Bag of Bones (album)
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| Studio album by Europe | ||||
| Released | April 18, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | October 2011–February 2012 at Atlantis Grammofon AB, Stockholm | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, blues rock | |||
| Length | 40:55 | |||
| Label | Gain (Scandinavia) earMUSIC/Edel (Europe) Victor(Japan) |
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| Producer | Kevin Shirley | |||
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Bag of Bones is the ninth studio album by the Swedish rock band Europe. It was released on April 18, 2012 in Japan by Victor Entertainment and on April 25 in Sweden by Gain Music Entertainment.Bag of Bones is the first Europe album to chart in UK Top 100 Albums since Prisoners in Paradise in 1991 and also entered in UK Top 40 Rock Albums at number 3.
Band decided to work with Kevin Shirley after they have heard his production on Joe Bonamassa's song "Ballad of John Henry". Before they met him, they've prepared about 12-13 songs.
Recording of the album began on October 3, 2011. and by the next day band recorded first song for the album, "Doghouse". By the end of the first week band recorded two more songs. Between October 24 and October 27 band recorded overdubs and guitar solos and band officially finished with recording of album on October 27, 2011. On November 7, 2011., Anton Fig entered recording studio to record percussions on several songs on the album, while Joe Bonamassa recorded slide guitar on song "Bag of Bones". Band members weren't present in the studio at this time. On November 13, Shirley finished the rough mixes of some of the songs on the album. After that, band decided to go in studio in early December to do some additional recording so the album can be ready for Shirley to mix it in early January 2012.
Tempest plays rhythm guitar on "Not Supposed to Sing the Blues" and in intro and breakdown on "Doghouse". He also plays twelve-string guitar on "Bag of Bones". During the recording session, band recorded four or five takes of each song. Later, Shirley listened all the recorded takes and suggested the best one to the band. After that, in this exact take, he put rhythm guitar from another take to get acoustic impression like there are two rhythm guitars playing simultaneously. Band used old analog recording equipement from sixties and seventies and recorded on a computer using Pro Tools. In January, Shirley started to mix album in his home studio and finished mixing by February 2012.
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