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Look Sharp! (Roxette album)
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| Look Sharp! | |||||
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| Studio album by Roxette | |||||
| Released | October 19, 1988 | ||||
| Recorded | EMI Studios, Stockholm (March-June 1988) Trident II Studios, London (June 1988) |
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| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 54:19 | ||||
| Label | EMI | ||||
| Producer | Clarence Öfwerman Adam Moseley | ||||
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Look Sharp! is the second album by the Swedish pop duo Roxette. It was released on October 19, 1988.
"The Look", "Chances", "Dressed for Success", "Listen to Your Heart" and "Dangerous" were released as singles.
Contents |
Side A
- "The Look" (Per Gessle)
- "Dressed for Success" (Gessle)
- "Sleeping Single" (Gessle)
- "Paint" (Gessle)
- "Dance Away" (Marie Fredriksson, Gessle)
- "Cry" (Fredriksson, Gessle)
Side B
- "Chances" (Gessle)
- "Dangerous" (Gessle)
- "Half a Woman, Half a Shadow" (Fredriksson)
- "View From a Hill" (Gessle)
- "(I Could Never) Give You Up"* (Gessle)
- "Shadow of a Doubt" (Fredriksson, Gessle)
- "Listen to Your Heart" (Fredriksson, Mats MP Persson)
(* Not available on the cassette version of the album)
| Year | Single | B-side |
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| 1988 | "Chances" | "Silver Blue" (Demo Version) |
| 1989 | "The Look" | "Silver Blue" (Demo Version) |
| 1989 | "Dressed for Success" | "The Voice" |
| 1989 | "Listen to Your Heart" | "(I Could Never) Give You Up" |
| 1989 | "Dangerous" | "Surrender"/"Neverending Love" (Live) |
| Country | Chart | Peak | Certification |
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| Australia | ARIA Top 100 Albums Chart | 2 | |
| Austria | 2 | 2x platinum | |
| Canada | Canadian Albums Chart | 8 | 6x Platinum |
| Germany | Media Control Charts Top 100 Albums | 7 | 2x Platinum |
| New Zealand | RIANZ Albums Chart | 12 | 2x Platinum |
| Norway | VG-lista Top 40 | 1 (6) | |
| Sweden | 1 (14) | ||
| Switzerland | 2 | 2x Platinum | |
| UK | UK Albums Chart | 4 | Platinum |
| U.S. | Billboard 200 | 23 | Platinum |
- Vocals — Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson
- Drums — Pelle Alsing
- Programming and bass — Anders Herrlin
- Saxophone — Erik Häusler
- Electric and acoustic guitars — Jonas Isacsson
- Harmonica — Jalle Lorensson
- Slide guitar — Janne Oldaeus
- Spanish guitar — Erik Borelius
- Main programming and keyboards — Clarence Öfwerman
- Production — Clarence Öfwerman (except "Cry", "Chances" and "View From A Hill" produced by Adam Moseley)
Swedish jugglers Peter Aberg and Viktor Gyllenberg currently have a two-man juggling group called "Look Sharp!" that is a tribute to this album by Roxette. The show runs about 90 minutes, in which all of the routines are synched up to songs from the album. Peter and Viktor use an original Roxette vinyl record to play the music rather than a CD.