Roxette

"Joyride" was probably the best New Wave song of 1991. Or maybe, judging from the Billy Idol-inspired look Roxette rocked, she was just out of touch. You decide. But sometimes being out of step with the times is a good thing, right? When everyone else was wearing flannel and yelling about their angst, Roxette was making fluffy, hook-perfect dance pop with rock elements.

Roxette is not the new Abba. There are similarities, of course; A frighteningly efficient
hitmaking machine, Roxette is Swedish and prone to impossibly catchy melodies. Yet
Roxette manages to be different in the way that matters most – its music. Unlike Abba,
which often sounded like the Beatles with all the blues left out, Roxette makes no such
omissions; even Joyride's title tune, though decked out in a glossy, Sgt. Pepper-... More >