Roxette – Joyride (30th anniversary edition)

To mark the anniversary, the long player will be reissued once again in 2021 in the form of two 30th Anniversary Deluxe Editions, on either three CDs or four LPs, which will include previously unreleased or hard-to-get material, including remixes, B-sides, demos and live recordings, in addition to the original version. There are also two vinyl versions, a colored and a classic black LP.

"Joyride" was originally released in March 1991 and was the third album by the Swedish pop rock duo, consisting of singer and guitarist Per Gessle and singer Marie Fredriksson, who passed away in 2019.

The recordings took place from January to November 1990 in the EMI-Studios in Stockholm and the Tits-&-Ass-Studios in Halmstad, together with producer Clarence Öfwerman, who already worked on the two predecessors "Pearls Of Passion" (1986) and "Look Sharp! (1988) behind the controls.

Before the singles Fading "Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)," "The Big L," "Spending My Time" and "Church Of Your Heart," the title track, which was released first, was particularly successful in many countries. The song reached number one in the USA and Germany, among others

The album "Joyride" reached number one in the charts in several countries, including Sweden and Germany. It reached number two in Great Britain and number twelve in the USA. It is the best-selling Roxette album.

"JOYRIDE surpassed its 1991 success with more than eleven million the success of its predecessor, LOOK SHARP! of its predecessor, LOOK SHARP!" (Good Times, February/March 2022)