Joyride (Roxette album)

Joyride
Studio album by Roxette
Released 28 March 1991
Recorded January–November 1990
Studio EMI Studios, Stockholm
Tits & Ass Studio, Halmstad
Genre Pop rock
Label EMI
Producer Clarence Öfwerman
Roxette chronology
Look Sharp!
(1988)		 Joyride
(1991)		 Tourism
(1992)
Singles from Joyride
  1. "Joyride"
    Released: 27 February 1991
  2. "Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)"
    Released: 17 April 1991
  3. "The Big L."
    Released: 21 August 1991
  4. "Spending My Time"
    Released: 21 November 1991
  5. "Church of Your Heart"
    Released: 24 February 1992
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[2]
Rolling Stone[3]

Joyride is the third studio album by Swedish duo Roxette, released 28 March 1991 by EMI. After the great popularity of "It Must Have Been Love" single and enormous sales of Look Sharp!, Joyride became just as successful, spawning the #1 hit "Joyride", which topped the charts in the US and Australia.[4]

Album information

"Joyride", "Fading Like a Flower", "The Big L.", "Spending My Time", and "Church of Your Heart" were released as singles. A promotional music video was made for "(Do you Get) Excited?", as it was also considered for single release. The album featured a new re-recorded version of "Soul Deep", which was more synthesiser-driven and with fewer guitars in its original appearance on their 1986 album Pearls of Passion. Some releases, like the US version, omitted the track "I Remember You". "Joyride" became Roxette's fourth and last US #1 single.[4]

Joyride immediately became a worldwide best-seller. It held the position of best selling album in Europe for 2 weeks in June 1991, following its debut and peak at #2 on UK charts two months earlier. It was certified 2x platinum by BPI in August 1992 for selling more than 600,000 copies,[5] after staying on British charts for almost a year.[6] Joyride reached #12 on the American Billboard Top 200 albums and was certified platinum by the RIAA in July 1991,[7] eventually selling 1.3 million copies there[8] and stayed on charts there for over a year.[9] Joyride also reached the upper end of charts across the world, including #1 in Germany (13 weeks) and #1 in Sweden (7 weeks). In Argentina, the album was awarded as the best-selling English album ever (to that date), with sales of more than 400,000 copies there. To date the album has sold over 11 million copies worldwide.[10]

Track listings

Worldwide release
Released: 1991-03-28 // EMI / 796048

All tracks written by Per Gessle, except where noted. 

No. Title Length
1. "Joyride"   4:22
2. "Hotblooded" (Music: Marie Fredriksson & Gessle) 3:18
3. "Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)"   3:51
4. "Knockin' on Every Door"   3:56
5. "Spending My Time" (Music: Mats Persson & Gessle) 4:36
6. "I Remember You"   3:54
7. "Watercolours in the Rain" (Music: Fredriksson) 3:40
8. "The Big L."   4:26
9. "Soul Deep"   3:34
10. "(Do You Get) Excited?" (Music: Persson & Gessle) 4:16
11. "Church of Your Heart"   3:16
12. "Small Talk"   3:53
13. "Physical Fascination"   3:27
14. "Things Will Never Be the Same"   4:26
15. "Perfect Day" (Music: Persson & Gessle) 4:05
Total length:
 59:03

Singles

Personnel

Roxette

Musicians

All songs published by Jimmy Fun Music, except "Hotblooded" and "Watercolours in the Rain" (Jimmy Fun Music/Shock the Music) and "Soul Deep" (Happy Accident Music).

Weekly charts

Album

Country Position Certification
Argentina 6× Platinum
Australia[13] 2 2× Platinum
Austria[14] 1 3× Platinum
Canada 1 5× Platinum
Finland 1 2× Platinum[15]
Germany 1 7× Gold[16]
Hungary 4
New Zealand[17] 4 Platinum
Norway[18] 1
Spain 7 2× Platinum[19]
Sweden[20] 1 6× Platinum[21]
Switzerland[22] 1 4× Platinum
UK[6] 2 2× Platinum[5]
USA[23] 12 Platinum[7]

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ Buss, Bryan. "Joyride - Roxette". AllMusic. Retrieved 2010-09-05.
  2. ↑ Farber, Jim (1991-04-19). "Joyride Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2010-09-05.
  3. ↑ Considine, J.D. (1991-06-27). "Roxette: Joyride : Music Review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2008-03-25. Retrieved 2010-09-05.
  4. 1 2 "Roxette's Billboard Hot 100 chart history". www.billboard.com.
  5. 1 2 "BPI certifications". www.bpi.co.uk.
  6. 1 2 "UK charts archive". chartstats.com. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
  7. 1 2 "Awards for Roxette from RIAA.". www.riaa.com. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
  8. ↑ "Ask Billboard section on billboard.com (2005)". www.billboard.com.
  9. ↑ "Roxette's Billboard 200 chart history". www.billboard.com.
  10. ↑ "Expressen's Roxette story - part 3". www.archive.org/Expressen. Archived from the original on 2001-06-05.
  11. ↑ "Joyride US album release info". www.thelookforroxette.com.
  12. ↑ "Joyride album 2009 re-release info". www.thelookforroxette.com.
  13. ↑ "Australian charts archive". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
  14. ↑ "Austrian charts archive". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
  15. ↑ Kulta- ja platinalevyt IFPI.fi
  16. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Roxette)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  17. ↑ "New Zealand charts archive". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
  18. ↑ "Norwegian charts archive". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
  19. ↑ "Solo Exitos 1959–2002 Ano A Ano: Certificados 1991–1995". Solo Exitos 1959–2002 Ano A Ano.
  20. ↑ "Switzerland charts archive". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
  21. ↑ "Swedish Certifications 1987-1998" (PDF). IFPI Sweden.
  22. ↑ "Switzerland charts archive". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
  23. ↑ "Roxette's Billboard 200 chart history". www.billboard.com.
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