ABBA - Voyage

Celestial Mosaic

Celestial Mosaic

They/Them
You can dance to slow songs too. Besides The Winner Takes It All is a sad banger.
Most of the songs on Voyage are mid tempo with only one or two being bangers. Typical Joe who dances to Dancing Queen and Margaret who bought Gold after seeing Meryl Streep singing in Mamma Mia are going to be shocked that the album isn’t all like that.
 
Damon

Damon

The gods may throw a dice,
Their minds as cold as ice

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RidesOnTheBreeze

RidesOnTheBreeze

Celestial Mosaic said:
You can dance to slow songs too. Besides The Winner Takes It All is a sad banger.
Most of the songs on Voyage are mid tempo with only one or two being bangers. Typical Joe who dances to Dancing Queen and Margaret who bought Gold after seeing Meryl Streep singing in Mamma Mia are going to be shocked that the album isn’t all like that.
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Margaret also pre-ordered Super Trouper in 1980 and her favourite song is The Piper.
 
Celestial Mosaic

Celestial Mosaic

They/Them
And the gays who watched Mamma Mia to thirst over Dominic Cooper couldn’t give a flying fuck about ABBA and take screenshots of him in his bathing suit. Different strokes.
I happen to fall somewhere in the middle.

go stream Keep An Eye on Dan etc.
 
WoW73

WoW73

I do not often share a personal story on here, but this unique ABBA release makes me emotional for a lot of reasons.

In 1979 I was 5, and was a little ABBA fanboy. I was lucky my mother liked their music, too - and for Sinterklaas that year (a Dutch tradition on December 5th, the 'original' Santa Claus) I received my first ABBA record: Greatest Hits Vol. 2, and a huge ABBA poster. That record was played over and over and over for many years.

Fast forward to 2021. My mother, now 75, has had a crap year health-wise. I pre-ordered her a copy of Voyage immediately in September, which she received today. I live in a different part of the country, but knowing we're both listening to and enjoying these songs while we're apart makes me emotional. I am so happy she's still with us, and ABBA connects us still.
 
Dan Molloy

Dan Molloy

Finished my review at last.
I had to redo the video cos the clip of Don't Shut Me Down was too long and it got blocked.

It's the first video on my new channel so I don't have any professional recording equipment or anything yet. Apologies if the sound is rubbish
 
Celestial Mosaic

Celestial Mosaic

They/Them
sugababesoverloaded said:
I’m loving that everyone, whatever background they are, are embracing Abba with love. I hope they feel the love and warmth.

My Dad loved Abba, and he would have loved their new album if he was still with us.
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My grandmother adored ABBA, I inherited her vinyls of them. She died in September. It would have made her tear to hear Voyage. She’s how I got into them originally.
 
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diegolcl

WoW73 said:
I do not often share a personal story on here, but this unique ABBA release makes me emotional for a lot of reasons.

In 1979 I was 5, and was a little ABBA fanboy. I was lucky my mother liked their music, too - and for Sinterklaas that year (a Dutch tradition on December 5th, the 'original' Santa Claus) I received my first ABBA record: Greatest Hits Vol. 2, and a huge ABBA poster. That record was played over and over and over for many years.

Fast forward to 2021. My mother, now 75, has had a crap year health-wise. I pre-ordered her a copy of Voyage immediately in September, which she received today. I live in a different part of the country, but knowing we're both listening to and enjoying these songs while we're apart makes me emotional. I am so happy she's still with us, and ABBA connects us still.
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That's very lovely!

I hope I don't sound like I want to shift the attention to me, but my mother introduced me to ABBA back in 2003 when I was 12 and it really changed my life, our bond over pop music, discovering "the music of her time" was a journey and a joy and still a huge part of my life and who I am. This month makes 2 years since she's gone so we are not going to listen to this album together like we did with the others many many many times, so it makes me happy that in a way or another you get to do that. I hope your mother is well.
 
SlowBurn

SlowBurn

WoW73 said:
I do not often share a personal story on here, but this unique ABBA release makes me emotional for a lot of reasons.

In 1979 I was 5, and was a little ABBA fanboy. I was lucky my mother liked their music, too - and for Sinterklaas that year (a Dutch tradition on December 5th, the 'original' Santa Claus) I received my first ABBA record: Greatest Hits Vol. 2, and a huge ABBA poster. That record was played over and over and over for many years.

Fast forward to 2021. My mother, now 75, has had a crap year health-wise. I pre-ordered her a copy of Voyage immediately in September, which she received today. I live in a different part of the country, but knowing we're both listening to and enjoying these songs while we're apart makes me emotional. I am so happy she's still with us, and ABBA connects us still.
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So beautiful.
 
V

VivaForever

Little Things is the weak point for me too, and unlike most of this pink hellforum, I love Christmas music. It's just too bland. And despite the "we knew it had to be a Christmas song!" messaging, it feels to me like it would have been better about a summer weekend morning. It doesn't help that ABBA didn't do many slowies up till now (literally the only one I can think of is My Love, My Life), which I'm sure also contributes to the casual fans' disappointment.

That Guardian review is just Caroline Sullivan being her nasty self. Ignore.

I kind of wish Ode to Freedom and I Still Have Faith in You were flipped. I get the logic of the lead single/a song everyone's heard being track 1, but it would be such an effective closer for me. In part because of its familiarity, it feels like a comforting warm hug and would be the perfect way to end the album.
 
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