Don't Bore Us - Get To The Chorus! Roxette's Greatest Hits - Roxette

I was once asked the question, If I was stranded on a desert island, but I was allowed to have 5 CD's with me, what would they be? Strange question but true! Although when I think of this question I can still remember what the answers were originally however over the years they have somewhat changed, although Roxette's album Don't Bore Us, Get To The Chorus still remains in that Top 5 albums that I would have selected even though its over ten years old and they don't seem to make any new music any more, I still find myself listening to it on a regular basis. Roxette for those of you that don't know are Swedish and the band is made up of Marie Fredriksson ...

‘Don’t Bore Us - Get To The Chorus’ - ROXETTE Well that’s an original title for sure , and in effect quite accurate , as the chorus to any Roxette song is what makes it . And is this another just another album ,well not really , as it is their greatest hits upto and including 1995 - probably their most constructive and inflential period .. For value purposes you get a total of 18 great songs , the first and last two being new tracks at the time of release , ala ABBA - ‘The First 10 Years’ . The track listing ( track , original album taken from , album release year) , is as follows , with a little on the musical style just for ...

*Warning I didn’t realise it was going to be such a long one, sorry!* Roxette has to be one of my all time greats; a talented duet that seems to have faded over the years but to me their music would always stand the test of time. So who are Roxette? Well they are a Swedish duet made up with the following Marie Fredriksson (Lead vocals) and Per Gessle (Lyrics and some vocals). It was in 1985 that the pair formed, but it wasn’t until 1986 that they released their first album Pearls of Passion. If you was wondering why the name Roxette, simple, it was taken from a song by Dr Feelgood which happens to be one of Per ...