Optimus (album)

Optimus
Studio album by John Norum
Released	23 February 2005
Studio	LBR Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	37:49
Label	Mascot (Europe) Victor Entertainment (Japan)
Producer	John Norum
John Norum chronology
Slipped into Tomorrow (1999) Optimus (2005) Play Yard Blues (2010)

Optimus is the sixth solo album by John Norum, the guitarist in the Swedish hard rock band Europe. It was released in 2005 on Mascot Records.

Track listing

1. "Chase Down the Moon" - 3:50 (John Norum, Thomas Torberg)
2. "Nailed to the Cross" - 3:32 (Norum, Fredrik Åkesson)
3. "Better Day" - 3:56 (Norum, Michelle Meldrum)
4. "One More Time" - 3:41 (Norum)
5. "Time to Run" - 4:13 (Norum, Glenn Hughes, Meldrum, Karen Kreutzer)
6. "Optimus - 3:06 (Norum, Karen Hunter)
7. "Takin' the Blame" - 3:55 (Norum)
8. "Change Will Come" - 3:35 (Norum)
9. "Forced" - 3:37 (Norum, Åkesson)
10. "Solitude" - 4:23 (Norum)
11. "Natural Thing" [live] (Michael Schenker, Phil Mogg, Pete Way) - bonus track on the Japanese edition

Personnel

• John Norum - Lead vocals, guitars
• Mats Lindfors - Recording Engineer, Mixing, Keyboards
• Fredrik Åkesson - Guitars
• Thomas Torberg - Bass
• Ricard "Huxflux" Nettermalm - Drums

Album credits

• John Norum - Producer