{"product_id":"charm-school-1","title":"Charm School","description":"Personnel: Per Gessle (vocals, guitar); Marie Fredriksson (vocals); Christoffer Lundquist (guitar, lap steel guitar, keyboards, programming, background vocals); Emil Carlsson, Lotta Weber Sjöholm, Tomas Ebrelius, Johanna Skoglund (strings); Clarence Öfwerman (keyboards, programming); Magnus Borjesson (bass guitar, background vocals); Pelle Alsing (drums, percussion); Jens Jansson (drums); Malin Ekstrand (background vocals).\u003cbr\u003eAudio Mixers: Christoffer Lundquist; Ronny Lahti.\u003cbr\u003eRecording information: Aerosol Grey Machine, Vallarum, Sweden (02\/2010-10\/2010); Atlantis studio, Stockholm, Sweden (02\/2010-10\/2010); Halmstad, Sweden (02\/2010-10\/2010); Room 166, Innside Hotel, Munich, Germany (02\/2010-10\/2010); St. Petersburg, Russia (02\/2010-10\/2010); Stavanger, Norway (02\/2010-10\/2010); Tits \u0026amp; Ass Studio, Halmstad, Sweden (02\/2010-10\/2010); Aerosol Grey Machine, Vallarum, Sweden (08\/2010-09\/2010); Atlantis studio, Stockholm, Sweden (08\/2010-09\/2010); Halmstad, Sweden (08\/2010-09\/2010); Room 166, Innside Hotel, Munich, Germany (08\/2010-09\/2010); St. Petersburg, Russia (08\/2010-09\/2010); Stavanger, Norway (08\/2010-09\/2010); Tits \u0026amp; Ass Studio, Halmstad, Sweden (08\/2010-09\/2010); Aerosol Grey Machine, Vallarum, Sweden (12\/2009); Atlantis studio, Stockholm, Sweden (12\/2009); Halmstad, Sweden (12\/2009); Room 166, Innside Hotel, Munich, Germany (12\/2009); St. Petersburg, Russia (12\/2009); Stavanger, Norway (12\/2009); Tits \u0026amp; Ass Studio, Halmstad, Sweden (12\/2009).\u003cbr\u003ePhotographers: Mikael Bolyos; Ulf Magnusson; Important Pete; Gabriel Gessle; Ekaterina Belinkata.\u003cbr\u003eReturning to action after a decade-long hiatus, Roxette don't skip a beat on 2011's Charm School. Roxette were never in the thick of things, never setting the pace, but they did reflect their times during their 1988-1991 peak. They still reflect those times 20 years later, still favoring the brightly colored productions of the late `80s, still relying on cavernous drums and squealing fuzz guitars skipping over tightly wound guitar riffs, piling on synth after synth, every element accentuating their enormous hooks. Roxette may be a band out of time on Charm School but, well, that's their charm: they're still unapologetically big pop, they still celebrate melody over everything else. Sometimes things crawl just a tad on Charm School -- it's not the power ballads that sag but the chugging midtempo tunes -- but it serves up enough surging soft rock and fizzy pop like \"Big Black Cadillac\" and \"She's Got Nothing On (But the Radio)\" to make this a successful comeback. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52723565691167,"sku":"5099907200120","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/0a6f7b44327fc6b07ca250df44d2bd28.jpg?v=1785415484","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/charm-school-1","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}