Biography

Roxette consists of Per Gessle and Marie Fredricksson, and hail from Sweden. Considered one of hottest acts of the late 80's to early 90's the band were never able to tears itself away from the image that was ABBA. Although this was the case, Roxette went on to bigger things, with their simple pop beats, and well written songs.

They had hit after hit with it must have been love, joyride, dangerous, and the look.

Discography

The Heartland Café (1984)
Pearls of Passion (1986)
Look Sharp! (1988)
Joyride (1991)
Tourism: Songs from Studios, Stages, Hotelrooms & Other Strange Places (1992)
Crash! Boom! Bang! (1994)
Rarities (1995)

Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus! - Roxette's Greatest Hits (1995)

Baladas En Español (1996)
Have a Nice Day (1999)
Room Service (2001)
The Ballad Hits (2002)
The Pop Hits (2003)
A Collection of Roxette Hits - Their 20 Greatest Songs! (2006)
The Rox Box / Roxette 86-06 (2006)

Links

official website

Marie Fredriksson's official site

Reviews

Roxette-don't bore us, get to the chorus Record Label: EMI Year: 1995 Track listing: 01. June afternoon 02. You don’t understand me 03. The look 04. Dressed for success 05. Listen to your heart 06. Dangerous 07. It must have been love 08. Joyride 09. Fading like a flower 10. The big l 11. Sending my time 12. How do you do 13. Almost unreal 14. Sleeping in my car 15. Crash boom bang 16. Vulnerable 17. She doesn’t live her anymore 18. I don’t want to get hurt

Review by Janine Macdonald

This package is definitely all of the best that the Swedish Duo, Roxette, gave us, with hit after hit crammed onto this Greatest hits album. From the look to it must have been love to dangerous. Add to that two new tracks with she doesn’t live here anymore and I don’t want to get hurt, and you have a killer of a collection.

Per Gessle writing talents and Marie Fredriksson’s superb vocals were what made the famous a big hit on the 90’s, and it seemed like they could do nothing wrong. They not only had a hit in their own country, but all over the world people were clamoring to hear the new band out of Sweden.
Their song, it must have been love, featured in Pretty Woman, and another almost unreal found itself on the Super Mario Bros soundtrack.
The two of them as a duo worked well together, although Per did seem to eventually try and sing more. He had an okay voice, but the voice of the band was indeed Marie Fredricksson.

Even listening to the songs now, there isn’t one of them I hate or could even pretend to loathe. They’re cleverly written, and have a great beat, that has stood the age of time.
Who can forget the great beats of dressed for success, joyride, dangerous, or June afternoon. Nor could we forget about the poignancy of some of their more heartfelt tracks such as it must have been love, and spending my time. They’re all gems in their own right.

If you want to hear a band that can actually sing, with intelligently written lyrics, and don’t reek of a bubblegum era, then Roxette possibly are the band for you.

After all these years, their music is still as potent as ever. I give it 4/5