Don’t Bore Us, Get to the Chorus

This album is one of those gems that appear when a band decides not to overcomplicate things and instead focuses on what they do best: straightforward melodies, catchy lyrics, and a sound that makes you hum from the first chord. Don’t Bore Us, Get to the Chorus! was released in 1995 as a compilation aimed at fans of Roxette in Europe and the U.S., but with a twist: it wasn’t just a greatest hits summary, but an attempt to distill their essence into fourteen fresh tracks and four alternate versions. They recorded it in Sweden, using the same formula that had propelled them to stardom: bright guitars, floating keyboards, and Marie Fredriksson’s voice, which could sound both sweet and powerful at once. The title says it all: if you’re going to play a song, make it memorable—don’t waste anyone’s time.

Year: 1995
Songs: 18
Duration: 75 min 17 seg

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18 song|s

Song list

# Title Available ⏱

June Afternoon

4:14 02

You Don’t Understand Me

4:28 03

The Look

3:57 04

Dressed for Success (US single mix)

4:13 05

Listen to Your Heart (Swedish single edit)

5:15 06

Dangerous (single version)

3:49 07

It Must Have Been Love (from the Pretty Woman soundtrack)

4:19 08

Joyride (single edit)

4:00 09

Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)

The Big L.

Spending My Time

How Do You Do!

Almost Unreal (from the Super Mario Bros. soundtrack)

4:00 14

Sleeping in My Car (single edit)

3:33 15

Crash! Boom! Bang! (single edit)

4:26 16

Vulnerable (single edit)

4:29 17

She Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

4:05 18

I Don’t Want to Get Hurt

4:17

Genres

Pop Rock dance-pop europop Pop rock

Details

Year: 1995
Songs: 18
Duration: 75 min 17 seg

About the album

Don’t Bore Us, Get to the Chorus, according to DoReSol

The album kicks off with June Afternoon, a track that evokes a Nordic summer and guitars intertwining like branches in the wind. But where it truly shines is in the tracks that were already confirmed hits before reaching the album: The Look and Listen to Your Heart appear here in radio-edited versions, just like Dangerous and Joyride, which had already topped the Billboard charts. What’s curious is that, despite being a compilation, it includes Almost Unreal, a song written for the Super Mario Bros. soundtrack that, in turn, exposed them to a completely new audience. There’s also It Must Have Been Love, the ballad that had already featured in Pretty Woman and reappears here in its radio version, shorter and with an arrangement that makes it sound even more intimate.

Recorded between studio sessions and tours, this album reflects the routine of a band that no longer had anything to prove but still sought that balance between commercial appeal and authenticity. The alternate versions of their hits—like Sleeping in My Car or Crash! Boom! Bang!—show how they tweaked the songs to fit radio without losing their core. And while it wasn’t their best-selling album—that record belongs to Joyride—it left behind a handful of tracks that still sound at home in any 90s playlist. The 2019 reissue, with bonus tracks, didn’t change much about its essence: it remains that album that sounds like an open road, summer nights, and the confidence of a band that knew exactly what they wanted to deliver.

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