Last Safe Place

Last Safe Place is the fourth album by LeRoux released in 1982. It is the band's last album with Jeff Pollard and Bob Campo involved.[1][2]

Last Safe Place
Studio album by
Released1982
Recorded1982
StudioStudio In The Country
GenreAOR
LabelRCA Records
ProducerLeon Medica
LeRoux chronology
Up
(1980)
Last Safe Place
(1982)
So Fired Up
(1983)
Singles from John Hall
  1. "Addicted"
    Released: 1982
  2. "The Last Safe Place On Earth"
    Released: 1982
  3. "Nobody Said It Was Easy"
    Released: 1982

The album peaked at #64 on the Billboard 200, becoming the band's most successful album. "Nobody Said It Was Easy" is the album's (and the band's) only Top 20 hit, peaking at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100.[3][4]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Guitar SoloLength
1."Addicted"RoddyPollard3:00
2."It Doesn't Matter"Pollard, RoddyHaselden3:50
3."Nobody Said It Was Easy"PollardHaselden4:11
4."The Last Safe Place On Earth"PollardPollard3:13
5."Inspiration"Medica, Pollard 4:00
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Guitar SoloLength
6."You Know How Those Boys Are"Haselden 3:27
7."Midnight Summer Dream"Medica 3:21
8."Rock 'N' Roll Woman"StillsPollard, Haselden3:26
9."Long Distance Lover"RoddyPollard3:20
10."Make Believe"Roddy 4:50

Personnel

LeRoux
  • Jeff Pollard – lead vocals, guitar
  • Tony Haselden – guitar
  • Leon Medica – bass, backing vocals
  • David Peters – drums, backing vocals
  • Rod Roddy – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizer
  • Bobby Campo – backing vocals, percussion
Additional musicians
Production
  • Producer: Leon Medica
  • Engineers: Warren Dewey, David Farrell, Terry Christian
  • Photography: David Kennedy

Charts

Album
Chart (1982) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[5] 64
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1982 "Addicted" Billboard Top Tracks[6] 7
"The Last Safe Place On Earth" Billboard Hot 100[7] 77
"Nobody Said It Was Easy" Billboard Hot 100[8] 18

References

  1. "LeRoux - 'Last Safe Place' / 'So Fired Up'". Rocktopia. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  2. "Le Roux - The Last Safe Place On Earth". Paste. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  3. "LeRoux – Last Safe Place [Rock Candy remastered]". 0DayRox. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  4. Larkin, Colin (1995). "The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music: Vol. 3". Guinness Publishing. p. 2423. Retrieved December 23, 2018 via Google Books.
  5. "Last Safe Place". Billboard. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  6. "Addicted". Billboard. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  7. "The Last Safe Place On Earth". Billboard. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  8. "Nobody Said It Was Easy". Billboard. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
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