Well, I ramble on, so here’s to you, “Joyride,” have a damn good 30th birthday! I want that box now ! I assume it had something to do with the breakdown of EMI USA.
Too bad that Excited wasn’t released as that planned single. I could go on… This is also the album with the best videos in my not so humble opinion. My favorites vary, but usually Hotblooded, I Remember You and Things Will Never be the Same are up there, but also Fading, Spending and Excited. I never really liked Soul Deep, while I do understand why they put it on this album as well, and it is a better version (read: mix) which does stand out, but still not in a good enough way. So, the album? Still a great one after all these years.
Ran in and got the cassette “Joyride.” Why not the CD, you wonder? Well, the damn car didn’t have a CD-player… Hot dang, we blasted that album every moment for two weeks! I even sent Per a postcard telling him that Joyride was used in a promo for the Miss America pageant on TV. We rented a car, a blue Pontiac Sunbird convertible! A V6! I drove directly from the car rentals to the record store in Fort Lauderdale. Maybe that’s why I honestly can’t remember where I got the LP and the CD, I do however remember how and where I got the cassette! In August ‘91 I went to Fort Lauderdale, Florida on vacation. I had the worst job you can imagine with a boss I literally wanted to kill, so no real joyride there. The album then? Well obviously it was released today in 1991. Thomas: Oh dear, 30 years? I already told you the story of the single, so I won’t bore you with that again. We will share some thoughts about the album, what it meant to us. Roxette’s extremely successful album “Joyride” turns 30 years old today.
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