sweepi said on October 21, 2002 15:32:

I say... I really must have missed something in the meantime (1995/2002) coz, for as much as I search in my collection, I always seem to come up to the same, everytime I can only find 1 greatest hits in there: DBU-GTTC! *wonders*

Then again... Has it ever crossed anyone’s mind that perhaps “before” there wasn’t so much in Roxette’s life (which considering that, and quoting from their own CD booklets, Roxette are Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle, so it would be equal as saying Marie Fredriksson’s life and Per Gessle’s life) aswell requiring to be taken “so seriously” as “the job”?... *wonders again*

tevensso (moderator) said on October 21, 2002 17:06:

’Don’t Bore Us’ twice, and the Japanese collection ’Greatest’ too.

Kiwein1 said on October 21, 2002 17:16:

The greatest Hits albums were different releases in different countries. I don’t think that you can count 5 GH albums then.. )-:
I mean..it would not make any sense to release a new album only in the US or in Japan..you know.l. (-:
But different countries have a different culture and need different GH-albums. That is MY opinion. I don’t think that we can compare the different albums with each other.

Santi said on October 21, 2002 19:19:

@sweepi: Ok, maybe there are more things now in their lifes, but it’s just that I hate compilations :D I mean, I have every album (and many singles) of other two bands (Oasis and The Corrs) except for the compilations... and Roxette just seems to release too many of these. Even in many singles there is nothing new :(
If they have to make a compilation why don’t they make a double release like Mike Oldfield’s elements?... a box in limited edition full of demoes, unreleased tracks, live recordings, alternate versions of songs... and then a “The best of Rox-Box” as the Greatest Hits (Like “The best of Mike Oldfield Elements”)...
And what happened to America, Australia, Japan, Asia, Africa?? :o

sweepi said on October 24, 2002 17:07:

@Santi
Please don’t take me wrong, my words above were not me intending to pick with that what you had written, or pointing the finger in any particular way at you, no, please, not at all. And aswell, it is not that I don’t understand your point, which I do. Anyway I guess it all was just... just a general sigh, if I can say it this way, and which was let out in this thread of yours, well, just as it may have been in any other I guess... Because it does, it saddens me, that so many of us find in such, the failing of personal expectations, just whichever those may be, or because Roxette are releasing a compilation when I, the fan, would expect the new songs gathered in a whole new album, or because Roxette made a song using strings when I, the fan, would expect them using crashing guitars, or because Roxette chose this song as the coming single when I, the fan, would expect that other one, just whatever one wants to mention, but in the end all these are no else than that, personal expectations, and yes, in some way it does sadden me to come to see that the failing of them, those personal expectations of each of us, becomes a motive which appears to justify questioning Per’s and Marie’s professionalism, questioning Per’s and Marie’s effort, questioning Per’s and Marie’s engagement to work, questioning Per’s and Marie’s commitment to us all... You know... you know, and to pick your own word, sensation, you know that sensation of unfairness when, even though in the end being the best player in the pitch, still the goalkeeper is the one to blame, just because the team lost? Well, that’s a bit the sensation sometimes I get, coming to Roxette. It just doesn’t seem they’re given a fair evaluation/credit for what is/was done... Sometimes... sometimes the feeling is kind of as if we fans wished to “slave” Roxette to our own expectations and that they are to be blamed just for being... themselves I suppose... And no, in my humble but honest opinion, for as much as it may count or not, that doesn’t seem to be fair to them. But anyway, as I said above, all this is no else than just a loud sigh, if such expression exists at all...

“We want it to make records that we want it to buy ourselves, that’s always been the rule with Roxette, we never really looked that much towards current trends, even though, these days, we definitely want to update our sound. I think you have to be true to your ideals, and honest in what you do. And I also think the audience realize, and recognize and appreciate that there is honesty in what we do. It’s very much us. If you knew us, as persons, it’s very easy to identify with the music that we do aswell.” - Per Gessle / Press Conference in Lisbon / 12.04.1999

Just to say that, again in my so personal opinion, their honesty throughout all these years they’ve been with us all should deserve better understanding and flexibility from aswell all of us. I think...