Description
Roxette – Look Sharp! / EMI Audio CD 2009
UPC 5099968711627
Look Sharp! is the second studio album by Swedish pop duo Roxette, released on 21 October 1988 by EMI, two years after their debut Pearls of Passion (1986). It was recorded at EMI Studios in Stockholm and at Trident II Studios in London between March and September 1988. The album was an immediate commercial success in Sweden, debuting at number one and eventually being certified 6× platinum there.
Although commercial success elsewhere was initially modest, the album was the duo's international breakthrough. It went on to be certified platinum or multi-platinum in numerous territories, while four of its singles attained commercial success. In the United States, the album was certified platinum and the singles "The Look" and "Listen to Your Heart" both topped the Billboard Hot 100, while "Dangerous" and "Dressed for Success" reached numbers 2 and 14, respectively, on the same chart.
| Label: | EMI – 5099968711627 |
|---|---|
| Series: | Rox Archives – Vol. 2 |
| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
2009 |
| Genre: | Electronic, Rock, Pop |
| Style: | Pop Rock |
Tracklist:
| 1 | The Look | 3:57 | |
| 2 | Dressed For Success | 4:10 | |
| 3 | Sleeping Single | 4:38 | |
| 4 | Paint | 3:30 | |
| 5 |
Dance Away |
|
3:25 |
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| 6 | Cry |
|
5:19 |
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| 7 | Chances |
|
4:58 |
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| 8 | Dangerous | 3:49 | |
| 9 | Half A Woman, Half A Shadow |
|
3:35 |
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| 10 | View From A Hill |
|
3:40 |
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| 11 | (I Could Never) Give You Up | 3:58 | |
| 12 | Shadow Of A Doubt |
|
4:15 |
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| 13 | Listen To Your Heart |
|
5:31 |
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| Bonus Tracks | |||
| 14 | The Voice | 4:15 | |
| 15 | One Is Such A Lonely Number (Demo September 1987) |
3:35 | |
| 16 | Don't Believe In Accidents (Demo Spring 1988) |
| 3:42 |
- Acoustic Guitar – Jonas Isacsson, Morris Michael
- Artwork [Design] – Kjell Andersson
- Artwork [Repackage Artwork] – Pär Wickholm
- Bass – Anders Herrlin, Graham Edwards
- Drums – Pelle Alsing
- Electric Guitar – Jonas Isacsson
- Engineer – Alar Suurna, Anders Herrlin
- Executive-Producer – Kjell Andersson, Rolf Nygren
- Guitar [Electronic Guitar] – Morris Michael
- Guitar [Slide Guitar] – Janne Oldaeus
- Guitar [Spanish Guitar] – Erik Borelius
- Harmonica – Jalle Lorensson
- Keyboards – Andrew Wright, Clarence Öfwerman
- Lyrics By [Words] – Per Gessle
- Mixed By – Alar Suurna (tracks: 1 to 15), Clarence Öfwerman (tracks: 1 to 15), Marie Fredriksson (tracks: 1 to 13), Per Gessle (tracks: 1 to 15)
- Music By – Per Gessle (tracks: 1 to 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14 to 16)
- Photography By – Mikael Jansson
- Producer – Clarence Öfwerman (tracks: 1 to 5, 8, 9, 11 to 15)
- Programmed By – Andrew Wright, Clarence Öfwerman
- Remastered By – Alar Suurna
- Saxophone – Adam McCulloch, Erik Häusler
- Vocals – Marie Fredriksson, Per Gessle
