Stock Market Crash of 1929

Economic event in the U.S. that precipitated the Great Depression. The U.S. stock market expanded rapidly in the late 1920s and reached a peak in August 1929, when prices began to decline while speculation increased. On October 18 the stock market began to fall precipitously. On the first day of real panic, October 24, known as “Black Thursday,” a record 12,894,650 shares were traded. Banks and investment companies bought large blocks of stock to stem the panic, but on October 29, “Black Tuesday,” 16 million shares were traded and prices collapsed. The crash began a 10-year economic slump that affected all the Western industrialized countries.

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Crash! Boom! Bang! is Roxette's fifth album, released on April 9 1994.

It was badly marketed by EMI America, a smaller album was made available as a special deal at the McDonald's restaurant chain, called Favorites From Crash! Boom! Bang!. The Japanese version includes the track Almost Unreal. In the UK also a vinyl album was released. By 1994, vinyl was already dying.

Sleeping in My Car, Crash! Boom! Bang!, Fireworks, Run To You and Vulnerable were released as singles.

Track listing

1. "Harleys & Indians (Riders in the Sky)"
2. "Crash! Boom! Bang!"
3. "Fireworks"
4. "Run to You"
5. "Sleeping in My Car"
6. "Vulnerable"
7. "The First Girl on the Moon"
8. "Place Your Love"
9. "I Love the Sound of Crashing Guitars"
10. "What's She Like?"
11. "Do You Wanna Go the Whole Way?"
12. "Lies"
13. "I'm Sorry"
14. "Love Is All (Shine Your Light on Me)"
15. "Go to Sleep"

Favorites From Crash! Boom! Bang!

A different version of Crash! Boom! Bang! was also released in the USA, in McDonald's stores nationwide.

1. Harleys & Indians (Riders in the Sky)
2. Run to You
3. Crash! Boom! Bang!
4. I Love the Sound of Crashing Guitars
5. Do You Wanna Go the Whole Way?
6. The First Girl on the Moon
7. Place Your Love
8. Lies
9. I'm Sorry
10. Go to Sleep

Singles

• Sleeping in My Car
1. Sleeping in My Car (Single edit)
2. The Look (MTV unplugged)
3. Sleeping in My Car (The Stockholm Demo Version)

• Crash! Boom! Bang!
1. Crash! Boom! Bang! (Single edit)
2. Joyride (MTV unplugged)
3. Run To You (Demo)

• Fireworks
1. Fireworks (Single edit)
2. Dangerous (MTV unplugged)
3. Fireworks (Jesus Jones Remix)
4. The Rain (Demo)

• Run To You
1. Run To You
2. Don't Believe In Accidents (Demo)
3. Almost Unreal (Demo)
4. Crash! Boom! Bang! (Demo)

• Vulnerable
1. Vulnerable (Single edit)
2. The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye
3. Vulnerable (Demo)
4. I'm Sorry (Demo)

Charts

Credits

• Vocals — Per Gessle & Marie Fredriksson
• Lyrics — Per Gessle on all tracks
• Music — Per Gessle, except for the following:

"Go To Sleep": Music by Marie Fredriksson

• Electric guitars — Jonas Isacsson, Per Gessle, Janne Oldaeus, M. J. Persson & Pelle Sirén
• Acoustic guitars — Jonas Isacsson, Per Gessle & Pelle Sirén
• Dobro guitar — Per Gessle
• Programming — Clarence Öfwerman & Anders Herrlin
• Drums and percussion — Pelle Alsing, Nicki Wallin, Christer Jansson, Alar Suurna & Matts Persson
• Keyboards — Clarence Öfwerman
• Harmonica — Jalle Lorensson & Per Gessle
• Mandolin — Jonas Isacsson & M. J. Persson
• Bass guitar — Anders Herrlin
• Backing vocals — Vicki Benckert, Staffan Öfwerman, Per Gessle & Marie Fredriksson

Produced & arranged by Clarence Öfwerman

All songs published by Jimmy Fun Music, except
"Go To Sleep" Jimmy Fun Music/Shock the Music

Favorites From Crash! Boom! Bang! was produced by CEMA Special Markets

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