The compilation was released throughout the world in tandem with dates of "The Neverending World Tour".[1] It was first released in Russia on 3 November 2014,[2] the country in which the duo began the "XXX – The 30th Anniversary Tour" leg of "The Neverending World Tour".[3] It was issued in other parts of the world as the tour progressed. The album consists of two CDs containing thirty songs, twenty-eight of which were released as commercial singles.[4] The two remaining tracks were taken from their 1991 album Joyride, "Perfect Day" and "(Do You Get) Excited?". The latter had been issued as a promotional single in selected territories,[5] peaking at number nine on the Spanish Airplay Chart in May 1992.[6] Also included is a Bassflow remix of "The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye", which was released as a non-album single in 2012.[7] The original version of the track first appeared as a b-side on their 1991 single "Spending My Time".[5]
Track listing
All songs written by Per Gessle, except "Spending My Time", "Queen of Rain", "Perfect Day", "Listen to Your Heart" and "(Do You Get) Excited?" by Gessle and Mats Persson, and "You Don't Understand Me" by Gessle and Desmond Child; all songs produced by Clarence Öfwerman, except where noted.
Recorded at Tits & Ass Studio in Halmstad; X-Level Studios, Polar Studios, Audio Sweden and Atlantis Studios in Stockholm; The Aerosol Grey Machine in Vallarum, Scania; Mayfair Studios in London; El Cortijo Studios in Marbella, Spain; Capri Digital Studios in Capri, Italy between November 1987 and October 2010; "The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye" reproduced and remixed at The Aerosol Grey Machine in Vallarum and Atlantis Studios in Stockholm in 2012.
Per Gessle – lead and background vocals; acoustic guitar("Wish I Could Fly", "June Afternoon", "Opportunity Nox", "Run to You", "Real Sugar" and "A Thing About You"); electric guitar("June Afternoon", "Opportunity Nox", "Sleeping in My Car", "Real Sugar" and "The Centre of the Heart"); kazoo("June Afternoon"); string arrangements("Wish I Could Fly"); whistling("Joyride"); twelve-string acoustic guitar ("Milk and Toast and Honey"); production and mixing
Jonas Isacsson – electric and acoustic guitars; additional bass guitar ("Wish I Could Fly"); harmonica("The Big L.")
Christer Jansson – tom-toms and cymbals("Wish I Could Fly"); percussion("Crash! Boom! Bang!" and "The Centre of the Heart"); cymbals ("Milk and Toast and Honey"); drums ("You Don't Understand Me"); drums, percussion and tambourine("Anyone")
Christoffer Lundquist – background vocals and extended-range bass("Wish I Could Fly"); bass and electric guitars ("Opportunity Nox" and "Real Sugar"); background vocals ("Milk and Toast and Honey" and "Stars"); background vocals and bass ("A Thing About You"); background vocals, bass, zither, tambourine and additional snare drum("Anyone"); bass, guitars, keyboards, programming, engineering, production and mixing ("She's Got Nothing On (But the Radio)")
Clarence Öfwerman – background vocals, keyboards, Synclavier("It Must Have Been Love"); string arrangements ("Wish I Could Fly", "June Afternoon", "Run to You", "Vulnerable" and "Anyone"); programming, production and mixing
Staffan Öfwerman – percussion ("How Do You Do!"); background vocals ("How Do You Do!", "Almost Unreal", "Fading Like a Flower", "The Big L." and "Sleeping in My Car"); choirconducting("Stars")
Mats "MP" Persson – engineering ("How Do You Do!" and "A Thing About You"); string arrangements ("Wish I Could Fly"); electric and acoustic guitars ("June Afternoon"); drums ("Sleeping in My Car"); keyboards and tremolo guitar("Real Sugar"); electric guitar ("Milk and Toast and Honey")
Stockholm Session Strings – strings("Milk and Toast and Honey" and "The Centre of the Heart")
Stockholms Nya Kammarorkester (credited as SNYKO) – strings ("Wish I Could Fly", "Crash! Boom! Bang!", "Run to You" and "Anyone")
Alar Suurna – tambourine ("Sleeping in My Car"); engineering and mixing
Additional musicians
Milla Andersson – background vocals ("A Thing About You")
Lennart Haglund – engineer ("Queen of Rain" and "She's Got Nothing On (But the Radio)")
Mats Holmquist – string arrangements & conducting ("Crash! Boom! Bang!", "June Afternoon", "Run to You", "Milk and Toast and Honey", "Vulnerable", "The Centre of the Heart" and "Anyone")
Michael Ilbert – engineering, programming, string arrangements, production and mixing ("Wish I Could Fly"); engineering ("June Afternoon" and "You Don't Understand Me"); engineering, production and mixing ("Stars" and "Anyone")
Ronny Lahti – engineering, programming and mixing ("Opportunity Nox", "Real Sugar", "Milk and Toast and Honey", "The Centre of the Heart" and "A Thing About You")
Björn Norén – strings and horns recording engineer ("June Afternoon")
Shooting Star – programming ("Opportunity Nox", "Real Sugar", "Milk and Toast and Honey", "The Centre of the Heart" and "A Thing About You")
^Roxette XXX – The 30 Biggest Hits (CD liner notes). Roxette. Parlophone. 2014. 50541 964319–2 1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^"Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 10.Týden 2015 on the field besides the words "CZ – ALBUMS – TOP 100" to retrieve the correct chart. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
