Room Service (Roxette album)
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| Studio album by Roxette | ||||
| Released | 2 April 2001 | |||
| Recorded | January 2000 – January 2001 | |||
| Studio | Atlantis and Polar Studios, | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 43:20 | |||
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| MTV Asia | (7/10) |
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Room Service is the seventh studio album by Swedish pop duo Roxette, released worldwide from 2 April 2001. A planned release in the United States failed to materialise, as the duo's label there, Edel Records America, had been disbanded the previous month due to financial difficulties. Marie Fredriksson was not as involved in the album's production as she had been on previous records, taking part in the composition of just two songs. The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2009.
Three singles were released from the record: lead single "The Centre of the Heart" was a hit in Europe, and was Roxette's third number one single in their home country. "Real Sugar" underperformed, and remains their lowest-charting in both Germany and Switzerland. Conversely, "Milk and Toast and Honey" performed well, becoming the album's longest-charting hit in Sweden and Switzerland. The latter song was also the only single released from the album in the United Kingdom, where it reached number 89.
The album received mixed reviews upon release. AllMusic called it an "exciting, immediate, high-gloss pop gem that contains very little filler indeed", although other publications were highly critical of Per Gessle's lyrics, particularly the lyrics to album track "Jefferson". The album performed well commercially throughout mainland Europe, and was one of the best-selling albums of the year in several territories, but was largely ignored in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 120 there.
Room Service is a shorter effort than preceding album Have a Nice Day (1999). The duo decided against touring in support of that album, as Per Gessle opted instead to immediately focus on recording demos for its follow-up at his Tits & Ass Studio in Halmstad in April 1999. Gessle eventually demoed 29 songs for Room Service, excluding songs written by Marie Fredriksson or songs originally demoed for Have a Nice Day but left off that album, such as "The Centre of the Heart", which was first demoed in October 1997. It is the only track on Room Service to feature a production credit for Michael Ilbert, who co-produced Have a Nice Day.
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