Azalea Place is the second solo album by Joey Tempest

Joey Tempest

Joey Tempest is the vocalist and main songwriter in the Swedish heavy metal band Europe. He has written hits like "The Final Countdown", "Rock the Night" and "Superstitious".-Early life:...

, the vocalist in the Swedish hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 band Europe

Europe (band)

Europe is a Swedish rock band formed in Upplands Väsby in 1979 under the name Force by vocalist Joey Tempest, guitarist John Norum and drummer Tony Reno. Although widely associated with glam metal, the band's sound incorporates heavy metal and hard rock elements...

. It was released on April 25, 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

1. "The Match" – 3:53 (Joey Tempest, Chris Difford
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2. "If I'd Only Known" – 3:54 (Joey Tempest, Steve Diamond, Richard Dodd)
3. "The One in the Glass" – 3:20 (Joey Tempest, Janet Zuckerman)
4. "Dance for You" – 3:12 (Joey Tempest)
5. "Not Welcome Any More" – 3:53 (Joey Tempest)
6. "Losing You Again" – 4:21 (Joey Tempest, Kent Lavoie)
7. "Revolution of Love" – 4:08 (Joey Tempest)
8. "Better Than Real" – 3:31 (Joey Tempest)
9. "If We Stay Or If We Go" – 4:02 (Joey Tempest, Will Jennings
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   )
10. "In Confidence" – 4:27 (Joey Tempest)
11. "Further from the Truth" – 4:01 (Joey Tempest, Kent Lavoie)
12. "Lucky" – 4:29 (Joey Tempest)

Personnel

• Joey Tempest – Lead vocals, guitars, bass
• Siobhan Maher
  Siobhan Maher Kennedy
  Siobhan Maher is an English singer and songwriter. Most notably, she was the lead vocalist of the Liverpool-based band River City People during the late 1980s and early 1990s...
  
  – 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