its probably their heaviest record, with not a ballad in sight.
The quality is high from the beginning, kicking off with the frantic 'In The Future To Come', and running through mini epics such as 'Seven Doors Hotel', 'The King Will Return', 'Children Of This Time' and 'Memories'. As with the follow up album 'Wings Of Tomorrow', the middle of the album contains a short but thunderous instrumental called 'Boyazont'.
'Europe' dosent have the prominent keyboards of subsequent releases, which gives it a harder feel, the production is still quite polished but this dosent detract from the heaviness. If you only buy one Europe album, get their masterpiece 'Wings Of Tomorrow'. If you buy two, get this because its almost as good, and will show you a new (less cheesy) side to a classic band.
For fans of Maiden, Priest, Gillan, White Spirit, Gamma Ray and Helloween.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
When you compare Europe's first album with the masterpieces that they would later release, it isn't very good.
However, it has it's moments and is still worth having for great songs such as "In The Future To Come" and "Farewell".
This CD is one of the collection but please be sure to check out their newest albums and "Out Of The World" and "Prisioners In Paradise", when you have these four masterpieces only then will you have listened to the great rock band's best work.
However, it has it's moments and is still worth having for great songs such as "In The Future To Come" and "Farewell".
This CD is one of the collection but please be sure to check out their newest albums and "Out Of The World" and "Prisioners In Paradise", when you have these four masterpieces only then will you have listened to the great rock band's best work.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
overlooked
14 Jun 2003
Format:Audio CD
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's fun to rip on "80s metal" - but this is an overlooked gem. Before Europe went commercial, this -- and the follow up, Wings Of Tomorrow -- are their two best and hold up very well critically if you can be open minded and get past your anti-"hair metal" sentiments. Of course, if you're reading this, you probably don't have those sentiments - but anyway. If you want to be surprised - or you heard "Final Countdown" and want something more - get this.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Very good album, indeed it is more metal.
19 Jun 2004
Format:Audio CD
Europes first and least "produced" album. No that doesn't mean the sound quality is bad (this was 1983 what do you want?) but it means that they were a young band free to write as they pleased. No big power ballads, no party songs, just some chugging metal with great leads and vocals. It isn't the most solid album of their career but it does have some of their better moments with In The Future To Come, Seven Doors Hotel (Their best song Ever IMO), Memories, and The King Will Return. Still a great album that showed where these guys could have gone had the hair wave not snapped them up and eventually ruined them.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
A Good Beginning As Well As A Good Guitar Album
23 Aug 2001
Format:Audio CD
This is Europe's 1983 debut album that was not available in the U.S. until around 1988-89. Europe was a quartet at this point in time (sans full-time keyboardist) with the line up of singer Joey Tempest, guitarist John Norum, bassist and group mainstay John Leven and original drummer Tony Reno. Although Europe could stand a little room for improvement as songwriters, from a performace standpoint they were already hitting the mark. Especially the sonic guitar playing of John Norum.
If you love a good, bombastic, Stratocaster guitar rock album, with playing low on pretension, this is a good one to get. Singer Joey Tempest is in fine form as a vocalist at his young age, but John Norum also is as well a guitarist. Not only was Norum was already playing exceptionally well for such a young guitarist, he was one of the most underrated and one of the best hard rock gutiarists of the 80's.
If you had started listening to Europe with "The Final Countdown" CD, go backwards in their catalouge instead of forwards. Go with this stellar debut and their second album "Wings Of Tommorow". These three CD'S are the best representation of their work.
If you love a good, bombastic, Stratocaster guitar rock album, with playing low on pretension, this is a good one to get. Singer Joey Tempest is in fine form as a vocalist at his young age, but John Norum also is as well a guitarist. Not only was Norum was already playing exceptionally well for such a young guitarist, he was one of the most underrated and one of the best hard rock gutiarists of the 80's.
If you had started listening to Europe with "The Final Countdown" CD, go backwards in their catalouge instead of forwards. Go with this stellar debut and their second album "Wings Of Tommorow". These three CD'S are the best representation of their work.
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