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Their first album together, Pearls of Passion,
was mainly made up of duets and
achieved a moderate amount of success in Sweden but not really anywhere
else (and their
goal at the time was to become a major group internationally). The album was
re-released
in 1998.
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"Look Sharp!!" was their next album in 1988 (two years after P.o.P). This album
was their Big Break - and the way it got to the top of the charts internationally has
something of the legend about it. The Look, the first track off "Look Sharp!" was
an instant hit in Sweden and an American tourist liked it and happened to take a copy of
it back to the US. There, he sent it in to the local radio--they played the song, it
became an hit within weeks and that without the duo even knowing it!! It reached the #1
spot in the US, Europe and Asia simultaneously and prompted them to release their
second single off that album, Listen to your Heart. This is TOTALLY a different
type of song, not at all like The Look and it proved that the group had
versatility. You might also have heard of Dressed for Success,
also from the "Look Sharp!" album, and a hit on dance floors everywhere (you'll love this
song if you love to dance).
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The most successful album to date is Joyride,
an album that is full of power and emotion. The title track was their third #1 in the US
and hit the top of the charts all over the place (way back in 1991). They released a
treasure of songs from this one - Fading Like a Flower, Spending My Time, The
Big L, Church of Your Heart.
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If you enjoy power ballads then you should try Spending My
Time, Things Will Never Be the Same and Fading Like a
Flower. If you enjoy pure undadulterated power, then go for Hotblooded, Physical
Fascination and I Remember You.
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After the success of "Joyride", Roxette decided to test their popularity by taking a
world tour (again in 1991 and 1992). Over a million fans worldwide came to watch their
concerts and enjoy the thrill of total music. They managed to do some recording while
they were touring and released Tourism in 1992. There were only two singles
released from this album, How do you do!! and Queen of
Rain.
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The Rarities album has some
good stuff - Fingertips '93 (a song they released as a single), One is such a
lonely number(an awfully sweet song that's cool to listen to), The Sweet Hello,
the Sad Goodbye (that's one song, by the way), among others.
It also has tracks from the MTV Unplugged session (they never did release an Unplugged
album).
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In 1994, after a two year hiatus, Roxette released Crash!Boom!Bang!
This was an album in which the sound of the band had developed from the
power type thing to an
older, more mature sound. The critics didn't like this one much, but it has some
wonderful stuff in it. For dance there's Sleeping In My Car and Fireworks,
for love there's Run To You, Go To Sleep, Love is All (Shine your light),
What's She like? and Vulnerable, for guitars try
Harleys and Indians (Riders in the sky), Do you wanna go the whole way and
I love the sound of smashing guitars and then there is the title track which
is a power ballad. I'm Sorry doesn't really fit into any of the
categories, but listen to it anyway!!
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Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus!! (Compilation)
For those of you who don't think you'll
ever be huge fans of Roxette but like some of their songs, Roxette released a greatest
hits album called
Greatest Hits: Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus!! late '95,
early '96. It has golden ones from each of their previous albums (except P.o.P) plus
four new tracks, all of which are good. The particularly good ones are
ballads , I Don't Wanna Get Hurt and You Don't Understand Me.
June Afternoon is a "happy happy" song while She Doesn't Live Here Anymore
is another guitar thing (with a very catchy tune).
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Balladas en Espanol (Compilation)
Album Balladas en Espanol, a collection of their best
ballads in Spanish (well, it makes sense, there's an entire continent
and a whole load of countries that have spanish-speaking populations).
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World accordind to Gessle (Solo album of Per)
In the spring 1997 Per release The World According To Gessle,
a tough power-pop solo album. For the singles Do You Wanna Be My Baby? and Kix
he recruits up and coming video director Jonas Kerlund, whose innovative and
controversial work causes much debate and interest.
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The most recent of their albums is Have a nice day.
One may notices that there are very few guitars on this album,
but that Marie sings better than ever. "Crush
On You" looks like almost techno, "You Can't Put Your Arms
Around What's Already Gone" is a classic 80's dance
track and "7twenty7" a song a`la Depeche Mode in 1986.
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