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Roxette: Don't Bore Us - Get to the Chorus! Roxette's Greatest Hits

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Label: EMI Records
Released: 1995.10.30
Time:
 75:20
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Clarence Öfwerman
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.roxette.se
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Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] June Afternoon (P.Gessle) - 4:14
[2] You Don't Understand Me (P.Gessle/D.Child) - 4:29
[3] The Look (P.Gessle) - 3:57
[4] Dressed for Success (P.Gessle) - 4:13
[5] Listen to Your Heart (P.Gessle/M.Persson) - 5:15
[6] Dangerous (P.Gessle) - 3:48
[7] It Must Have Been Love (P.Gessle) - 4:19
[8] Joyride (P.Gessle) - 4:00
[9] Fading Like a Flower [Every Time You Leave] (P.Gessle) - 3:53
[10] The Big L. (P.Gessle) - 4:29
[11] Spending My Time (P.Gessle/M.Persson) - 4:38
[12] How Do You Do! (P.Gessle) - 3:12
[13] Almost Unreal (P.Gessle) - 4:00
[14] Sleeping in My Car (P.Gessle) - 3:33
[15] Crash! Boom! Bang! (P.Gessle) - 4:26
[16] Vulnerable (P.Gessle) - 4:29
[17] She Doesn't Live Here Anymore (P.Gessle) - 4:05
[18] I Don't want to Get Hurt (P.Gessle) - 4:19

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Per Gessle - Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Kazoo, Liner Notes, Mixing, Piano, Producer, Tambourine, Vocals, Whistle
Marie Fredriksson - Vocals, Liner Notes

Clarence Öfwerman - Arranger, Horn Arrangements, Keyboards, Mixing, Producer, Programming, String Arrangements, Synclavier, Background Vocals
Pelle Alsing - Drums, Hi Hat
Micke Andersson - Drums, Tambourine
Vicki Benckert - Background Vocals
Anders Herrlin - Bass, Engineer, Programming, Synthesizer, Background Vocals
Mats Holmquist - Arranger, Conductor, Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
Jonas Isacsson - Acoustic & Electric Guitar
Henrik Janson - Talk Box
Christer Jansson - Drums, Hi Hat, Percussion
Jalle Lorensson - Harmonica
Staffan Ofwerman - Percussion, Background Vocals
Janne Oldaeus - Guitar, Electric Guitar
Mats Persson - Engineer, Acoustic & Electric Guitar
Pelle Sirén - Guitar, Electric Guitar

Michael Ilbert - Engineer, Mixing, Producer
Alar Suurna - Engineer, Mixing, Tambourine
Björn Norén - Engineer
Björn Norn - Engineer
Humberto Gatica - Mixing
Chris Lord-Alge - Mixing
George Marino - Mastering
Kjell Andersson - Design
Jonas Linell - Photography
Sven Lindström - Liner Notes

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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. You can see how much their skills sharpened as both they and pop music matured when you place "The Look" alongside "Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)" alongside "Wish I Could Fly." Even with the pop renaissance of the late '90s, no one picked up where Roxette left off. This is a comprehensive collection of great contemporary music from overlooked and underrated pros.

Bryan Buss - All Music Guide



Don't Bore Us - Get to the Chorus! Roxette's Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the Swedish pop duo Roxette, released on 30 October 1995. The album was not released in the United States until 26 September 2000, with a different track listing. The album title is based on a quote from Berry Gordy.

The tracks "June Afternoon", "You Don't Understand Me", "She Doesn't Live Here Anymore" and "I Don't Want to Get Hurt" were newly recorded for this album. "Almost Unreal" had not been previously released on a Roxette album. It was used in the 1993 movie Super Mario Bros.. "You Don't Understand Me", "June Afternoon" and "She Doesn't Live Here Anymore" were released as singles. "The Look" was released as a maxi-single in the UK. This version of "It Must Have Been Love" had also never been previously released on any Roxette album up to this point.

The lead single from the album was "You Don't Understand Me". The American hit-maker Desmond Child and Per Gessle co-wrote that song, originally intended for submission to other artists. Impressed with the moody ballad, Gessle decided to keep it and asked Marie Fredriksson to record the vocals. Roxette then realised that this 'project' song would make an ideal Roxette track. It was the first time that an "outsider", as described by Gessle, co-wrote a Roxette song.

The album was released in late 1995 in Australia. With minimal promotion, it made little impact on the ARIA Albums Chart, failing to enter the Australian top 40 after every one of the duo's previous albums had enjoyed great success on the album charts there. In mid-1996, some six months later, EMI Australia began to promote the album with a collection of TV commercials; Don't Bore Us then entered the Australian top 20 in June 1996 and eventually peaked at #10 on the ARIA Albums Chart. The greatest hits package was certified platinum and made the top 40 for the end-of-year best-selling albums.

When the album was finally issued in the US in 2000, all original songs aside from "You Don't Understand Me" as well as songs that were not released/did not chart ("The Big L." and "Vulnerable") were cut; instead, "Church of Your Heart" was added (which had been a top 40 hit there in 1992), and two singles ("Wish I Could Fly" and "Stars") from the duo's then-most recent album, Have a Nice Day, were added.

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