In the five years between Roxette's last album, Crash, Boom, Bang, and this, their "comeback" album, pop music had changed considerably. Crash, Boom, Bang failed, in part, because it was completely out of step with the times; in 1994 grunge, alternative, and rap ruled the charts, but Roxette always produced a relatively crisp and clean brand of pop/rock. In the five years since then, however, Brit-pop brought alternative rock back towards pop, electronica made dance music "cool" again, and bubblegum pop bands like the Spice Girls made unabashed pop fun again. Also, Per Gessle was fresh off from his very rock-oriented 1997 solo album.
Berry Gordy, Jr. once said "Don't bore us – get to the chorus," which basically sums up most of pop music. It doesn't, however, do credit to Roxette, who has crafted some of the best tunes of the '80s and '90s. This compilation exhibits what pop masters Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson are. It sums up major hits ("It Must Have Been Love," "Joyride"), minor hits ("Church of Your Heart," "How Do You Do!"), hard-to-find cuts ("Almost Unreal" from the Super Mario Bros. soundtrack), and new material ("Stars," "Wish I Could Fly"). Every song is a gem. Whether it's aching ballads like "Crash! Boom! Bang!," A/C/pop like "Dressed For Success," or techno/dance like "Stars," the two never miss a beat in terms of production, vocals, or lyrics.
The Roxbox!: A Collection of Roxette's Greatest Songs is the second box set from the band Roxette released by Parlophone in 2015. It consists of four CDs which include the greatest hits recorded in the years 1986–2012. It was released in Australia on 6 February 2015 to accompany the band's tour.
Per Gessle gathered the classic Roxette band - Jonas Isacsson, Clarence Ofwerman, Magnus Borjeson, Christoffer Lundquist, Helena Josefsson and Dea Norberg - with the aim to make a classic Roxette record. On the album, Gessle says 'When I started to write, my ambition was to try to create a sibling to 'Look Sharp!' and 'Joyride' - and that's actually exactly how it sounds. I've wanted to create a modern production, but with the typical Roxette trademarks'.
Limited three CD set containing original album plus bonus non-album tracks, demos, and more. This year marks 30 years since Roxette released her third album Joyride, which followed up the band's record global breakthrough with the album Look Sharp! In 1989. Roxette had in record time turned into a global hit phenomenon thanks to the three US hits The Look, Listen To Your Heart, It Must Have Been Love and other big hits such as Dressed For Success and Dangerous. Joyride was the album that was supposed to cement the unlikely successes of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle. Which indeed it did. The album not only became Roxette's bestseller, the title track zoomed all the way up to the top of the US charts on 1st May 1991 - giving Roxette their fourth US No.1. Thus, the group set a record that no Scandinavian group or artist has managed to surpass.
Charm School is the eighth studio album by Swedish pop duo Roxette, released on 11 February 2011 by Roxette Recordings and Capitol. It was their first studio album since 2001's Room Service, and their first since vocalist Marie Fredriksson's brain tumour diagnosis in 2002. "She's Got Nothing On (But the Radio)" preceded the album as its lead single, which became the duo's highest-peaking single in almost two decades in territories such as Austria, Germany and Switzerland. The song also entered Billboard's Adult Contemporary Chart—making Roxette the only duo who appeared on that chart in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.