Charm School (Roxette album)
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| Studio album by Roxette | ||||
| Released | 11 February 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2009–2010, Aerosol Grey Machine Studio, Vallarum (Sweden) | |||
| Genre | Jangle pop, power pop | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Producer |
Clarence Öfwerman Christoffer Lundquist Per Gessle Marie Fredriksson |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    |
| The AU Review | (6/10) |
| BBC Music | (positive) |
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| Expressen | |
| Göteborgs-Posten | |
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| Svenska Dagbladet | |
Charm School is the eighth studio album by Swedish pop duo Roxette, released on 11 February 2011. It is Roxette's first studio album in 10 years since 2001's Room Service and was the duo's biggest chart success since 1992's Tourism in countries like Germany and Switzerland, where it reached number one.
According to their official website, the album was released on CD and LP. A deluxe edition, including a bonus CD with 12 live tracks was also available. These songs were recorded in Saint Petersburg, Halmstad and Stavanger during their 2010 Tour. Charm School had been certificated Gold in Sweden, Austria, Germany, Russia and Czech Republic within 4 months of its release, and was eventually certified Platinum in Germany for shipments of over 200,000 units.
A digital-only American release for the album was released on 26 July 2011. On 28 November 2011, the album was re-released under the title Charm School Revisited with a bonus disc containing demo versions of every track from the album, plus two remixes of "She's Got Nothing On (But the Radio)" and one of "Speak to Me".
On 23 October 2009, the Swedish newspaper Expressen reported that Roxette were recording new songs. Per stated that he had been working on new material for an upcoming album since May 2009.
Charm School was chosen as BBC Radio 2's album of the week for the week commencing 21 March 2011. It received a positive review from BBC music critic Chris Roberts, who commented, "Charm School is loaded with punchy, hook-riddled anthems that can only be described as absolute belters. From the opening surge of "Way Out", a sonic sibling to Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" only even bigger, louder and dumber, this album consummately achieves its goals and then some." Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic wrote, "Roxette may be a band out of time on Charm School but, well, that’s their charm: they’re still unapologetically big pop, they still celebrate melody over everything else."
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