Roxette - Look Sharp!

Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson exploded onto the pop radar screen with Look Sharp!, which spawned four big hits: the bright, shiny "The Look," the punchy, hopeful "Dressed for Success," the A/C-leaning "Dangerous," and the bland, overproduced "Listen to Your Heart." The cuts that weren't released as singles aren't necessarily filler, but they also aren't as strong as many of the cuts that made up Roxette albums that followed, particularly Joyride and Tourism (Songs From Studios, Stages, Hotelrooms & Other Strange Places). The non-releases are nothing memorable, and they don't age well, "Paint" and "Dance Away" in particular being pretty average in terms of production and melody. Only "Chances" and "Shadow of a Doubt" show glimmers of the skills the duo would soon flourish. Gessle and Fredriksson became artists at crafting superb pop melodies and surrounding them with amazing production, so think of this album as basic training. ~ Bryan Buss, All Music Guide

Name Credits Adam McCulloch Saxophone Adam McCullough Saxophone Adam Moseley Engineer Alar Suurna Engineer Anders Herrlin Bass, Programming, Engineer Andrew Wright Programming, Keyboards Clarence Ofwerman Keyboards, Producer, Programming Erik Borelius Spanish Guitar, Guitar Erik Hausler Saxophone Graham Edward Guitar (Bass) Graham Edwards Bass Jalle Lorensson Harmonica Janne Oldaeus Slide Guitar Jonas Isacsson Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Electric) Julian Adair Assistant Engineer Morris Michael Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar Pelle Alsing Drums, Cymbals, Hi Hat