Roxette - Look Sharp! (1988) [Complete CD]

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Look Sharp! is the second studio album by Swedish pop rock duo Roxette, released on 21 October 1988 by EMI, two years after their debut Pearls of Passion (1986). It was recorded at EMI Studios in Stockholm and at Trident II Studios in London between March and September 1988. The album was an immediate commercial success in Sweden, debuting at number one and eventually being certified 6× platinum there.

Although commercial success elsewhere was initially modest, the album was the duo's international breakthrough. It went on to be certified platinum or multi-platinum in numerous territories, while four of its singles attained commercial success. In the United States, the album was certified platinum and the singles "The Look" and "Listen to Your Heart" both topped the Billboard Hot 100, while "Dangerous" and "Dressed for Success" reached numbers 2 and 14, respectively, on the same chart.

Tracklist:
1. "The Look" 0:00
2. "Dressed for Success" 3:57
3. "Sleeping Single" 8:07
4. "Paint" 12:45
5. "Dance Away" 16:15
6. "Cry" 19:40
7. "Chances"
8. "Dangerous"
9. "Half a Woman, Half a Shadow"
10. "View from a Hill" 37:22
11. "(I Could Never) Give You Up" 41:02
12. "Shadow of a Doubt" 45:00
13. "Listen to Your Heart" 49:13

Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Look Sharp!.

Roxette are Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson
Recorded at EMI Studios, Stockholm, Sweden and Trident II Studios, London, England
Remastered by Alar Suurna at Polar Studio, Stockholm (2009 reissue)
All songs published by Jimmy Fun Music, except: "Dance Away", "Cry" and "Half a Woman, Half a Shadow" published by Shock the Music/Jimmy Fun Music

Musicians
Marie Fredriksson – lead and background vocals, piano, keyboards, mixing
Per Gessle – lead and background vocals, mixing
Per "Pelle" Alsing – drums and hi-hat
Erik Borelius – Spanish guitar
Graham Edwards – bass guitar (tracks 6, 7 and 10)
Erik Häusler – saxophone (track 3)
Anders Herrlin – background vocals, bass guitar, engineering, programming
Jonas Isacsson – electric and acoustic guitars
Henrik Janson – talkbox (track 8)
Jarl "Jalle" Lorensson – harmonica (track 8)
Adam McCulloch – saxophone (tracks 6 and 10)
Morris Michael – electric and acoustic guitars (tracks 6, 7 and 10)
Adam Moseley – engineering, production (tracks 6, 7 and 10)
Clarence Öfwerman – background vocals, keyboards, programming, production
Jan "Janne" Oldaeus – slide guitar
Alar Suurna – engineering, mixing
Andrew Wright – keyboards, programming (tracks 6, 7 and 10)

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