Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson exploded onto the pop radar screen with Look Sharp!, which spawned four big hits: the bright, shiny "The Look," the punchy, hopeful "Dressed for Success," the A/C-leaning "Dangerous," and the bland, overproduced "Listen to Your Heart." The cuts that weren't released as singles aren't necessarily filler, but they also aren't as strong as many of the cuts that made up Roxette albums that followed, particularly Joyride and Tourism (Songs From Studios, Stages, Hotelrooms & Other Strange Places).
The non-releases are nothing memorable, and they don't age well, "Paint" and "Dance Away" in particular being pretty average in terms of production and melody.
Only "Chances" and "Shadow of a Doubt" show glimmers of the skills the duo would soon flourish.
Gessle and Fredriksson became artists at crafting superb pop melodies and surrounding them with amazing production, so think of this album as basic training.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The LookPer Gessle | Roxette | Play | 03:56 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 2 | Dressed for SuccessPer Gessle | Roxette | Play | 04:09 | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| 3 | Sleeping SinglePer Gessle | Roxette | Play | 04:37 | 10 MB | 35 MB |
| 4 | PaintPer Gessle | Roxette | Play | 03:30 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 5 | Dance AwayMarie Frediksson, Per Gessle | Roxette | Play | 03:24 | 7 MB | 26 MB |
| 6 | CryMarie Frediksson, Per Gessle | Roxette | Play | 05:18 | 12 MB | 38 MB |
| 7 | ChancesPer Gessle | Roxette | Play | 04:56 | 11 MB | 39 MB |
| 8 | DangerousPer Gessle | Roxette | Play | 03:48 | 8 MB | 29 MB |
| 9 | Half a Woman, Half a ShadowMarie Fredriksson, Per Gessle | Roxette | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 10 | View from a HillPer Gessle | Roxette | Play | 03:39 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 11 | (I Could Never) Give You UpPer Gessle | Roxette | Play | 03:57 | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| 12 | Shadow of a DoubtPer Gessle, M.P. Persson | Roxette | Play | 04:12 | 9 MB | 33 MB |
| 13 | Listen to Your HeartPer Gessle, Mats Persson | Roxette | Play | 05:28 | 12 MB | 39 MB |
| 54 mins | 124 MB | |||||
| 54 mins | 417 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Julian Adair | Assistant Engineer |
| 2 | Pelle Alsing | Cymbals, Drums, Hi Hat |
| 3 | Erik Borelius | Guitar, Spanish Guitar |
| 4 | Graham Edward | Guitar (Bass) |
| 5 | Graham Edwards | Bass |
| 6 | Marie Frediksson | Composer |
| 7 | Marie Fredriksson | Composer |
| 8 | Per Gessle | Composer |
| 9 | Erik Hausler | Saxophone |
| 10 | Anders Herrlin | Bass, Engineer, Programming |
| 11 | Jonas Isacsson | Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric) |
| 12 | Jalle Lorensson | Harmonica |
| 13 | Adam McCulloch | Saxophone |
| 14 | Adam McCullough | Saxophone |
| 15 | Morris Michael | Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric) |
| 16 | Adam Moseley | Engineer |
| 17 | Clarence Öfwerman | Keyboards, Producer, Programming |
| 18 | Janne Oldaeus | Slide Guitar |
| 19 | M.P. Persson | Composer |
| 20 | Mats Persson | Composer |
| 21 | Roxette | Primary Artist |
| 22 | Alar Suurna | Engineer |
| 23 | Andrew Wright | Keyboards, Programming |
| 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. |