Pearls of Passion
Studio album by Roxette
Released	October 31, 1986
Recorded	EMI Studios, Stockholm, 1986
Genre	Pop
Label	EMI
Producer	Clarence Öfwerman
Roxette chronology
Pearls of Passion (1986) Dance Passion (1987)

Pearls of Passion was Roxette's first album, released on October 31, 1986. It was rereleased internationally on CD on October 31, 1997 with some previously unreleased or single-only bonus tracks. The album was originally only released in Scandinavia and Canada. Image File history File links PearlsOfPassion. ... A studio album is a collection of studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... Roxette is a Swedish pop-music double act, sometimes rock-influenced, whose members are Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle. ... is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... The legendary recording studio Abbey Road Studios, created in November of 1931 by EMI in London, is best known as the legendary recording studio used by the rock bands The Beatles, Cliff Richard, Pink Floyd and The Shadows. ... For other uses, see Stockholm (disambiguation). ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the genre of popular music. ... In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... For other uses, see EMI (disambiguation). ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Clarence Öfwerman is best known as the longtime producer of Roxette, having been with the band from Look Sharp! in 1988 through 2001s Room Service, Roxettes most recent full-length album release. ... Roxette is a Swedish pop-music double act, sometimes rock-influenced, whose members are Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle. ... Dance Passion was a remix album of Roxettes first album, Pearls of Passion. ... Roxette is a Swedish pop-music double act, sometimes rock-influenced, whose members are Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle. ... is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit České Dráhy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers Datorförening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s... is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... For other uses, see Scandinavia (disambiguation). ...

Failing to get any promotion outside Sweden, the album peaked at #2 on the Swedish albums chart but failed to chart elsewhere. However, it caused Roxette to gain confidence record the following worlwide smash Look Sharp album.

"Neverending Love", "Goodbye to You", "Soul Deep" and "I Call Your Name" were released as singles. "It Must Have Been Love" was later used (with the reference to Christmas changed to a neutral winter reference (It’s a hard Christmas Day was replaced with It’s a hard winter’s day)) in the movie Pretty Woman. "Soul Deep" reappeared on their album Joyride in 1991 and "So Far Away" was recorded again for Tourism in 1992. Neverending Love, written by Per Gessle, was the first ever release from Roxette as a duo and it was later included on their debut album Pearls of Passion. Originally the single was only meant to be released outside of Sweden but EMI eventually changed their minds and released it in... Goodbye To You, was the second single taken from Roxettes album Pearls of Passion. It was only released in Sweden. ... Soul Deep, was the third single taken from Swedish pop duo Roxettes 1986 album Pearls of Passion. ... I Call Your Name is a single from the Roxette album Pearls of Passion. ... Roxette singles chronology It Must Have Been Love is a pop song written by Per Gessle and performed by the Swedish pop duo Roxette. ... Pretty Woman is a 1990 American romantic comedy motion picture. ... Joyride is Roxettes third album, released in 1991. ... Tourism is Roxettes fourth album, released in 1992. ...

The album was followed by a compilation of re-mixes of those same songs, titled Dance Passion. Dance Passion was a remix album of Roxettes first album, Pearls of Passion. ...

Track listing

LP/MC

• Side A

1. "Soul Deep"
2. "Secrets That She Keeps"
3. "Goodbye To You"
4. "I Call Your Name"
5. "Surrender"
6. "Voices"

• Side B

1. "Neverending Love"
2. "Call of the Wild"
3. "Joy of a Toy"
4. "From One Heart To Another"
5. "Like Lovers Do"
6. "So Far Away"

CD Neverending Love, written by Per Gessle, was the first ever release from Roxette as a duo and it was later included on their debut album Pearls of Passion. Originally the single was only meant to be released outside of Sweden but EMI eventually changed their minds and released it in...

1. "Soul Deep"
2. "Secrets That She Keeps"
3. "Goodbye To You"
4. "I Call Your Name"
5. "Surrender"
6. "Voices"
7. "Neverending Love"
8. "Call of the Wild"
9. "Joy of a Toy"
10. "From One Heart To Another"
11. "Like Lovers Do"
12. "So Far Away"
13. "Pearls Of Passion" *
14. "It Must Have Been Love" (Christmas For The Broken-Hearted) *
15. "Turn To Me" *
16. "Neverending Love" [Tits & Ass demo / 1986] *
17. "Secrets That She Keeps" [Tits & Ass demo / 1986] *
18. "I Call Your Name" [Montezuma Demo / 26.07.86] *
19. "Neverending Love" [Frank Mono-Mix / 1987] *
20. "I Call Your Name" [Frank Mono-Mix / 1987] *

(* Available only on the 1997 re-release version of the album) Neverending Love, written by Per Gessle, was the first ever release from Roxette as a duo and it was later included on their debut album Pearls of Passion. Originally the single was only meant to be released outside of Sweden but EMI eventually changed their minds and released it in... Roxette singles chronology It Must Have Been Love is a pop song written by Per Gessle and performed by the Swedish pop duo Roxette. ...

Singles

• Neverending Love:
  1. Neverending love
  2. Neverending Love (Love Mix)

• Goodbye To You:
  1. Goodbye To You
  2. So Far Away

• Soul Deep:
  1. Soul Deep (7" remix)
  2. Pearls Of Passion

• I Call Your Name:
  1. I Call Your Name (7" remix)
  2. Surrender

Credits

• Vocals – Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson
• Lyrics – Per Gessle on all tracks, except:

"So Far Away": Per Gessle and Hasse Huss

• Music – Per Gessle, except for the following:

"Voices": Music by Marie Fredriksson and Per Andersson

"Joy of a Toy": Music by Per Gessle and Mats "MP" Persson

"Turn to Me": Music by Marie Fredriksson

• Drums – Pelle Alsing
• Bass – Tommy Cassemar
• Guitars – Jonas Isacsson
• Keyboards – Clarence Öfwerman

Produced and arranged by Clarence Öfwerman. Per HÃ¥kan Gessle [IPA: pæːr gÉ›slÉ›] (born January 12, 1959, in Halmstad, Sweden) is the songwriter and male lead singer of the Swedish bands Gyllene Tider and Roxette. ... Marie Fredriksson 2006   is best known as the lead singer of the Swedish pop duo Roxette. ... Clarence Öfwerman is best known as the longtime producer of Roxette, having been with the band from Look Sharp! in 1988 through 2001s Room Service, Roxettes most recent full-length album release. ...

All songs published by Jimmy Fun Music, except
"From One Heart To Another": Sweden Music AB,
"Voices" and "Turn To Me": Shock the Music/Jimmy Fun Music, and
"Soul Deep": Happy Accident Music