In the end of the 80s and in the early 90s, Roxette, a pop-rock duo from Halmstad, Sweden, stood among the top bands in worldwide sales and notoriety, brandishing a simple yet effective blend of pop with a slight edge and occasional hints of dance. The group claims influences ranging from The Beatles to Blondie to new wave music to Joni Mitchell and Aretha Franklin. Perhaps, years after the fact, Roxette's popularity can be difficult to understand or appreciate in light of what critics considered its infectious but nonetheless lightweight music, lightweight even compared to what was otherwise on the airwaves at the time. Regardless, there was a time in 1991 when Roxette could command an arena filled with tens of thousands of fans in places as diverse as Buenos Aires, Frankfurt and Sydney. The 1992 release Tourism: Songs from Studios, Stages, Hotelrooms & Other Strange Places -- with a recording of audience members singing along to the tune of the group's biggest hit, "It Must Have Been Love" -- exemplifies this temporary but impressive hold Per Gessle and
Álbumes
1 | It Will Take A Long Long Time | Have a Nice Day |
2 | Sleeping In My Car | Crash! Boom! Bang! |
3 | Dangerous | Don't Bore Us, Get To The Chorus |
4 | From One Heart to Another | Pearls of Passion (1997 Remaster) |
5 | Things Will Never Be The Same | Joyride |
6 | Things Will Never Be The Same (Live: Zurich) | Tourism |
7 | Soul Deep | Joyride |
8 | Fireworks | Crash! Boom! Bang! |
9 | Dance Away | Look Sharp! |
10 | Voices | Pearls of Passion (1997 Remaster) |
11 | Joyride | Mo´Ritmo |
12 | Listen To Your Heart | Look Sharp! |
13 | June afternoon | Now III |
14 | Spending My Time | Joyride |
15 | Vulnerable | Crash! Boom! Bang! |
16 | Crash! Boom! Bang! | Crash! Boom! Bang! |
17 | It Must Have Been Love | Don't Bore Us, Get To The Chorus |
18 | So Far Away | Pearls of Passion (1997 Remaster) |
19 | Surrender | Pearls of Passion (1997 Remaster) |
20 | (Do You Get) Excited? | Joyride |