Fredriksson cited Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Chick Corea as early influences later her favorites would be Mick Jagger and Tina Turner, whom she admired both for their vocal abilities and for their onstage charisma. Her family was poor, but singing was free: She would sometimes wake up her parents by singing early morning opera into her mirror. Marie Fredriksson was born on May 30, 1958, in Skane County, in southern Sweden. “It’s nice having the entire Swedish nation licking your back,” Mr. “I think somehow I am more vulnerable if I am singing in Swedish,” she said in a video interview in 2000.Ĭertifying its status as a superstar band, Roxette even got its own stamp in 1991, issued by the Swedish postal service. Fredriksson sounded as if she could triumph over heartbreak by leaning on a sturdily constructed song. On hit power ballads like “Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave),” Ms. The duo didn’t just offer counterprogramming to hair metal and grunge they also made a pop melody feel like a statement of lung-busting defiance, even when the lyrics were daft poetry like “tasty as a raindrop.” But overall, I get a lot of enjoyment from the album and I still love it nearly two decades later.Roxette, like Abba before it and Ace of Base after, achieved huge success as a Swedish group singing in English, making immaculately crafted pop music. Sounds like ABBA ten years later and it is very hackneyed. One of my least favourite tracks is SPENDING MY TIME. THE BIG L, FADING LIKE A FLOWER, CHURCH OF YOUR HEART are ok but nothing really special. I was disappointed that they released what I consider weaker songs as singles. Other favouriets are SMALL TALK, KNOCKING ON EVERY DOOR, JOYRIDE, DO YOU GET EXCITED? Should have been another single contender. Swedish group Roxette celebrates the 30th Anniversary of their third album Joyride, following the band’s spectacular global breakthrough with Look Sharp in 1989. An earlier song that was added to this album and boy what a powerhouse song this is. My only gripe is that the song is over before it really gets going. Just a beautiful tune and very emotional. Certainly a power ballad but it is kept in check by the sad vocal and the wondrous spanish giutar accompaniement. Should have been the first single as it is the strongest track on the whole album. I am still amazed how well this album sounds and what a tremendous vocalist Ms.

The duo released an album of very high quality with very few misses. It is a testament to the songwriting ability of Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson that that any of the songs on the album could have been released as a single. 'JOYRIDE is a great pop album and has truly stood the test of time nearly 18 years after its release in 1991.

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