Joyride (Roxette album)

Joyride
Studio album by Roxette
Released	28 March 1991
Recorded	January–November 1990 EMI Studios, Stockholm Tits & Ass Studio, Halmstad
Genre	Pop
Label	EMI
Producer	Clarence Öfwerman
Roxette chronology
Look Sharp! (1988) Joyride (1991) Tourism (1992)
Singles from Joyride
"Joyride" Released: 27 February 1991 "Fading Like a Flower" Released: 17 April 1991 "The Big L." Released: 21 August 1991 "Spending My Time" Released: 22 November 1991 "Church of Your Heart" Released: 8 March 1992

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Joyride is the third studio album by Swedish duo Roxette, released 28 March 1991 by EMI. After the great popularity of "It Must Have Been Love" single and enormous sales of Look Sharp!, Joyride became just as successful, spawning the #1 hit "Joyride", which topped the charts in the US and Australia.^[4]

Album information

"Joyride", "Fading Like a Flower", "The Big L.", "Spending My Time", and "Church of Your Heart" were released as singles. A promotional music video was made for "(Do you Get) Excited?", as it was also considered for single release. The album featured a new re-recorded version of "Soul Deep", which was more synthesiser-driven and with fewer guitars (the original version appeared on their 1986 album Pearls of Passion). In some releases, "I Remember You" was an additional track on the album, bringing the total track count to 15 instead of 14. "Joyride" became Roxette's fourth and last US #1 single.^[4]

Joyride immediately became a worldwide best-seller. It held the position of best selling album in Europe for 2 weeks in June 1991, following its debut and peak at #2 on UK charts two months earlier. It was certified 2x platinum by BPI in August 1992 for selling more than 600,000 copies,^[5] after staying on British charts for almost a year.^[6] Joyride reached #12 on the American Billboard Top 200 albums and was certified platinum by the RIAA in July 1991,^[7] eventually selling 1.3 million copies there^[8] and stayed on charts there for over a year.^[9] Joyride also reached the upper end of charts across the world, including #1 in Germany (13 weeks) and #1 in Sweden (7 weeks). In Argentina, the album was awarded as the best-selling English album ever (to that date), with sales of more than 400,000 copies there. To date the album has sold over 11 million copies worldwide.^[10]

Track listings

Worldwide release
Released: 1991-03-28 // EMI / 796048

All songs written and composed by Per Gessle, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Joyride"	4:22
2.	"Hotblooded" (Music: Marie Fredriksson & Gessle)	3:18
3.	"Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)"	3:51
4.	"Knockin' on Every Door"	3:56
5.	"Spending My Time" (Music: Mats Persson & Gessle)	4:36
6.	"I Remember You"	3:54
7.	"Watercolours in the Rain" (Music: Fredriksson)	3:40
8.	"The Big L."	4:26
9.	"Soul Deep"	3:34
10.	"(Do You Get) Excited?" (Music: Persson & Gessle)	4:16
11.	"Church of Your Heart"	3:16
12.	"Small Talk"	3:53
13.	"Physical Fascination"	3:27
14.	"Things Will Never Be the Same"	4:26
15.	"Perfect Day" (Music: Persson & Gessle)	4:05
Total length:		59:03

US/Canada release[11]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Joyride"	4:26
2.	"Hotblooded"	3:20
3.	"Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)"	3:55
4.	"Knockin' on Every Door"	3:58
5.	"Spending My Time"	4:38
6.	"Soul Deep"	3:37
7.	"Watercolours in the Rain"	3:43
8.	"The Big L."	4:28
9.	"(Do You Get) Excited?"	4:19
10.	"Church of Your Heart"	3:18
11.	"Small Talk"	3:56
12.	"Physical Fascination"	3:30
13.	"Things Will Never Be the Same"	4:28
14.	"Perfect Day"	4:05
Total length:		55:17

2009 remastered release – CD bonus tracks [12]
No.	Title	Length
16.	"The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye"
17.	"Love Spins" (Demo)
18.	"Seduce Me" (Demo)

2009 remastered release – iTunes only bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
19.	"Come Back Before You Leave" (Demo)
20.	"Joyride" (US Remix)
21.	"Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)" (Gatica Remix)

LP – Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Joyride"
2.	"Hotblooded"
3.	"Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)"
4.	"Knockin' on Every Door"
5.	"Spending My Time"
6.	"Watercolours in the Rain"

LP – Side B
No.	Title	Length
7.	"The Big L."
8.	"(Do You Get) Excited?"
9.	"Small Talk"
10.	"Physical Fascination"
11.	"Things Will Never Be the Same"
12.	"Perfect Day"

Singles

• "Joyride"
  1. "Joyride"
  2. "Come Back (Before You Leave)"
• "Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)"
  1. "Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)"
  2. "I Remember You"
• "The Big L."
  1. "The Big L." (album version)
  2. "One Is Such a Lonely Number" (demo, September 1987)
• "Spending My Time"
  1. "Spending My Time" (album version)
  2. "The Sweet Hello, the Sad Goodbye"
• "Church of Your Heart"
  1. "Church of Your Heart"
  2. "I Call Your Name"

Credits

Roxette

Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson

Roxette Band

• Keyboards, programming, grand piano, barrel organ, and Hammond-organ — Clarence Öfwerman
• Programming and electric bass — Anders Herrlin
• Six- & twelve-string electric guitars, six- & twelve-string acoustic guitars, slide guitar, & mandolin — Jonas Isacsson
• Additional drums and hihats — Pelle Alsing
• Additional backing vocals — Staffan Öfwerman

• Harmonica — Jalle Lorensson (on "Hotblooded"), Jonas Isacsson (on "The Big L"), Per Gessle (on "Church of Your Heart")
• Accordion — Kjell Ohman
• Tambourine — Per Gessle
• Narrator — Dave Edwards
• Produced and arranged by Clarence Öfwerman
• Mastering by George Marino at Sterling Sound, NYC

All songs published by Jimmy Fun Music, except "Hotblooded" and "Watercolours in the Rain" (Jimmy Fun Music/Shock the Music) and "Soul Deep" (Happy Accident Music).

Charts

Album

Country	Position	Certification
Argentina		6× Platinum
Australia[13]	2	2× Platinum
Austria[14]	1	3× Platinum
Canada	1	5× Platinum
Finland	1	2× Platinum[15]
Germany	1	7× Gold[16]
Hungary	4
New Zealand[17]	4	Platinum
Norway[18]	1
Spain	7	2× Platinum
Sweden[19]	1	6× Platinum[20]
Switzerland[21]	1	4× Platinum
UK[6]	2	2× Platinum[5]
USA[22]	12	Platinum[7]

See also

• List of best-selling albums in Germany

External links

• Joyride at MusicBrainz
• Joyride (15-track version) at MusicBrainz
• Joyride (LP) at MusicBrainz

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