Track Listing
1. Joyride
2. Hotblooded
3. Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)
4. Knockin' on Every Door
5. Spending My Time
6. Soul Deep
7. Watercolours in the Rain
8. Big L., The
9. (Do You Get) Excited?
10. Church of Your Heart
11. Small Talk
12. Physical Fascination
13. Things Will Never Be the Same
14. Perfect Day
| Details | | Playing Time: | 55 min. | | Distributor: | EMI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Roxette: Per Gessle (vocals, guitar, whistling, harmonica, tambourine); Marie Fredriksson (vocals).
Additional personnel: Jonas Isacsson (acoustic, electric, & slide guitars, mandolin); Jalle Lorensson (harmonica); Kjell Ohman (accordion); Uno Forsberg, Mikael Renliden, Tomas Sjogren (trumpet); Clarence Ofwerman (piano, Hammond organ, barrel organ, keyboards, programming); Anders Herrlin (programming, bass); Pelle Alsing (drums, hi-hat); Mats Persson (percussion); Staffan Ofwerman, Dave Edwards, Anne-Lie Ryde, Marianne Flynner, Mia Lindgren (background vocals).
Producers: Clarence Ofwerman, Anders Herlin.
Engineers: Anders Herrlin, Alar Suurna, Lennart Haglund.
Recorded at EMI Studios, Stockholm, Sweden and T*** & Ass, Halmstad, Sweden from January to November 1990, except "Soul Deep" (originally recorded in September 1986).
Roxette: Marie Fredricksson (vocals); Per Gessle (acoustic & electric guitars, kazoo, piano).
Additional personnel: Mats M.P. Persson, Jonas Isaacsson, Jan Oldaeus (acoustic & electric guitars); Pelle Siren (electric guitar); Clarence Ofwerman (Synclavier, keyboards, programming, background vocals); Mats Holmquist (keyboards); Anders Herrlin (synthesizer, bass, programming, background vocals); Christer Jansson (drums); Jalle Lorensson (harmonica);
Pelle Alsing, Mick "Syd" Andersson (drums, tambourine); Alar Suurna (tambourine); Vicki Benckert, Staffan Ofwerman (background vocals).
Producers: Clarence Ofwerman, Michael Ibert, Per Gessle.
Engineers include: Michael Ilbert, Alar Suurna, Anders Herrlin.
Includes liner notes & an interview with Roxette by Sven Lindstrom.
Digitally remastered by George Marino (Sterling Sound, New York, New York).
Roxette: Marie Fredriksson (vocals); Per Gessle (acoustic guitar).
Additional personnel: Micke "Nord" Andersson (acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar); Clarence Ofwerman (piano, synthesizer, programming); Christopher Lundquist (bass, background vocals); Jonas Isacsson (bass); Christer Jansson (drums); Michael Ibert (programming); Marie Fredrickson (background vocals).
Producers: Clarence Ofwerman, Michael Ibert, Marie Fredriksson, Per Gessle.
Personnel: Per Gessle (vocals, whistling, harmonica, tambourine); Marie Fredriksson (vocals); Jonas Isacsson (acoustic guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar, electric guitar, electric 12-string guitar, slide guitar, mandolin, harmonica); Jalle Lorensson (harmonica); Kjell Ohman (accordion); Uno Forsberg, Tomas Sjögren, Mikael Renliden (trumpet); Clarence Ofwerman (piano, barrel organ, keyboards, programming); Anders Herrlin (electric bass, programming); Pelle Alsing (drums, hi-hat); Mats Persson (percussion); Anne-Lie Rydé, Marianne Flynner, Mia Lindgren, Staffan Ofwerman (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Clarence Ofwerman; Alar Suurna; Roxette.
Recording information: EMI Studios, Stockholm, Sweden (01/1990-11/1990); T*** & Ass, Halmstad, Sweden (01/1990-11/1990).
Photographer: Mattias Edwall.
This brilliantly titled collection features 14 hits and four previously unreleased songs (from 1995). Everyone remembers Roxette's first international hit "The Look," but anyone within range of a radio station between 1988 and 1994 will know almost all of these songs. In the hands of a cynical songwriter, this kind of material would seem like little more than a calculated attempt at chart success. But Per Gessle, Roxette's primary songwriter, sounds as though he just happened to write huge smash hits merely as a by-product of playing music. His genius is his seemingly accidental pop perfectness.
It is hard to pick a standout track--they all are almost equally strong--but a song like "It Must Have Been Love" is particularly impressive because it has become so much a part of the collective pop unconscious that it is a surprise to hear it here--wasn't this a hit back in the '70s performed by, say, Abba or someone? The four 1995 tracks are cut from the same cloth--"June Afternoon" is spectacularly cheerful, akin to Katrina ...
Editorial Reviews
3.5 Stars - ...prone to impossibly catchy melodies...Roxette delivers more than just well-constructed hooks...
Rolling Stone (06/27/1991)
3 Stars - Good
Q (09/01/1993)
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