On Crash! Boom! Bang! Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson rock harder than on their pop-friendly albums prior to this, and the result shows growth but not the fun that made them so popular in the first place.
Sharing lead vocals, they prove their voices are still in top form, and Gessle's songwriting skills are still sharp, but the hooks aren't as catchy.
To go from the painfully pretty "Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)" on Joyride to the apathetic "Vulnerable" on this album shows a serious downward slide.
Despite this, however, the tender title track is one of the best ballads they've recorded; and with their loose, jangly guitars, "Sleeping in my Car" and "Harleys & Indians (Riders in the Sky)" are skillful pop/rock songs that might have been too pop for rock listeners and too rock for mid-'90s pop fans.
Though the two have an edge on this album, they almost seem to have become a bit bored.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crash! Boom! Bang!Per Gessle | Roxette | Play | 05:01 | 11 MB | 31 MB |
| 2 | FireworksPer Gessle | Roxette | Play | 03:57 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 3 | Run to YouPer Gessle | Roxette | Play | 03:39 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 4 | Sleeping in My CarPer Gessle | Roxette | Play | 03:46 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 5 | VulnerablePer Gessle | Roxette | Play | 05:01 | 11 MB | 34 MB |
| 6 | Place Your LovePer Gessle | Roxette | Play | 03:07 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 7 | I Love the Sound of Crashing GuitarsPer Gessle | Roxette | Play | 04:47 | 11 MB | 34 MB |
| 8 | LiesPer Gessle, M.P. Persson | Roxette | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 9 | I'm SorryPer Gessle | Roxette | Play | 03:13 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 10 | Go to SleepMarie Fredriksson, Per Gessle | Roxette | Play | 03:59 | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| 11 | Harleys & Indians | Roxette | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 12 | First Girl On The Moon | Roxette | Play | 03:01 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 13 | What's She Like | Roxette | Play | 04:14 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 14 | Do You Wanna Go The Whole Way | Roxette | Play | 04:09 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 15 | Almost Unreal | Roxette | Play | 03:58 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 16 | Love Is All | Roxette | Play | 06:44 | 15 MB | 39 MB |
| 66 mins | 151 MB | |||||
| 66 mins | 445 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pelle Alsing | Drums, Percussion |
| 2 | Kjell Andersson | Design |
| 3 | Vicki Benckert | Vocals (Background) |
| 4 | Ulf Forsberg | Leader |
| 5 | Marie Fredriksson | Composer, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 6 | Per Gessle | Composer, Dobro, Editing, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Harmonica, Mixing |
| 7 | Anders Herrlin | Bass, Editing, Engineer, Guitar (Bass), Programming |
| 8 | Mats Holmquist | Conductor, String Arrangements, Strings |
| 9 | Jonas Isacsson | Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Mandolin |
| 10 | Jacqui | Assistant Engineer |
| 11 | Christer Jansson | Drums, Percussion |
| 12 | Jonas Linell | Photography |
| 13 | Jalle Lorensson | Harmonica |
| 14 | George Marino | Mastering |
| 15 | Clarence Öfwerman | Editing, Keyboards, Mixing, Producer, Programming, String Arrangements, Vocals (Background) |
| 16 | Staffan Ofwerman | Vocals (Background) |
| 17 | Janne Oldaeus | Guitar (Electric) |
| 18 | M.P. Persson | Composer, Drums, Guitar (Electric), Mandolin, Percussion |
| 19 | Mats Persson | Drums, Percussion |
| 20 | Roxette | Primary Artist |
| 21 | Shyko | Strings |
| 22 | Pelle Sirén | Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric) |
| 23 | Alar Suurna | Drums, Editing, Engineer, Mixing, Percussion |
| 24 | Nicki Wallin | Drums, Percussion |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |