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This rerelease of Roxette's debut album, PEARLS OF PASSION, answers fans prayers.
Roxette's debut album, issued in late 1986, is a portrait of a band in its formative stages. Both Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson had previously pursued solo careers in their native Sweden, and Pearls of Passion was the band's attempt at international stardom. It was preceded in the summer by a very '80s pop single called "Everlasting Love," which became the band's first bonafide hit...at least within Sweden. When the album was released later that year, things were much the same; while the album was a hit in Sweden, the rest of the world failed to pay much attention at all. And listening to the album, it's not that hard to tell why: nothing here is bad, but it lacks nearly all of the elements that made albums like Joyride and Look Sharp into massive hits just a few years later. Roxette's most intriguing qualities are that they are a pop band that can rock and that Gessle is a crack songwriter that almost never produces a bad tune. Here, however, there's a lot of dry material and a lot of undistinguishable dance-pop. Their trademark gritty guitars are completely absent, and what results is really only three great songs: "Soul Deep" (which was later re-recorded for Joyride, "Everlasting Love," and the magnificent "Secrets That She Keeps." The rest, however, is of significant interest only to serious fans. (A 1997 reissue of the album includes eight bonus tracks, new album packaging, and liner notes from Per Gessle himself.) ~ Jason Damas
Reissue Featuring 8 Bonus Tracks. Includes Soul Deep, Secrets That She Keeps, Goodbye To You, I Call Your Name, Voices, Neverending Love, Call Of The Wild, Joy Of A Toy, From One Heart, Like Lovers Do, So Far Away, Pearls Of Passion, It Must Have Be.
CD includes eight exclusive tracks.
CD contains 8 bonus tracks.
Personnel: Jonas Isacsson (guitar); Clarence Ofwerman (keyboards); Pelle Alsing (drums).
Audio Remasterer: Alar Suurna.
Liner Note Author: Per Gessle.
Recording information: EMI Studios, Stockholm, Sweden.
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| | Roxette Look Sharp! CD (1988)
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Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson exploded onto the pop radar screen with Look Sharp!, which spawned four big hits: the bright, shiny "The Look," the punchy, hopeful "Dressed for Success," the A/C-leaning "Dangerous," and the bland, overproduced "Listen to Your Heart." The cuts ...
| | Roxette Joyride CD (1995)
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Pelle Alsing, Mick "Syd" Andersson (drums, tambourine); Alar Suurna (tambourine); Vicki Benckert, Staffan Ofwerman (background vocals).
Includes liner notes & an interview with Roxette by Sven Lindstrom.
Digitally remastered by George Marino (Sterling Sound, New York, New York).
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 ...
| | Roxette Tourism: Songs From Studios, Stages, Hotel Rooms & Other Strange Places CD (1992)
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Mostly recorded live, much of Tourism, a worthy compilation of hits, misses, and new cuts, spotlights how strong an act they are even without the benefit of studio production. From the lead song, "How Do You Do!," a perfectly presented pop ditty, bright and sunny as summer, to a rejuvenated version of one of their biggest hits, "It Must Have Been Love" -- you have to hear 45,000 Chileans singing back-up to truly appreciate what was one of their least affecting ballads -- you come to appreciate what true pop craftsmanship is. A spare "Things Will Never Be the Same," on which the two share lead vocals with only the backing ...
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Roxette presents CRASH! BOOM! BANG! featuring 15 tracks on this U.K. import edition.
On Crash! Boom! Bang! Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson rock harder than on their pop-friendly albums prior to this, and the result shows growth but not the fun that made them so popular in the first place. Sharing lead vocals, they prove their voices are still in top form, and Gessle's songwriting skills are still sharp, but the hooks aren't as catchy. To go from the painfully pretty "Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)" on Joyride to the apathetic "Vulnerable" on this album shows a serious downward slide. Despite this, ...
| | Roxette Room Service CD (2001)
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Having scored some huge pop hits, swedish sensations Roxette take a more mature approach on this, their sixth album.
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The Hot Finks are:Tony Merrick - VocalsBenjamin Higgins - Guitar Mondo Harrison - Bass Cedric Harrison - DrumsIf you remember the earlier years of Rock when ”Led Zeppelin”, “MC5”, and “Jimi Hendrix” were playing and mix that with the music of today, you would have the music of the “Hot Finks”. These band members are very versatile and spontaneously come up with their music from the feelings they have in their day to day lives. The members of the Hot Finks are neighborhood friends from Colorado Springs, CO that have been getting together over the years as the band has started to grow. Guitarist Benjamin Higgins started the band in 2003 with Cedric Harrison performing the duties as the drummer and Tony Merrick in the front-man’s position as the singer. The band became a three man band, but the sound they produced was amazing for only two instruments, ...
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