The sleeve of “One Wish” is out
Written by tevensso on August 29, 2006 to Releases.
STOCKHOLM - 
What is assumed to be the sleeve of Roxette’s upcoming new single “One Wish” has appeared on the Internet. So far there is no confirmation that this indeed is the real sleeve, but The Daily Roxette believes it to be genuine. The picture used is taken in a bowling alley as previously stated.
If in fact this is the real sleeve, it’s quite a coincidence that the designer has chosen to use the same font The Daily Roxette used for the word “Roxette” on our conceptual sleeves! The font is called “Magneto” by the way.
“One Wish” is due out October 4 in Sweden. Radio airplay is set to begin September 20. The known B-side to the single is “The Rox Medley.”
Sascha contributed to this article.
UPDATE: TDR now has confirmation that this is the actual design for the cover of the sleeve.
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111 comments
skink05 said on August 29, 2006 13:10:
Hmm dont know what to say..the promo pics looks much cooler and better. Per wears cool cloths though:)
roxtexanet said on August 29, 2006 13:14:
They look like they’re having fun - a very Joyridey sleeve, if you ask me. I’m sure this has got to be the real sleeve, where would the bowling alley come from? Or is there perhaps some really creative PhotoShopping going on? (-:
Anyway, who dresses like that to go bowling?!!
Claire said on August 29, 2006 13:17:
hope its not the real one! i agree the other pic looks much better, they look stuck on this one. I quite like the idea though.
clerk said on August 29, 2006 13:20:
Don’t like it, if this is the real one, than it’s one of their worst covers ever!
Galadriel said on August 29, 2006 13:24:
Picture looks like “photomontage” to me... *hmmm*
gyllene_tjej said on August 29, 2006 13:28:
as I said on the forum, I don’t give much if it is professional or not...it’s Per’s and Marie’s lovely looks that make my day!
Max-Tob said on August 29, 2006 13:36:
jesus christ..no way for roxette to make it this way! as i said in the forum, that light is weird and unprofessional, marie looks great but unappropriate, per looks more sillier than ever, the graphics is pathetic, the concept looks fake (per’s pose is SO fake!), God, where is Corbijn to see all these???!!!
no way, no way, no way, no way!!
GT_85 said on August 29, 2006 13:36:
this doesn’t look like a real photo.
Hope it’s not the real cover.
purplemedusa said on August 29, 2006 13:42:
I’m not happy!! How does this tie in with the album cover...? http://www12.cd-wow.nl/detail_results.php?product_code=4656
andi11 said on August 29, 2006 13:45:
I like it a lot. Per looks quite young though. But they seem to have fun...
GT_85 said on August 29, 2006 13:47:
Of course they will use the same font for the album and single(s).At least they would write “Roxette” in the same way. Which they don’t do now.
It would surprise me very very much if this is real.
L00kSharp said on August 29, 2006 13:49:
A super cover for Roxette’s last single! :)
whateveriam said on August 29, 2006 13:49:
Lets party like its 1995!
There is no cohesion between One Wish and the hits collection! Room Service and AVEMAM at least looked like they were from the same people...
Maybe the RoxBox will be the link in the middle between the 2? I don’t know...
joyrider said on August 29, 2006 13:49:
My oh my...
The Picture is great, At first sight, I kinda love the light between Marie and Per but after a closer look, the light between Per and Marie is a photoshop job and you know why? Because he cutted out Marie’s leg and it looked awful so he thought: “Well, I will not redo it again, I just put some white stuff around it, so no one will see that I can not handle my tool” :) :(
When I heard the photo idea of an bowling alley, I though of colouful blinking light, lots of people in the back, ... more “Las Vegas style” ... This bowling alley seems boring to me :( They wouldn’t need a computer generated typography on the front: Why not having the title on some kind of display in the back?
The typography is cheap (those fonts are free fonts — where is the exclusivity??) and *surprise*surprise* it also looks cheap (how can one mix those two fonts??). The colourful stars in the back are free photoshop brushes and don’t support the picture.
I really hope it’s just a concept cover and not the final one. I feel sorry about them … having such good photos but assign such a lousy graphic designer with a lack of inspiration and creativity!
I would never ever do such a job but if I had to create the same cover I’d need about 12 minutes (including making two cups of coffee and eating an apple).
I am really dissapointed, because the artwork has a big influence on the sound. And if there is a “posh design” the sound gets more precious as well ...
If it’s done by Kjell Andersson, I think, he is ready for a retirement pension.
BTW: That was my design solution for the new Rox area some weeks ago, you know: http://flo.rootspace.net/roxette/design-frandl1.html — after knowing what the real design looks like, my black design is getting even better ;))
Cheers.
whateveriam said on August 29, 2006 13:50:
’A super cover for Roxette’s last single! :)’
*ROFLMAO (TSDF)*
whateveriam said on August 29, 2006 13:52:
@Joyrider- Ouch! Thats smarts! Particularly the Kjell one...
m-cvk said on August 29, 2006 13:59:
oh my gosh!! this looks like a fake picture for sure!!!
what happened to Per?? This is a real bad Photoshop-picture...Per’s body and head do not match at all. Must be the light....
Edit: anyway, Photoshop or not, it is a happy cover, time to party!! :-)
whateveriam said on August 29, 2006 14:01:
Thats not Photoshop, thats just an optical illusion because of the dark shirt
What happened to Per? He appears to have had a new left arm grafted on thats what, heheheh- oh come on it looks a little bit, um ’unnatural’? It looks posed, but I still think its great!
tavo said on August 29, 2006 14:08:
what happens with you guys? this pic is great! look at marie, and per is having fun. i love this cover. i hope it is true!
Max-Tob said on August 29, 2006 14:13:
I feel like reconfirming my first opinion on it: Per didn’t manage to have this fake, silly, nerdish look ever since the Joyride promo pix. He looks like a broken puppet.
What happened to his cool, natural image he gain during the last years???!! He would have looked better (read: more like a normal human being) even if he would have been pictured getting up from bed!!!!
Marie looks indeed very good, but her clothes are NOT fitting the situation!
And fake smiles on both their faces!!
I think I’m gonna cry right now!!! (I am kidding. I’m just furious)
tcooh said on August 29, 2006 14:13:
I really like the pic! It’s good and funny! It’s not a-typical, which is good. About the font and stuff, I could partly agree there that it could have looked a bit more pro. But why on earth does it need to be so exclusive fonts?? Per makes music that is enjoyed by the huge crowds, he never cared to make anything completely different from what people like, just to stand out. So it’s just in the same alley I think with fonts.. :P
But the pic itself I like. Per’s pose is great! And the “yellow” faces is more tan I think, and some reflection from the colour of the floor.. Sometimes I get a slight feeling that some others are born critics.. :-X
joyrider said on August 29, 2006 14:15:
2 tavo: The pic is nice indeed, but look at the typography and the stars in the back ...
It’s like you build a great house with every luxury you can imagine but the painter paints it black or hot pink or sth. ... this design destroyes the whole atmosphere of the picture.
whateveriam said on August 29, 2006 14:20:
@Tavo-I’ve said I like it, they look happy in it, it could be far worse.
room-service said on August 29, 2006 14:24:
This must be a joke...
The picture is ok, but the position and the writing of “ONE WISH” is awful, the same with the stars...
Come on, we have no time for that kind of bad jokes ;-)
joyrider said on August 29, 2006 14:33:
I have ONE WISH, that nobody finds a 30 sec. snipped MP3 of the song today because I am not in the mood after all those news …
ally77 said on August 29, 2006 14:33:
If that’s the real single cover I am quitting me a fan now......
I think perhaps it’s a TDR April fool joke either late for this year or way too early for next year!
joyrider said on August 29, 2006 14:37:
I’d get kicked out of my Graphic Design University if I created a work like this ;)
tavo said on August 29, 2006 14:41:
alright, alright, i´m not a graphic designer. but i like marie´s face and per´s position. it´s just... different. that´s what i needed.
whateveriam said on August 29, 2006 13:10:
I don’t think it is the real one.
The font you guys used for the mocked up ones was great!
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