Last Safe Place Explained

Last Safe Place
Type:	Album
Artist:	LeRoux
Cover:	LeRouxLastSafePlace.jpg
Released:	1982
Recorded:	1982
Studio:	Studio in the Country, Washington Parish, Louisiana
Label:	RCA
Producer:	Leon Medica
Prev Title:	Up
Prev Year:	1980
Next Title:	So Fired Up
Next Year:	1983

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]}

Personnel

LeRoux

• Jeff Pollard – lead vocals, guitar
• Tony Haselden – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, lead and backing vocals
• 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

• Claudette Rogers - backing vocals (5)
• Lon Price - saxophone (5, 10)

Production

• Producer

Leon Medica

• Engineers

Warren Dewey, David Farrell, Terry Christian

• Photography: David Kennedy

Charts

Album

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: LeRoux - 'Last Safe Place' / 'So Fired Up'. Rocktopia. 28 July 2013 . December 16, 2019.
2. Web site: Le Roux - The Last Safe Place On Earth. Paste. December 16, 2019.
3. Web site: LeRoux – Last Safe Place [Rock Candy remastered]]. 0DayRox. December 16, 2019.
4. Book: Larkin, Colin. The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music: Vol. 3. 2423. 1995. Guinness Publishing. 9781561591763. December 23, 2018. Google Books.
5. Last Safe Place. Billboard. December 16, 2019.
6. Addicted. Billboard. December 16, 2019.
7. The Last Safe Place On Earth. Billboard. December 16, 2019.
8. Nobody Said It Was Easy. Billboard. December 16, 2019.