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Free Music Notes for ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits
Free Music Review: The 70's live again.
Hit: 5 Stars
I graduated from HS in 1977 and was in college through the early 1980s, and that means that I lived this music the first time around. It's upbeat and pretty good for dancing. With the release of the movie musical "Mama Mia!" ABBA's music is staging a mainstream comeback. Now my daughter (a HS senior) and my wife play this music on their own. I've been a below-the-radar ABBA listener for at least the past 20 years, with ABBA tracks finding their way onto exercise playlists on my iPod.
The collection on ABBA GOLD is probably the best single-disc collection of ABBA's greatest hits that has been released to date:
1. Dancing Queen
2. Knowing Me, Knowing You
3. Take a Chance on Me
4. Mamma Mia
5. Lay All Your Love on Me
6. Super Trouper
7. I Have a Dream
8. The Winner Takes It All
9. Money, Money, Money
10. S.O.S.
11. Chiquitita
12. Fernando
13. Voulez-Vous
14. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
15. Does Your Mother Know
16. One of Us
17. The Name of the Game
18. Thank You for the Music
19. Waterloo
Most of these tracks were international hits, many of them reaching high on the charts in the USA during ABBA's heyday.
I remember hearing and dancing to many of these tunes in discos (oooh, that's a happy and painful memory).
If you haven't listened to this music for a while, be prepared for a series of triggers to all kinds of memories. If you are just starting to listen to ABBA, get ready for memories in the making.
This is a 5-star flashback to the age of disco.
Free Music Review: Easily one of the great "Best of" albums of all time.
Hit: 5 Stars
Talk about putting all your eggs in one basket! If I were a conniving CD producer & peddler and had the opportunity to issue "ABBA Gold" and "ABBA More Gold," I'd likely take the most solid ABBA tunes and tactfully divide them evenly between both CDs, and add the lesser known "fillers" as an afterthought.Well...being an Abba fanatic, I found plenty to enjoy with both CDs. But the first "ABBA Gold" is an absolute gem if you are a casual ABBA fan and want to purchase a "Best of" collection that's packed with the richest and finest ABBA hits.
Seriously, you won't find yourself skipping a few tracks every time a tune ends. Track 1 goes right into "Dancing Queen," and --in my opinion-- the following five songs are not only hits, but some of ABBA's most solid work. You get a diverse selection of their music from sorrowful "SOS" to playful "Money, Money, Money" (a particular favorite of mine, as it's one of those few tunes where you get to hear Frida's powerful and sultry
voice in the forefront!), to sweet & nasty "Gimme Gimme Gimme!"
The full spectrum of ABBA is in this collection.
I really find no filler tracks in ABBA Gold. Admittedly, "I Have a Dream" and "Does Your Mother Know" are two ABBA tunes that always lost me, but when I chat with other ABBA fans, I find myself in the minority. The only way this CD will not fulfill your needs is if you are one of those folks (like me) who discovered ABBA, think they are one of THE greatest, and want ALL ABBA! On the other hand, you can be a fairly avid fan and still get almost all the ABBA you'll need on this CD.
Free Music Review: Abbasolutely Terrific
Hit: 5 Stars
When I was in high school twenty five or so years ago,punk rock was in vogue.You listened to it all the time because all the boys did,and it was cool.However,there was something about Abba's music that appealed to my inner conscience;something that reflected a carefree and innocent time in life.Abba is the kind of music you enjoyed listening to; but you didn't dare tell your friends that.I must admit that back then,I found Abba's lyrics were too bubble gummy, and I voiced my opinions about it to everyone I knew. Here I am,years later,letting my true feelings come out at last.I bought the Abba Gold CD about seven years ago,and I absolutely LOVE IT! Their lyrics were well crafted, the orchestration excellent, and what can you say about their voices, especially Agnetha and Ani Frid? No one, and I mean NO ONE,can ever duplicate the chemistry this quartet had. Even the guys could belt out kick ass lyrics. When I listen to Abba Gold in my vehicle, people ask me to turn it up- LOUDER! So I turn on the amplifier, and let it rip!! Perhaps it reminds them of their younger days; the same way it reminds me of my youth. I must admit that over the last seven years since I bought Abba Gold, it has left quite an indelible impression on me; so much that I have become a loyal Abba fan, and I now own all their albums, on CD and LP. In summation, the Abba Gold CD is FIVE STAR all the way! Listeners of my generation appreciate it more so, and maybe listeners from this generation will find it appealing as well; something that is missing in today's popular music. Ignore all the naysayers out there; pick up a copy of Abba Gold, and PLAY IT LOUD!!! You will feel like a kid all over again!!Free Music Review: Yabba-Dabba-ABBA!
Hit: 5 Stars
During the second half of The Seventies, ABBA was Sweden's greatest export since the meatball. Their infectious pop sound was all over the radio and this generous 19-track, 77-minute CD contains nearly every US Top 40 hit. [MIA: "Honey Honey," "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" and their final chart entry from 1982 "When All Is Said And Done." You'll have to get More ABBA Gold (still available from BMG) or ABBA's box set if you feel these are essential.]Although more popular in the UK--seven No. 1 singles and eight No. 1 albums--ABBA hit big in the US with their Eurovision Song Contest winner "Waterloo" in 1974. I was working parttime at a radio station in the late Seventies when our MOR playlist included their two million-sellers: "Dancing Queen" (their only stateside No. 1) and "Take a Chance On Me." [And after the umpteenth playing of "You Light Up My Life" and "Sometimes When We Touch," it made ABBA seem like the Rolling Stones!]
Before purchasing "Gold," I had an old K-tel greatest hits cassette, but the sound on this recording is superb--it was like hearing these songs again for the first time. And in addition to the hits, you get some of their minor chart entries like "Voulez Vous," "Money, Money, Money," "Super Toruper" and the disco-style "Lay All Your Love On Me."
ABBA's delightful Europop with its tight harmonies and soaring vocals are still a joy to listen to more than two decades after these songs were first released. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Free Music Review: Golden Pop
Hit: 5 Stars
ABBA (Annifrid, Benny, Björn and Agnetha) are the super group from Sweden who dominated the UK charts, and most of the rest of the world in the 70s, with their trademark piano riffs, light fluffy pop, and girl group choruses. Great musicians who penned all of their songs/hits.
They had 18 top ten hits in the UK, 9 of which were no.1s (surpassed only by Madonna, Cliff Richard, Elvis Presley and The Beatles) and this was their 9th no.1 album in a row in the UK.
Most of their UK top 10 hits are featured on this collection (except `Summer night city'). Opening track `Dancing queen' with its great piano, disco beat, and catchy vocals was their sole US no.1 single.
Other classics are the melancholic yet sweet `The winner takes it all' (inspired by their personal break ups), `Super trouper' (about life in the spotlight), `Knowing me knowing you', and the slightly reggae-ish pop of `One of us'..
Then there are the fantastic ballads `SOS', `Fernando' and `Chiquitita', and earlier rockers like `Waterloo' (their Eurovision winner), and `Mama mia' (from where the very successful musical borrows its name).
The CD I have is a UK version which comes with a bonus DVD with 18 of their videos.
The CD booklet is chock full of great photos, as well as the ABBA story.
Cool or not, syrupy sweet or not, these are great songs which have stood up well to the test of time, and are being rediscovered by a new generation of listeners. A gold collection indeed.