Misplaced Pages

Roxette XXX – The 30 Biggest Hits
Greatest hits album by Roxette
Released	3 November 2014
Recorded	1987–2012
Genre	Pop
Label	Roxette Recordings Parlophone Warner Music Group
Producer	Clarence Öfwerman Per Gessle Marie Fredriksson Michael Ilbert Christoffer Lundquist
Roxette chronology
Live: Travelling the World (2013) Roxette XXX – The 30 Biggest Hits (2014) The RoxBox!: A Collection of Roxette's Greatest Songs (2015)

Roxette XXX – The 30 Biggest Hits 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". 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". 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. 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. Also included is a Bassflow remix of "The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye", which was released as a non-album single in 2012. 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.

• 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 ("Stars"); production and mixing
• Per Gessle – lead and background vocals; acoustic guitar ("Wish I Could Fly", "June Afternoon", "Opportunity Nox", "Run to You", "Real Sugar" and "A Thing About You"); electric guitar ("June Afternoon", "Opportunity Nox", "Sleeping in My Car", "Real Sugar" and "The Centre of the Heart"); kazoo ("June Afternoon"); string arrangements ("Wish I Could Fly"); whistling ("Joyride"); twelve-string acoustic guitar ("Milk and Toast and Honey"); production and mixing
• Per "Pelle" Alsing – drums and hi-hat
• Micke "Nord" Andersson – twelve string acoustic and Rickenbacker guitars ("Wish I Could Fly"); drums and tambourine ("June Afternoon"); acoustic guitar ("Stars")
• Vicki Benckert – background vocals ("How Do You Do!" and "Almost Unreal")
• Anders Herrlin – background vocals, bass guitar, engineering and programming
• Jonas Isacsson – electric and acoustic guitars; additional bass guitar ("Wish I Could Fly"); harmonica ("The Big L.")
• Christer Jansson – tom-toms and cymbals ("Wish I Could Fly"); percussion ("Crash! Boom! Bang!" and "The Centre of the Heart"); cymbals ("Milk and Toast and Honey"); drums ("You Don't Understand Me"); drums, percussion and tambourine ("Anyone")
• Christoffer Lundquist – background vocals and extended-range bass ("Wish I Could Fly"); bass and electric guitars ("Opportunity Nox" and "Real Sugar"); background vocals ("Milk and Toast and Honey" and "Stars"); background vocals and bass ("A Thing About You"); background vocals, bass, zither, tambourine and additional snare drum ("Anyone"); bass, guitars, keyboards, programming, engineering, production and mixing ("She's Got Nothing On (But the Radio)")
• Clarence Öfwerman – background vocals, keyboards, Synclavier ("It Must Have Been Love"); string arrangements ("Wish I Could Fly", "June Afternoon", "Run to You", "Vulnerable" and "Anyone"); programming, production and mixing
• Staffan Öfwerman – percussion ("How Do You Do!"); background vocals ("How Do You Do!", "Almost Unreal", "Fading Like a Flower", "The Big L." and "Sleeping in My Car"); choir conducting ("Stars")
• Mats "MP" Persson – engineering ("How Do You Do!" and "A Thing About You"); string arrangements ("Wish I Could Fly"); electric and acoustic guitars ("June Afternoon"); drums ("Sleeping in My Car"); keyboards and tremolo guitar ("Real Sugar"); electric guitar ("Milk and Toast and Honey")
• Stockholm Session Strings – strings ("Milk and Toast and Honey" and "The Centre of the Heart")
• Stockholms Nya Kammarorkester (credited as SNYKO) – strings ("Wish I Could Fly", "Crash! Boom! Bang!", "Run to You" and "Anyone")
• Alar Suurna – tambourine ("Sleeping in My Car"); engineering and mixing

Charts

Certifications

Release history

References

1. ^ "Roxette's 30 biggest hits on double CD collection "XXX"". Roxette.se (official website). 22 October 2014. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
2. ^ ""The 30 Biggest Hits XXX" (Roxette) в Apple Music" (in Russian). Apple Music. 3 November 2014. Archived from the original on 27 November 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
3. "The Daily Roxette » 30th Anniversary Tour 2014-16". The Daily Roxette. Archived from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
4. Morgan, David (19 March 2015). "CD review: Roxette XXX - The 30 Biggest Hits". Warrington Guardian. Newsquest. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
5. ^ Thorselius, Robert (May 2003). The Look for Roxette: The Illustrated Worldwide Discography & Price Guide (online ed.). Sweden: Premium Förlag Publishing. ISBN 978-9197189484. Archived from the original on 1 March 2009.
6. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
7. "Roxette: 'The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye' (Bassflow Remake)". Scandipop.co.uk. 26 June 2012. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
8. Roxette XXX – The 30 Biggest Hits (CD liner notes). Roxette. Parlophone. 2014. 50541 964319–2 1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
9. "Australiancharts.com – Roxette – The 30 Biggest Hits - XXX". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
10. "Austriancharts.at – Roxette – The 30 Biggest Hits - XXX" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
11. "Ultratop.be – Roxette – The 30 Biggest Hits - XXX" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
12. "Ultratop.be – Roxette – The 30 Biggest Hits - XXX" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
13. "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 10.Týden 2015 on the field besides the words "CZ – ALBUMS – TOP 100" to retrieve the correct chart. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
14. "Dutchcharts.nl – Roxette – The 30 Biggest Hits - XXX" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
15. "Officialcharts.de – Roxette – The 30 Biggest Hits - XXX". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
16. "Official IFPI Charts – Top 75 Albums Sales Chart (Week: 9/2015)". IFPI Greece. Archived from the original on 20 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
17. "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2015. 21. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
18. "Irish-charts.com – Discography Roxette". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
19. "Charts.nz – Roxette – The 30 Biggest Hits - XXX". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
20. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
21. "Portuguesecharts.com – Roxette – The 30 Biggest Hits - XXX". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
22. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
23. "Spanishcharts.com – Roxette – The 30 Biggest Hits - XXX". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
24. "Swedishcharts.com – Roxette – The 30 Biggest Hits - XXX". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
25. "Swisscharts.com – Roxette – The 30 Biggest Hits - XXX". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
26. "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
27. "British album certifications – Roxette – The 30 Biggest Hits Xxx". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
28. "The 30 Biggest Hits XXX". Amazon.co.uk. 9 February 2015. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
29. "The 30 Biggest Hits XXX (2 CD) - Musik". CDON.com. 4 March 2015. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

• 2014 greatest hits albums
• Roxette compilation albums
• Parlophone compilation albums