The Music of Sweden

1. Engelska, Pt. 1

2. Spel-Göran's Waltz

3. Rinnländer

4. Polska

5. Quadrille

6. Engelska, Pt. 2

7. Stum's Polska

8. Kärrsjö Waltz

9. Polska from Tving

10. Kalle Nissen's Waltz

11. Schottis, Pt. 1

12. Three Tunes

13. Serpent-Dance Number 2

14. Polka

15. Clog Mazurka

16. Schottis, Pt. 2

17. Engelska, Pt. 3

18. Karstorpa-Lasse's Polka

19. Polska from Blekinge

20. Quarryman's Polka

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Tracks:

Dancing Queen
Knowing Me, Knowing You
Take A Chance On Me
Mamma Mia
Lay All Your Love On Me
Super Trouper
I Have A Dream
The Winner Takes It All
Money, Money, Money
S.O.S.
Chiquitita
Fernando
Voulez Vous
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
Does Your Mother Know
One Of Us
The Name Of The Game
Thank You For The Music
Waterloo

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Anyone looking for the key to Abba's enduring appeal should look no further than "Voulez Vous" and "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" for their answer. There was an innocence to the Swedish quartet, even when they were singing about one-night stands and the invitations to them. Gold establishes that the band, while appreciated as campy, were actually multifaceted in their execution. "S.O.S." has a raw urgency in its chorus, and "Does Your Mother Know" draws its energy from classic '50s rock & roll. Likewise, you don't have to be Priscilla to swoon over "Mamma Mia" or "Dancing Queen." And when it comes to drama, those soaring vocals on "The Winner Takes It All" turn the song into a bitter anthem of every relationship that has ever fallen apart. The much-covered "Lay All Your Love on Me" is practically epic. --Steve Gdula

Customer Reviews:

ABBA was/is Top of the Pops. But did you know these?.......2007-07-05

Nothing in this life has brought me more joy that ABBA. From the first time I heard Waterloo, until the fanatic state began with Fernando, they have had my heart like no other group. GOLD is the best essence of ABBA. It has the best of the best sans Summer Night City, which is on the subsequent More Gold. Their only pop rivals in sales were The Bee Gees and the enormously huge pop/disco group Boney M. Relative unknowns in the US. Check them out. Not so much Abba sounding, but if you like good melodies and irresistable hooks, great purchase. Another big, but short-lived pop group was Clout. Much more like Abba. Highly recommended.

Better music.......2007-06-27

I have tried to get some of thier CDs for some time but this CD was worth the wait, sounds are great and are a "sing along with" mode, great CD.

One of the best Swedish imports.......2007-05-24

Abba's Greatest Hits lives up to its title. This is an excellent comp album. All of the hits are here [I am just old enough to remember Abba's heyday]. This is a very good, very well-rounded collection of Abba's recordings. There's not a lame song on here. The album can be listened to straight through without ever being tempted to hit the skip button. Simply some of the best pop music ever, not just from the 70s. Abba was a bright spot of the 70s, countering a bad presidency and wicked gas prices. Hmmmm, we have those back again, come to think of it. Where's our Abba?

Make sure this is what you're looking for........2007-05-16

Abba was a pretty prolific and popular group in the 70s. For those of us familiar with ABBA, this album is great. Those who aren't might want to give this a try. You've probably heard some of their tunes before without even realizing it was ABBA. Note that there is another greatest hits collection called the Definitive Collection. It's a 2 disc set that contains everything on this album, some lesser hits and a remix or two as well. For the die hard fan you might want to check into the Definitive Collection (or the Complete Studio Collection for you ABBA freaks out there). For the passing fan like myself, all of the great stuff is here.

Awesome.......2007-04-12

This compilation contains all of the biggest hits by ABBA. It starts off with a great 1-2 punch of "Dancing Queen" and "Knowing Me, Knowing You". The hits just keep on coming, "Waterloo", "Gimmie a Man After Midnight", "Voules Vouz", "Fernando", "SOS", "I Had a Dream". There are a couple songs I wish were on here like "People Need Love", "If It Wasn't for the Night" and Frida's solo hit "I Know There's Something Going On".

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PB&J - my favorite sandwich and now, new band!
Writers Block-buster!
A little Plain?
I seriously don't get it...
I give it an A

Writer's Block
Peter Bjorn and John
Manufacturer: Almost Gold
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000NJL4TY
Release Date: 2007-03-06

Tracks:

Writer's Block
Objects of My Affection
Young Folks
Amsterdam
Start To Melt
Up Against the Wall
Paris 2004
Let's Call it Off (Single Mix)
The Chills
Roll the Credits
Poor Cow
Ancient Curse
All Those Expectations (Weak Mix)
Let's Call it Off (Girl Talk Remix)

From Amazon.co.uk Review

As fine an album as this might be (and indeed it is), it serves a much higher purpose for which it must be immediately recognised. The twee Swedish trio have single-handedly tugged whistling out of popular music's pits where it was stuffed by German soft metal granddads The Scorpions back in the early 90s. It's not even particularly proficient whistling - it's a bit skewiff really, a little out of tune - but it's tacked onto the irresistibly bobbing, Velvet-Underground-via-The-Concretes infectiousness of "Young Folks", augmented by the warm-ember vocals of ex-Concrete Victoria Bergsman herself, and by association sounds fairly heroic. Accidentally anthemic, perhaps, but anthemic nonetheless. Result.

Which sets a tone for the rest of this off-kilter lo-fi record. Draw a slightly wonky line from Simon & Garfunkel through to The Shins, making sure you take in the sharp Scandinavian indie-pop of the '90s (Wannadies, The Cardigans) and modern day peers (Radio Dept, Shout Out Louds) and you have a folk album that isn't really all that folk, swimming through its own dreamy washes of ambition. The drumming on tracks like "Let's Call It Off" and "Paris 2004" is so elementary you might as well add your own, but it keeps the intuitive, simplistic 60's beat melodies trickling steadily onwards. The underlying appeal is that things could snap like an elastic band at any moment, that things are beautifully limited. Less writers block, more loving the detail of your first chapter so much you have no inclination to move on. --James Berry

Customer Reviews:

PB&J - my favorite sandwich and now, new band!.......2007-08-03

I'd been looking for a band similar to the Cardigans, so when the catchy "Young Folks" reeled me in on our local indie rock station here, I decided to get the entire album (well, also after hearing the samples on Amazon). I'd been listening to it sporadically amidst all my other new music purchases (yes, on a music binge again), but bought tickets to an upcoming show thinking "Wow, there's a lot of rich sounds on this record that can't possibly be done live - how will they really sound?", but still, I had a good feeling that this would be a pretty good show. I saw them last night at the House of Blues in San Diego live and they were AMAZING! The small venue was perfect for hearing those beautiful Radiohead-esque guitar distortions, which kind of get muffled out on the record. Peter has a great stage presence and was really energetic! His bouncing around kind of reminded me a little of Thom Yorke. There isn't one bad track on this record although I'm partial to "The Chills", "Amsterdam" and "Objects of my Affection". And yes, "Up Against the Wall" IS in that new LEVI's commercial, but hey, who doesn't like LEVI's? This is their breakout album and they're getting noticed. Hope their next album is as good or better than this one. I'm hooked!

Writers Block-buster!.......2007-06-28

This record is beautiful. It could have been a cd of just "Young Folks" being played over and over and i would have been happy but there are plenty of gems here, and you don't have to dig very deep to find them. I highly reccommend this album to anyone who loves life, girls, boys, The Beatles, the crisp morning air tightening your face as you first step out of your building onto the street as city buses shamble by and you feel like you're just on the verge of a some kind of "happening" but it hasn't fully been realised yet- but soon will be.

A little Plain?.......2007-06-27

In my never ending search for new talents I chose this CD from the best list of whatever year it was released (I am in a constant state of light buzz so small details become meaningless). At a first listen I found their sound somewhat simplistic or plain? On the extra tracks I did come across a simple but very nice song about the material which I did enyoy quite a bit. The one with the catchy whistling that I have heard on a music channel on TV is too plain and uneventful but as a whole so far the CD was okey, nothing to die and go to the moon for, good vocals, accessible melodies with about three songs that stood above the rest. One of the songs in the album was this distorted guitars that did not appeal at all, to its credit it did not last very long. Mixed feelings about Peter Bjorn and John, perhaps is the type of music but I have always believed that in the end Music is Music and either you are the best or up there with the best or not. "Writer's Block" so far (only 1 listen) is kind of a lukewarm affair and that does not qualify them as a "sizzling hot" release exactly. 3.5 Stars would be my take, not quite enough to get a 4 stars but hey, who am I to be so judgemental and critical, if they want their 4 stars they can have it. The half star rating is very important because let's say an album is higher that a 4 star but not quite the perfection of a 5 star, what do you do? Go cry to the local lonely hearts club band? Let's just say that if I was giving a party "Writer's Block" could not make it to the rotation, their sound is too Plain? No disrespect intended, just calling them as I see them. No, it is not a 3 star, it's a 3.5 star but since there is none available I choose 4 stars. It does has its moments but it is not a vital, must have so far. There, I said it, either you deliver thrills or just pay bills!

I seriously don't get it..........2007-06-19

I don't understand the praise this album is getting. I have no idea why "young folks" gets played so often on the radio. I can't stand that song. I got the album, not having heard even one bad thing about it, and I honestly do not hear anything redeeming with this group. People tell me that they get a nostalgic feeling while listening to this, but I don't see it. I've wanted to ask people "what do you see in these guys? why do you like this?!?" but I don't want to be rude. But seriously, why is this so popular?

I give it an A.......2007-05-21

Have been hearing the song "Young Folks" on the radio and like it. Decided to buy the whole CD and I sure am glad I did! This is great stuff. A little bit folk, a little bit rock-and-roll, a little bit electronic. "Amsterdam" is a super-interesting, very different song and is my favorite on the album. "Let's Call it Off" is good too. All in all some catchy tunes and a super album.

Average customer rating:

Deep Cuts
Worth it for "Heartbeats" alone
Your mind will be reshaped
not as good as Silent Shout but still worth listening

Deep Cuts
The Knife
Manufacturer: Mute U.S.
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000I0QL0K
Release Date: 2006-10-31

Tracks:

Heartbeats
Girls' Night Out
Pass This On
One For You
The Cop
Listen Now
She's Having A Baby
You Take My Breath Away
Rock Classics
Is It Medicine
You Make Me Like Charity
Got 2 Let U
Behind The Bushes
Hangin' Out
This Is Now
Handy-Man
The Bridge
Pass This On (Dahlback And Dahlback Remix)
Heartbeats (Rex The Dog Remix)
You Take My Breath Away (Mylo Remix)

Customer Reviews:

Deep Cuts.......2007-06-05

Deep Cuts~ The Knife is a great album filled with well-produced electronic music. They sound like a mix of early 80's minimal synth-music like early human league and mix this up with sounding like Goldfrapp and other more modern synth bands. The lyrics are ok but one will never confuse the knife with great lyricists such as Martin Gore or Marian Gold. I love the sounds and they seem to have been picked by hand since every sound is just right for the track. The cover-art ( if you now can call it art, I have my doubts) is terrible and looks like a failed high-school project. The photo is terrible and the font is way to small and some of the colors make it even harder to read. Even so this is a great album and it definetely deserves its 4 stars. I highly recommend this album.

Worth it for "Heartbeats" alone.......2007-05-07

The album is all downhill after that first track, but what a hill to slide your way down! More than anything else, this strikes me as a hybrid of Black Cherry-era Goldfrapp and Teagan & Sara. In other words, driving electro backdrops plus girl vocals ranging somewhere between Marlene Dietrich and pouty adorability. The Swedish accent also puts some of this in Björk territory, though the song structures here are more traditional. Also lurking not too far in the background is 80s technopop stars Berlin; although "You Take My Breath Away" is not a cover, the keyboard line in "Girls' Night Out" owes a huge debt to "The Metro," and the generally tinny timbre of the electronics also hearkens back to the early days of digital synths.

So, in short: (Goldfrapp + Teagan & Sara) x Berlin ÷ Björk = The Knife. Enjoy!

Your mind will be reshaped.......2007-04-10

It's easy to find this music enthralling. The way it affects your senses, your mood, is completely different from anything you'll experience any time soon. The Knife is completely original.

While some tracks, like "The Cop," are too strange for my liking, tracks like "Heartbeats" and "Rock Classics" and of course the youtube hit "Pass This On" will truly stick with you. You never want to press skip on those.

I hope this helps.

not as good as Silent Shout but still worth listening.......2007-03-09

Nothing beats Silent Shout (an album with no bad tracks in my opinion and one of my favorite albums ever), but there are some great cuts on this album (Heartbeats, 3 remixes of tracks, You Make Me Like Charity, The Bridge). Deep Cuts is a bit more poppy and not nearly as refined as Silent Shout. Definitely worth buying though if you're a fan of The Knife. Do anything you can to see them live.

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makes me want to move to Sweden
Pretty good
Thank god for I-Pods - the cd would be worn out by now
Awesome band
The Sounds

Dying to Say This to You
The Sounds
Manufacturer: Scratchie / New Line Records
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ASIN: B000E6GC6Q
Release Date: 2006-03-21

Tracks:

Song With A Mission
Queen of Apology
Tony The Beat
24 Hours
Painted By Numbers
Night After Night
Ego
Hurt You
Much Too Long
Running Out Of Turbo

Amazon.com

It all starts with a cowbell, so at least you know it's not going to suck. This is important because, at times, the Sounds' 2003 debut, Living in America felt like a third-generation copy of Blondie's Eat to the Beat and a third-generation of anything usually sucks. But this follow-up shows improvement all around. Singer Maja Ivarsson is starting to find her own voice and the group's melodies now owe less to playground chants than actual verses and choruses. Meanwhile producer Jeff Saltzman, the man behind the Killers' blockbuster Hot Fuss, has given the band's, er, sound some much needed low end. You could accuse them of still sounding a bit contrived (just one word describes the track "Ego"--yikes!) but with thrilling New Wave throwbacks such as "Tony the Beat" and "Running Out of Turbo" pumping on the stereo you might be having too much fun to bother. --Aidin Vaziri

Album Description

The Sounds' 2003 debut, "Living In America" firmly established the band as one to watch. Their second release is an even stronger fusion of their punk attitude and pop savvy. Honed by a sonic brain trust that includes producer Jeff Saltzman (who helmed The Killers' "Hot Fuss"), with additional production from Scratchie Records co-owners James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins, A Perfect Circle) and Adam Schlesinger (Fountains Of Wayne, Ivy), and mixer Paul Q. Kolderie (Radiohead, Pixies, Hole), the album presents a diversified and deeper version of the sound they established on their debut. It also showcases their growth and captures the attitude that has won over crowd after crowd. Limited first pressing with bonus remixes and video content.

Customer Reviews:

makes me want to move to Sweden.......2007-07-18

Some of the best bands making music today are coming out of Sweden, and The Sounds are no exception. This album is poppy, throwaway excess, but it's really good poppy, throwaway excess. It's an improvement on their first disc (which was still quite good!) in just about every way.

Pretty good.......2007-03-26

I actually preferred the previous effort. But this remains very good new wave influenced pop rock. It has much more drive than most other groups with the same tag.

Thank god for I-Pods - the cd would be worn out by now.......2007-03-11

LOVE the first half of the album, though some of the songs in the second half aren't quite up there with Song With a Mission, Queen of Apology and Tony the Beat...I've also seen interviews with the lead singer and guitarist; they are truly dedicated to giving awesome performances for their audience. Overall, a very catchy album that changes it up enough to keep the listener entertained, and they're a band that I will definitely start to keep track of...

Awesome band .......2007-01-19

Love the band and this CD. You must see them live!

The Sounds.......2006-12-14

I saw this band live at a concert. They were the opening act and i wasn't expecting them to be that good. A lead female vocalist is surprising to see as well. Since then i have been addicted to them. First impression is that they have The killers kind of sound to them but definately with songs that are better and a singer who doesn't sound depressed.

Writer's Block (LTD Edition with Bonus Disc)

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Young Folks
Unlistenable Garbage
I hvae writer's block
Great new band!
Five Stars because of Amsterdam

Writer's Block (LTD Edition with Bonus Disc)
Peter Bjorn and John
Manufacturer: Almost Gold
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000MGTFD0
Release Date: 2007-02-06

Tracks:

Writers Block
Objects Of My Affection
Young Folks
Amsterdam
Start To Melt
Up Against The Wall
Paris 2004
Let's Call It Off (Single Mix)
The Chills
Roll The Credits
Poor Cow

Tracks:

Ancient Curse
All Those Expectations (Weak Remix)
Self-Pity In The Trashcan
Let's Call It Off (Original)
Young Folks (Sitar Version)
Young Folks (Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve Re-Animation)

From Amazon.co.uk Review

Album Description

US only edition includes a bonus disc of rarities! 2007.

Customer Reviews:

Young Folks.......2007-07-19

Dreamy and beatnik with a cool throbbing tempo -- the ultimate song to drive your car to. This is a must have for any music library.

A Bjorn Winner!

Unlistenable Garbage.......2007-06-04

This band is bad in a way that's hard to describe. In the indie world, there's no real premium on really good musical chops, so it's not fair to say that they're not really very good musicians -- though they aren't -- their problems are much deeper.

Their songs are poorly formed, weakly presented, and seemingly without motive. It's not even like listening to a high-school band. It's like listening to a rehearsal by a band that hopes to be able to play for a middle school dance, if they can just figure out a cool name.

This is a band with nothing to say that should learn not to say it.

I hvae writer's block.......2007-05-23

Swedish pop group Peter Bjorn and John are apparently trying to confuse us, and for a brief time, it works.

Their third album "Writer's Block" has the misfortune to open on a rather saggy note, but fortunately hoists itself up for a blurry blend of indiepop and northern atmospheric synth. So straggle through the first two tracks, because the indiepop that follows is solid, multilayered and quite excellent.

It opens with a faint, atmospheric little track that sounds like Sigur Ros tuning up. Then suddenly it careens into nonstop guitar pop in "Object of My Affection," with drums pounding right over those steely riffs. "And you still can make sense/if you just show up and present an honest face/instead of that grin," Peter Morén sings happily.

Not only is it a lot simpler than the other songs, but I got a headache from those relentless drums and guitar. At that point I was groaning, anticipating a whole album of the same. But I was wrong.

Things start perking up with the shimmying, sunny indiepop of "Young Folks," which has some enchantingly feathery edges and constant whistling. The other songs have a similar mix of shimmery keyboard and solid indiepop -- thumpy little marches, swirling psychedelic hymns, gentle ballads blooming into driving guitarpop, folksy ballads, and the shimmering prettiness of "The Chills."

For your info, there is no Peter Bjorn -- it's actually "Peter, Bjorn and John," three Swedish guys who play the instruments and all provide vocals. And despite a couple of mediocre songs on "Writer's Block," these guys really know how to make great indiepop -- lots of northern wind and snow, and a delightfully sunny 1970s pop mentality.

There's plenty of ringing, peppy guitar and unstoppable bass from Morén and Björn Yttling, while John Eriksson provides some fast drumming as well. Yttling swaddles almost all the melodies in a hazy edge of soft, colourful synth, and turning some of them into bittersweet, chilly pop. Most of the songs are pretty upbeat, even with a bit of harmonica and whistling to remind us to be cheery.

Much of the album is about sort of ambiguous -- half of it seems to be about breaking up with a lover, and the other half is about how much you adore them. "Your tongue is sharp/but I miss the taste of it/You said time heals/there's not enough of it..." Moren sings in his slightly nasal voice. It's just a few songs after, "Hours seems to disappear/everyone is leaving -- I'm still with you."

"Writer's Block" has a couple tracks that don't quite fit in, but the overall album is a delicious blend of cheery pop melodies and blurry keyboard. Definitely a good listen.

Great new band!.......2007-05-13

If you heard one of their songs on the radio and are debating whether it's worth buying the album......it's worth it. There are 4-5 very good songs on this one. Which isn't a bad ratio these days. Amsterdam, Chills, Young Folks and Paris 2004 among them.

Five Stars because of Amsterdam.......2007-05-13

This album is fantastic. Amsterdam is the best song of the century.

Collection of Roxette Hits: Their 20 Greatest Songs

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Better than I thought
Another Good Greatest Hits Collection but I'd Recommend For Those With No Albums to Get Don't Bore Us Get to the Chorus Instead
Great!
Probably the best Swedish pop/rock band besides ABBA
Blast from the past

Collection of Roxette Hits: Their 20 Greatest Songs
Roxette
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Release Date: 2007-01-16

Tracks:

One Wish
The Look
Dressed For Success
Listen To Your Heart
Dangerous
It Must Have Been Love
Joyride
Fading Like A Flower (Every Time You Leave)
Spending My Time
How Do You Do!
Almost Unreal
Sleeping In My Car
Crash! Boom! Bang!
Run To You
Wish I Could Fly
Stars
The Centre Of The Heart
Milk And Toast And Honey
A Thing About You
Reveal

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Imagine a poppier Pat Benatar fronting a more dance-oriented Berlin—big vocals, big beats, big guitars--and you're just about there. Like fellow Swedes ABBA in the 1970s and A-Ha in the 1980s, platinum pixie Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle generate a bright, glossy sound that transcends borders. In 20 years, they've sold 45 million albums and 25 million singles, including four number ones. A Collection of Roxette Hits overlooks their 1986 debut Pearls of Passion and 1997's Baladas en Español in favor of their biggest international triumphs. All told: 12 album cuts, four singles, two remixes ("Dressed for Success" and "It Must Have Been Love"), and two new tracks ("One Wish" and "Reveal"). There are no real surprises, but Roxette has a few tricks up their shiny sleeves, like the harmonica solo in "Dangerous" (1988's Look Sharp!) and the children's chorus on "Stars" (1999's Have a Nice Day). This hook-filled collection is a fine overview for both old and new fans alike. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Album Description

Their 20 greatest songs. EMI. 2006.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered 20th Anniversary Anthology Celebrating that in Spring 1986, Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson Decided to Record a Single Together, "Neverending Love". They Called Themselves Roxette and that was the Beginning of a Fantastic Career with Over 46 Million Albums and 25 Million Singles Sold. "Roxette Hits" features their Greatest Hits and Two New Songs Recorded in Summer, 2006. One of Those Two, "One Wish", was Chosen as the First Single Released from the Album, which also Includes "Joyride", "it Must have Been Love" (Featuring in the Motion Picture "Pretty Woman"), "Fading Like a Flower (Every Time)", "Sleeping in My Car" and Many More.

Customer Reviews:

Better than I thought.......2007-06-08

I wanted to buy something that I would like to listen when I'm not alone in my car. Well, those 20 Greatest songs work. When I'm alone driving, I usually listen to Slayer, Sepultura, Sodom..... but with my wife, well... you know.... the first time that I played this cd with "company" in my car, I saw everyone following the music with their head, hands and legs, so I though "Perfect". If you want some easy-listening music, this cd is the chosen one....

Another Good Greatest Hits Collection but I'd Recommend For Those With No Albums to Get Don't Bore Us Get to the Chorus Instead.......2007-06-03

Another great collection of 20 Roxette Hits but if you've got their other albums or even just their previous greatest hits collection Don't Bore Us Get to the Chorus : Roxette's Greatest Hits there's not much new here for you. The cover insert of Don't Bore Us comes with the lyrics as well to their songs which this album insert doesn't do.

The only difference this album has song wise is that it includes songs from albums released after their album Crash Boom Bang which obviously since they weren't released yet didn't make it onto Don't Bore Us Get to the Chorus. So if you haven't got (or haven't even heard of as they weren't that successfully promoted) the albums Have a Nice Day and Room Service or have bought the song A Thing About You that was the single release on another subsequent greatest hits album called Ballad Hits then this will give you the released songs from those albums. The 20th song (Reveal) is also a new release for this album but none of these songs are as good as their classic songs. I'd get Don't Bore Us Get to the Chorus instead as it has more of their big songs than this greatest hits album if you're only going to buy one Roxette album. Otherwise they are a sensational band and I'd just buy all their independent albums and not worry about buying greatest hits albums at all!

Great!.......2007-03-31

I bought this CD because I loved the songs when I was a kid. What memories they bring back!

Probably the best Swedish pop/rock band besides ABBA.......2007-03-22

I say "probably the best Swedish pop/rock band besides ABBA" because I can't say I know a lot about Swedish music. However, I rate ABBA as one of the all time great bands, and probably the best pop group of all time [I rate The Beatles as the best group of all time and value them for their really weird songs...which aren't particularly pop]...so for Roxette to be compared favourably to them is a big call on my part.

Probably the main reason I bought this compilation was for the song "Fading like a flower". On the odd occasions I've heard this song, I've really enjoyed it. Listening to it for the first time on cd here, I can't say that it grabbed me as much as it did back then. However, before I listened to this cd all the way through, I must have listened to this song around a dozen times, which says a lot for me. I've been listening to it repeatedly since I've listened to the whole cd too. This song is back as an all time great pop classic in my estimation...up there with ABBA's best songs, and songs like: "What have I done to deserve this?" by the Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield; "Clocks" by Coldplay; "Do they know it's Christmas" by Band Aid; "Our lips are sealed" by The Go Gos; and, from Australia, "Chemistry" by Mondo Rock and "Green" by Alex Lloyd.

Roxette, apart from being very melodic and catchy popsters, have a harder rock sound than ABBA in their songs. So, in songs like "Fading like a flower" you get a very cool keyboard melody introducing the song, followed by a momentary rock power chord. The chorus to this song is great and the verses are nice too. The song also features some nice changes of pace and cool guitar rhythym in that slow part as well a really nice lead guitar there too.

The other song that I tend to play a lot, though not nearly as much as "Fading like a flower" is "Dressed for success". It features a cool rock guitar sound, catchy chorus and some cool drums.

Another song I quite like is "Dangerous". This is yet another catchy melody song which Roxette are so good at. Usually the female half of Roxette does all the singing, but here the male half has his share of lines. Hadn't really noticed the weird outro to this song before-the man sings some barely intelligible words.

Rest assured that the rest of the album is chock full of catchy pop/rock, which I won't delve into too much, suffice to say that Americans might rate some of Roxette's ballads higher than I do...songs like "Listen to your heart" which isn't a fave of mine and "It must have been love", which I wasn't expecting to like but on hearing it here it did have a lyrical charm to it.

As for the rest, I'll just mention songs that had me relating them to songs by other artists, e.g. something else that Roxette has in common with ABBA is songs with daggy lyrics, these would include: "Joyride", "Spending my time" [more so for mediations on relationships than being daggy], "Almost unreal" [back to dag central here]. "A thing about you" also features one of those trippy effects that The Beatles were so fond of. It's in the intro of this song whereas The Beatles liked to use stuff like this for outros.

Other songs which remind me of other artists: "How do you do" [The Beatles' version of "Twist and shout" can be heard in this song]; "Crash! Boom! Bang!" [Dusty Springfield]; "The centre of the heart" [Savage Garden]; and "Run to you", which had a guitar vibe which reminded me of Weddings, Parties, Anything's song "Monday's experts", which is, granted, more of a stretch for Roxette to have been influenced by.

The songs towards the end of this cd are not the kind of pop/rock that fills most of the preceding tracks. Best examples of that are "Crash! Boom! Bang!" and "Wish I could fly". The latter has a nice mellow, cool vibe to it. "Stars" is also a more dance orientated song...it features a trippy intro and tinny techno beat.

Another thing to recommend this band are that they widen the musical instruments that they use, e.g. instruments that sound like music box pianos, organs, steel string guitars and violins.

If you like catchy pop songs, you should love this album, so long as you don't mind the band's forays into rock for entire songs or parts of songs.

P.S. One possible criticism of this cd is that it, according to the sleeve notes, I think, does NOT have some of Roxette's songs which charted in Europe. On the upside, the new songs on this cd are surprisingly good...I mean they are not classics, but they are much better than you would expect such new songs lumped together into a best of compilation to be.

I did neglect to mention perhaps Roxette's biggest hit, The Look. Whilst this song has many good hooks/elements to it, the lyric "tasted like a raindrop", sung about a woman, remains a hurdle for me liking this song better! I.e. it sounds a rather naff lyric!

If you like this cd, you might want to read my reviews of other albums with a good pop sensibility, e.g.

Midnight Oil for masterful pop/rock. Politics never sounded so good.
Alex Lloyd-Amazing: The Best Of
The Go Gos
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Skyhooks
INXS

Blast from the past.......2007-03-09

This is a wonderful collection of Roxette Hits. It keeps you moving and is great to work out to.

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Catchy but not warm
believe in this record
Silent Shout
Pitchfork, believe it or not, is wrong... a lot! Case in point, this record
One of 2006's bests..

Silent Shout
The Knife
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Release Date: 2006-07-25

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Customer Reviews:

Catchy but not warm.......2007-07-31

While this is a very innovative album, I would offer caution to anyone diving in without knowing the content. The album is not listener friendly. It demands a familiarity of electronic music and especially IDM to appreciate some of the tunes these two put together. Some of the vocoder manipulations of the vocals can be disturbing. However, the music itself is very catchy and enjoyable. All it takes is a matter of getting past the arm that The Knife puts out to keep people from immersing themselves in this album. The uptempo beat tracks are the standouts. However, almost half the album wallows in downtempo stretches that can test the patience of the mainstream ear. Overall, the album is very well produced with interesting electronic arrangements. However, the album as a whole is not one that I connect with emotionally. Not that this music makes any attempt at human warmth.

believe in this record.......2007-07-11

I am always skeptical but never fail to be blown away by the superb recommendations of the mighty indie music juggernaut Pitchforkmedia. It was only a short time ago that I half heartedly accepted listening to The Knife over a half year after Pitchfork announced it as their number one album of 2006. Initial listens confirmed my apathy, splaying taboo euro-techno drums and synths with awkward, processed vocals. I don't know quite what compelled me to make repeated listens really, but those subsequent listens have absolutely floored me. I have literally had the album on repeat amongst scores of incredible, enticing new music that I could be listening to. It is the first album to do that to me since Joanna Newsom's Ys. I feel like I can't keep listening to Silent Shout or else my 2006 gem (and my #1 of '06), Joanna Newsom's Ys, may be in danger of a retrospective rank toppling. That type of talk may just be from shock but it still isn't verifiably impossible. The Knife's Silent Shout is an absolutely unequivocal modern masterpiece. The difficulty is becoming familiar with and used to instrumentation that seemed to played out even in its hayday of the 80's. As previously experienced, you will likely play the first tracks and be wondering to yourself how anyone got suckered into buying into this Swedish hype. Patience though is the key here. The album must be consumed as a whole - only then will the kitschiness dissipate and the pure satisfaction of the album bleeds through. Slowly, one by one, every element from the seemingly inadequate drum machine to the apparently juvenile vocals will find their place and suddenly there is no turning back- you have already listened to the album 5 times in a row.

Silent Shout.......2007-06-08

Silent Shout~ The Knife is a great album from one of the best electronic bands that I have heard in a very long time. The Knife is a very original band and they certainly go against the grain with their strange lyrics and odd look. This is so refreshing since it really works and does not feel phoney or forced. The book-let is a very strange one with an artsy cover that is quite strange and perplexing. I have no idea what they had in mind to convey with that thing. Highly recommended indeed and I easily give this album 5 out of 5 stars.

Pitchfork, believe it or not, is wrong... a lot! Case in point, this record.......2007-05-22

Album of the Year?!!!? This record is, in places, a perfectly fine electro-pop record. In other places, however, the words 'dry toast' come to mind. There isn't a surprising moment on this entire album, and at it's worst it stinks of past Swedish sins a la Ace of Base with a touch of neo-Kylie Minogue thrown in. Interestingly enough, the record that came in at number 50 is an infinitely more interesting electronic record which manages to avoid the melodramatic plasticity that this one wallows in. Look it up! Bookashade!

One of 2006's bests.........2007-04-19

I'm still suprised to see that so many in the indie scene had the sense to so highly rate an electronic album such as this one.
A inventive electro album that thankfully as a unique sound (as so few electro albums sometimes have), you can see why the good ears of Mute Records picked up on this mysterious sibling Sweedish duo act.
"We share our mothers health" became one of the most bizarrely catchy singles of the year, with a awesome music video to go along with it, if you are in any doubt of buying this album, I recomend checking out the video on youtube, it will convert you.
Overall, the album is dark, filled with chilling background synths layered with wonderfully sharp keyboard lines and bass that makes even the most introverted start doing some foot tapping make it where you can't ignore this disc. The very avant garde vocal style is somehow still very accessable. The production is damn fine as well. This is most defintively not only a album that you will want to have on the dancefloor, but one that will make for a good time while on the headphones at home. The duo will have a hard time topping this one, however with this quality of album work they are sure to have a good career ahead of them if they can keep it up.

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WOW where have these guys been?!?
Awesome CD
The Vikings are Attacking!
Fortunate discovery
With Oden On Our Side

With Oden on Our Side
Amon Amarth
Manufacturer: Metal Blade
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ASIN: B000HWXS2S
Release Date: 2006-10-03

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Valhall Awaits Me
Runes To My Memory
Asator
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Gods Of War Arise
With Oden On Our Side
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Customer Reviews:

WOW where have these guys been?!?.......2007-08-07

This is what I live for.. an undiscovered metal band that totally, completely kicks A$$!!! Even better, they have a ton of albums for me to catch up with. They are unbelievable.. I stumbled on them when I bought a Metal Blade CD, "Metal Massacre 13," and they had "The Pursuit of Vikings" on it. All I could say is WOW. That one song blows away ALL of St. Anger by that one has-been band that used to be metallica. Who needs them when I have this?!? Needless to say, I'm headed to a music shop and buying ALL their cd's, as soon as I can. If you agree, spread the word, tell people. I would have bought all their stuff years ago if I had known it was there.

Awesome CD.......2007-06-22

original technical brutal noise
this cd just plain rocks
buy it right now

The Vikings are Attacking!.......2007-06-15

I've only seen these guys on Headbanger's Ball. I like their guitars and get a chuckle when they do their synchronized Jason Newsted (from his Metallica black album days) hair spinning in unison. The 2 songs I've heard off this album were good, his vocals sounded somewhat weak, I hope it was just because it was MTV. I do have a surround system, so I hope they sound better on the album.

Fortunate discovery.......2007-05-13

Not too long ago I was channel surfing on a Saturday night and had just gotten to "Headbangers Ball" when Amon Amarth came on. I'd never heard of this band before, (and I have to wonder why not??!!!) but they had my attention right then and there! A Metal Band with more than just a roaring lead singer and insane drums?! What the.....??? Wow!! I mean really.... I like Metal anyway, but even if you are not a Metal fan, there is a lot to be appreciated by what these guys bring to the table. It's just very unique! Viking Metal? Unusual, yes, but it makes for lyrics that are not the same old same old you hear a lot from other Metal Bands. Apart from that, the music itself and the true "headbanging speed" of these songs will get you hooked! And since I watched the video....the guys have some awsome "windmilling" skills!! My neck hurt just watching them! :) I bought (and of course listened to) the entire album, and there is not one piece on it that I did not like!

With Oden On Our Side.......2007-04-11

This is definately Amon Amarth's best album to date, and that is saying a lot. I've been a fan of these guys' Viking influenced Death metal for a long time. What really sets Amon Amarth apart from typical Death metal is the fact that they have a lot of melody to their work. There's a lot of high tremolo picking and whatnot. Don't get me wrong, there's still plenty of double bass to go around, there's just an overall epic feel to their sound. So what makes this album so special? It just seems as if they pushed their song writing up a few notches. You can pretty much understand their singer and everything he's saying. The solos have gotten alot better. These guys really set it off with this record! This is definately up there for one of the bests of 2006.

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Unbelievable!
I am from Barcelona!

Let Me Introduce My Friends
I'm from Barcelona
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Release Date: 2007-03-20

Tracks:

Oversleeping
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"We started this journey in the summer of 2005. None of us knew we would become a band," says the liner note in I'm from Barcelona's debut album, Let Me Introduce My Friends. For all their newness, Barcelona loves simplicity, singing about stamp collections, oversleeping, and treehouses--with lean guitars and drums bolstered by glockenspiel, ukulele, and well over 20 voices. Irresistibly sunny and numerically massive, Barcelona intricately weaves single-syllable choruses behind Emanuel Lundgren's chesty lead vocal, dizzying the ears. So many voices come to the fore that songs like "Treehouse" are unabashed tapestries of pop delight, exuberant and magnetic and chiming. The Swedish ensemble doesn't play the French horns and harps that mark Polyphonic Spree, but they do indulge every rock opera (as in Hair) inclination that can fit under their purview. Everyday's mid-summer here. --Andrew Bartlett

Album Description

U.S. EXCLUSIVE BONUS TRACKS! LET ME INTRODUCE MY FRIENDS is a collection of bubblegum classics filled with extravagant call-and-response backing vocals, shimmering pop spirit and youthful optimism.

Customer Reviews:

Unbelievable!.......2007-08-05

My husband and I have been listening to I'm from Barcelona for awhile now. We love them... they have a sound unlike any other. The closest comparision I might make would be either Belle and Sebastian or The Boy Least Likely To - but that wouldn't be quite right. I'm from Barcelona is in a category of its own.

Recently, we saw them perform live. I didn't think I could like their music any more than I already did. I was wrong. Seeing I'm from Barcelona was the most exhilarating experience. This is band that you can expect amazing things from. And a band well worth the support.

I am from Barcelona!.......2007-03-20

Fawlty Towers fans are going to recognize the name of I'm From Barcelona -- that's what the waiter Manuel always says to explain odd stuff: "I am from Barcelona!"

But their debut album "Let Me Introduce My Friends" is nothing like Spanish music. Instead, this lovable, enormous Swedish band sounds sort of like a cross between Architecture in Helsinki and the Polyphonic Spree -- sunny, twinkly, shimmery pop music.

It opens with Emanuel Lundgren drawling, "Daaaaaaamn!/Oversleeping again/Daaaaaaaaamn!/I can't believe I did it once again." He then describes what he'll have to do to "make it on time." It's a mundane topic for a pop song, but it's framed with a sparkling pop tune full of catchy guitar, twinkly xylophone and the occasional bell chime.

The songs that follow are in the same mold -- the lyrics are about confusion, chicken pox, broken hearts, stamp collecting, and finding a spot for the perfect treehouse. And the songs wrapped in them are just as charming: folky pop, driving guitars, twee little sugarpuffs, shimmery bell-augmented pop, and the sprawling orchestral sound of "Olakola."

"Let Me Introduce My Friends" is basically pop for people who like bands with a slightly sugary sound, but a pleasant melody as well. "Let Me Introduce My Friends" is basically all sunshine, spring grass and childlike fun -- very charming.

You can't really single out any band members, since there are almost thirty of them, but the instrumentation is nicely polished and solidly played. The songs are wrapped in unstoppable swirling riffs, banjo, solid percussion, sweeps of wobbly and/or sputtering synth, rattling bells and what sounds like a xylophone.

Lundgren has a nice smooth voice, although at times he sounds a bit like he's singing a nursery rhyme. The lyrics are a bit short and simplistic, but they do admittedly sum up the childlike enthusiasm of the music ("You know I can't believe I'm telling everyone that I know/That every stamp in my collection is a place we could go!").

"Let Me Introduce My Friends" has rather simple songwriting, but deliciously twee pop and some solid, catchy tunes. Nice, unpretentious fun.

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Same Tempo as their previous cds.
Pop Perfection
First CD I ever bought., even before I owned a CD player!
top sign
The Sign...

The Sign
Ace of Base
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ASIN: B000002VNS
Release Date: 1993-11-23

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Customer Reviews:

Same Tempo as their previous cds........2007-07-16

I really like
Ace of Base but after awhile their music starts to sound the same kinda like ABBA.

Pop Perfection.......2007-05-11

When their first U.S. single, "All that She Wants" was released and all over the airwaves, I didn't think much about Ace of Base at all, I just wan't into that reggae-pop sound. My best friend purchased their cd (we were both still in high school at the time) he gave me a copy that he had recorded onto cassette(remember those?) After hearing tracks such as "Young and Proud", Voulez Vous Dancer" and "My Mind" I fell instantly in love with the album. I am a lover of dance/club music and more than half of the tunes on this album are upbeat europop tracks - usually around the 120 bpm range. A few weeks later I was in the record shop and found the import version of The Sign cd but in Europe it is labled as "Happy Nation - U.S. Version". I picked it up, and noticing that it had extra tracks that were left off the the U.S. version (typical) I snatched it up and haven't regretted it yet. It included an extra track called "Fashion Party" that is very similar to "My Mind" and one entitled "Hear Me Calling" which is another upbeat-dance oriented track. The import version also includes the Moody Gold Club edit version of "Happy Nation," another great track - one of the few reggae -tinged tracks that I like from the cd aside from Wheel of Fortune. I listed to the cd so much that it finally just gave out, not bad for being 12 years old and being played constantly. Luckily iTunes has the import version available (Happy Nation) for download rather than the less expansive U.S. Version(The Sign). There is also a German version entitled "Happy Nation" that has another two tracks available that aren't on either one of the two previously mentioned (The German version has ablack cover with a large disco ball on it). All of this info is for Die Hard Ace of Base fans such as myself. This cd takes me back to those summer afternoons when I was in high school, either layin on the bed chillin to this disc, or cruisin around in the car with the sunroof open, windows down and music up! This cd is definately in my top ten all time fav cds, right up there with Madonna's Confessions on a Dance Floor and Confessions Tour cds.

First CD I ever bought., even before I owned a CD player!.......2007-03-03

Okay, maybe in 2007 it's cheesy to gush over the first CD you ever bought. Well, I'm going to do it anyway. I had a pretty good collection, on cassette, of new wave / synth-pop music, like The Cure, Depeche Mode, Erasure, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Yaz, etc. But then, The Sign came out, and I thought buying it on cassette wouldn't do this awesome album justice. So, not even owning a CD player, I bought it on CD.

Yes, like other reviewers stated, The Sign is an album that brings back good memories. I remember going to parties where someone would invariably give it a spin, and discussing with friends which tracks I liked the best. I enjoyed even the songs that they never played on the radio, like Young and Proud, and Waiting For Magic. It is interesting how people with different tastes in music (rap, new wave, Top 40) all had this one album in common.

Alas, this is a souvenir of a time long passed, the early 90's. Unfortunately, Ace of Base did not become the next ABBA, as some in the music industry speculated. Their second album, The Bridge, flopped, and soon CDs of their first and second albums started turning up in bargain bins. An attempt to regain popularity with a cover of Bananarama's Cruel Summer proved unsuccessful. It didn't help that the original song was still on many radio stations' playlists.

For a brief instant, though, Ace of Base reigned supreme.

top sign.......2007-02-21

this is a great cd. i just listen to it over and over. i had it on cassette when it came out first and just had to get it on cd. it brings back fantastic memories from college and a great mate.

The Sign..........2007-02-03

Yes, I saw "The Sign" and finally bought it after all these years. The Ace of Base prove themselves as a good (modern) Pop Group. Danceable tunes and decent ballads.

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