The Final Countdown: The Best of Europe

The Final Countdown: The Best of Europe
Greatest hits album by Europe
Released July 1, 2009[1]
Recorded 1983-1999
Genre Heavy Metal; Hard Rock
Length 74:00/75:00
Label Sony Music, Camden Deluxe
Europe chronology
Almost Unplugged
(2008)		 The Final Countdown: The Best of Europe
(2009)		 Last Look at Eden
(2009)

The Final Countdown: The Best of Europe is a compilation album by Europe, released in 2009 by Sony Music and Camden Deluxe.[2]

This album contains some songs from their debut album and albums through 1999. This album contains 36 songs with 18 on each CD. The Prisoners in Paradise song is sliced into a single version except for the album version.

Track listing

All songs were written by Joey Tempest, except where noted.

Disc 01
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "The Final Countdown"     5:12
2. "Carrie"   Tempest, Mic Michaeli 4:32
3. "Rock the Night"     4:06
4. "Superstitious"     4:35
5. "Love Chaser"     3:28
6. "Cherokee"     4:12
7. "Open Your Heart"     4:03
8. "Let the Good Times Rock"     4:05
9. "Sign of Times"     4:16
10. "More Than Meets the Eye"   Tempest, Kee Marcello, Michaeli 3:22
11. "Tomorrow"     3:06
12. "Prisoners in Paradise" (single version)   4:31
13. "I'll Cry for You"   Tempest, Nick Graham 4:11
14. "Halfway to Heaven"   Tempest, Jim Vallance 4:08
15. "Sweet Love Child"   Tempest, Marcello, Michaeli 4:59
16. "The Final Countdown 2000"     3:49
17. "Time Has Come"     4:00
18. "Heart of Stone"     3:48
Total length:
 74:00
Disc 02
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "On Broken Wings"     3:46
2. "In the Future to Come"     5:02
3. "Seven Doors Hotel"     5:17
4. "Stormwind"     4:25
5. "Scream of Anger"   Tempest, Marcel Jacob 4:06
6. "Dreamer"     4:21
7. "Ninja"     3:47
8. "Coast to Coast"   Tempest, Kee Marcello, Michaeli 4:01
9. "Ready or Not"     4:05
10. "Seventh Sign"   Tempest, Marcello, Michaeli 4:43
11. "Got Your Mind in the Gutter"   Tempest, Beau Hill, Marcello 5:00
12. "Aphasia" (Instrumental) John Norum 2:31
13. "A Long Time Comin'"     3:56
14. "Girl From Lebanon"     4:22
15. "Wings of Tomorrow"     3:59
16. "Danger on the Track"     3:47
17. "Never Say Die"     4:02
18. "Lights and Shadows"     4:05
Total length:
 75:00

Personnel

References

  1. ^ http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/europe/albums.jhtml?albumId=2474624
  2. ^ http://allmusic.com/album/the-final-countdown-the-best-of-europe-r1912846
Europe
Studio albums
Europe (1983) • Wings of Tomorrow (1984) • The Final Countdown (1986) • Out of This World (1988) • Prisoners in Paradise (1991) • Start from the Dark (2004) • Secret Society (2006) • Last Look at Eden (2009)
EPs
Live albums
Compilations
1982–1992 (1993) • Definitive Collection (1997) • 1982–2000 (1999) • Rock the Night: The Very Best of Europe (2004) • The Final Countdown: The Best of Europe (2009)
Videography
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