Rock The Night (The Very Best Of Europe) - Europe > Reviews > One hit wonders?

Author's product rating:   

Originality	Average
Lyrics	Standard
Quality and consistency of tracks	Mixed
How does it compare to the artist's other releases	Good
Value for Money	Excellent

Advantages:	Decent metal tunes and there are 32 tracks which isn't bad for the price .
Disadvantages:	Quality of some of the live tracks/B - sides

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

It's an awful burden for bands when they have a hit that gets played just as much as "The Final Countdown" did as it often seems to override any of their other musical accomplishments. This release is an impressive collection of Europe's best tracks as well as live tracks, B-sides and demos and should go to some lengths to prove that they are not a one song band!

In fact on this double disc, 32 track offering it isn't until the second CD that their signature tune is included... anyone think they're trying to make us forget about it?

Other big hits that the band had including "Rock the Night" "Carrie"and "Superstituous" are here in all of their glory, as well as previously unreleased material such as the acoustic version of "I'll Cry For You" which works very well and "Here Comes the Night" which was a highly sought after session song until this compilation was put together.

It should be noted that there are several other Europe Greatest Hits albums available- this one however claims to be the best with its "digital remastering" but that is a matter of opinion. So whereas it only contains a few new tracks for long term fans of the band, it's a nice album to own if you want to check out material by the Swedish metallers who've influenced so many new Scandinavian bands out there. Europe's music won't change your life. The lyrics are average and the guitar riffs have been replicated by band after band- but they are undeniably fun and rather uplifting.