War of Kings (album)

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This article is about the Europe album. For other uses, see War of Kings (disambiguation).
War of Kings
Europe War of Kings album.jpg
Studio album by Europe
Released March 2, 2015 (2015-03-02)
(see Release history)
Recorded October–November 2014
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Label UDR Records
JVC (Japan)
Producer Dave Cobb
Europe chronology
Bag of Bones
(2012)Bag of Bones2012		 War of Kings
(2015)		 War of Kings Special Edition
(2015)War of Kings Special Edition2015
Singles from War of Kings
  1. "War of Kings"
    Released: February 4, 2015
  2. "Days of Rock 'n' Roll"
    Released: March 16, 2015[1]

War of Kings is the tenth studio album by the Swedish rock band Europe. It was released on March 2, 2015 by UDR Records.[2]

Album information

Vocalist Joey Tempest stated that "War of Kings is the album we always wanted to make, ever since we were kids listening to bands like Zeppelin, Purple and Sabbath. And after hearing Dave Cobb's amazing production for Rival Sons we simply had to work with him. Our adventure is still ON!"[2]

The first single, "War of Kings", was released on February 4, 2015. The music video was directed by Patric Ullaeus and premiered on February 9.[3] The second single, "Days of Rock 'n' Roll", was released on March 16, 2015[1] and the music video premiered on April 27. The Special Edition of this album includes also a DVD of the band's performance at the Wacken Open Air.

Track listing[4]

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "War of Kings"   Tempest, Levén, Dave Cobb 4:36
2. "Hole in My Pocket"   Tempest, Levén 3:42
3. "The Second Day"   Tempest, Michaeli 5:23
4. "Praise You"   Tempest, Michaeli, Cobb 4:34
5. "Nothin' to Ya"   Tempest, Norum, Michaeli, Levén, Haugland 3:54
6. "California 405"   Tempest, Michaeli 4:31
7. "Days of Rock 'n' Roll"   Tempest 3:05
8. "Children of the Mind"   Tempest, Michaeli, Cobb 4:30
9. "Rainbow Bridge"   Tempest, Michaeli 3:16
10. "Angels (With Broken Hearts)"   Tempest, Michaeli, Norum, Levén, Haugland, Cobb 5:19
11. "Light It Up"   Tempest, Norum, Levén 6:10
CD digipak/Japanese edition bonus track
No. Title Writer(s) Length
12. "Vasastan" (instrumental) Michaeli, Norum 5:11

Personnel

Europe
Production[2]
  • Produced by Dave Cobb
  • Engineered by John Netti

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] 27
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6] 58
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[7] 83
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[8] 35
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[9] 38
French Albums (SNEP)[10] 69
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11] 23
Italian Albums (FIMI)[12] 41
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[13] 38
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[14] 41
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 6

Release history

Region Date
United Kingdom March 2, 2015 (2015-03-02)[2]
Japan March 4, 2015 (2015-03-04)[2]
Europe March 6, 2015 (2015-03-06)[2]
United States March 10, 2015 (2015-03-10)[2]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://replicapromo.tumblr.com/post/112641653835
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  5. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Europe – War Of Kings" (in German). Hung Medien.
  6. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Europe – War Of Kings" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  7. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Europe – War Of Kings" (in French). Hung Medien.
  8. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Europe – War Of Kings" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  9. ↑ "Europe: War Of Kings" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  10. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Europe – War Of Kings". Hung Medien.
  11. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
  12. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Europe – War Of Kings". Hung Medien.
  13. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Europe – War Of Kings". Hung Medien.
  14. ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Europe – War Of Kings". Hung Medien.
  15. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Europe – War Of Kings". Hung Medien.
  16. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Europe – War Of Kings". Hung Medien.
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