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Not quite the soundtrack to the Swedish foursome's film debut, ABBA: The Movie (directed by respected Swedish filmmaker Lasse Hallestrom), THE ALBUM combines several songs from the movie, including the deliriously bouncy hit "Take A Chance On Me" and the dramatic "The Name of the Game," with three songs from Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Anderson's never-completed musical The Girl with the Golden Hair.
These three songs are among the band's most intriguing, with "Thank You for the Music" serving as the band's unofficial theme song and "I Wonder (Departure)" one of their most affecting ballads. It's the near-violent, bitterly ironic "I'm A Marionette" that's the wild card. Easily the angriest song ABBA ever recorded, "I'm A Marionette" sounds in retrospect like a portent of the band's rancorous end less than four years later. Curiosities and all, THE ALBUM may be ABBA's creative highpoint.
Digitally remastered using 24-bit technology by Jon Astley.
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Recorded at Glen, Metronome and Marcus Studios, Stockholm, Sweden in 1977. Includes reissue liner notes by Carl Magnus Palm.
Personnel: Björn Ulvaeus (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar); Benny Andersson (vocals, keyboards); Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad (vocals); Janne Schaffer (guitar, electric guitar); Lasse Wellander (guitar); Lars Carlsson (flute, saxophone); Roger Palm, Ola Brunkert (drums); Malando Gassama (percussion).
Audio Remasterers: Jon Astley; Michael B. Tretow.
Photographers: Lars-Erik Larsson; Bengt H. Malmqvist; Barry Levine.
Arrangers: Benny Andersson; Björn Ulvaeus.
ABBA: Bjorn Ulvaeus (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars); Benny Anderson (vocals, keyboards); Agnetha Faltskog, Anni Frid Lyngstad (vocals).
Additional personnel: Lasse Wellander, Janne Schaffer (guitar); Lars O. Carlsson (flute, saxophone); Rutger Gunnarsson (bass); Ola Bunkert, Roger Palm (drums); Malando Gassama (persussion).
Q (9/01, p.126) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Similar highpoints [to their apex ARRIVAL] are sprinkled throughout..." Uncut (p.92) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Benny and Bjorn's admiration of Fleetwood Mac leads to languid soft-rock..."
It's got to be rock and roll to fill the hole in your soul! This is a collection of fun upbeat songs like "Take A Chance On Me", "Hole In Your Soul", & "Move On"!!! Get this!!! Submitted by Maurice (Toldeo, OH, USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Awesome This album is my fave ABBA album ever. There are some great songs on it. I love Take A Chance On Me, Hole In Your Soul and One Man, One Woman. Infact I like them all and so will you if you have not heard it yet. Get it loud and sing had loud as you can it has some pretty catchy tunes on it!!! Submitted by Louise (Lancashire, UK) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Classic ABBA Rock and Roll!!! This is a great CD. It is classic rock ABBA on an album. ABBA fans will love this one. Submitted by jejr9 (Irvine) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
what an album!! this is possibly my favourite album of all time.
i remember back in my teens when i just bought this album on vinyl. and i know thinking even then...then is just so good. i couldn't stop playing it on my mum and dad's old record player. we didn't have remote control cd players then. we had a good old fashioned record player which kept jumping.
anyway. this is still on my play list. i still play it even after all these years. you must buy it.
Submitted by gcwmd (herne bay - kent uk) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Take a chance on this! Oh yes..Abba at their bestest best. This 1977 recording finds those Swedish popsters at the height of their popularity and creativity. The CD includes the hit singles "Take a chance on me" and "The name of the game", but the top tune has to be the high-flying "Eagle" (is that the best Abba tune ever??)
Don't be ashamed or embarrased about buying this album...it's trendy to like Abba! Submitted by a reviewer (Somewhere in England.) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
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