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Roxette - Room Service (25th Anniversary Edition)

Buy Roxette — Room Service (25th Anniversary Edition) on Black Vinyl 2LP at Kilmorna, Listowel, Ireland. Explore the album and order online.

2LP · 2001 · Roxette Recordings / Parlophone

Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.

Buyer notes: 2001 2LP on Roxette Recordings / Parlophone, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel, ship within Ireland from EUR 5.95 per record or outside Ireland from EUR 12.00 per record.

Room Service catches Roxette at a particularly bright intersection of pop songwriting and electronic colour. Released in 2001, the Swedish duo's seventh studio album places Per Gessle's compact hooks alongside Marie Fredriksson's expressive singing, moving from the rhythmic snap of Real Sugar and The Centre of the Heart to the gentler sweep of Milk and Toast and Honey. The twelve-song album is concise, but its contrasts make it feel larger: playful arrangements share space with songs built around longing and reassurance. The 25th Anniversary Edition opens that familiar programme into a two-record collection. Outtakes and demos offer a second perspective on the sessions, including Entering Your Heart, The Weight of the World and early versions of several album songs. Hearing the finished tracks before these alternate paths gives the set a natural arc, from carefully shaped pop performances to the choices and sketches behind them.

Room Service belongs to the final stretch of Roxette's original run of studio albums before a long interruption. Its combination of electronic detail, guitar-pop economy and emotionally direct vocals captures the duo adapting their established melodic strengths to the beginning of a new decade.

This black two-LP anniversary edition contains 24 tracks, pairing the original album with additional recordings and demos. The gatefold presentation includes an eight-page insert with photography by Jonas Åkerlund and images from Per Gessle's archive, making the package as much a look back at the sessions as a return to the album itself.

Bright melodic pop with crisp programmed textures, ringing guitars and expressive vocals; buoyant singles alternate with slower, warmly arranged ballads.

Recommended for: Roxette fans exploring material beyond the hit singles; Collectors of Swedish pop albums from the early 2000s; Listeners who enjoy finished recordings alongside demos; Fans of melodic guitar pop and expressive duet vocals.

What is included in this edition? The two-LP set contains the twelve-song Room Service album plus twelve additional recordings, alternate versions and demos. What colour are the records? This edition uses black vinyl and comes in a gatefold sleeve with an eight-page insert accompanying the anniversary programme. Which familiar songs are on the album? The original album includes Real Sugar, The Centre of the Heart and Milk and Toast and Honey, alongside nine further songs.