Charm School (Roxette album)

Charm School
Studio album by Roxette
Released	11 February 2011
Recorded	2009–2010, Aerosol Grey Machine Studio, Vallarum (Sweden)
Genre	Jangle Pop/Power Pop
Length	39:30
Label	EMI
Producer	Clarence Öfwerman Christoffer Lundquist Per Gessle Marie Fredriksson
Roxette chronology
The Rox Box/Roxette 86-06 (2006) Charm School (2011) Tourism II (2012)
Singles from Charm School
"She's Got Nothing On (But the Radio)" Released: 7 January 2011 "Speak to Me" Released: 18 April 2011 "Way Out" Released: 10 June 2011 "No One Makes It On Her Own"

Charm School is the eighth studio album by the Swedish pop duo Roxette released on 11 February 2011. It is Roxette's first studio album, since 2001's Room Service.^[1] It's the duo's biggest chart success since 1992's Tourism in countries like Germany and Switzerland, where it reached number one.

According to their official website, the album will be released on CD and LP. A deluxe edition, including a bonus CD with 12 live tracks will be also available. These songs were recorded in Saint Petersburg, Halmstad and Stavanger during their 2010 Tour.^[2] Charm School has been certificated with Gold award for sales in Sweden, Austria, Germany, Russia and Czech Republic within 4 months from its release.

A digital only American release for the album was released on July 26, 2011.

In November 28, the album was re-released under the title "Charm School Revisited" with a bonus disc with the demos of all musics from Charm School plus two remixes of She's Got Nothing On (But the Radio) and one of Speak To Me (the Bassflow Remix).

Background

On 23 October 2009, the Swedish newspaper Expressen reported that Roxette were recording new songs. Per stated that he had been working on new material for an upcoming album since May 2009.^[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The AU Review	[4]
BBC	(positive)[5]
allmusic	[6]

Charm School was chosen as BBC Radio 2's album of the week for the week commencing 21 March 2011. It received a positive review from BBC music critic Chris Roberts, he comments; "Charm School is loaded with punchy, hook-riddled anthems that can only be described as absolute belters. From the opening surge of "Way Out", a sonic sibling to Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" only even bigger, louder and dumber, this album consummately achieves its goals and then some."^[5]

While Erlewine from Allmusic wrote; "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."^[6]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Per Gessle. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Way Out"	2:45
2.	"No One Makes It on Her Own"	3:42
3.	"She's Got Nothing On (But the Radio)"	3:33
4.	"Speak to Me"	3:41
5.	"I'm Glad You Called"	2:48
6.	"Only When I Dream"	3:52
7.	"Dream On"	3:09
8.	"Big Black Cadillac"	3:05
9.	"In My Own Way"	3:30
10.	"After All"	3:15
11.	"Happy on the Outside"	3:37
12.	"Sitting on Top of the World"	3:55

iTunes only bonus track
No.	Title	Length
13.	"It Must Have Been Love" (Live in St. Petersburg 2010)	6:01

Deluxe Edition bonus disc
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dressed for Success" (Live in St. Petersburg 2010)	4:36
2.	"Sleeping in My Car" (Live in Stavanger 2010)	3:41
3.	"Wish I Could Fly" (Live in St. Petersburg 2010)	4:51
4.	"7Twenty7" (Live in Halmstad 2010)	3:57
5.	"Perfect Day" (Live in St. Petersburg 2010)	3:19
6.	"Things Will Never Be the Same" (Live in St. Petersburg 2010)	3:00
7.	"How Do You Do!/Dangerous" (Live in Stavanger 2010)	6:55
8.	"Silver Blue" (Live in St. Petersburg 2010)	5:10
9.	"Joyride" (Live in St. Petersburg 2010)	4:27
10.	"Listen to Your Heart" (Live in St. Petersburg 2010)	5:46
11.	"The Look" (Live in Halmstad 2010)	6:23
12.	"Church of Your Heart" (Live in St. Petersburg 2010)	4:46

Charm School Revisited CD 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Way Out" (Demo January 25, 2010)	2:22
2.	"No One Makes It on Her Own" (Demo July 26, 2010)	3:18
3.	"She's Got Nothing On (But the Radio)" (Demo August 7, 2009)	2:30
4.	"Speak to Me" (Demo July 13, 2010)	3:33
5.	"I'm Glad You Called" (Demo November 19, 2009 at The Westin Hotel, Rotterdam)	2:40
6.	"Only When I Dream" (Demo August 7, 2009)	3:33
7.	"Dream On" (Demo January 25, 2010)	2:53
8.	"Big Black Cadillac" (Demo July 2, 2010)	3:02
9.	"In My Own Way" (Demo August 7, 2009)	2:53
10.	"After All" (Demo July 27, 2010)	3:22
11.	"Happy on the Outside" (Demo August 17, 2005)	2:27
12.	"Sitting on Top of the World" (Demo July 13, 2010)	2:45
13.	"Speak To Me" (Bassflow Remake)	3:37
14.	"She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)" (Adam Rickfors Radio Edit)	3:28
15.	"She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)" (Adrian Lux Remix Original Version)	5:34

Vinyl Edition

According to a news entry on their official website roxette.se from 26 December 2010 the LP will contain a longer version of "No One Makes It On Her Own" (3:58) and a faster version of "Speak To Me".^[7]

Outtakes

• "Charm School" ^[8]

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position	Certification
Argentinian Albums Chart[9]	1
Australian Albums Chart[10]	49
Austrian Albums Chart[11]	2
Belgium (Flanders)[12]	27
Belgium (Wallonia)[13]	57
Czech Albums Chart[14]	1	Gold [15]
Danish Albums Chart[16]	11
Dutch Albums Chart[17]	21
Finnish Albums Chart[18]	22
German Albums Chart[19]	1	Gold [20]
German Downloads Chart[21]	1
Greek Albums Chart[22]	15
Hungarian Albums Chart[23]	16
Italian Albums Chart	45
Norwegian Albums Chart[24]	26
Polish Album Charts[25]	16
Russian Album Charts[26]	8
Spanish Albums Chart[27]	14
Swedish Albums Chart[17]	2	Gold[28]
Swiss Albums Chart[29]	1

References

1. ^ "Roxette turn on the charm". EMI. http://www.emimusic.com/blog/2010/roxette-turn-on-the-charm. 
2. ^ "Charm School deluxe". www.dailyroxette.com. http://www.dailyroxette.com/node/18843. 
3. ^ "Expressen about possible new album" (in Swedish). Expressen. http://www.kvp.se/noje/musik/1.1754031/roxette-spelar-in-nytt-material. 
4. ^ Nick Mason (2011-02-07). "The AU review". The AU Review. http://www.theaureview.com/albums/roxette-charm-school-2011-lp. Retrieved 2011-02-05. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "BBC Charm School review". BBC online. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/3fq4. Retrieved 2011-03-19. 
6. ^ ^{a b} Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "allmusic review". http://www.allmusic.com/album/charm-school-r2128979. Retrieved 2011-08-05. 
7. ^ Roxette – News
8. ^ Per tells TDR that he ad Marie are "thrilled" with what's to come in 2011 – The Daily Roxette
9. ^ "Ranking Mensual Pop". CAPIF. 2011-02-01. http://adminlic.capif.org.ar/sis_resultados_rankings_web.aspx. Retrieved 2011-09-03. 
10. ^ "Charm School Charts". aCharts'. 2011-02-21. http://acharts.us/album/61141. Retrieved 2011-02-21. 
11. ^ "Austrian Charts". GoTV. http://www.gotv.at/charts_detail.php?id=10. Retrieved 2011-02-22. 
12. ^ "Belgian charts archive". Hung Medien. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Roxette&titel=Charm+School&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-02-18. 
13. ^ "Belgian charts archive". Hung Medien. http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Roxette&titel=Charm+School&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-02-25. 
14. ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – TOP50 Prodejní. IFPI Czech Republic. http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?hitp=P. Retrieved 2011-02-22. 
15. ^ http://roxetteblog.com/2011/06/07/roxette-receives-golden-record-for-charm-school/
16. ^ "Danish Album Charts". IFPI. IFPI Denmark. http://www.hitlisterne.dk/. Retrieved 2011-02-25. 
17. ^ ^{a b} "Charm School Charts". aCharts'. 2011-02-18. http://acharts.us/album/61141. Retrieved 2011-02-18. 
18. ^ "Finnish Charm School Charts". Hung Medien. 2011-02-25. http://www.finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Roxette&titel=Charm+School&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-02-25. 
19. ^ "Roxette, Charm School – German charts archive". Media Control Charts. http://www.charts.de/album.asp?artist=Roxette&title=Charm+School&cat=a&country=de. Retrieved 2011-02-21. 
20. ^ http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/#topSearch
21. ^ Lady Gaga stürmt internationale Download-Charts
22. ^ "Greek Album Charts". IFPI Greece. http://www.ifpi.gr/chart01.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-19. 
23. ^ "MAHASZ – Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége". mahasz.hu. http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum&lista=top40&ev=2011&het=9&submit_=Keres%E9s. Retrieved 2011-03-10. 
24. ^ "Norwegian album charts". Norwegian Album Charts. http://lista.vg.no/show_list.php?ListsOp=showWeek&listID=2. Retrieved 2011-02-19. 
25. ^ "OLIS – Official Retail Sales chart". www.olis.onyx.pl. 2010-02-25. http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?lang=en. Retrieved 2011-02-25. 
26. ^ "Маленький праздник". lenta.ru. 2011-03-18. http://lenta.ru/articles/2011/03/18/chart/. Retrieved 2011-03-18. 
27. ^ "Charm School Charts" (in Spanish). Promusicae'. 2011-02-23. http://www.promusicae.es/. Retrieved 2011-02-23. 
28. ^ "Official Swedish charts website". Sverigetopplistan. http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/. Retrieved 2011-03-07. 
29. ^ "Roxette, Charm School – Swiss charts archive". Hung Mdien'. 2011-02-18. http://www.hitparade.ch/weekchart.asp?cat=a. Retrieved 2011-02-23. 

External links

• Charm School (Roxette album) at MusicBrainz
• "She's Got Nothing On (But the Radio)" at MusicBrainz