Almost Unplugged is a live album by the Swedish hard rock band Europe. 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, UFO, Led Zeppelin and Thin Lizzy. The album debuted on the Swedish Album Chart at number 26, and went to number 23 the following week.

Almost Unplugged

The album is dedicated to Michelle Meldrum, John Norum's late wife, who died on 21 May 2008.

Almost Unplugged

Track listing

"Got to Have Faith" (Joey Tempest, John Norum) – 4:15

"Forever Travelling" (Tempest, Mic Michaeli) – 4:22

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

"Wish You Were Here" (David Gilmour, Roger Waters) – 4:36

"Dreamer" (Tempest) – 4:23

"Love to Love" (Phil Mogg, Michael Schenker) – 7:31

"The Final Countdown" (Tempest) – 5:46

"Yesterday's News" (Tempest, Kee Marcello, John Levén, Ian Haugland, Michaeli) – 6:30 "Since I've Been Lovin' You" (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones) – 7:24 "Hero" (Tempest) – 4:26 "Suicide" (Phil Lynott) – 5:42 "Memories" (Tempest) – 5:51 "Superstitious" (Tempest) – 4:39 "Rock the Night" (Tempest) – 5:51

Almost Unplugged

Personnel

Joey Tempest – lead vocals, acoustic guitar

John Norum – electric & acoustic guitars

John Levén – bass guitar, acoustic guitar

Mic Michaeli – keyboards, backing vocals

Ian Haugland – 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

Europe (band) albums

Europe (band) video albums

2009 video albums

Live video albums

2008 live albums

2000s English-language films