2001European pressing

If proofwere needed that Roxette are the new ABBA, the lack of criticalrespect should be enough. Like Abba, Roxette is a masterful popband (with just the right amount of kitsch in its armor) thatroutinely gets slagged off for lacking substance, whatever that maybe. Room Service showcases a band at the top of its form with itsfeet firm on the pedal: this album is a case study in songcraft andpop smarts. With its na-na-na choruses and sparkly guitars, RoomService is also trademark Roxette, a mostly no-surprises packagethat divides its time between the soaring, emotive power balladsand the rife-with-hooks rock-dance stompers that the band prettymuch took patents out on back in the 80s and 90s. This is a groupthat has gotten really good at what it is doing, without gettingbored doing it. Result? Probably the best Roxette album sinceJoyride. Opening tracks Real Sugar and The Centre of the Heart withtheir now-rock, now-disco, always-pop attack are effortlessup-tempo smashes that deliver an unstoppable one-two sucker punch.On the other hand, Milk and Toast and Honey and Bringing Me Down toMy Knees are big-ticket slow-burners that are as good as adultcontemporary gets. You Make My Heart Go Pop is a noisy,overproduced Top-Ten-here-we-come sparkler that’ll zoom straight tothe trash-magnet center of your brain and stick there for weeks onend. This album also shows a lyrically sharper Roxette, less eagerthan before to compromise the words for the hooks. Both Per Gessleand Marie Frederiksson are in fine vocal form, especially Marie,who’s equally proficient whether she’s doing elegiac laments orburning the house down. Room Service is an exciting, immediate,high-gloss pop gem that contains very little filler indeed. On itRoxette may not be making any great leaps forward, but when you’rein such a great place why bother moving?

Tracklist:
1. Real Sugar
2. The Centre Of The Heart
3. Milk And Toast And Honey
4. Jefferson
5. Little Girl
6. Looking For Jane
7. Bringing Me Down To My Knees
8. Make My Head Go Pop
9. Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)
10. Fool
11. It Takes You No Time To Get Here
12. My World, My Love, My Life

Condition cover: nm

Condition cd: nm

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