RIO DE JANEIRO - Have you heard the Roxette song “Black Snake”? How about “Bath of Kisses”? No?!? Well, how about “Olodum Ologbom” or “Love is Infinite”?

  All of these songs, and more, are included on a Roxette double-CD album entitled “Meus Momentos” (My Moments) that EMI Brazil is including in its online discography of material released in Brazil – a country where Roxette has enjoyed tremendous success and continues to have immense name recognition.

  However, far from being a rare gem for collectors to snatch up, this is instead simply a rather obvious mistake. The first clue is that the cover art looks strangely similar to that of Don’t Bore Us, Get to the Chorus.

  But it’s the tracklist for Disc Two where things get even more absurd, as all the tracks seem to be representative of music from a region of Brazil named Bahia, where many slaves were brought from Africa. Instead of Roxette, TDR has discovered that many of the songs belong to a group called Olodum.

Additional reporting by Lars-Erik Olson

• EMI Brazil’s Roxette Discography (Mostly in Portuguese)

DISCO 2 (Disc Two)

1- MADAGASCAR OLODUM

2- CANTO PARA O SENEGAL

3- ORAÇÃO PARA A LIBERTAÇÃO DA AFRICA DO SUL

4- SERPENTE NEGRA

5- KIZOMBA, FESTA DA RAÇA

6- AS FORCAS DE OLORUM

7- ALFABETO DO NEGAO

8- CANTO DA COR

9- IYA DUDU DO ILE

10- OLODUM OLOGBOM

11- LIBERTEM MANDELA

12- O AMOR E INFINITO

13- SOU NORDESTINO

14- BANHO DE BEIJOS



TRANSLATED:



1- MADAGASCAR OLODUM

2- CHANT FOR SENEGAL

3- A PRAYER FOR THE LIBERATION OF SOUTH AFRICA

4- BLACK SNAKE

5- KIZOMBA, PARTY OF THE RACE

6- OLORUM’S POWERS

7- ALPHABET OF THE BLACK MAN

8- CHANT OF THE COLOR BLACK

9- IYA DUDU DO ILE

10- OLODUM OLOGBOM

11- SET FREE MANDELA

12- LOVE IS INFINITE

13- I’M A NORTHEASTERNER (Northeast of Brazil)

14- BATH OF KISSES



Translated for TDR by André Yanes-Braga