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1982-1992

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"1982-1992" is maybe the best EUROPE compilation made (and there are MANY!)

Picking out some of the best tracks from the five studio albums, as well as some unreleased tracks and different versions of a couple of tracks, this really is a testimony to the fact that EUROPE was a band with talented musicians and more than just "The Final Countdown".

As well as the great hits like "The Final Countdown" and "Carrie", you'll find both good, heavy tracks like "Seven Doors Hotel", "Stormwind" and "Yesterday's News", and beautiful ballads like "Open Your Heart", "Dreamer" and "Sweet Love Child".

Every track has meaningful lyrics and great melodies, which is more than can be said about most of today's popular music.

Joey Tempest has a great voice and is also a good keyboard player, as we can hear on the tracks from the two first EUROPE albums. Both John Norum and his replacement in 1986, Kee Marcello are excellent guitarists. Mic Michaeli does well with his keyboard work, and Tony Reno and Ian Haugland are some of the world's best drummers. John Levén is a skilful bassist.

As you've maybe noticed, SONY Music has released an "updated" version of this album, and it's been given the original name "1982-2000"... The only new things you'll find on it, are new front and back covers (the booklet inside is just like "1982-1992"), and yes, "The Final Countdown 2000", a dance remix of the classic song. A new cover and a disappointing remix isn't really worth the extra money, so unless you're a die-hard EUROPE collector, take my advice: Buy this one instead.

If you are longing for the light-hearted, melodic, crunch rock of the 80's, this is for you. Europe is one of the best of a group that includes Poison, Warrant, Slaughter, Bon Jovi, White Lion, and many others. I will be 30 years old next month. I've been looking back and missing the fun music of the 80's! This CD includes some but not all of the best of Europe. I wish it had included more of their third and best album. However, the B-side singles Seven Doors Hotel and On broken Wings were definitely a nice surprise. This CD is a must-have for late twenty and thirty-something music fans who refuse to accept the serious, socially-conscious, politically correct and often depressing music of the 90's and beyond. My kids will be embarrassed, but, oh well. Long live Europe and the 80's!

Europe was a hair band from Sweden who enjoyed their gratest commercial success with 1986's The Final Countdown. Some of it may be a little AOR influenced, but it still is very good. The first few tracks are VERY heavy and power metal sounding. Then some lighter, but still powerful songs come. Included on here is some of the band's biggest hits, The Final Countdown, Rock The Night, and the sometimes corny power ballad Carrie. But in spite of the lyrics sometimes being corny, they were one of the most unusual, fun, and interesting bands of the infamous hair metal era.

It isn't only Europe's 1986-87 era of hits such as "The Final Countdown" that rock this album. Europe's early-period tracks such as the two haunting opening tunes "In the Future to Come" and "Seven Doors Hotel" and the pure-rocker "Scream of Anger" really give this album it's edge. And the newer "I'll Cry for You" and "Yesterday's News" are destined to kick you in your rear. A definite must-have for Europe fans and '80s hard rockers. Keep Europe alive!

This is a really good taster for this band. The main reasons are that it has their huge hits plus doesn't shy away from putting on some of their earlier rockers either and some of them may surprise people who only knew their couple of megahits back in the day.

Really it's a good buy for Europe fans too as it collects most of the stuff that make us like this band. For the real fan one of the attractions is the liner notes by Joey Tempest. They do add to the listening experience and aren't just chest beating nonsense.

I'm not going to go into detail with the various tracks - the newcomer can discover for themselves what songs apart from the hits they like and determine if they want to explore further (the chronological order of this album is a good touch, more bands should do this with 'best ofs').

Just a note for those who already have all the albums - there are a couple of non LP tracks here - study the tracks listing our mates at Amazon have available and decide for yourself if hearing/owning these are worth the money. My vote is that yes, get this disc even if you have all their studio LP's.

I do not own any other Europe album but I must say that this compilation of songs is excellent and very enjoyable. Europe were definately one of the better Pop-Metal bands that ever was and its a shame they didnt gather more acclaim than other less talented bands of the era. Most of the Hard-Rockers here are catchy, the ballads are great, the solos... rock. I would reccoment this to anyone who liked similar-minded bands, as this seems to be the best Europe Compilation there is [excluding the new 1982-2000, which seems to include another version or Final Countdown]. The Best songs are... nearly all of them, but ESPECIALLY Final Countdown, Rock the Night, and Cherokee.

I HAVE BEEN A FAN OF EURPOE SINCE I WAS 13 YEARS OLD. I STILL ENJOY LISTENING TO THEM AND WAS THRILLED WHEN THEY CAME OUT WITH THIS NEW ONE. I WOULD ENJOY HEARING FROM ANYONE WHO KNOWS WHERE THEY ARE NOW, IF THEY ARE STILL TOGETHER, AND ESPECIALLY ANYONE WHO HAS BAND MEMORABILIA. ALL THE EUROPE ALBUMS ARE AWESOME, AND THIS ONE TAKES THE BEST FROM THE BEST!!!

Buying this 82-92 collection of Europe was just the icing on the cake to my Europe collection. Of course,we know,at least in the U.S., Europe's major success was in the eighties. All my albums of thiers was on cassette. So this is the perfect cd, to compliment all. I'm sure in the future,I may want to buy ,"The Final Countdown" on cd.Anyway,I discovered some tunes,I never heard of.That were popular overseas.So what a great deal for me. If you know Europe,you the the tunes.Of the tunes ,I wasn't familiar with,"I'll Cry For You","Sweet Love Child" and "Yesterday's News, what a great discovery.Maybe ,with my renewed interest in the band,I'll check out the newer recordings.Hair rock will rule forever in my books. Europe fills the bill.

Europe scored big in the 80s with Carrie and the Final Countdown and produced a string of hits and it's a shame that Europe is often over-looked and under-appreciated. Europe was one of the best bands from the 80s and their Prisoners in Paradise album was a great album. Europe has released an album with all their greatest hits and this is an excellent collection. This is a great album.

Sure, some people in this world (see the previous review) would rather listen to the Spice Girls rather than music. Well, these do not "make the weather" - Europe was incredibly popular in (guess where) Europe in the 80's and today is still remembered by that generation - this kind of sound does not get forgotten easily. The Americas are a little different - different tastes and preferences among consumers (sorry for this economics' jargon.) Heck, when Queen tragically ended in 1991, many were in a hurry to put "the cross on the grave". Guess what? "We Will Rock You" still rocks throughout the world and so does (and will) "The Final Countdown". Cheers