Charm School

EMI Taiwan: Full song countdown on Facebook starting this Friday

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According to EMI Taiwan’s (now called Gold Typhoon) blog one full “Charm School” song per day will be put on Roxette’s official Facebook page for preview, starting on January 28!

Thanks our reader Yu Ho for the tip! If you readers from Asia and other regions which are hard to monitor for a European find more news, official charts or other interesting info, please tell us!

Update January 27: It’s just about “beautiful snippets”, not full songs.

Update January 28: Yu Ho got to now the following: “EMI Taiwan explained that the notification they got said “a new track” each day, and they translated it into “??” [Chinese signs] on the blog. That was why I said full length in my comment on RXB.”

“Charm School” snippets out there!

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Who would have thought the Frenchmen take a role in Roxette’s career again? Yes, it looks like a French music store is the first to offer 30 second clips of Roxette’s new album “Charm School”, to be released February 11 or 14 (depending on country).

If you can’t resist the temptation – here’s the link: qobuz.com – Just click “ECOUTER 30s”!

Update: It looks like somebody did a mistake – AGAIN. The snippets are gone from the website. No, we won’t link to any copies of them.

Update January 24: The album is listed for pre-ordering at iTunes – incl. slightly different snippets. Click here!

Update January 25: JPC.de listed the album as well, including different snippets. Thanks Volker!

Amazon.de reveals “Charm School” running time

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According to Amazon.de‘s MP3 shop, the running time of Roxette’s upcoming album will be 40 minutes and 52 seconds. The times of the tracks:

1. Way Out 2:45
2. No One Makes it on Her Own 3:42
3. She’s Got Nothing on (But The Radio) 3:33
4. Speak to Me 3:41
5. I’m Glad You Called 2:48
6. Only when I Dream 3:52
7. Dream on 3:09
8. Big Black Cadillac 3:05
9. In My Own Way 3:30
10. After All 3:15
11. Happy on the Outside 3:37
12. Sitting on Top of the World 3:55

So make your guesses now which is up-tempo and which a ballad! There are no snippets yet…

Thanks lyrejünger at roxetteforum.com via Daniel K. for the info!

UK album and single release expected in the spring!

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In a press release issued by EMI Music today, they confirm that the European launch of Charm School will be on Monday 14th February, while the UK will see a launch of the album and a single in the spring. Which single will be released in the UK remains to be seen!

Update: according to Amazon.co.uk, the album will be released on April 4th and both versions, standard and deluxe, will be available. Thanks David for the information!