A Collection of Roxette Hits: Their 20 Greatest Songs! is the fourth greatest hits compilation album by Swedish pop duo Roxette, released on 18 October 2006 by Roxette Recordings and Capitol to celebrate 20 years since the release of their debut album, Pearls of Passion. It was issued in conjunction with a six-disc box set, The Rox Box/Roxette 86–06. The duo recorded "One Wish" and "Reveal" in June 2006, their first songs recorded as a duo since vocalist Marie Fredriksson's brain tumour diagnosis four years earlier.
Original deluxe editions of the record featured a bonus DVD containing 18 music videos. It was a commercial success upon release, and went on to be certified gold or platinum in several territories, namely Germany, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In 2011, the compilation was reissued in numerous territories to coincide with dates of the duo's Charm School World Tour—this version included the Ballad & Pop Hits – The Complete Video Collection as its bonus DVD. This version was the first to appear on the Australian Album Chart, peaking within the top twenty.[1]
Critical reception
James Christopher Monger of AllMusic incorrectly described the compilation as containing just four singles, along with twelve album tracks and two "new cuts, and a couple of remixes", but said that the album "dutifully sums up the hook-filled careers" of Fredriksson and Gessle, whom he called "Swedish pop masters". He also commented on the conjunctive release of this compilation with The Rox Box/Roxette 86–06, writing: "Longtime fans who balked at the group's mammoth six-disc box set will find this concise and impossibly catchy compilation a whole lot easier to digest, both cerebrally and monetarily."[3]
Mike Schiller of PopMatters gave the album a positive review, calling it "the best [Roxette] compilation out there for a pseudo-fan simply looking for all the radio tunes", and saying: "The first half of this collection is full of songs that any child of the late '80s will absolutely recognize, even if the immediate recollection is met with a bit of a blush." He also lamented the duo's drop in popularity in the United States in the late '90s, writing: "Given the latter half of the album, [that's] kind of a shame, because the straightforward, fairly rocking "Sleeping in My Car", and the rather lovely "Milk and Toast and Honey" (which sounds like Dido before Dido was Dido) could have livened up the American pop landscape that had so unfortunately passed them by. Heck, even "Stars" could have made some noise as the best "Ray of Light" knockoff out there."[6] Anders Nunstedt of Swedish publication Expressen was more critical, complaining that the new songs were inferior to the unreleased tracks contained on prior compilations The Ballad Hits (2002) and The Pop Hits (2003), but said that, during their early '90s peak, Roxette "scored an ideal radio sound and made precise pop songs in a different class than the competition".[5]
Track listing
All lyrics written by Per Gessle; all music composed by Gessle, except "Listen to Your Heart" and "Spending My Time" by Gessle and Mats Persson.
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15. | "No sé si es amor" (from Baladas en español, 1996) | 4:43 |
16. | "Wish I Could Fly" | 4:42 |
17. | "Stars" | 3:58 |
18. | "The Centre of the Heart" | 3:24 |
19. | "Milk and Toast and Honey" | 4:04 |
20. | "Reveal" | 3:43 |
Total length: | 80:24 |
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1. | "The Look" | Peter Heath | 3:55 |
2. | "Dressed for Success" | Heath | 4:09 |
3. | "Listen to Your Heart" | Doug Freel | 5:04 |
4. | "Dangerous" | Freel | 3:54 |
5. | "It Must Have Been Love" | Freel | 4:18 |
6. | "Joyride" | Freel | 4:38 |
7. | "Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)" | Freel | 3:56 |
8. | "Spending My Time" | Wayne Isham | 4:45 |
9. | "How Do You Do!" | Anders Skog | 3:14 |
10. | "Almost Unreal" | Michael Geoghegan | 4:18 |
11. | "Sleeping in My Car" | Geoghegan | 3:45 |
12. | "Crash! Boom! Bang!" | Geoghegan | 4:53 |
13. | "Run to You" | Jonas Åkerlund | 3:38 |
14. | "Wish I Could Fly" | Åkerlund | 4:38 |
15. | "Stars" | Anton Corbijn | 3:58 |
16. | "The Centre of the Heart" | Åkerlund | 3:27 |
17. | "Milk and Toast and Honey" | Jesper Hiro | 4:12 |
18. | "A Thing About You" | Åkerlund | 3:43 |
Total length: | 74:25 |
References
- 1 2 "Australiancharts.com – Roxette – A Collection of Roxette Hits - Their 20 Greatest Songs!". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ↑ Tobias Regnell (December 2008 – January 2009). "50 År Och Diskokung? Per Gessle Börjar Om" [50 Years Old and a Pop King? Per Gessle Starts Over]. Filter (in Swedish). No. 5. Stockholm, Sweden: Offside Press. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- 1 2 Monger, James Christopher. "A Collection of Roxette Hits: Their 20 Greatest Songs - Roxette | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- ↑ Ling, Dave (December 2006). "Classic Rock Presents AOR #2: Roxette – A Collection Of Roxette Hits!". Classic Rock. No. 2. Future. p. 99.
- 1 2 Nunstedt, Anders (18 October 2006). "Roxette - Roxette Hits!". Expressen. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- 1 2 Schiller, Mike (30 March 2007). "Roxette: A Collection of Roxette Hits". PopMatters. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Roxette – A Collection of Roxette Hits - Their 20 Greatest Songs!" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
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- ↑ "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 200644 on the field besides the word "Zobrazit", and then click over the word to retrieve the correct chart data. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
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- ↑ "Eurocharts | Albums". Billboard. Vol. 118 no. 45. 11 November 2006. p. 99. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ↑ "Roxette: A Collection of Roxette Hits - Their 20 Greatest Songs!" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Roxette – A Collection of Roxette Hits - Their 20 Greatest Songs!" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 43, 2006". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
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- ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100: 22 October 2006 - 28 October 2006". Official Charts Company. 22 October 2006. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Roxette – A Collection of Roxette Hits - Their 20 Greatest Songs!". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
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- ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Roxette – A Collection of Roxette Hits - Their 20 Greatest Songs!". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ↑ "Roxette | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ↑ "Sverigetopplistan > Sök Alla Listar > Årlistar > Album > 2006". Sverigetopplistan (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ↑ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1999" (in German). Swiss Music Charts. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Roxette; 'Hits 20Greatest Hits')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ↑ "Irish album certifications – Roxette – A Collection Of Roxette Hits! Their 20 Greatest Songs". Irish Recorded Music Association.
- ↑ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2007" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Roxette; 'A Collection Of Roxette Hits - Their 20 Greatest Songs!')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ↑ "British album certifications – Roxette – A Collection Of Hits". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 5 September 2017. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Enter A Collection Of Hits in the search field and then press Enter.
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