Album
Walk the Earth
Walk the Earth is the eleventh studio album by Swedish rock band Europe, released on 20 October 2017. It came out on Victor and sits in hard rock and traditional heavy metal territory, with Dave Cobb in the producer's chair and sessions held at Abbey Road Studios in London.
For anyone who knows Europe mainly through The Final Countdown in 1986, this is a record from the band's second act. It follows War of Kings from 2015 and continues the run of albums that began with Start From the Dark in 2004. It is worth hearing for the setting and the pairing: a long-serving Swedish band working in one of the most famous studios in Britain, with a producer who steered the whole project.
Walk the Earth: tracklist, credits and charts
10 tracks · 40:54Tracklist
- 1Walk the EarthCobb, Michaeli, Raitiere, Tempest4:15
- 2The SiegeCobb, Difford, Levén, Michaeli, Tempest4:00
- 3Kingdom United2:51
- 4Pictures4:48
- 5Election Day4:06
- 6Wolves3:55
- 7GTOCobb, Norum, Tempest3:29
- 8Haze3:49
- 9Whenever You’re Ready2:51
- 10Turn To Dust6:50
- Produced by
- Dave Cobb
- Recorded at
- Abbey Road Studios, London
- Recorded
- April–May 2017
- Labels
- Victor, Hell & Back, JVC (Japan)
- Length
- 40:54
Singles
- “Walk the Earth” · 1 September 2017
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart · 2017 | 69 |
| Swedish Albums · 2017 | 2 |
| UK Independent Albums · 2017 | 3 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums · 2017 | 3 |
| Swiss Albums · 2017 | 20 |
| Czech Albums · 2017 | 23 |
| Spanish Albums · 2017 | 23 |
| Austrian Albums · 2017 | 28 |
| Finnish Albums · 2017 | 31 |
| Norwegian Albums · 2017 | 38 |
All 19 charts
| German Albums · 2017 | 40 |
| Italian Albums · 2017 | 43 |
| Japanese Top Albums Sales (Billboard Japan) · 2017 | 43 |
| Scottish Albums · 2017 | 43 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 2017 | 46 |
| French Albums · 2017 | 62 |
| Belgian Albums (Flanders) · 2017 | 75 |
| Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) · 2017 | 93 |
| Belgian Albums (Wallonia) · 2017 | 109 |
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51.0
Popularity (0–100, vs the whole vault)
324
ListenBrainz listeners
20k
Wikipedia views, last 12 months
5.2k
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz + wikidata
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 20 October 2017 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 20 October 2017 | |
| Wikidata | 20 October 2017 | |
| Deezer | 20 October 2017 | |
| UK / Europe release | 20 October 2017 | earliest UK or European date |
4 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | JP | Victor | 4988002740826 | other |
| 20 October 2017 | XW | Hell & Back Recordings | original | |
| 20 October 2017 | XE | Hell & Back Recordings | 190296944130 | original |
| 20 October 2017 | XE | Hell & Back Recordings | 190296945762 | original |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 939×939 | upscaled |