“Pearls of Passion” is the debut studio album by Swedish
pop duo Roxette, originally released on cassette and vinyl on 31 October 1986
in Scandinavia and Canada. The album was remastered and released on CD on 31
October 1997, with several previously unreleased bonus tracks. It was
remastered and re-released again in 2009.
“Pearls of Passion” este albumul de studio de debut al
duo-ului pop Roxette, lansat original pe caseta si vinil la 311 octombrie 1986
in Scandinavia si Canada. Albumul a fost reimbunatatit si relansat pe CD la 31
octombrie 1997, cu cateva piese bonus nelansate initial. A fost iarasi
reimbunatatit si relansat in 2009.
List of tracks
1."Soul Deep" 3:41
2."Secrets That She Keeps" 3:48
3."Goodbye to You" 4:03
4."I Call Your Name" 3:39
5."Surrender" 4:23
6."Voices" (Music by Marie Fredriksson and Per
Andersson) 4:46
7."Neverending Love" 3:30
8."Call of the Wild" 4:32
9."Joy of a Toy" (Music by Gessle and Mats
"M.P." Persson) 3:09
10."From One Heart to Another" 4:11
11."Like Lovers Do" 3:25
12."So Far Away" (Lyrics by Gessle and Hasse
Huss) 5:17
Personnel
Roxette are Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson
Recorded at EMI Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
Remastered by Alar Suurna at Polar Studio, Stockholm
(1997 version)
All songs published by Jimmy Fun Music, except:
"Soul Deep" by Happy Accident Music; "From One Heart to
Another" by Sweden Music AB; "Voices" and "Turn to Me"
by Shock the Music/Jimmy Fun Music
Musicians
Marie Fredriksson – vocals, backing vocals and keyboards
Per Gessle – vocals and backing vocals
Per "Pelle" Alsing – drums
Tommy Cassemar – bass guitar
Jonas Isacsson – guitars
Clarence Öfwerman – keyboards, musical arrangements and
production
Additional musicians
Matts Alsberg – acoustic bass guitar (track 6)
Per Andersson – drums and musical arrangements (tracks 2
and 6)
Staffan Astner – guitars (track 2)
Marianne Flynner – backing vocals (track 1)
Uno Forsberg – trumpet (track 1)
Mats "M.P." Persson – guitars (track 7);
percussion (tracks 1–2, 4, 8–12)
Mikael Renlinden – trumpet (track 1)
Anne-Lie Rydé – backing vocals (track 1)
Tomas Sjörgen – trumpet (track 1)
Alar Suurna – percussion (track 6); engineering
Tim Werner – drums (track 7)