Per Gessle to achieve four U.S. #1's and two #2's, with their albums "Look Sharp!" and "Joyride" attaining platinum status in a number of countries. After Roxette's early nineties success, Per released a demo compilation album in 1992, "På väg, 1982–86". After the release of "Crash! Boom! Bang!" and subsequent world tour, Roxette took a break. In 1996, after a reunion and subsequent tour of Gyllene Tider, Gessle recorded his first English solo album, using Brainpool and Gyllene Tider as backing musicians. Christoffer Lundquist from Brainpool would also come to collaborate with Per on later releases. "The World According to Gessle", released
Per minas Per minas Per minas, in British common law, to engage in behavior "by means of menaces or threats". The term comes from Latin. "Per minas" has been used as a defense of duress to certain crimes, as affecting the element of "mens rea". William Blackstone, the often-cited judge and legal scholar, addressed the use of "duress "per minas"" under the category of self-defense as a means of securing the "right of personal security", that is, the right of self-defense. The classic case involves a person who is blackmailed into robbing a bank. In contract law, Blackstone used "per minas" to