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Last Safe Place

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Last Safe Place
Studio album by
Released1982
Recorded1982
StudioStudio in the Country, Washington Parish, Louisiana
Genre
LabelRCA
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

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]

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

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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"Haselden[5]Haselden4:11
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"Stephen StillsPollard, Haselden3:26
9."Long Distance Lover"RoddyPollard3:20
10."Make Believe"Roddy 4:50

Personnel

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LeRoux
Additional musicians
Production
  • Producer: Leon Medica
  • Engineers: Warren Dewey, David Farrell, Terry Christian
  • Photography: David Kennedy

Charts

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Album
Chart (1982) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[6] 64
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1982 "Addicted" Billboard Top Tracks[7] 7
"The Last Safe Place On Earth" Billboard Hot 100[8] 77
"Nobody Said It Was Easy" Billboard Hot 100[9] 18

References

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  1. ^ "LeRoux - 'Last Safe Place' / 'So Fired Up'". Rocktopia. 28 July 2013. 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. ISBN 9781561591763. Retrieved December 23, 2018 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ LeRoux - Last Safe Place LP album sleeve.
  6. ^ "Last Safe Place". Billboard. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  7. ^ "Addicted". Billboard. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  8. ^ "The Last Safe Place On Earth". Billboard. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  9. ^ "Nobody Said It Was Easy". Billboard. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
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