ABBA - Voyage

Hudvar · Sep 17, 2021

I Saw it in the Mirror and Man in the Middle are bottom of the stack for me. Everything else has at least something about it.

penghuwan · Sep 17, 2021

The two new songs really are absolute triumphs aren't they? I think for the first few days I was just dazzled by the fact that we had new ABBA songs, but they are both top-tier pop music, i'm literally having trouble playing anything else except them.

Dan Molloy · Sep 17, 2021

F***ing raging at the disrespect
Radio 1 currently counting down the UK Top 40.

Got to ABBAs place but refused to play it and skipped straight to the next number!

idratherjack · Sep 17, 2021

Dan Molloy said:
F***ing raging at the disrespect
Radio 1 currently counting down the UK Top 40.

Got to ABBAs place but refused to play it and skipped straight to the next number! Some horrid gangsta rap shite

That really is ridiculous and quite infuriating. Every song in the Top 40 should be played regardless of their ageist music policy.

Hudvar · Sep 17, 2021

Haven't Radio 1 been quite open about their 16-25 target demographic in the past?

Either way it's not really a surprise. I think they pushed Green Day, Madonna and Muse aside for being too old in recent years.

I'm sure ABBA are being played by a gazillion other stations.

idratherjack · Sep 17, 2021

They have, but I didn't realise it was as bad as not playing the entire Top 40 rundown these days.

Hudvar · Sep 17, 2021

I haven't listened for a long time but last time I did I remember them skipping random songs that were on their way out because the show was shorter than it used to be, usually 'lesser' hits (i.e. something that hadn't bothered the Top 20).

Dan Molloy · Sep 17, 2021

Hudweiser said:
Haven't Radio 1 been quite open about their 16-25 target demographic in the past?

Either way it's not really a surprise. I think they pushed Green Day, Madonna and Muse aside for being too old in recent years.

I'm sure ABBA are being played by a gazillion other stations.

I'm 25 and I WANT ABBA!!! haha

chuzzlewit · Sep 17, 2021

They played them both last week.

bestinase · Sep 17, 2021

Barely anyone cares about the top 40 now so they have condensed it down over the years, particularly the lower half, and will obviously favour tracks within that that their demographic prefer.

LuckyLucky · Sep 17, 2021

JamieHT said:
Interestingly, I Still Have Faith In You hasn’t counted as a download, but Don’t Shut Me Down has. I can’t play the full version of the former.

I believe it is in there.

Mikey1701 · Sep 18, 2021

Apologies if this has been dissected already but I've just been listening to Don't Shut Me Down and I thought that Frida's vocal is a lot more prominent that Agnetha's in the chorus of the song. Has anybody else noticed that or am I just that big of a Frida Stan I'm imagining the whole thing?

Mikey1701 · Sep 18, 2021

sugababesoverloaded said:
Who can hate or dislike RingRing? It such an infectious and catchy song.

The song is top tier ABBA but the album is mostly garbage. Me and Bobby And Bobby's Brother is (for me) the worst ABBA song in existence. Even with my holy queen Frida on lead, I can't find a shred of anything to recommend.

SlowBurn · Sep 18, 2021

Some new(I think) info!

WoW73 · Sep 18, 2021

Message from Frida? Hmm...

WhatKindOfKylie? · Sep 18, 2021

idratherjack said:
That really is ridiculous and quite infuriating. Every song in the Top 40 should be played regardless of their ageist music policy.

Here here. Man I hate agiesm. Even more so agiesm when it comes to ABBA.

Lila · Sep 18, 2021

Hello everyone. Just a reminder please to not use abbreviations or acronyms when talking about songs. It’s confusing and looks awful. Thanks!

adayasatiger · Sep 18, 2021

SlowBurn said:
Some new(I think) info!

Half-speed master? What does that mean? (as in, why?)

SlowBurn · Sep 18, 2021

adayasatiger said:
Half-speed master? What does that mean? (as in, why?)

In the vinyl manufacturing process, it means that the process is slowed down to achieve a superior sounding record. So each vinyl takes longer to make, but supposedly higher frequency audio benefits from this slowing in the speed of manufacture.

adayasatiger · Sep 18, 2021

SlowBurn said:
In the vinyl manufacturing process, it means that the process is slowed down to achieve a superior sounding record. So each vinyl takes longer to make, but supposedly higher frequency audio benefits from this slowing in the speed of manufacture.

Ah, perfect, thank you! I was wondering why anyone would want songs at half-speed haha