A Collection Of Roxette Hits Their 20 Greatest Songs Music Cd

Roxette - A Collection Of Roxette Hits Their 20 Greatest Songs

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A Collection of Roxette Hits: Their 20 Greatest Songs!      Artist : Roxette      List Price : $18.98 USD        Your Price : $10.97 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 2007-01-16      Studio : Capitol      Label : Capitol      Avg. Customer Rating : (12 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for A Collection Of Roxette Hits Their 20 Greatest Songs      A Splendid Sampler      Rating:      A fun romp through most of their hits, this collection unfortunately shortchanges much of their later work in favor of their early successes. This makes sense in a way, especially for U.S. audiences who may have checked out after "Crash! Boom! Bang" and aren't familiar with their later albums, especially since you could only buy those as imports. But for the world at large, who kept up with the Swedish duo, there are simply too many singles to fit on one disc (hence the Ballad and Pop Hits compilatons they released a few years back). Yes, it's called "20 Greatest Songs", but what constitutes that is up for debate. In my opinion, this works best for newbies and those U.S fans who only want the songs they remember and a few they don't. As for the new cuts, they're nice but not up there with the best of Roxette.     Customer Reviews for A Collection Of Roxette Hits Their 20 Greatest Songs Cd      Top pop group of late eighties and early nineties      Rating:      By the time that Roxette's career blossomed, I'd largely lost interest in contemporary pop music beyond following artists that I was already familiar with, such as Madonna. I occasionally discovered other artists that I liked but mostly I ignored the pop music scene. Eventually persuaded to give Roxette a chance, I decided not to bother initially because I didn't want to pay the full price, but I seized the opportunity to buy this compilation when it was offered in a sale at a tempting price. Their sound is basically melodic pop/rock with an eighties/nineties edge. Comprising Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson, Roxette's main period of commercial success ran from 1986 to 1994. During that period, four of their singles (The look, Listen to your heart, It must have been love, Joyride) made the very top of the American pop charts with two others (Fading like a flower, Dangerous) just missing the top spot, peaking at number two. Their British hit record was less spectacular, with five singles making the top ten, the most successful (It must have been love) peaking at number three first time around, later making the the top ten again when re-issued following its use in a TV commercial. Of the six major American hits, it's worth noting that one of them (Listen to your heart) was initially only a very minor hit. Re-issued as a double A-side with Dangerous (another of those big American hits) following the British success of It must have been love, it made the UK top ten, but as I wasn't paying attention, I don't know which side was the most popular. Another of those big American hits, Fading like a flower, just failed to make the UK top ten. Almost unreal (from the soundtrack of Super Mario Bros) also made the UK top ten, while three other songs (Wish I could fly, How do you do, Sleeping in my car) made the UK top ten in the nineties. Two songs recorded especially for this compilation (One wish, Reveal), both of which later became successful as singles around Europe, start and end this wonderful compilation that shows why Roxette were so popular.