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1	[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/r_joyride.jpeg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:320:''"Step right up, getcher tickets here, come on, join the joyride..."'']]
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4	''Joyride'' is the third studio album by Swedish pop duo Music/{{Roxette}}, and one of the last gasps of superproduced [[TheEighties 80's]] SoftRock in the United States. As of its April 1991 release, ''Joyride'' was state of the art pop-rock, [[http://90percenthits.tumblr.com/post/50692719413/roxette-joyride-fly-you-fools-or stuffed to the brim with bells, whistles, and Rickenbackers]] in an ultimately successful multi-tracked bid for chart-topping glory. The title track and the PowerBallad "Fading Like A Flower" rushed the Billboard top 5, representing the pair's last major US hits before trends shifted out from underneath them, relegating them to a European QuirkyWork for the remainder of the decade.
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7	!! Tracklist:
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9	# "Joyride" - 4:24
10	# "Hotblooded"- 3:18
11	# "Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)" - 3:52
12	# "Knockin' on Every Door" - 3:56
13	# "Spending My Time" - 4:36
14	# "I Remember You" - 3:54
15	# "Watercolours in the Rain" - 3:40
16	# "The Big L." - 4:26
17	# "Soul Deep" - 3:34
18	# "(Do You Get) Excited?" - 4:16
19	# "Church of Your Heart" - 3:16
20	# "Small Talk" - 3:53
21	# "Physical Fascination" - 3:27
22	# "Things Will Never Be the Same" - 4:26
23	# "Perfect Day" - 4:05
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26	!! "Say a prayer for a sinner and a saint, the tropes list's coming back!":
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28	* BookEnds: In a likely ShoutOut to ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'', the album begins with a carnival barker encouraging listeners to "join the [[AlbumTitleDrop joyride]]" and ends with the same speaker directing everyone to the exits.
29	* {{Europop}}
30	* FaceOnTheCover: The band members are shown standing with their backs against each other.
31	* GodIsLoveSongs: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with "Church of Your Heart".
32	* IntercourseWithYou: "Physical Fascination" starts with sex noises and generally satisfies trope requirements. [[WordSaladLyrics Mostly.]]
33	* OneWordTitle: "Joydride", "Hotblooded".
34	* PowerBallad: Wouldn't be a Roxette album otherwise. "Fading Like A Flower" and "Spending My Time" both qualify.
35	* RearrangeTheSong[=/=]RereleaseTheSong: "Soul Deep" was a single from the band's first album, ''Pearls of Passion'' and appears here with (relatively) updated production and an emphasis on guitars over synthesizers.
36	* SingerNameDrop: Marie reminds you that this is "[[AccentUponTheWrongSyllable Rox-ETTE!]]" toward the end of "Joyride".
37	* SpokenWordInMusic: The album begins and ends with a carnival barker talking, first welcoming them and then directing them to the exits.
38	* TruckDriversGearChange: "Fading Like A Flower"
39	* YouFool: A rare romantic example - Gessle's now-wife sent him a note beginning "Hello, you fool, I love you!", which led to the signature line of the title track.

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