![]() ![]() Thus, I am going for a rather traditional (and this time: also more emotional) review than the normal track-by-track format. Roxette – Joyride (30th Anniversary Edition) – The ReviewĪs said, the edition comes in three CDs with a total of fifty songs (track list below). One year later, Pelle Alsing, the long-time Roxette drummer, faded away as well. Already in the shows before, she had to sit due to her serious cancer situation. In the same year, the duo announced not to be able to tour any more. Overall, Roxette released ten studio albums, the last being Good Karma in 2016 (with a hiatus of ten years between 20). ![]() The following albums were Tourism (1992) and Crash! Boom! Bang! (1994), which had massive success in Europe, but did not perform too well in the US, for example. The title song was the big seller of the album, but especially their second single Fading Like A Flower (Every Time You Leave) was a global hit as well. The album got a seven time golden record in Germany and was at least double platinum in markets like the UK, Switzerland, Australia, Canada or Spain. Joyride was the best selling Roxette album of all times. The “Joyride” box set also offers a chance to hear two previously unreleased demos of songs originally released by Per’s former group Gyllene Tider, who in 1984 tried to break the international market with the album “Heartland Café”.Joyride was the highlight of the iconic Swedish pop-rock career Twelve of the songs are previously unreleased, among them the first recording of ”Hotblooded”, which originally was meant to be the album’s opening track until ”Joyride” knocked it down a notch, giving the album and the upcoming “Join the Joyride” World Tour its name. On May 1, the title track zoomed all the way up to #1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart – setting a record no Scandinavian group or artist has yet been able to break, helping to make “Joyride” a 11+ million seller. "Joyride" was the album that was supposed to cement Roxette’s new-found status as a global hit-makers. 4-album vinyl set and a 3-CD box also available, containing the original release as well as previously unreleased or hard-to-get material. The 30th Anniversary of ”Joyride” will be celebrated with the release of a marbled pressed vinyl and original black vinyl, this time with gatefold cover. Swedish group Roxette celebrates the 30th Anniversary of their third album “Joyride”, following the band’s spectacular global breakthrough with “Look Sharp!” in 1989. ![]()
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