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Why was "POP" left off the POP album?
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Rox_Nox2003 said on July 31, 2003 14:31:
Any logical reason why Pearls Of Passion (released as b-side to the “Soul Deep” single) was left off the album of the same name? Just for mere curiosity!
I personally find this one a lot better than “GoodBye To You”... but leaving good songs behind has been a usual thing on Roxette over the years....
frodi said on July 31, 2003 16:01:
Verkligen is a great song, but I don’t think it’s fit in the album (like TCOTH dosen’t fit in the HAND album to where it was meant to be in the first place). That might be the reason why they didn’t put the song in the playlist ov Verkligen (yes, the album).
Mfan28179-Jason said on August 1, 2003 02:03:
Wasn’t the song “Pearls Of Passion” recorded a tad too late for the pressing of the album?
SkyDrum said on August 1, 2003 03:53:
Well, I’ve read (don’t remember where) that Pearls of Passion wasn’t included in POP because Clarence (Ofwerman, of course,-the producer-), didn’t like very much this song, even he thought it was ugly...
But there’s another reason too: you know that in those times it was more common to buy a vinyl than a CD or a cassette, and the 12” vinyls didn’t have enough space to include this song so it was left off the album.
These are the reasons I’ve read and heared, don’t know if they’re true but seem to be true. And, in my opinion, it was a mistake to leave that song off. Maybe they could have leave off Goodbye to you or Voices to put this one, but nobody knows...Roffe was the leader and he decided...
Greetings!
sunshinestar said on August 3, 2003 11:51:
if i remeber right it was recorded 2 late for the album :P
Echoes_of_a_Doubt said on August 7, 2003 07:03:
If you have a look at the reacording dates, it was recorded too late for the Album, almost a year later or so. I think it would have been the best song of the whole POP Album. It sounds so much more Pop and fresh. Much better than Soul Deep anyway, but hey, that’s just my opinion. ;-)
PerAndren said on July 31, 2003 15:05:
I also wonder why “Verkligen” was left out of Kent’s Verkligen album, it’s a terrific song!