Search - Artist/Band: Roxette

• Band Name: Roxette
• Formed: 1984
• Originated From: Halmstad, Sweden
• Decades Active: 1980,1990
• Genre: Rock
• Styles: Contemporary Pop/Rock, Euro-Pop, Swedish Pop/Rock, Adult Contemporary
• Moods: Bright, Passionate, Rousing, Bittersweet, Carefree, Energetic, Swaggering, Amiable/Good-Natured, Cheerful, Fun, Innocent, Joyous, Playful, Sophisticated, Sweet, Sexy

Title	Release
From Service	10/06/2009
Giftpack [2CD/DVD] WA	10/27/2008
Roxbox 1981-2006 WA	10/18/2006
A Collection of Roxette Hits: Their 20 Greatest Songs! WA	10/16/2006
The Pop Hits [France Bonus Tracks]	04/22/2003
Roxette Ballad Hits WA	01/28/2003
Room Service WA	04/03/2001
Greatest WA	12/28/1999
Have a Nice Day WA	03/09/1999
Baladas En Espanol	01/14/1997
Joyride	11/1995
Hits After Hit WA	03/03/1995
Rarities	1995
Crash! Boom! Bang!	10/04/1994
Church of Your Heart [Import CD Single]	03/16/1992
Tourism (Songs from Studios, Stages, Hotelrooms & Other Strange Places)	1992
Look Sharp!	1988
Pearls of Passion [Bonus Tracks] WA	1986

It's tempting to write Roxette off as nothing more than a shallow pop/rock band, but their shameless hooks are precisely what makes them so enjoyable. Roxette has a knack for writing extremely catchy and simple hooks and melodies that are sweet but not saccharine; it's radio-friendly pop, but the hooks don't wear thin with repeated plays. The duo of guitarist Per Gessle and vocalist Marie Fredriksson released an album in 1986 that didn't display much of their talents, but the infectious follow-up, 1988's Look Sharp!, brought them to the top of the charts in America and England; 1991's Joyride was almost equally successful. After a couple years off, Roxette returned with a new album, Crash! Boom! Bang!, in 1994; Baladas en Español followed in 1997, and two years later the duo returned with the EP Stars. In 2000, Roxette signed to Edel and released the greatest-hits collection Don't Bore Us Get to the Chorus and began work on their next album. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide