When I was a kid Roxette were the most popular band in the world (at least for me). In the early 90's, when they were riding high on a commercial success of their thrid studio LP "Joyride", I started discovering Roxette's past albums and "Look Sharp!" was the one that caught my attention right after the first listen. HP0-S19 I had bought it cheaply on the cassette and soon it became one of the most-played albums in my collection (along with Paula Abdul's "Spellbound" and Madonna's "True Blue"). 000-083 After twenty-plus years I'm still convinced, that "Look Sharp!" ranks among the finest straight Pop albums of the 80's. Song after song what we experience are great hooks, memorable melodies, 000-102 easy to sing along lyrics and poppy arrangements. Of course for music purists Roxette and their output might be considered of low quality, because they don't sing about social problems, 000-206 nor they perform sophisticated, elitist, alternative like music. But judgeing Pop music by these standards is not what it should look like. Pop music is about melody and catchiness and these two ingredients are perfectly incorporated into Roxette's music. Sugary? Commercial? Sure it is, but who can resist irresistible melodies of "Listen To Your Heart", "The Look" or harmonica solo on "Dangerous"? I can't, that's why I still listen to "Look Sharp!".
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When I was a kid Roxette were the most popular band in the world (at least for me). In the early 90's, when they were riding high on a commercial success of their thrid studio LP "Joyride", I started discovering Roxette's past albums and "Look Sharp!" was the one that caught my attention right after the first listen. HP0-S19 I had bought it cheaply on the cassette and soon it became one of the most-played albums in my collection (along with Paula Abdul's "Spellbound" and Madonna's "True Blue"). 000-083 After twenty-plus years I'm still convinced, that "Look Sharp!" ranks among the finest straight Pop albums of the 80's. Song after song what we experience are great hooks, memorable melodies, 000-102 easy to sing along lyrics and poppy arrangements. Of course for music purists Roxette and their output might be considered of low quality, because they don't sing about social problems, 000-206 nor they perform sophisticated, elitist, alternative like music. But judgeing Pop music by these standards is not what it should look like. Pop music is about melody and catchiness and these two ingredients are perfectly incorporated into Roxette's music. Sugary? Commercial? Sure it is, but who can resist irresistible melodies of "Listen To Your Heart", "The Look" or harmonica solo on "Dangerous"? I can't, that's why I still listen to "Look Sharp!".