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 | Dance Away | Look Sharp! |
2 | Almost Unreal | Roxette's Greatest Hits |
3 | You don´t understand me | Now II |
4 | Voices | Pearls of Passion (1997 Remaster) |
5 | The Heart Shaped Sea (Live- Sysney) | Tourism |
6 | The Big L. | Joyride |
7 | Dressed For Success | Look Sharp! |
8 | It Will Take A Long Long Time | Have a Nice Day |
9 | It Must Have Been Love | Don't Bore Us, Get To The Chorus |
10 | Fireworks | Crash! Boom! Bang! |
11 | Things Will Never Be The Same | Joyride |
12 | Listen To Your Heart | Look Sharp! |
13 | Like Lovers Do | Pearls of Passion (1997 Remaster) |
14 | So Far Away | Pearls of Passion (1997 Remaster) |
15 | She Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Roxette's Greatest Hits |
16 | Things Will Never Be The Same (Live: Zurich) | Tourism |
17 | Vulnerable | Crash! Boom! Bang! |
18 | Joyride | Mo´Ritmo |
19 | Crash! Boom! Bang! | Crash! Boom! Bang! |
20 | Knockin' On Every Door | Joyride |