History Music / Joyride

''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 WidgetSeries for the remainder of the decade.

''Joyride'' is the third studio album by Swedish pop duo Music/{{Roxette}}, and one of the last gasps of superproduced [[TheEighties 80's]] soft rock 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 WidgetSeries for the remainder of the decade.

* YouFool: A rare romantic example - Gessle's then-girlfriend sent him a note beginning "Hello, you fool, I love you!", which led to the signature line of the title track.

* ArtisticLicenseCars: In real life, it is not a good idea to drive with a pair of Swedes sitting on your windshield.

* WordSaladLyrics: [[SignatureStyle ...it's Roxette.]] [[http://www.metrolyrics.com/joyride-lyrics-roxette.html The title track]] is the worst of it.
* YouFool: A rare romantic example - Gessle's girlfriend sent him a note beginning "Hello, you fool, I love you!". The line recurs throughout the title track and stands as possibly the most coherent thing there.

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[[caption-width-right:220:Step right up, getcher tickets here, come on, join the joyride...]]

The third studio album by Swedish pop duo Music/{{Roxette}}, ''Joyride'' was one of the last gasps of superproduced [[TheEighties 80's]] soft rock 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 WidgetSeries for the remainder of the decade.

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* ArtisticLicenseCars: [[CaptainObvious In real life, it is not a good idea to drive with a pair of Swedes sitting on your windshield.]]
* BookEnds[=/=]SpokenWordInMusic: 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.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The rise of {{grunge}} would quickly render much about the album unfashionable, and Roxette themselves would shift toward a more dance-oriented style.

* YouFool: A rare romantic example - Gessle's girlfriend sent him a note beginning "Hello, you fool, I love you!". The line recurs throughout the title track and stands as possibly the most coherent thing there.