Crash! Boom! Bang!
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| Studio album by Roxette | ||||
| Released | 9 April 1994 | |||
| Recorded | February 1993 – January 1994 | |||
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| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 62:06 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Producer | Clarence Öfwerman | |||
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Artwork for the US edition
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| AllMusic |   |
| Entertainment Weekly | C+ |
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| People | Mixed |
Crash! Boom! Bang! is the fifth studio album by Swedish pop duo Roxette, released on 9 April 1994 by EMI. The album was an immediate commercial success, peaking within the top ten in over twenty national charts throughout Europe, Australasia and South America. Despite this, the full-length album was never released in the United States, where a shortened version of the record titled Favorites from Crash! Boom! Bang! was sold for a limited time through outlets of the McDonald's restaurant chain. This edition sold over a million copies there. Japanese editions included "Almost Unreal" as a bonus track.
Five singles were released from the album: lead single "Sleeping in My Car" became the duo's second number one in their home country, and peaked at number seven on Billboard's European Hot 100 Singles. It would become the duo's final track to appear on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number fifty. This was followed by the release of "Crash! Boom! Bang!", "Fireworks", "Run to You" and "Vulnerable". As of 2001, Crash! Boom! Bang! has sold in excess of 5 million copies worldwide.
Prior to Crash! Boom! Bang!'s international release, a shorter version of the album was released by CEMA for a limited time exclusively through outlets of the McDonald's restaurant chain in the US. Favorites from Crash! Boom! Bang! sold over a million copies, the proceeds of which were used to fund Ronald McDonald House Charities programs for the health and well-being of children. This CD was sold at below normal wholesale cost, and the promotion angered traditional music retailers, who claimed that it devalued music. This edition of the record was the subject of a 1998 lawsuit filed against an Uppsala-based music production company by Roxette and their Swedish record label. The duo and their label alleged that J.G.S. Skivproduktion illegally imported 40,000 copies of Favorites from Crash! Boom! Bang! into the EU. Rather than seek monetary damages, the duo requested the destruction of all remaining copies.
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