Europe

Europe is the debut on which EUROPE combined driving guitar, bright keyboards and Joey Tempest’s high, clear voice. Roughness remains, yet a will to aim for big melody is already visible in the songs. It is their memorable starting point, having debuted on the back of winning a Swedish band contest. Led by “Seven Doors Hotel,” driving songs and lyrical passages cross naturally. Songs like “In The Future To Come,” “The King Will Return” and “Memories” breathe the young band’s heat too. The core elements of the later band — John Norum’s flowing guitar and Tempest’s soaring voice — are already in place. With hooks and heat leading directly to the later refinement, it is an important record as the band’s origin.