abysmo said on May 25, 2006 17:19:

All the people using brain talked that this war solve nothing.
And about SOAP releases. I don´t think it´s about politics, it´s much simply, it´s about bussiness.

Santi said on May 25, 2006 23:25:

It is very easy. UK & USA is where Roxette does not sell well.
Why bother releasing a solo album of a member of a band that does not sell...??

Sparvogamarie said on May 26, 2006 04:28:

Roxette are not successful in English speaking countries because people understand the lyrics there.

tevensso (moderator) said on May 26, 2006 08:34:

Roxette were very successful in the US, as you all may or may not remember? It all ended (?) when EMI USA rearranged their management, and that was in 1992, a bit before the war, wasn’t it?

davidc4 said on May 26, 2006 11:33:

most bands would at least put a limited number out at least for the fans.and roxette did sell well in the uk Look Sharp!,Joyride,Tourism,Crash Boom Bang and Dont Bore Us all made the top 5.only Have A Nice Day sold poorly getting to #28 and Room Service didnt chart because of poor distribution and advertising by the record label.They could have put out SOAP in the same way as Room Service at least then the fans could buy it if they wanted.and not all Roxette fans will ahve the internet to buy it off.I bet some dont even know that it exists.
Roxette are still popular over here even more so now that Fading Like A Flower and Listen To Your Heart have recently been back in the public eye.I just found it odd that the only countries that it doesnt seem to be released in are 2 of the biggest music buying countries in the world and the 2 that were involved in that stupid war.I thought that maybe Per was making a point of not releasing over here.Anyway it would be nice if we could get it here at some point.

Sparvogamarie said on June 2, 2006 08:54:

“I thought that maybe Per was making a point of not releasing over here”

I don’t think Per cares that strongly about war that he’d turn down the chance to make some money in UK and US. Besides, it’s not his personal choice where albums are released, it’s the record company.

davidc4 said on June 2, 2006 13:18:

it serves EMI america right that he refused them after the Crash Boom Bang disaster.its like when channel 4 in the UK axed Brookside after messing it about its creator Phil Redmond almost took Hollyoaks off them.you cant blame per for being a bit pissed off with EMI America they F****d Roxettes career up in the US.but still i would have thought he would let them release something now.........

Secretkeeper81 said on June 2, 2006 16:50:

“they wanted to be the biggest artist at a small label rather than a small artist at a big on”

why do you think that was a bad move? maybe he thought being the biggest artist the label would concentrate more on them than Emi did?