Album IntroductionLook Sharp! is the second studio album by Roxette — Marie Fredriksson (vocals) and Per Gessle (guitar and vocals) — from Halmstad, Sweden, released in 1988 on EMI Records and produced by Clarence Öfwerman. The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart. Its international breakthrough is one of the great word-of-mouth stories in pop history: American student Dean Cushman brought a copy back from Sweden and persuaded a Minnesota radio station to play The Look, triggering a chain of events that led to the album's US release and global success. The Look reached US No. 1 and UK No. 7, Listen to Your Heart reached US No. 1 and UK No. 6, Dangerous reached US No. 2 and UK No. 10, and Dressed for Success reached UK No. 18. The 12-track album demonstrates the full range of Gessle's songwriting — from the driving guitar-pop of The Look and Dangerous to the slow, emotionally expansive ballad Listen to Your Heart at over five minutes and the atmospheric Cry at five minutes.Stand-Out Tracks The Look — One of the most immediately recognisable and commercially dominant pop-rock singles of 1989; its combination of a driving guitar riff, Fredriksson's completely assured vocal and a hook of complete commercial precision gives it a sustained energy and emotional directness that has made it one of the most enduring recordings of the decade. US No. 1. UK No. 7. Listen to Your Heart — A slow, emotionally expansive power ballad at over five minutes; Fredriksson's vocal — powerful, completely uninhibited and delivered with total emotional conviction — gives the song a grandeur and romantic directness that made it one of the most immediately resonant pop ballads of the decade. US No. 1. UK No. 6. Dangerous — A driving, melodically irresistible pop-rock track that gives the album one of its most energetic and immediately compelling moments; its combination of Gessle's guitar and Fredriksson's completely assured vocal gives it a sustained commercial appeal. US No. 2. UK No. 10. Dressed for Success — A warm, mid-tempo pop-rock track that gives the album one of its most melodically generous and immediately accessible moments; Fredriksson's vocal is completely assured and the production gives the song a contemporary sheen of complete commercial precision. UK No. 18. Cry — One of the album's most atmospherically distinctive and emotionally expansive tracks at over five minutes; a slow, building pop-rock ballad that demonstrates Fredriksson's ability to sustain dramatic tension across an extended musical sequence with complete vocal conviction. Record Details Artist: Roxette Title: Look Sharp! Year: 1988 Label: EMI Records Catalogue No.: EMC 3580 Format: Vinyl LP Pressing: UK original pressing Genre: Pop Rock / Melodic Rock Decade: 1980s Barcode: 0077779109814 ConditionCondition: VG+/VG+ — see our Condition Grading Guide.Browse our 1980s Vinyl collection, our full Vinyl Records range, or our Compact Discs.
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