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 | Hotblooded | Joyride |
2 | The Look (Live: Sysney) | Tourism |
3 | Listen To Your Heart | Look Sharp! |
4 | Joyride (Live: Sysney) | Tourism |
5 | Surrender | Pearls of Passion (1997 Remaster) |
6 | (Do You Get) Excited? | Joyride |
7 | So Far Away | Pearls of Passion (1997 Remaster) |
8 | The Big L. | Joyride |
9 | You don´t understand me | Now II |
10 | It Must Have Been Love (Live: Santiago) | Tourism |
11 | Voices | Pearls of Passion (1997 Remaster) |
12 | Fireworks | Crash! Boom! Bang! |
13 | From One Heart to Another | Pearls of Passion (1997 Remaster) |
14 | The Heart Shaped Sea (Live- Sysney) | Tourism |
15 | Sleeping In My Car | Crash! Boom! Bang! |
16 | June afternoon | Now III |
17 | She Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Roxette's Greatest Hits |
18 | Queen Of Rain | Tourism |
19 | The Rain | Tourism |
20 | Dressed For Success | Look Sharp! |