Roxette XXX – The 30 Biggest Hits explained

Roxette XXX – The 30 Biggest Hits
Type:	greatest
Artist:	Roxette
Cover:	The Biggest Hits XXX - Roxette.jpg
Released:	3 November 2014
Recorded:	1987–2012
Genre:	Pop
Prev Year:	2013
Next Year:	2015

Roxette XXX – The 30 Biggest Hits^[1] is the sixth greatest hits compilation album by Swedish pop duo Roxette, released on 3 November 2014 by Roxette Recordings in conjunction with Parlophone and Warner Music Group.

Release

The compilation was released throughout the world in tandem with dates of "The Neverending World Tour".^[1] It was first released in Russia on 3 November 2014, the country in which the duo began the "XXX – The 30th Anniversary Tour" leg of "The Neverending World Tour".^[2] It was issued in other parts of the world as the tour progressed. The album consists of two CDs containing thirty songs, twenty-eight of which were released as commercial singles.^[3] The two remaining tracks were taken from their 1991 album Joyride, "Perfect Day" and "(Do You Get) Excited?". The latter had been issued as a promotional single in selected territories, peaking at number nine on the Spanish Airplay Chart in May 1992.^[4] Also included is a Bassflow remix of "The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye", which was released as a non-album single in 2012.^[5] The original version of the track first appeared as a b-side on their 1991 single "Spending My Time".

Track listing

All songs written by Per Gessle, except "Spending My Time", "Queen of Rain", "Perfect Day", "Listen to Your Heart" and "(Do You Get) Excited?" by Gessle and Mats Persson, and "You Don't Understand Me" by Gessle and Desmond Child; all songs produced by Clarence Öfwerman, except where noted.

Notes

• signifies backing track co-production
• signifies remix and additional production

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Roxette XXX – The 30 Biggest Hits.^[6]

• Roxette are Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle
• Recorded at Tits & Ass Studio in Halmstad; X-Level Studios, Polar Studios, Audio Sweden and Atlantis Studios in Stockholm; The Aerosol Grey Machine in Vallarum, Scania; Mayfair Studios in London; El Cortijo Studios in Marbella, Spain; Capri Digital Studios in Capri, Italy between November 1987 and October 2010; "The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye" reproduced and remixed at The Aerosol Grey Machine in Vallarum and Atlantis Studios in Stockholm in 2012.
• Compiled by Per Gessle.
• Mastered by Uffe Börjesson at Ear Hear Studio.

Musicians

• Marie Fredriksson – lead and background vocals; piano ; production and mixing
• Per Gessle – lead and background vocals; acoustic guitar ; electric guitar ; kazoo ; string arrangements ; whistling ; twelve-string acoustic guitar ; production and mixing
• Per "Pelle" Alsing – drums and hi-hat
• Micke "Nord" Andersson – twelve string acoustic and Rickenbacker guitars ; drums and tambourine ; acoustic guitar
• Vicki Benckert – background vocals
• Anders Herrlin – background vocals, bass guitar, engineering and programming
  • • Jonas Isacsson – electric and acoustic guitars; additional bass guitar ; harmonica Christer Jansson – tom-toms and cymbals ; percussion ; cymbals ; drums ; drums, percussion and tambourine Christoffer Lundquist – background vocals and extended-range bass ; bass and electric guitars ; background vocals ; background vocals and bass ; background vocals, bass, zither, tambourine and additional snare drum ; bass, guitars, keyboards, programming, engineering, production and mixing
• Clarence Öfwerman – background vocals, keyboards, Synclavier ; string arrangements ; programming, production and mixing
  • Staffan Öfwerman – percussion ; background vocals ; choir conducting Mats "MP" Persson – engineering ; string arrangements ; electric and acoustic guitars ; drums ; keyboards and tremolo guitar ; electric guitar
  • Stockholm Session Strings – strings Stockholms Nya Kammarorkester – strings
• Alar Suurna – tambourine ; engineering and mixing

Additional musicians

• Milla Andersson – background vocals
  • Magnus Blom – alto saxophone Karla Collantes – choir
    • • Hasse Dyvik – trumpet and flugelhorn Bo Eriksson – oboe Anders Evaldsson – trombone Malin Gille – choir
• Cecilia Grothén – choir
  • Henrik Janson – talkbox Jarl "Jalle" Lorensson – harmonica
• Paulina Nilsson – choir
• Jackie Öfwerman – choir
  • • Kjell Öhman – accordion Jan "Janne" Oldaeus – slide guitar Darina Rönn-Brolin – choir
• Per "Pelle" Sirén – electric guitar

Technical

• Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
• Humberto Gatica – mixing
• Lennart Haglund – engineer
• Mats Holmquist – string arrangements & conducting
• Michael Ilbert – engineering, programming, string arrangements, production and mixing ; engineering ; engineering, production and mixing
• Ronny Lahti – engineering, programming and mixing
• Björn Norén – strings and horns recording engineer
• Shooting Star – programming

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Catalog #
Russia	3 November 2014			50541 964160 2–7	^[8]
Europe	9 February 2015			50541 964160 5–8	^[9]
Australia and New Zealand	27 February 2015				^[10]
South Africa	2 March 2015			CDESP–431
Worldwide	4 March 2015			50541 964160 5–8	^[11]
Japan	15 May 2015			WPCR–16434

Notes and References

1. Web site: Roxette's 30 biggest hits on double CD collection "XXX" . Roxette.se (official website) . 22 October 2014 . 11 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150203140720/http://www.roxette.se/index.php?news_id=128 . 3 February 2015 . dead.
2. Web site: The Daily Roxette » 30th Anniversary Tour 2014-16 . The Daily Roxette . 7 February 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170623154227/http://www.dailyroxette.com/2014-roxette-tour/ . 23 June 2017.
3. Web site: CD review: Roxette XXX - The 30 Biggest Hits . Morgan, David . . . 19 March 2015 . 8 May 2019.
4. Book: Salaverri, Fernando. Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002. 1st . September 2005. Fundación Autor-SGAE. Spain. 84-8048-639-2.
5. Web site: Roxette: 'The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye' (Bassflow Remake) . Scandipop.co.uk . 26 June 2012 . 11 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130628001357/https://www.scandipop.co.uk/roxette-the-sweet-hello-the-sad-goodbye-bassflow-remake/ . 28 June 2013 . live.
6. Roxette XXX – The 30 Biggest Hits. Roxette. 2014. CD liner notes. Parlophone. 50541 964319–2 1.
7. Web site: Official IFPI Charts – Top 75 Albums Sales Chart (Week: 9/2015) . . 12 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150320020841/http://www.ifpi.gr/charts_en.html . 20 March 2015 . live.
8. Web site: "The 30 Biggest Hits XXX" (Roxette) в Apple Music . 3 November 2014 . . 7 May 2019 . ru . https://web.archive.org/web/20171127031619/https://itunes.apple.com/ru/album/the-30-biggest-hits-xxx/id935672091 . 27 November 2017 . live . dmy-all .
9. Web site: The 30 Biggest Hits XXX . . 9 February 2015 . 7 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190507010746/https://www.amazon.co.uk/30-Biggest-Hits-XXX/dp/B00S5FN554 . 7 May 2019 . live . dmy-all .
10. Book: Thorselius, Robert. The Look for Roxette: The Illustrated Worldwide Discography & Price Guide. online. May 2003. Premium Förlag Publishing. Sweden. 978-9197189484. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20090301183347/http://thelookforroxette.com/roxette.html. 1 March 2009. dmy-all.
11. Web site: The 30 Biggest Hits XXX (2 CD) - Musik . CDON.com . 4 March 2015 . 7 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190508010436/https://cdon.se/musik/roxette/the-30-biggest-hits-xxx-2cd-31717896 . 8 May 2019 . live . dmy-all .