For me that feels the most ‘Abba’ track on there.
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When I think of all the big (and there's many) ABBA classic singles, the only one I actively avoid is I Have Dream. Not my cup of tea at all and just too sickly.
Of all the hit singles, Money Money Money is the one I don’t gravitate to very often. Sure, I like it, but I never think to myself “ooh I’d love to listen to Money Money Money right now”
I got a new stereo for my birthday last week. It’s a Denon DM41 with Q-Accoustic 3020i speakers.
Currently spinning my Epic UK pressing of Voulez-Vous and it sounds incredible! Super clear, nicely balanced. It’s such a shame their CD and digital remasters are such a mess
Currently spinning my Epic UK pressing of Voulez-Vous and it sounds incredible! Super clear, nicely balanced. It’s such a shame their CD and digital remasters are such a mess
Voyage is the perfect final album, every song has a hint of something they've done earlier as a group but it's now more mature and comfortable. There is no fear or attempt at being something they were not, it's just them.
'Little Things' is cringe, but it's genuinely heartfelt and I think would've been better kept as a one-off Christmas release.
'Little Things' is cringe, but it's genuinely heartfelt and I think would've been better kept as a one-off Christmas release.
Rock me had no place being on there, especially when they had Hole in your soul which does a similar thing but about a million times better.
On GHV2? It’s out of place but it was a big hit down under and I guess it gave Bjorn another lead on the album
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Hope you are enjoying. By far my favourite ABBA album!!
A ranking based on cover art:
Super Trouper
Voulez-Vous
Arrival
The Visitors
ABBA
The Album
Ring Ring
Waterloo
Voyage
I've never been sure if the Voyage cover is meant to be a sunrise or sunset, or an eclipse. I was thrilled (and slightly teary) that the classic ABBA font was wheeled out, but I would have loved more imagery both on the cover and inside the booklet. But then even at their height, ABBA's albums were rarely about the visuals. (And as for the singles, wasn't it only in about 1980 that the UK started to get picture sleeves?)
Voyage is an eclipse. All the visuals from the Voyage album and the singles are linked to the show.
The first picture sleeve we got was Angeleyes/Voulez-Vous in 79.
Cover rank:
The Visitors
Voulez-Vous
The Album (UK blue)*
ABBA
Super Trouper
Arrival
The Album (white)*
Voyage
Ring Ring
Waterloo
*controversial I know
Most of the album art hasn’t been particularly brilliant. It’s pretty clear that it wasn’t a priority until much later on.
Having said that, some of the reissues and local variants are FAR WORSE than the official polar covers. The 1975 Australian Ring Ring LP cover is pretty poor but the CD reissue using a photo from 1977 and half cropped is dire.
The West German Polydor CD reissues and the 1997 remasters for Waterloo and Ring Ring are hideous. Ring Ring went dull brown and Waterloo used some very weird lettering from a Dutch Polydor cassette release.
The worst, however, has to be this bad boy. The Greek release of the Waterloo LP:
The Visitors
Voulez-Vous
The Album (UK blue)*
ABBA
Super Trouper
Arrival
The Album (white)*
Voyage
Ring Ring
Waterloo
*controversial I know
Most of the album art hasn’t been particularly brilliant. It’s pretty clear that it wasn’t a priority until much later on.
Having said that, some of the reissues and local variants are FAR WORSE than the official polar covers. The 1975 Australian Ring Ring LP cover is pretty poor but the CD reissue using a photo from 1977 and half cropped is dire.
The West German Polydor CD reissues and the 1997 remasters for Waterloo and Ring Ring are hideous. Ring Ring went dull brown and Waterloo used some very weird lettering from a Dutch Polydor cassette release.
The worst, however, has to be this bad boy. The Greek release of the Waterloo LP:
Speaking of alternate covers:
Ring Ring - Australia
ABBA - USSR
Arrival - France
Voulez-Vous - Saudi Arabia
Super Trouper - India
Ring Ring - Australia
ABBA - USSR
Arrival - France
Voulez-Vous - Saudi Arabia
Super Trouper - India
My favourite ever ABBA album artwork is probably Arrival. Their golden era and they truly had arrived at this point.
The Album (UK blue)*
This opinion is correct though - the all-white cover looks cold and clinical.
I ...like this rando Waterloo photo!?
Worst ever ABBA artwork, single or album, has to be this in my view:
That French Arrival cover is rather lovely.Speaking of alternate covers:
Ring Ring - Australia
ABBA - USSR
Arrival - France
Voulez-Vous - Saudi Arabia
Super Trouper - India