与ABBA并列为瑞典流行乐坛近40年来最骄傲的输出，「罗克赛Roxette」非常懂得如何在长度三到四分钟的歌曲长度中，彻底的让流畅的节奏与朗朗上口的副歌奇妙的融合在一起，然后轻而易举的抓住了听者的注意力，从〈The Look〉、〈Dangerous〉、〈Joyride〉、〈How Do You Do!〉这类洋溢着满满元气的活力摇滚曲，到〈It Must Have Been Love〉、〈Listen To Your Heart〉、〈Fading Like A Flower (Every Time You Leave)〉这些弥漫着伤感气氛的慢板情歌，罗克赛完全展现了流行音乐的惊人神采。凭借这样才华，罗克赛的七张录音室英文专辑，不但在全球创下超过4500万张专辑与2500万张单曲的销售奇迹，此外也缔造出共计四首全美冠军、两首全美亚军与19首全英Top 40排行单曲。 1977年夏天，女主唱Marie Fredriksson与创作灵魂Per Gessle，在他们的家乡—瑞典西南方的海港城市Halmstad相遇，当时，他们的家乡正垄罩在景气萧条的低气压，这两个不爱念书的年轻就决定把精力全都投入在音乐之中。就学时期的Per Gessle不会玩乐器，也不会读乐谱，完全是借着长期收听收音机与唱片来刺激自己对音乐的感觉，慢慢搞懂旋律副歌编曲制作。至于Marie Fredriksson，她则喜欢在周末假日的大清早，跑去浴室高歌一曲，然后学学Ella Fitzgerald的scat唱法。随着时间流逝，Per Gessle成了瑞典80年代初期最受欢迎五人乐团Gyllene Tider的一员，Marie Fredriksson也在1984年以个人专辑在排行榜中闯出名号。当这Per Gessle与Marie Fredriksson在1986年组成罗克赛后，两人将各自的音乐世界组合成一张完美的流行音乐拼图。他们的制作与编曲深受英美流行音乐的影响，不过，他们旋律之中却也蕴藏着瑞典音乐中经常出现的淡蓝色的忧郁音色。据统计，在罗克赛至今勇夺全美冠军的四首单曲中，光是〈It Must Have Been Love〉（电影【麻雀变凤凰Pretty Woman】主题曲）与〈Listen To Your Heart〉，便同时在2005年获得全美BMI协会公认「全美电台点播超过400万次」！罗克赛光在全美的专辑销售不但勇破270万张，其中《Joyride》与《Look Sharp!》两张专辑更获得白金唱片认证。 2002年，罗克赛因为Marie Fredriksson罹患脑癌而出现停滞，但在经过长期治疗后，七年后的2009年，罗克赛终于再度重组复出巡演！为了庆贺此得来不易的重组复出，罗克赛的七张主要英文专辑，将作加收原创Demo、单曲B Side或珍稀录音的【2009加值版】发行！在这张首次于1986年发行的罗克赛首张专辑《珍珠热情Pearls of Passion》，不但收录〈Neverending Love〉、〈Goodbye to You〉、〈Soul Deep〉和〈I Call Your Name〉等四首单曲，更在瑞典当地发行后，勇夺专辑榜亚军。 Roxette's debut album, issued in late 1986, is a portrait of a band in its formative stages. Both Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson had previously pursued solo careers in their native Sweden, and Pearls of Passion was the band's attempt at international stardom. It was preceded in the summer by a very '80s pop single called "Everlasting Love," which became the band's first bonafide hit...at least within Sweden. When the album was released later that year, things were much the same; while the album was a hit in Sweden, the rest of the world failed to pay much attention at all. And listening to the album, it's not that hard to tell why: nothing here is bad, but it lacks nearly all of the elements that made albums like Joyride and Look Sharp into massive hits just a few years later. Roxette's most intriguing qualities are that they are a pop band that can rock and that Gessle is a crack songwriter that almost never produces a bad tune. Here, however, there's a lot of dry material and a lot of undistinguishable dance-pop. Their trademark gritty guitars are completely absent, and what results is really only three great songs: "Soul Deep" (which was later re-recorded for Joyride, "Everlasting Love," and the magnificent "Secrets That She Keeps." The rest, however, is of significant interest only to serious fans. (A 1997 reissue of the album includes eight bonus tracks, new album packaging, and liner notes from Per Gessle himself.)