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ABBA - Abba - The Album Audio CD

A fair review of the ABBA "Abba - The Album" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all ABBA reviews here, or go back to the ABBA tabs.

ABBA Band: ABBA
Title: Abba - The Album
Rating:
Release Date: 2001-10-16
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Eagle 2: Take a Chance on Me 3: One Man, One Woman 4: Name of the Game 5: Move On 6: Hole in Your Soul 7: Thank You for the Music 8: I Wonder (Departure) 9: I'm a Marionette 10: Thank You for the Music [Doris Day Version][*]

Progressive pop.
Apart from the 3-song suite from their "mini-musical" of the time, the LP also includes "Eagle" (at nearly 6 minutes an anamoly in their repertoire), a unique conceptual track which opens the album and tells the listener this is not Just Another ABBA Album. "The Album" is unique in the ABBA canon: it is their one LP that can be considered as 'progessive' music. The mini-suite that closes the LP predates the Ulvaeus/Andersson musical "Chess" by several years, yet reveals their burgeoning talent for writing sophisticated pop show music. Overall probably their most ambitious album, and one of their outstanding works.


Polar Deluxe Edition of The Album + DVD is fantastic
As with all of the Polar reissues, the CD and booket are great. I have the deluxe edition of Abba's epic The Album. The DVD for this set features mostly music videos, but there are some great moments like Recording The Album. This is one of my favorite Abba releases along with Arrival and Voulez Vous. Every song on The Album is a classic, and my favorites are Eagle, Take A Chance, One Man One Woman, The Name of the Game, Hole in Your Soul, Thank You For the Music, and I Wonder. If you're looking to get Abba The Album I highly recommend the Polar Deluxe Edition which includes the CD and DVD.


Thank You For Giving It To The World
"Eagle" is one of those "motorcycle" freedom songs that one sees in a movie. Aside from "Take A Chance On Me", "The Name of the Game" and "Thank You for the Music" being favorites from "Mamma Mia!", this is another solid album in which, suprisingly and is a little ironic, this is my fourth favorite album, though I like all the songs featured except the bonus track. "One Man, One Woman" is, to me, a great way to describe most failed marriages. And "Hole in Your Soul" along with the Three Scenes of a Mini-Musical are also stand outs and I can see why "Hole in Your Soul" was used as the closing number for some of their concerts.


IF POP MUSIC WAS LIKE THIS...
ABBA is the finest and the greatest Pop group. I'm a metal music lover and if pop music was like this and not crappy things like Britney Spears and stupidities like that I would be listening to it.


ABBA's American "Album"
Co-inspired by The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac, songs like "Eagle", "One Man, One Woman" and the exquisitely charming "Move On" are refreshingly different from the previous ABBA. "The Album" followed the Swedish super-group's biggest smash "Arrival" in 1977, replacing it with a slate of songs that were, if not overall better than on Arrival, at least sporting the production and arrangement that showed a considerable leap forward. Their knack for hooks remained intact, as witnessed by the great hits "The Name of the Game", "Thank You For the Music" and "Take a Chance on Me" (ABBA's bestselling single in the US ever). The latter and "Hole in Your Soul" are the most typical ABBA songs here and overall the album is excellent. A great addition for any ABBA and pop music fan.


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