Travelling: Songs From Studios, Stages, Hotel Rooms & Other Strange Places

Personnel: Christoffer Lundquist (vocals, guitar, autoharp, flute, saxophone, keyboards, drums, percussion); Per Gessle (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Clarence Öfwerman (vocals, keyboards, percussion, dancer); Helena Josefsson (vocals, percussion); Magnus Borjeson, Marie Fredriksson (vocals); Martin Eriksson, Andreas Roslund, Lotta Weber Widerström, Tomas Ebrelius, Johanna Skoglund (strings); Sven Andersson, Petter Lindgard (tenor saxophone, trumpet); Pelle Alsing (drums, percussion).
Audio Mixer: Christoffer Lundquist.
Recording information: Aerosol Grey Machine, Vallarum, Sweden (2009); Atlantis, Stockholm, Sweden (2009); Cape Town, South Africa (2009); Capri Digital, Isola Di Capri, Italy (2009); Dubai (2009); EMI Studios, Stockholm, Sweden (2009); Polar Studios, Stockholm, Sweden (2009); Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (2009); Rotterdam, Holland (2009); Sun City, South Africa (2009); Tits & Ass Studio, Halmstad, Sweden (2009); Aerosol Grey Machine, Vallarum, Sweden (2011-2012); Atlantis, Stockholm, Sweden (2011-2012); Cape Town, South Africa (2011-2012); Capri Digital, Isola Di Capri, Italy (2011-2012); Dubai (2011-2012); EMI Studios, Stockholm, Sweden (2011-2012); Polar Studios, Stockholm, Sweden (2011-2012); Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (2011-2012); Rotterdam, Holland (2011-2012); Sun City, South Africa (2011-2012); Tits & Ass Studio, Halmstad, Sweden (2011-2012).
Photographers: Mikael Bolyos; Fredrik Etoall; Important Pete; Bob Lewandoski; Åsa Nordin-Gessle; Fredrik Olastuen; Colin Van Der Bel; Kai-Uwe Heinze; Justyna Bereza.
Roxette's 2011 comeback album, Charm School, was so successful -- it hit number one in both Germany and Switzerland and was awarded gold certification in several countries and platinum status in Germany -- that the band didn't wait too long before recording a new album. Released in March 2012, Travelling is the group's ninth album and a sequel of sorts to its 1992 album Tourism, sporting the same subtitle: Songs from Studios, Stages, Hotel Rooms and Other Strange Places. Mostly recorded and written during their 2011 tour, the album contains several new studio recordings, but also a number of live tracks and some songs from the band's past -- which have mostly been re-recorded ("See Me," originally released as a B-side to their 1994 album Crash! Boom! Bang!) or remixed (the 2002 song "The Weight of the World," included here in a Vocal Up Mix version). "It's Possible," the album's leadoff single, is included in two versions: one with rock guitars, synths, and vocal effects, and the other with acoustic guitar and drums. ~ Christian Genzel