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Roxette #60 in charts

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ChrisWilliams said on March 4, 2006 18:09:

Hi guys,
A Spanish friend of mine has informed me that Roxette are currently #60 in the Spanish charts with Baladas. The reason? EMI Spain have reduced the price of the album to just 5 €. It’s only available at this special price in Carrefour; most shops charge 21 €.

Now’s the time to buy a spare copy!

ally77 said on March 4, 2006 20:04:

lol

animalkingdom said on March 4, 2006 20:07:

Carrefour...good place. Anyway, while being in Canary Islands, I noticed the CDs were overall rather cheap.

ThePopHits said on March 5, 2006 07:51:

5 €! What a shame.
I love that album but people says lyrics are silly.

animalkingdom said on March 5, 2006 09:26:

The lyrics of the ballads are silly? Really?
The ’pop hits’ have sillier lyrics, imo.

ChrisWilliams said on March 5, 2006 14:40:

@ animalkingdom
...we’re not talking ’ballads’, we’re talking Baladas en Español

:-)

ally77 said on March 5, 2006 14:41:

The lyrics are daft, to Spanish people they must sound crazy!

animalkingdom said on March 5, 2006 19:11:

@ Chris & ThePopHits

Ooh... Sorry! Been misreading things the whole day.

Viewtiful said on March 5, 2006 20:22:

Here is the link to the official spanish albums list (Adobe pdf):

http://www.promusicae.org/file.php?url=272_TOP%20100%20ALBUMES%20-%20Wee...

Baladas en Español reached double platinum, that is more than 160.000 copies sold

Jules-SouthAfrica said on March 5, 2006 22:35:

5 EURO for a NEW copy? that sounds great! can it be purchased online from this store?

Viewtiful said on March 10, 2006 12:28:

This week Baladas en Español climbs up to #53... let’s see if it can enter the top 50 next week.

Zargo said on March 10, 2006 14:25:

Well, all the fuss made about the crummy translations clearly doesn’t worry the native Spanish speakers too much!

rox-kuryliw said on March 10, 2006 15:29:

Zargo i always thought that. can be that bad. or so many spanish speaking people wouldnt of bought it lol.

Room_service said on March 10, 2006 16:49:

@rox-kuryliw:

The point is many people don’t remember or don’t understand English. So, they can’t compare the original lyrics when the translations and realise how bad they are.

For the non-Roxette fans, the Spanish lyrics are ok, or more or less acceptable. But we (who know the real meaning of the original lyrics written by Per) have a different point of view.

By the way, I have a friend from Spain (he lives in Barcelona, to be more exact) and he’s coming here in late March. I’d appreciate if some fan from that city can let me know what Roxette stuff is available there (at “El Corte Inglés” or other stores). Even the common albums, because some of my CD’s are slightly old and neeed a replacement.

Thank you.