Rarities is a compilation album by Swedish

Sweden

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 pop duo

Pop music

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 Roxette

Roxette

Roxette are a Swedish pop music duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle . Formed in 1986, the duo became an international act from the late 1980s, when they released their breakthrough album Look Sharp!...

, released on 17 February 1995 in Asia

Asia

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 and South America

South America

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Album information

The album composed of songs previously released only as singles. The album was only supposed to be sold in South East Asia for three months as an extra promotion for the Crash! Boom! Bang! tour which took place in this part of the world at the time when the album was released.

"Vulnerable", "Fingertips '93", "Dressed For Success", "Fireworks" and "Spending My Time" are remix versions previously only available on singles and not included on any Roxette album.

"The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye", "The Voice" and "One Is Such a Lonely Number" were previously only available as bonus tracks on singles and not included on any Roxette album. "The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye" had been originally recorded in April 1991 as a single by Thomas Anders

Thomas Anders

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 (of Modern Talking

Modern Talking

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 fame) and also appeared in 1993 on the album, Over My Heart

Over My Heart

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by American

United States

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 pop chanteuse Laura Branigan

Laura Branigan

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"Joyride", "The Look", "Dangerous" (all from MTV Unplugged) and "Almost Unreal" (demo) were all released as extra songs on singles. These versions of the songs were previously not available on any Roxette album.

Track listing

1. "Vulnerable
   Vulnerable (Roxette song)
   "Vulnerable" is a song by Roxette, released as the fifth single from their album Crash! Boom! Bang!. The song is also featured on the compilation album, Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus!....
   
   " (single version)
2. "Fingertips '93" (new version)
3. "Dressed for Success
   Dressed for Success
   "Dressed for Success" was released on 28 June 1988 and is the second single from the Swedish pop duo Roxette's 1988 album Look Sharp!. Originally, "Dressed for Success" was their first Swedish single to promote Look Sharp! album in 1988.-Production:...
   
   " (Look Sharp!
   Look Sharp! (Roxette album)
   Singles*"Chances"*"The Look"*"Dressed for Success"*"Listen to Your Heart"*"Dangerous"-Charts:-Credits:*Vocals — Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson*Drums — Pelle Alsing*Programming and bass — Anders Herrlin...
   
    U.S. mix, remix by Chris Lord-Alge)
4. "Joyride
   Joyride (Roxette song)
   "Joyride", written by Per Gessle, was the first single released from Swedish pop duo Roxette's 1991 album Joyride, the follow-up to the group's highly successful Look Sharp!. The single topped the charts across Europe, and in Australia, Canada and the United States, where it spent one week at...
   
   " (MTV Unplugged version)
5. "The Look
   The Look
   "The Look", written by Per Gessle and performed by Roxette, was released as a single in early 1989 from the album Look Sharp!. The song became Roxette's international "breakthrough" song, finally exposing the duo to music consumers outside of the duo's native Sweden and Europe after more than one...
   
   " (MTV Unplugged version)
6. "Dangerous
   Dangerous (Roxette song)
   "Dangerous", written by Per Gessle, is the fourth single released from Roxette's album Look Sharp!. Gessle penned it just before Roxette's first tour in 1987. Released at the end of 1989, it was the group's third top 10 showing on the Billboard Hot 100, spending two weeks at #2 in February 1990. ...
   
   " (MTV Unplugged version)
7. "The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye" (B-side to the "Spending My Time
   Spending My Time
   "Spending My Time", written by Per Gessle, was the fourth single released from Swedish pop duo Roxette's 1991 album Joyride. It peaked at #32 on Billboard's Hot 100. A remix was created by MC King Carli and Dr Renault at EMI Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, in July 1991, and was included on the single...
   
   " single)
8. "The Voice" (B-side to the "Dressed for Success
   Dressed for Success
   "Dressed for Success" was released on 28 June 1988 and is the second single from the Swedish pop duo Roxette's 1988 album Look Sharp!. Originally, "Dressed for Success" was their first Swedish single to promote Look Sharp! album in 1988.-Production:...
   
   " single)
9. "Almost Unreal
   Almost Unreal
   "Almost Unreal" is a pop song performed by Swedish duo Roxette. The song was released in May 1993 and is featured on the soundtrack of Super Mario Bros....
   
   " (Demo / February '93)
10. "Fireworks
    Fireworks (Roxette song)
    "Fireworks" is a song by the Swedish pop duo Roxette. Released in 1994, it was the third single from their album Crash! Boom! Bang!. It achieved moderate success in various European countries, and peaked at number 30 on the UK Singles Chart....
    
    " (Jesus Jones Remix)
11. "Spending My Time
    Spending My Time
    "Spending My Time", written by Per Gessle, was the fourth single released from Swedish pop duo Roxette's 1991 album Joyride. It peaked at #32 on Billboard's Hot 100. A remix was created by MC King Carli and Dr Renault at EMI Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, in July 1991, and was included on the single...
    
    " (Electric Dance Remix)
12. "One Is Such A Lonely Number" (Demo / September '87, B-side to the "The Big L." single)

Credits

• Words & music by Per Gessle.
• Published by Jimmy Fun Music.
• Produced by Clarence Öfwerman.
• Engineers: Paulo Janqueiro, Alar Suurna & Anders Herrlin.
• Mixed at EMI Studios, Stockholm, Sweden by Per Gessle, Anders Herrlin, Alar Suurna & Clarence Öfwerman.