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Joyride XL

  • Barry Mieny with Thomas Evensson
  • Roxette XL

So far, Joyride has had the most comprehensive tracklist and packaging of the deluxe editions released. Despite the era-inappropriate photos and non-matching fonts used in that packaging, I can at least try to assemble an even more comprehensive tracklist.

Joyride: XL Edition

While most people won’t see the difference, I’ve chosen the LP artwork as the starting point since it has a larger margin than the CD version. This artwork is nearly perfect, so my big issue was finding the best position and treatment for adding the “XL edition” wording.

Album

I’ve used the international CD for the album since it has the most complete tracklisting. I know Per considers the LP the definitive version of the album, but that makes it hard to explain Church of Your Heart as the final single from the album.

  1. Joyride (4:23)
  2. Hotblooded (3:18)
  3. Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave) (3:51)
  4. Knockin’ on Every Door (3:56)
  5. Spending My Time (4:36)
  6. I Remember You (3:52)
  7. Watercolours in the Rain (3:38)
  8. The Big L. (4:26)
  9. Soul Deep (3:33)
  10. (Do You Get) Excited? (4:16)
  11. Church of Your Heart (3:16)
  12. Small Talk (3:53)
  13. Physical Fascination (3:27)
  14. Things Will Never Be the Same (4:26)
  15. Perfect Day (4:05)

Demos

The demos are already very well represented by the Joyride thirtieth-anniversary edition, so the main change here is to get the tracks in chronological order. Interestingly, most songs were written specifically for the album1 except for the lone holdover from Look Sharp!: “Physical Fascination”. Per also tried to upcycle “Run Run Run” and “Another Place, Another Time” from Gyllene Tider’s The Heartland Café album.

  1. Sheik (demo, 6 March 1984) — Per Gessle
  2. Fascination (demo, 3 April 1984) — Per Gessle
  3. Physical Fascination (demo, 17 April 1988: Tits & Ass) — Per Gessle (3:37)
  4. Rocket From Her Heart (demo, 16 June 1989: Tits & Ass) — Per Gessle (3:40)
  5. Things Will Never Be the Same (demo, 17 June 1989: Tits & Ass) — Per Gessle (2:41)
  6. See (demo, 18 June 1989: Tits & Ass) — Per Gessle
  7. Knockin’ on Every Door (demo, 15 August 1989: Tits & Ass) — Per Gessle (3:47)
  8. (Do You Get) Excited? (demo, 19 August 1989: Tits & Ass) — Per Gessle (4:13)
  9. Things Will Never Be the Same (demo, 17 September 1989: Tits & Ass) — Per Gessle (5:02)
  10. Queen of Rain (demo, 2 January 1990: Tits & Ass) — Per Gessle (4:28)
  11. Physical Fascination (demo, 3 January 1990: Tits & Ass) — Per Gessle (4:12)
  12. Love Spins (demo, 3 January 1990: Tits & Ass) — Per Gessle (3:29)
  13. Church of Your Heart (demo, 8 January 1990: Tits & Ass) — Per Gessle (3:13)
  14. Run Run Run (demo, 10 January 1990: Tits & Ass) — Per Gessle (4:01)
  15. Another Place, Another Time (demo, 11 January 1990: Tits & Ass) — Per Gessle (3:41)
  16. Every Beat of the Heart (demo, 21 January 1990: Tits & Ass) — Per Gessle
  17. Hotblooded (demo, 23 January 1990: Tits & Ass) (3:15)
  18. Watercolours in the Rain (demo, 24 January 1990: Tits & Ass) (4:02)
  19. I Remember You (demo, 15 March 1990: Tits & Ass) — Per Gessle (3:48)
  20. The Sweet Hello, the Sad Goodbye (demo, 16 March 1990: Tits & Ass) — Per Gessle (4:37)
  21. The Big L. (demo, 29 March 1990: Tits & Ass) — Per Gessle (4:10)
  22. I Remember You (demo, 1 April 1990: Tits & Ass) (3:33)
  23. The Big L. (demo, 1 April 1990: Tits & Ass) (3:52)
  24. Come Back (Before You Leave) (demo, 8 April 1990: Tits & Ass) — Per Gessle (4:01)
  25. Joyrider (demo, 22 May 1990: Tits & Ass) — Per Gessle (3:40)
  26. Joyride (demo, 23 May 1990: Tits & Ass) — Per Gessle (4:17)
  27. Spending My Time (demo, 24 May 1990: Tits & Ass) — Per Gessle (5:17)
  28. Spending My Time (demo, 24 May 1990: Tits & Ass) — Per Gessle (4:14)
  29. Keep Me Waiting (demo, 18 August 1990: Tits & Ass) — Per Gessle (3:14)
  30. Seduce Me (demo, 22 August 1990: Tits & Ass) (3:55)
  31. Perfect Day (demo, 23 August 1990: Tits & Ass) (3:45)
  32. Small Talk (demo, 30 August 1990: Tits & Ass) — Per Gessle (3:33)
  33. Fading Like a Flower (demo, 31 August 1990: Tits & Ass) — Per Gessle (3:26)
  34. Sweet Thing (demo, 28 October 1990: Tits & Ass) — Per Gessle (2:57)
  35. Hotblooded (demo, 13 December 1990: Tits & Ass) (3:24)
  36. Things Will Never Be the Same (demo, 13 December 1990: Tits & Ass) (3:11)
  37. Vulnerable (demo, 28 December 1990: Tits & Ass) — Per Gessle (4:44)

Outtakes, B-sides and non-album tracks

Considering how many bonus tracks the singles contained, ending up with only a few tracks here seems odd, but the many demos and remixes partly explain it. I’ve deliberately not included the live versions of “Hotblooded” and “Fading Like a Flower” featured in the thirtieth-anniversary box set as they were B-sides on Tourism singles.

  1. Come Back (Before You Leave)2 (4:34)
  2. Physical Fascination (guitar solo version) (4:04)
  3. The Sweet Hello, the Sad Goodbye (4:47)
  4. Queen of Rain3 (4:56)

Mixes and edits

While the thirtieth-anniversary edition included a few remixes, they mainly focused on the US adult contemporary mixes on DJ promos and ignored most of the remixes on the singles. I’ve included all of those remixes here, and I’ve also taken the controversial decision of including the BomKrash remixes of “Knockin’ on Every Door” even though they were included in a Tourism single4, contradicting my decision about not including some other tracks.

  1. Joyride (7-inch version / single edit) (3:58)
  2. Joyride (Magicfriendmix 12-inch version / extended mix) (6:08)
    Remixed by Brian Malouf
  3. Joyride (US remix / US adult contemporary mix) (4:04)
    Remixed by Brian Malouf
  4. Joyride (US adult contemporary mix - without whistling) (4:04)
    Remixed by Brian Malouf
  5. Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave) (Gatica remix) (3:56)
    Remixed by Humberto Gatica
  6. Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave) (US adult contemporary mix) (3:57)
    Remixed by Humberto Gatica
  7. Spending My Time (Electric dance remix) (5:27)
    Remixed by MC King Carli (Clarence Öfwerman) and Dr Renault (Anders Herrlin)
  8. Spending My Time (Electric dance remix / instrumental) (5:27)
    Remixed by MC King Carli (Clarence Öfwerman) and Dr Renault (Anders Herrlin)
  9. Spending My Time (US adult contemporary mix) (4:41)
    Remixed by Humberto Gatica
  10. The Big L. (radio edit) (3:50)
  11. The Big L. (The Bigger, the Better mix) (6:17)
    Remixed by Brian Malouf
  12. The Big L. (US mix) (4:35)
    Remixed by Brian Malouf
  13. Church of Your Heart (US adult contemporary mix) (3:09)
  14. Soul Deep (Tom Lord-Alge mix) (3:38)
    Remixed by Tom Lord-Alge
  15. Roxette Megamix (9:05)
    Remixed by Buzzie Bee for DMC
  16. Knockin’ on Every Door (BomKrash 7-inch remix) (3:51)
    Remixed by BomKrash
  17. Knockin’ on Every Door (BomKrash 12-inch remix) (6:05)
    Remixed by BomKrash

I don’t know if there are more demos, but after the thirtieth-anniversary edition, I would think not. The same goes for outtakes and remixes, but we can always be surprised with an unknown nugget Per has conveniently forgotten to include elsewhere.

  1. Some songs may have older demos that place them much earlier, but without sufficient evidence, it’s all speculation. ↩︎

  2. “Come Back (Before You Leave)” is included as it was the B-side to Joyride, even though it later appeared on Tourism. ↩︎

  3. “Queen of Rain” is deliberately included since it was an outtake from this album, even though it rightly belongs on Tourism. ↩︎

  4. I have a wild theory about this, which I will delve into in a separate post. ↩︎