Editing Joey Tempest (section)

=== Solo career ===
[[File:Joey Tempest 2013.jpg|thumb|Tempest in 2013]]
In 1995, Tempest's solo debut album, ''[[A Place to Call Home (album)|A Place to Call Home]]'', was released.<ref name="LarkinHR" /> He recalled it his "singer/songwriter album". The album, which was produced by Dan Sundquist, was recorded in Stockholm and London using Swedish musicians. Europe bandmate John Norum guest-starred on one of the tracks. Tempest also played guitar on the album. ''A Place to Call Home'' went platinum in Sweden and sold well internationally.

Later the same year, he commenced his first European tour as a solo artist. The following year, he was nominated for a "Best Swedish Artist" Grammy. Four singles were taken from the album, "A Place to Call Home", "Under the Influence", "We Come Alive" and "Don't Go Changing On Me".

Tempest's second solo album, ''[[Azalea Place]]'', was released in 1997. The next solo album was recorded in Nashville by producer Richard Dodd, known for producing artists such as The Traveling Wilburys and Tom Petty. Where ''A Place To Call Home'' had Tempest writing all the material, the new album was written together with others. Among these were Chris Difford from Squeeze and Will Jennings. "''Azalea Place'' was mostly written in the studio and was therefore more improvised and experimental", Tempest commented on the production.{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} "The Match", "The One In The Glass" and "If I'd Only Known" were released as singles. "The Match" became one of the most played songs on Swedish radio and the album achieved gold status.

In the autumn of 2002, Tempest released his third solo album [[Joey Tempest (album)|named after himself]]. The production team behind the album was "DeadMono", consisting of Malcolm Pardon and Fredrik Rinman. The team also worked with [[Eskobar]], [[Lisa Miskovsky]] and [[Stakka Bo]]. Also collaborating on the album were Chris Difford, former Europe member Mic Michaeli and guitarist Adam Lamprell. The first session took place in Konk Studios, The Kinks old London studio, where Tempest jammed with English musicians, who had formerly played with Massive Attack. This session produced "Magnificent", "Kill For A Girl Like You" (B-side of the first single "Forgiven") and "Sometimes". Work continued in Stockholm, this time with Swedish musicians, including Mic Michaeli. "Superhuman" originated from this session. After that, Tempest kept on working with Adam Lamprell in a temporary studio in London.

Of his songwriting Tempest has said, "Dreamless and Magnificent have a lot of London in them. Losers is influenced by both London and Dublin. Living there can be very intense, almost chaotic. They're tough cities and I'd never have written the lyrics I did without living there."{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} Some lyrics can also be related to his homeland, reflections on living abroad and learning to live with new people.