Look Sharp - Roxette

Hello People! Intro ++++ Today is again a very nice day for you people outside there, because I write this opinion only for you! So, sit down, read and enjoy what I have to say! *smile* Ok, let me start! Today I want to talk about another Music Group, what is now for a long time one of my favorites. This Group have the name “Roxette” and I want to talk about the album “Look sharp!” This album made Roxette end of the Eighties very famous and I ...
...you this nice music more near. General information +++++++++++++++ It was 1986 as Marie Federikson and Per Gessle come together as Roxette. The first album came in 1986 and it had the name “Pearls of passion” It was international very unsuccessfully, but in Sweden they received it for platinum. 1988 came “Look Sharp!” and it was also only in Sweden published and also it was very successfully. International to it was unsuccessfully but the luck was, ...

trenker26 27.04.2003 · Read full review
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...with my bad self. Don’t look it’s not pretty! Now the tempo slows down (just slightly) and we go to… Sleeping Single ----------------------- This song brings out Marie’s voice much more than the first two. She is singing in a wonderfully seductive manner “Sleeping single… I will wait for you” Absolutely beautifully done. One of my favourites of all time. Marie has just sung along so naturally next is a song for Per Paint ------- Tempo gets ...
...song. Quite a rocky verse and then Marie does the chorus with her spellbinding voice. An angelic combination together. They also harmonise superbly during this song. Onwards we go……. Dance Away ----------------- This is the weakest track on the album. Doesn’t know what it is really. If there is a space filler on the album this is it. A relatively slow song which tries to be pop, unfortunately it doesn’t work so straight on to.. Cry ----- Marie ...

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This was Roxette's first album release in the UK. This was made in the late 1980's, and is typical of the pop music that was popular around that time. As with all Roxette albums, there's a mixture of different styles of music, from almost rocky tracks to ballads. I liked the design of the sleeve, it's a mock up newspaper cutting, with various Roxette related stories on it, and some artful black and white photos of the band. As for the album, it ...
...Look' which introduces us to the music Roxette does best, guitar pop. This is a Per track, and his voice creates an eerie intro for this album. 'Dressed for success' is next, a poppy singalong feel good track, which follows on from the first track. It was their second single release, and is still widely used on commercials today. 'Sleeping single' is one of my least Favourite tracks, it has an almost jazz feel to it, but, on the whole has uninteresting ...

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Look sharp! is Roxettes 2nd album.It is one of the Swedish duos good albums.It was released in 1988. The 12 songs are: The Look, Dressed For Success, Sleeping Single, Paint, Dance Away, Cry, Chances, Dangerous, Half A Woman, Half A Shadow, View From The Hill, Shadow of a Doubt, and Listen To Your Heart. Some of the duos best songs are on this album, which in my opinion should have been the first one.These are: The Look, Dressed for Success, Dangerous, ...

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