''Almost Unplugged'' is a live album by the Swedish hard rock band

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. It was released on CD on 17 September 2008 and on DVD on 19 August 2009. The album was recorded at Nalen, a venue in Stockholm on 26 January 2008. The band was accompanied by a string quartet and played reworked versions of its own songs, as well as cover versions of songs by bands that have influenced Europe's sound over the years – Pink Floyd,

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. The album debuted on the Swedish Album Chart at number 26, and went to number 23 the following week. The album is dedicated to

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, John Norum's late wife, who died on 21 May 2008.

Track listing

#" Got to Have Faith" (

Joey Tempest Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson (born 19 August 1963), known professionally as Joey Tempest, is a Swedish singer best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Europe. He has written the band's great hits such as " The Final Countdown", " Rock the ...

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) – 4:15 #"Forever Travelling" (Tempest,

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) – 4:22 #"Devil Sings the Blues" (Tempest, Michaeli) – 6:26 #"

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" ( David Gilmour, Roger Waters) – 4:36 #" Dreamer" (Tempest) – 4:23 #"Love to Love" (

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) – 7:31 #" The Final Countdown" (Tempest) – 5:46 #"Yesterday's News" (Tempest,

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John Levén John Gunnar Levén (born 25 October 1963 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish bassist in the Swedish rock band Europe. Levén and vocalist Joey Tempest are the only band members who have performed on all of Europe's studio albums. Career When Lev ...

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, Michaeli) – 6:30 #" Since I've Been Lovin' You" ( Jimmy Page, Robert Plant,

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" (Tempest) – 4:26 #"Suicide" ( Phil Lynott) – 5:42 #"Memories" (Tempest) – 5:51 #" Superstitious" (Tempest) – 4:39 #" Rock the Night" (Tempest) – 5:51

Personnel

– lead vocals, acoustic guitar *

– electric & acoustic guitars *

– bass guitar, acoustic guitar *

– keyboards, backing vocals *

– drums, backing vocals *Malin-My Nilsson – violin, string arrangements *Victoria Lundell – violin *Jonna Inge – viola *Anna Landberg Dager – cello *Andreas Bauman – mixing *Henrik Jonsson – mastering *Staffan Lindahl – tour manager / production manager *Ronny "Rompa" Bernström – live sound engineer *Anders "Q-lan" Wallertz – lighting designer *Samuel "Samme" Nielsen – monitor engineer *Peter "Peter" Erixon – backline tech *Roger "Spy-T" Albinsson – backline tech *Thomas Eijerstam – technical manager *Fredrik Martinsson – web sound engineer *Gundars Rullis – FOH technician *Tindra Jonsson Wibers – co-ordinator *Dimitrios Dimitriadis – cover design

References

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