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It's a pity that I'm Still Alive appears never to have been recorded in the studio (other than in Kicki Moberg's version). It should have been (at least) a B-side in the Super Trouper era. I did hope it would surface on Voyage. Poor Ah, Vilka Tider: it's better than some of the songs on the...

Absolutely agree with both points here. Love Train stood out immediately for me as a possible 3rd single, as did Cross My Heart Does anyone know the story behind Everybody Get Pumped? It's from the Sunshine sessions, I think, and was obviously held over. It's got that Gregg Alexander vibe but...

There's an interview in the Guardian in which Jorgen Elofsson mentions he'd like Agnetha to do another album...this time of her own songs: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/13/abba-agnetha-faltskog-music-fame-voyage-icon I would love another self-composed album: Agnetha's songwriting...

Is there really a German version of SOS? or does he mean Agnetha's solo Swedish version I wonder...?

It's interesting that, having worked with others for some of the songs on Rhythm of Love, Let's Get to It ended up a full Stock/Waterman album

The mid-2000s reissue had the 'wrong' short version of Strike it Rich. It was corrected on the next reissue.

It is, although of course there is an actual alternate version of Stand by You, as the version which was performed in LA7 had more Hannah/Tina vocals and fewer Jo adlibs...

I'd love some more Agnetha compositions. 'I keep them on the floor...' was one of the highlights of 'A', so evocative of her 1970s material.

I would be really pleased if a reissue of KM94 included all the Rapino Brothers tracks that were recorded.

Best non-singles on the album were All I Want is You (which sounds like a lost Anastasia track), and Too Close to Tears (which is by the same team as Lara Fabian's I Will Love Again, also released later by Steps of course)

Really enjoyed the Happenin' all over again episode. This podcast really continues to deliver! I've recently been learning to play some of the Kylie SAW tracks on my piano. I always knew that the writing was clever in its chords and melodies, especially the famous way the songs change key all...

Wasn't 'Secret Garden' meant for Kylie?

There was also a bit of a management falling out with the writers of Walking on the Water (as detailed in Michael Cragg's book Reach for the Stars)

Some of the More Gold choices were, I think, also a way to get some of the B-sides onto CD for the first time. Lovelight, and Cassandra, for example. But I would have picked 'One Man, One Woman' over 'I Wonder', and I would have tried to find a way to fit on 'If it wasn't for the nights'...

I managed to track down a copy of this just before the pandemic struck. It's good. High Hopes and Heartaches is a sibling of Abba's Don't Shut Me Down, and Where the Whales Have Ceased to Sing picks up on the vibe of The Day Before You Came.

yes - there were a lot of rumours during 2003 about the record being produced by the Neptunes and being very RnB with an eye on the US. As a result I was really (and pleasantly) surprised when Slow emerged as the first single, though it was also quickly clear that it was not going to be a...

It did feel like a bit of a setback at the time. I Believe in You and Ultimate Kylie seemed at the time like a definite attempt to reset things (on a 'pop' course), almost like What Kind of Fool at Greatest Hits 87-92 just over a decade before.

It was their last number 1 in Sweden (until Don't Shut Me Down). Its omission from Gold was I think partly a sense of that it was a flop in the UK and partly also because Benny and Bjorn, though liking the song, have never been completely happy with the recording itself.

What was the story with the late 90s demos (e.g. the Xenomania material)? Was this material left unreleased because there was no record deal? It is a shame that it didn't tempt a record company to sign up but I guess that was the late 90s for you. Years ago I heard a snippet of' 'Your love...

Also, Take That appeared on Hit Man and Her (and Jason had previously been a dancer on the show too)