Same Same, a well-known Australian gay and lesbian lifestyle website has written an extensive and positive review of “Charm School”. Here some quotes:
“…the word that comes to mind when trying to place this album in context is ‘respect’ – respect for making an album worth making, one that surprised me and kept me listening…”
“…one reason the album works so well is the intermingling of, essentially solo, tracks by Marie and Per, with their work as a duo…”
As The Daily Roxette informs, Roxette’s upcoming album will get a full release in Australia on February 11. Both standard and deluxe versions will be available, even supported by a local PR campaign. The single will be serviced to radio shortly.
Source: TDR article
Steve from Australia sent us following information:
A 90 minute Roxette Special has aired on Australian TV Channel “TVS”, which is a Sydney Community TV station. The special is a mix of clips from “Really Roxette”, “The Making of Joyride” and
Roxette videos. Some of the videos played were “The Big L”, “Real Sugar”, “Fingertips ’93”, “The Centre of the Heart”, “It Must Have Been Love” and “Almost Unreal” amongst many others.The special aired on Prime-Time at 8:30pm on a Saturday night (Eastern Daylight Time!).
It has been a long time for us Aussies since we’ve seen such dedication to Roxette on Australian TV, even though it is Community TV.
Posted on September 30:
Suprisingly, a new DVD is set to be released all over the world. It’s called “Joyride in Australia 92”. Suprisingly I say, because Roxette was in Australia on “Join the joyride!” tour in December 1991. After seeing the tracklist I assume it’s going to be the re-release of “Live-ism” concert from Sydney.
This Swedish duo of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle enjoyed worldwide success from the late 1980s until the mid 1990s, earning a multitude of Gold and Platinum awards. Roxette songs received continual radio airplay due to the positive energy of their music, and also had their track „It Must Have Been Love“ featured on the soundtrack for „Pretty Woman“, one of the most popular films of all time! They have sold an estimated 45 million albums, and 25 million singles worldwide! Their story continues with Roxette embarking on a new tour starting in autumn 2009, much to the delight of their millions of fans!
Tracklisting DVD:
01. Hotblooded
02. Dangerous
03. The Big L.
04. Watercolours In The Rain
05. Church Of Your Heart
06. Knockin On Every Door
07. Things Will Never Be The Same
08. Dressed For Success
09. Soul Deep
10. The Look
11. It Must Have Been Love
12. (Do You Get) Excited?
13. Joyride
14. Perfect Day
Recorded live in Australia in 1992
0807297012897
06-10-2009
Roxette: Joyride In Australia (1992)
Region: 2
Dolby Digital 2.0 (stereo)
1.33:1 FullScreen 4:3
Australia
VME / Voices Music & Entertainment
Source: MovieZoo.dk | Thanks to pavlo @ Polish RoxForum
Edit: On October 1st Per Gessle tweeted that this release is “fake!”.
According to otus!, who bought this DVD recently, the whole concert comes from Live-ism, but it is without the interviews during the show and the quality is poor, very.
Edit, October 25: Appearantly CDon.com is selling the DVD.
Thanks ATLTK for the tip!
Marijana Topalovic, one of the contestants in Australian “Idol”, performed Roxette’s “It must have been love” yesterday on August 25. Watch it.
Source: notpergessle2