Ballad & Pop Hits – The Complete Video Collection
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| Recorded | 1987–2003 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 254:08 | |||
| Language | English | |||
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| Director | Various | |||
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Ballad & Pop Hits – The Complete Video Collection is the fourth music video compilation by Swedish pop music duo Roxette, released on 17 November 2003 on DVD by Roxette Recordings and EMI. It features all of the music videos the duo recorded from 1987 to 2003 on one DVD, split into Ballad Hits and Pop Hits. It is a companion piece to the similarly-titled greatest hits compilation albums The Ballad Hits (2002) and The Pop Hits (2003).[1]
Track listing[edit]
All songs written by Per Gessle, except "Listen to Your Heart", "Spending My Time", "Queen of Rain", "(Do You Get) Excited?" and "She Doesn't Live Here Anymore" by Gessle and Mats Persson; "You Don't Understand Me" by Gessle and Desmond Child; "Un Día Sin Ti" by Gessle, Persson and Luis Gómez Escolar. All songs produced by Clarence Öfwerman, except "A Thing About You" and "Opportunity Nox" by Gessle and Öfwerman; "Wish I Could Fly", "Anyone", "Salvation", "Stars" and "The Centre of the Heart" by Marie Fredriksson, Gessle, Michael Ilbert and Öfwerman; "Milk and Toast and Honey" and "Real Sugar" by Fredriksson, Gessle and Öfwerman; "She Doesn't Live Here Anymore" by Gessle and Ilbert.
| No. | Title | Director | Length |
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| 1. | "A Thing About You" | Jonas Åkerlund | 3:43 |
| 2. | "It Must Have Been Love" | Doug Freel | 4:18 |
| 3. | "Listen to Your Heart" | Doug Freel | 5:04 |
| 4. | "Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)" | Doug Freel | 3:56 |
| 5. | "Spending My Time" | Wayne Isham | 4:45 |
| 6. | "Queen of Rain" | Matt Murray | 5:00 |
| 7. | "Almost Unreal" | Michael Geoghegan | 4:18 |
| 8. | "Crash! Boom! Bang!" | Michael Geoghegan | 4:53 |
| 9. | "Vulnerable" | Jonas Åkerlund | 4:28 |
| 10. | "You Don't Understand Me" | Greg Masuak | 4:30 |
| 11. | "Wish I Could Fly" | Jonas Åkerlund | 4:40 |
| 12. | "Anyone" | Jonas Åkerlund | 4:54 |
| 13. | "Salvation" | Anton Corbijn | 4:15 |
| 14. | "Milk and Toast and Honey" | Jesper Hiro | 4:12 |
| Total length: | 1:02:56 | ||
| No. | Title | Director | Length |
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| 15. | "Opportunity Nox" | Jonas Åkerlund & Kristoffer Diös | 3:07 |
| 16. | "The Look" | Peter Heath | 3:55 |
| 17. | "Dressed for Success" | Peter Heath | 4:09 |
| 18. | "Dangerous" | Doug Freel | 3:54 |
| 19. | "Joyride" | Doug Freel | 4:38 |
| 20. | "The Big L." | Anders Skog | 4:29 |
| 21. | "Church of Your Heart" | Wayne Isham | 3:25 |
| 22. | "How Do You Do!" | Anders Skog | 3:14 |
| 23. | "Sleeping in My Car" | Michael Geoghegan | 3:45 |
| 24. | "Run to You" | Michael Geoghegan | 3:40 |
| 25. | "June Afternoon" | Jonas Åkerlund | 4:15 |
| 26. | "Stars" | Anton Corbijn | 3:58 |
| 27. | "The Centre of the Heart" | Jonas Åkerlund | 3:27 |
| 28. | "Real Sugar" | Jesper Hiro | 3:54 |
| Total length: | 1:56:46 | ||
| No. | Title | Director | Length |
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| 28. | "Neverending Love" | Rikard Petrelius | 3:33 |
| 29. | "Soul Deep" | Rikard Petrelius | 3:52 |
| 30. | "I Call Your Name" | Jeroen Kamphoff | 3:20 |
| 31. | "Chances" | Jeroen Kamphoff | 4:05 |
| 32. | "(Do You Get) Excited?" | Wayne Isham | 4:18 |
| 33. | "Fingertips '93" | Jonas Åkerlund | 3:45 |
| 34. | "Fireworks" | Michael Geoghegan | 3:38 |
| 35. | "She Doesn't Live Here Anymore" | Jonas Åkerlund | 4:04 |
| 36. | "Un Día Sin Ti" | Jonas Åkerlund | 4:39 |
| Total length: | 2:32:00 | ||
| No. | Title | Director | Length |
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| 37. | "The Making of Joyride" | Mats Jonstam | 49:56 |
| 38. | "Really Roxette" | Peter O Ekberg | 52:12 |
| Total length: | 4:14:08 | ||
Certifications[edit]
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Argentina (CAPIF)[2] | 2× Platinum | 16,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References[edit]
- ^ Thorselius, Robert (May 2003). The Look for Roxette: The Illustrated Worldwide Discography & Price Guide (1st ed.). Sweden: Premium Förlag Publishing. ISBN 978-9197189484.
- ^ "CAPIF - Representando a la Industria Argentina de la Música". Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers. Archived from the original on 18 March 2005.