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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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