By the end of April, the three had completed work on over twenty-five demos. The pair recorded rough demo versions of ten songs over a three-week period, after which they were joined by vocalist Marie Fredriksson, who then provided input on re-arranging some of the material. Roxette's primary songwriter, Per Gessle, began work on the album in February 1990 at the Tits & Ass recording studio in Halmstad-which he co-founded in 1984 with his then- Gyllene Tider bandmate, lead guitarist Mats "MP" Persson. An expanded 30th anniversary edition of the album was released on 26 November 2021. As of 2001, the album has sold over 11 million copies worldwide. The band toured extensively to support the record, performing to over 1.7 million people across four continents during the " Join the Joyride! Tour". " Joyride", " Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)", " The Big L.", " Spending My Time" and " Church of Your Heart" were released as singles. It remains one of the best-selling albums of all time in Argentina, Austria and Germany. The album was a critical and commercial success upon release, with a retrospective review for AllMusic calling it "the work of two pop artists at the top of their game." Joyride topped the charts in seven European countries, and was certified multi-platinum in several territories. The duo experienced considerable pressure from their record label to deliver a successful follow-up album, and resisted pressure to relocate to Los Angeles and work with experienced American producers. The album was recorded over an 11-month period in Sweden. Joyride is the third studio album by Swedish pop duo Roxette, released on 28 March 1991 by EMI as the follow-up to their international breakthrough Look Sharp! (1988), as well as the non-album single " It Must Have Been Love", from the soundtrack to Pretty Woman (1990).
The album does omit smaller hit singles that were only minor hits in smaller countries such as " Chances" and " I Call Your Name".Ī DVD of their complete 1993 MTV Unplugged concert featuring previously unseen performances can also be found in this box set.
The DVD however does include the video for the track. It only appears on its parent album Crash! Boom! Bang! from 1994, although it is included in remixed form on their album Rarities from 1995. Although the reason isn't known it is assumed that Roxette do not like it as it has not appeared on previous compilations. Strangely although every international Roxette single from " Neverending Love" to "Reveal" is included, the album omits the 1994 hit single " Fireworks". Other songs can also be found in the four CD box set, including unreleased demos and album out-takes. Its sister release was their Greatest hits compilation A Collection of Roxette Hits - Their 20 Greatest Songs!.īox set informationThe songs featured in this box set stretch back to Roxette's first release, " Neverending Love", to new songs recorded for the compilation, " One Wish" and " Reveal" also featured in their Greatest hits album. The Rox Box / Roxette 86-06, released on 18 October 2006 is a Boxset from Swedish pop duo Roxette, celebrating 20 years of successful hit singles and albums.