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Written by Lars-Erik_Olson on August 15, 2002 to .

STOCKHOLM - EMI Sweden and Roxette’s management issued this release today (somewhat strangely, in Swedish). Here’s a full translation:

ROXETTE COLLECT THEMSELVES… this autumn when they come out with the record ”LovePeas – The Ballad Hits”. As the title reveals, Roxette have collected their biggest ballads on one album. These are songs that people the whole world over have a strong relationship to. ”It Must Have Been Love” is still today one of the world’s most played songs. In the USA alone, it’s been played over 3 million times on the radio since it came out in 1990. From Roxette’s lastest two albums ”Have A Nice Day” and ”Room Service” there have been such hits as ”Wish I Could Fly” (one of Europe’s most played songs in 1999), ”Anyone” and ”Milk And Toast And Honey” (that even after one year, still resides on radio lists around the world).

New material!

  Roxette has been in Polar Studio and recorded two brand new ballads, the first single ”A Thing About You” that will be released on October 14th and “Breathe.” In addition, the first edition of the album will include an EP with four songs, of which three are previously released.

  ”PopPeas – The Beat Hits” will follow up ”LovePeas – The Ballad Hits” in the spring. As part two of this project, it will include further new material along with all of the collected pop tunes.

Jonas Åkerlund directs

Jonas Åkerlund is highly involved in everything from ideas to packaging, photos to advertising spots… so naturally he’ll be directing the video for the first single ”A Thing About You”. Jonas has previously directed no less than 14 Roxette-related videos.

  In a world where it’s hard to hang on for 15 minutes in the world’s spotlight, 15 years is almost unreal! Per and Marie got their big breakthrough in 1989 with the tune ”The Look” and followed that up with the multi-platinum album ”Joyride” in 1991. In principle, they’ve been at or around the top of some list or another… someplace in the world… ever since then. They’ve sold over 40 million albums and 15 million singles. Their latest disc ”Room Service” sold 1 million and the European tour last autumn was seen by 200,000 people.

(The illustration is not a depiction of the actual album cover.)

“Breathe” is title of other new song on “Ballad Hits”

Written by Lars-Erik_Olson on August 13, 2002 to .

STOCKHOLM - “Breathe” is the title of the other new song that – along with “A Thing About You” – will appear on Roxette´s upcoming compilation album, “The Ballad Hits.” The album is set to be released on November 4th.

  In addition, a bonus EP containing four songs, three of them new, will be bundled together with the first edition (pressing) of
the album.

(Lissie and Judith contributed to this article.)

Per: “New ballad untypical for Roxette”

Written by roxeteer on August 10, 2002 to .

STOCKHOLM - According to Per, the new ballad from Roxette, “A Thing About You”, will be untypical for Roxette. “It has an acoustic guitar and a cello. And I’m singing. Usually it’s Marie who’s singing ballads.”

  The video for the song will be shot in Stockholm about two weeks from now. It will be directed by Jonas Åkerlund, who has directed many of Roxette’s previous videos, including “Wish I Could Fly” and “The Centre Of The Heart.”

  “A Thing About You” will be served to radio stations on September 9th, and available in retail stores on October 14th.

Power pop compilation coming in spring

Written by roxeteer on August 10, 2002 to .

STOCKHOLM - In addition to the ballad compilation in the autumn of this year, Roxette is releasing a collection of their greatest power pop songs in the spring of 2003. Both compilations will include two new songs and an extra EP with previously unreleased songs. According to Per’s comments in Aftonbladet, the new pop songs featured on the forthcoming compilation will be in the style of “Sleeping In My Car”.

  Per and Marie haven’t had any plans to release an all-new studio album for a while. “The previous album, ’Room Service’, was released last year. We’re 43 years old, for heaven’s sake, so we’re going to take it a little easy,” says Per.

New ballad from Roxette to impact radio on September 9th

Written by Lars-Erik_Olson on July 22, 2002 to .

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) - A new Roxette single, “A Thing About You,” will be hitting the airwaves on September 9th – at least in Europe.

  The song, a classic Roxette power ballad, is almost certain to perform well on the charts. It is slated to be released as a single on October 14th and will be included in the worldwide* release this autumn of a “Roxette’s Greatest Hits: The Ballads” CD.

  EMI has removed the “Don’t Bore Us, Get To the Chorus” Greatest Hits album from their catalog, in order to clear the way for the new compilation album(s). Roxette’s participation in the “Night of the Proms” concert series is also expected to help promote this new release.

  (*”Worldwide,” that is, except in the U.S. where EMI does not have distribution rights. Daniel Alvedahl contributed to this article. Photo courtesy of EMI Sweden.)

Old Parlophone hits to be released on compilation album

Written by roxeteer on May 29, 2002 to .

STOCKHOLM - EMI Svenska is planning to release a summer collection of songs that were released under the Parlophone label during the period 1979-1983. Among others, the album will feature hits from Marie Fredriksson and Gyllene Tider. A more detailed track listing is not yet available. The compilation album, titled “En plats i solen” (“A place in the sun”), will be released on the same day as Marie’s box set, June 10th.

Brazilian cover of IMHBL projects unique sound

Written by GustavoCosta on February 22, 2002 to .

RECIFE, BRAZIL - A Brazilian band called Capim Com Mel has recorded a Portuguese version of “It Must Have Been Love” in a musical genre known as “Forró” – a characteristic style of music
from the northeast region of Brazil.

  Along with a previous rap version of this same song, this is perhaps one of the most unique covers of a Roxette song that’s ever been made. It’s not a piano-based, but rather an accordion-based version. The song’s name is “Como Esquecer” (“How To Forget”), and you can listen to it via the link provided below.

EMI delays DVD release in Australia to March

Written by Hotblooded on December 23, 2001 to .

SYDNEY - In an attempt to get the most out of their advertising and promotion budget, EMI has decided to delay the release of Roxette’s new DVD here to coincide with a company-wide DVD release campaign they intend for March.

  Graham Ashton, EMI Oz’s Label Manager, told TDR that they wanted to be able to market several new EMI-labeled DVDs at the same time – including Roxette’s – and hope that by pooling the promo budgets of each title, that the combined campaign will attract more attention than had they each been marketed seperately.

Jennie Löfgren album due out in January

Written by PerAndren on December 22, 2001 to .

STOCKHOLM - Produced by Gyllene Tider’s Anders Herrlin – who also happens to be her boyfriend – Jennie Löfgren’s debut album, “Meant to Be,” is scheduled to be released on Janury 21. The new single from this album, “Believer,” is doing well on the Swedish charts (#28 and climbing at press time).

  • Hitmakers (Read her biography here for more details)

“Room Service” 2-CD set released by EMI South Africa

Written by Lars-Erik_Olson on November 22, 2001 to .

JOHANNESBURG - EMI South Africa is releasing a special two-CD edition of “Room Service.” The first CD is the
normal “Room Service” album and the second one has this tracklisting:

1. The centre of the heart [Stonebridge club mix]

2. The centre of the heart [Yoga mix]

3. Real sugar [Shooting star treatment]

4. Milk & toast & honey [Active dance remix]

5. It will take a long long time [Modern rock version]

6. Entering your heart

7. The centre of the heart [Video clip]

  Meanwhile, the Roxette DVD will be released here on December 3, 2001.

André Humphris contributed to this article.

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