Roxette - Don't Bore Us - Get To The Chorus! (Japan) - 1995

Don't Bore Us - Get to the Chorus! Roxette's Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Swedish pop duo Roxette, released on 30 October 1995. The album wasn't released in the United States until 26 September 2000, with a different track listing.

Album information

The tracks "June Afternoon", "You Don't Understand Me", "She Doesn't Live Here Anymore" and "I Don't Want To Get Hurt" were newly recorded for this album. "Almost Unreal" was not previously released on a Roxette album. It was used in the 1993 movie Super Mario Bros.. "You Don't Understand Me", "June Afternoon" and "She Doesn't Live Here Anymore" were released as singles. "The Look" was released as a maxi-single in the UK. This version of "It Must Have Been Love" had also never been previously released on any Roxette album up to this point.

The lead single from the album was "You Don't Understand Me". American hit-maker Desmond Child and Gessle co-wrote that song, originally intended for submission to other artists. Impressed with the moody ballad, Per decided to keep it and asked Marie Fredriksson to record the vocals. Roxette then realised that this 'project' song would make an ideal Roxette track. It was the first time that an "outsider", as described by Per Gessle, would co-write a Roxette song.

The album was released in late 1995 in Australia with minimal promotion and, therefore, made little impact on the ARIA Album Charts, subsequently failing to crack the Australian Top 40. This was a first for the duo, as each album released 'down under' enjoyed great success on the Album Charts. It was not until mid-1996, some 6 months later, that EMI Australia began to promote the album with a collection of slick TV commercials that the record-buying-masses heard about the album. Don't Bore Us then debuted in the Australian Top 20 in June 1996 and eventually peaked at #10 on the ARIA Album Charts. The greatest hits package was certified platinum and made the Top 40 for "End of Year" Best-selling albums.

Даже несмотря на то, что существуют несколько бутлегов сборников «лучших песен», многие могут подумать, что это все выходило официально, но этот альбом на самом деле первый коммерческий сборник Roxette, который выпустили EMI.

Название альбома впервые было использовано на торце коробки диска альбома Joyride в качестве короткого подзаголовка и во время мирового тура «Join the Joyride» эта фраза была напечатана на оборотной стороне медиаторов Пера Гессле.

На альбоме есть 4 новые песни, из которых You don’t understand me, June afternoon и She doesn’t live here anymore были выпущены как синглы. Песня The look была смиксована и позднее вышла как сингл The look '95 в Великобритании, но эта версия песни не была включена на альбом.
Обложка иной версии альбома, вышедшей в США в 2001 году

Песни June afternoon и She doesn’t live here anymore были записаны с музыкантами шведской группы Пера Gyllene Tider (Йоран Фрицон был единственным из группы, кто отсутствовал).

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