The Pop Hits is the third greatest hitscompilation album by Swedish pop duo Roxette, released on 24 March 2003 by Roxette Recordings and Capitol Records. It was the second in a two-part series of "best of" albums released by the duo in quick succession, and was preceded by The Ballad Hits in November 2002. The album was not as commercially successful as its predecessor, although it did peak within the top twenty of various Scandinavianrecord charts. It was also certified gold in Brazil.
Per Gessle originally planned to record two new songs for The Pop Hits.[1] "Opportunity Nox" was written by Gessle, and first recorded at his Tits & Ass Studios in Halmstad on 4 March 2002.[2] Recording later took place at EMI Studios in Stockholm in October 2002, a month after vocalist Marie Fredriksson's diagnosis of a brain tumour.[3] Due to her illness, the track features very little of Fredriksson's vocals. Her illness also affected the recording of another song intended to appear on the compilation: "I Like It Like That", which Gessle said "was never recorded because Marie got ill, so there was no chance to record it." The track later appeared on Gessle's 2005 album Son of a Plumber.[2] Instead, the compilation concludes with "Little Miss Sorrow", a re-recording of an outtake from the duo's 1999 album Have a Nice Day.[1] "Opportunity Nox" was issued as the compilation's first and only single on 25 February 2003, with an animatedmusic video for the song being directed by Jonas Åkerlund and Kristoffer Diös.[4]
Limited edition units of the compilation contained a bonus EP of three more previously unreleased recordings, along with a song which had previously been released as a b-side on their 1999 single "Stars", "Better Off on Her Own". The EP also included another Have a Nice Day outtake, "Makin' Love to You", which was recorded in January and February 1998. A further two outtakes from the sessions of their 2001 album Room Service are also featured. "Stupid" had originally appeared as the album opener on Per Gessle's 1997 solo album The World According to Gessle, and appears on this album in a slightly re-recorded (in November 2000) form, while "Bla Bla Bla Bla Bla (You Broke My Heart)" was recorded January 2000.[1]
Although Heather Phares from AllMusic gave the album a positive review, she wrote that "casual fans will have their needs better-met by a Roxette collection that features their classic ballads as well". She went on to call The Pop Hits "an exhilarating collection of their sugar-buzz pop moments."[5] Tina Kindler of Laut.de said that the album contained "earworm-like pop songs which have a high recognition factor", but lamented the absence of other singles such as "Fingertips '93" and "Fireworks", and was critical of the songs on the bonus disc for not "fitting in to the overall concept. With the exception of "Stupid", the bonus tracks are all very quiet and slow, and would have been better placed on The Ballad Hits." She went on to say that "because Roxette made relatively simple pop music, it wasn't 'cool' to admit to liking Roxette. But it was a completely different story behind closed doors, of course, otherwise one can hardly explain the incredible success of the two Swedes." She summarised by saying: "People who only briefly flirted with Roxette will be overjoyed with this album. And people who enjoy this album no longer need to feel ashamed. Honestly."[6]
Recorded in various studios in Sweden, Italy and Spain between May 1988 and October 2002.
All songs produced by Clarence Öfwerman, except tracks 1 and 14 by Öfwerman, Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson; tracks 12 and 15 by Fredriksson, Gessle, Öfwerman and Michael Ilbert; track 13 by Fredriksson, Gessle and Öfwerman with backing track co-production by Ilbert.
^ ab"The Roxette Demos, Vol. 1, Disc 2 – 01: "Opportunity Nox" (Conversation with Sven Lindström)". The Per Gessle Archives (A Lifetime Of Songwriting) (liner notes). Per Gessle and Sven Lindström. Stockholm, Sweden: Elevator Entertainment. 2014. 334 43503.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^Thorselius, Robert (May 2003). The Look for Roxette: The Illustrated Worldwide Discography & Price Guide (1st ed.). Sweden: Premium Förlag Publishing. ISBN978-9197189484.
^ abRuhlmann, William. "The Pop Hits - Roxette | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
^Tina Kindler (24 March 2003). "Ohrwurmartige Pop-Songs mit hohem Wiedererkennungs-Wert" [Earworm-like pop songs with high recognition value]. Laut.de (in German). Retrieved 25 August 2017.
^"Austriancharts.at – Roxette – The Pop Hits" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
^"Ultratop.be – Roxette – The Pop Hits" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
^"Danishcharts.dk – Roxette – The Pop Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
^"Dutchcharts.nl – Roxette – The Pop Hits" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
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The Pop Hits is the third greatest hits compilation album by Swedish pop duo Roxette released on 24 March 2003 by Roxette Recordings and Capitol Records It was the second in a two part series of best of albums released by the duo in quick succession and was preceded by The Ballad Hits in November 2002 The album was not as commercially successful as its predecessor although it did peak within the top twenty of various Scandinavian record charts It was also certified gold in Brazil The Pop HitsGreatest hits album by RoxetteReleased24 March 2003RecordedMay 1988 October 2002GenrePopLength56 06LabelRoxette RecordingsCapitolProducerClarence OfwermanPer GessleMarie FredrikssonMichael IlbertRoxette chronologyThe Ballad Hits 2002 The Pop Hits 2003 A Collection of Roxette Hits Their 20 Greatest Songs 2006 Singles from The Pop Hits Opportunity Nox Released 25 February 2003 Contents 1 Recording and promotion 2 Critical reception 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 5 Charts and certifications 5 1 Charts 5 2 Certifications 6 References 7 External linksRecording and promotion EditPer Gessle originally planned to record two new songs for The Pop Hits 1 Opportunity Nox was written by Gessle and first recorded at his Tits amp Ass Studios in Halmstad on 4 March 2002 2 Recording later took place at EMI Studios in Stockholm in October 2002 a month after vocalist Marie Fredriksson s diagnosis of a brain tumour 3 Due to her illness the track features very little of Fredriksson s vocals Her illness also affected the recording of another song intended to appear on the compilation I Like It Like That which Gessle said was never recorded because Marie got ill so there was no chance to record it The track later appeared on Gessle s 2005 album Son of a Plumber 2 Instead the compilation concludes with Little Miss Sorrow a re recording of an outtake from the duo s 1999 album Have a Nice Day 1 Opportunity Nox was issued as the compilation s first and only single on 25 February 2003 with an animated music video for the song being directed by Jonas Akerlund and Kristoffer Dios 4 Limited edition units of the compilation contained a bonus EP of three more previously unreleased recordings along with a song which had previously been released as a b side on their 1999 single Stars Better Off on Her Own The EP also included another Have a Nice Day outtake Makin Love to You which was recorded in January and February 1998 A further two outtakes from the sessions of their 2001 album Room Service are also featured Stupid had originally appeared as the album opener on Per Gessle s 1997 solo album The World According to Gessle and appears on this album in a slightly re recorded in November 2000 form while Bla Bla Bla Bla Bla You Broke My Heart was recorded January 2000 1 Critical reception EditProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 5 Although Heather Phares from AllMusic gave the album a positive review she wrote that casual fans will have their needs better met by a Roxette collection that features their classic ballads as well She went on to call The Pop Hits an exhilarating collection of their sugar buzz pop moments 5 Tina Kindler of Laut de said that the album contained earworm like pop songs which have a high recognition factor but lamented the absence of other singles such as Fingertips 93 and Fireworks and was critical of the songs on the bonus disc for not fitting in to the overall concept With the exception of Stupid the bonus tracks are all very quiet and slow and would have been better placed on The Ballad Hits She went on to say that because Roxette made relatively simple pop music it wasn t cool to admit to liking Roxette But it was a completely different story behind closed doors of course otherwise one can hardly explain the incredible success of the two Swedes She summarised by saying People who only briefly flirted with Roxette will be overjoyed with this album And people who enjoy this album no longer need to feel ashamed Honestly 6 Track listing EditAll tracks are written by Per GessleNo TitleLength1 Opportunity Nox 2 592 The Look from Look Sharp 1988 3 583 Dressed for Success US Single Mix from Look Sharp 4 124 Dangerous Remastered Album Version from Look Sharp 3 505 Joyride Single Edit from Joyride 1991 4 016 The Big L from Joyride 4 307 Church of Your Heart Remastered Version from Joyride 3 238 How Do You Do from Tourism 1992 3 129 Sleeping in My Car Single Edit from Crash Boom Bang 1994 3 3310 Run to You Remastered Version from Crash Boom Bang 3 3911 June Afternoon from Don t Bore Us Get to the Chorus Roxette s Greatest Hits 1995 4 1912 Stars Remastered Version from Have a Nice Day 1999 3 5713 The Centre of the Heart Remastered Version from Room Service 2001 3 2214 Real Sugar from Room Service 3 1715 Little Miss Sorrow 3 54Total length 56 06The Pop Hits Bonus EPNo TitleLength1 Stupid Roxette Version previously unreleased 3 252 Makin Love to You Have a Nice Day outtake previously unreleased 3 523 Better Off on Her Own Have a Nice Day outtake previously released as a b side to Stars 2 504 Bla Bla Bla Bla Bla You Broke My Heart Room Service outtake previously unreleased 3 24Total length 13 31Personnel EditCredits adapted from the liner notes of The Pop Hits 1 Roxette are Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson Recorded in various studios in Sweden Italy and Spain between May 1988 and October 2002 All songs produced by Clarence Ofwerman except tracks 1 and 14 by Ofwerman Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson tracks 12 and 15 by Fredriksson Gessle Ofwerman and Michael Ilbert track 13 by Fredriksson Gessle and Ofwerman with backing track co production by Ilbert Mixed by Ronny Lahti Clarence Ofwerman and Per Gessle at Polar Studios Stockholm Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound Studios New York City in January 2003 Musicians Marie Fredriksson lead and background vocals piano track 12 mixing Per Gessle lead and background vocals guitars tracks 1 9 11 13 15 harmonica track 7 kazoo track 11 engineering programming and mixing Per Pelle Alsing drums tracks 2 7 8 Anders Herrlin bass guitar tracks 7 11 background vocals track 4 engineering and programming tracks 2 10 Michael Ilbert synthesizer track 12 engineering programming and mixing tracks 11 13 15 Jonas Isacsson guitars tracks 2 8 10 14 15 harmonica track 6 Christer Jansson drums tracks 13 15 Christoffer Lundquist background vocals tracks 12 14 15 bass guitar tracks 1 14 15 electric guitar tracks 1 14 Clarence Ofwerman keyboards tracks 2 10 13 15 background vocals track 4 string arrangement track 11 engineering programming and mixing Staffan Ofwerman background vocals tracks 6 9 percussion track 8 choir conducting track 12 Mats MP Persson electric guitar tracks 1 11 drums track 9 keyboards and tremolo guitar track 14 engineering tracks 1 8 Alar Suurna tambourine track 9 engineering and mixing tracks 2 10 Additional musicians and technical personnel Jonas Akerlund art direction and design layout Micke Nord Andersson drums and tambourine track 11 acoustic guitar track 12 Vicki Benckert background vocals track 8 Karla Collantes choir vocals track 12 Marie Dimberg management Mattias Edwall photography Malin Gille choir vocals track 12 Cecilia Grothen choir vocals track 12 Mats Holmquist string arrangements and conducting tracks 10 11 13 Henrik Janson talkbox track 4 Ronny Lahti engineering tracks 1 13 14 Sven Lindstrom liner notes Chris Lord Alge mixing track 3 Jalle Lorensson harmonica track 4 Paulina Nilsson choir vocals track 12 Bjorn Noren strings and horns recording engineer track 11 Jackie Ofwerman choir vocals track 12 Janne Oldaeus slide guitar track 4 Darina Ronn Brolin choir vocals track 12 Sarah Sheppard art direction and design layout Shooting Star programming tracks 13 14 Per Pelle Siren electric guitar track 9 Stockholm Session Strings orchestration track 13 Stockholms Nya Kammarorkester credited as SNYKO orchestration tracks 10 11 Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester woodwind quartet track 11 Charts and certifications EditCharts Edit Chart 2003 PeakpositionAustrian Albums O3 Austria 7 32Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 8 17Danish Albums Hitlisten 9 17Dutch Albums Album Top 100 10 27Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 11 40German Albums Offizielle Top 100 12 22Norwegian Albums VG lista 13 13Scottish Albums OCC 14 96Spanish Albums Promusicae 15 29Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 16 16Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 17 27UK Albums OCC 18 84 Certifications Edit Region Certification Certified units salesBrazil Pro Musica Brasil 19 Gold 50 000 Sales figures based on certification alone References Edit a b c d Lindstrom Sven 2003 The Pop Hits CD liner notes Roxette Capitol Records 72435 8215 0 1 a b The Roxette Demos Vol 1 Disc 2 01 Opportunity Nox Conversation with Sven Lindstrom The Per Gessle Archives A Lifetime Of Songwriting liner notes Per Gessle and Sven Lindstrom Stockholm Sweden Elevator Entertainment 2014 334 43503 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link Thorselius Robert May 2003 The Look for Roxette The Illustrated Worldwide Discography amp Price Guide 1st ed Sweden Premium Forlag Publishing ISBN 978 9197189484 Ballad amp Pop Hits The Complete Video Collection DVD liner notes Roxette EMI 2003 7243 4 90946 9 7 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link a b Ruhlmann William The Pop Hits Roxette Songs Reviews Credits AllMusic All Media Network Retrieved 23 August 2017 Tina Kindler 24 March 2003 Ohrwurmartige Pop Songs mit hohem Wiedererkennungs Wert Earworm like pop songs with high recognition value Laut de in German Retrieved 25 August 2017 Austriancharts at Roxette The Pop Hits in German Hung Medien Retrieved 23 August 2017 Ultratop be Roxette The Pop Hits in Dutch Hung Medien Retrieved 23 August 2017 Danishcharts dk Roxette The Pop Hits Hung Medien Retrieved 23 August 2017 Dutchcharts nl Roxette The Pop Hits in Dutch Hung Medien Retrieved 23 August 2017 Roxette Pophits in Finnish Musiikkituottajat IFPI Finland Retrieved 23 August 2017 Offiziellecharts de Roxette The Ballad Hits in German GfK Entertainment Charts Retrieved 23 August 2017 Norwegiancharts com Roxette The Pop Hits Hung Medien Retrieved 23 August 2017 Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 15 June 2003 21 June 2003 Official Charts Company 15 June 2003 Retrieved 24 August 2017 Salaverri Fernando September 2005 Solo exitos ano a ano 1959 2002 1st ed Spain Fundacion Autor SGAE ISBN 8480486392 Swedishcharts com Roxette The Pop Hits Hung Medien Retrieved 23 August 2017 Swisscharts com Roxette The Pop Hits Hung Medien Retrieved 23 August 2017 Roxette Artist Official Charts UK Albums Chart Retrieved 23 August 2017 Brazilian album certifications Roxette The Pop Hits in Portuguese Pro Musica Brasil Retrieved 23 August 2017 External links EditThe Pop Hits at MusicBrainz list of 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