{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox album | name = Play Yard Blues | type = studio | artist = [[John Norum]] | cover = John Norum Play Yard Blues.jpg | alt = | released = 17 May 2010<br />5 July 2010 <small>(UK)</small> | recorded = Playyard Studios, Sweden | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Hard rock]], [[blues rock]] | length = | label = Mascot Records | producer = John Norum | prev_title = [[Optimus (album)|Optimus]] | prev_year = 2005 | next_title = | next_year = }} '''''Play Yard Blues''''' is a solo album by [[Europe (band)|Europe]] guitarist [[John Norum]]. It was released on 17 May 2010.
The album includes cover versions of the [[Thin Lizzy]] song "It's Only Money", the [[Frank Marino]] & Mahogany Rush song "Ditch Queen", and the [[Mountain (band)|Mountain]] song "Travellin' in the Dark".
== Track listing == #"Let it Shine" (Norum, Torberg) – 4:55 #"Red Light Green High" (Norum, Torberg) – 4:12 #"It's Only Money" ([[Phil Lynott|Lynott]]) – 2:54 #"Got My Eyes on You" (Norum, Sundin) – 3:14 #"When Darkness Falls" (Norum, Torberg, Stappe) – 4:01 #"Over and Done" (Norum, Stappe) – 3:51 #"Ditch Queen" ([[Frank Marino|Marino]]) – 5:41 #"Travellin' in the Dark" ([[Felix Pappalardi|Pappalardi]], [[Gail Collins Pappalardi|Collins]]) – 4:11 #"Born Again" (Norum, Sundin) – 4:13 #"Play Yard Blues" (Norum) – 4:08
== Personnel == ;Band *[[John Norum]] – guitars, vocals *Tomas Torberg – bass *Thomas Broman – drums *Peer Stappe – percussion
;Additional personnel *[[Leif Sundin]] – vocals on "Got My Eyes on You" and "Born Again" *[[Mic Michaeli]] – keyboards
;Production *Recorded at Playyard Studios, Sweden *Engineered by Peer Stappe *Produced by John Norum *Mixed at [[Polar Studios]] in Stockholm by Peer Stappe and John Norum *Mastered by Bjorn Engelman at Cutting Room
;Cover art *Photography by Paul Bergen *Graphic design by Misha van Tol
== Chart positions == {|class="wikitable" !Chart (2010) !Peak<br />position |- |[[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Album Chart]]<ref name="SWE">{{cite web | url=http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=John+Norum | title=Swedish Album Chart | publisher=swedishcharts.com | accessdate=21 May 2010}}</ref> |align="center"|36 |}
== References == *http://www.johnnorum.se/ {{Reflist}}
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