Abbo Abbas - Polyphonies Françaises et Anglaises

Advantages: Strong production, vocals, melodies and musical ability
Disadvantages: "Crazy World" - nuff said

...Introduction "Abba" was the band's third album, but only their second release outside Sweden. It was released in the spring of 1975 and I recall getting it as a Christmas gift that year when I was 11. I had bypassed their first album - back then I only really got albums at birthdays and Christmas and I think my brief love affair with the Rubettes overtook my desire to hear more of Abba, despite the fact I loved "Waterloo" from the minute I heard them sing it at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974. That changed in the summer of 1975 when I heard "I Do I Do I Do I Do" and "SOS". It was these singles that drew me towards this album and to this day I can still recall the beautifully photographed sleeve and bright yellow label. My vinyl copy has long since gone but I still have the album on CD, in the remastered edition which I am... Read review

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Advantages: Our true first taste of Euro pop
Disadvantages: A couple of flat tracks....

...From the beautiful, burning beaches of the West coast of California to the smallest, poorest lowliest communities of Japan, Abba will always be the worlds biggest, highest paid international group of the 20th of century and beyond. This Swedish quartet of individual songsters on their own right joined forces originally in 1971. The powerful drive of creative writing came from the two male members, Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus. The two iconic female voices came from Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid (Frida) Lyngstad. Together, their real success came with their Eurovision winning song, 'Waterloo' in 1974. It was to be the biggest winning euro song ever. No winning artist has topped it since. On the back of this event, it was the springboard that was enough to launch them into a stunning, media stricken career peppered... Read review

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Advantages: Contains super hit tracks
Disadvantages: None

...The ABBA Agnetha Falskog vocals Benny Anderson vocals, keyboards, synthesizer Bjorn Ulvaeus vocals, banjo, guitar Anni-Frid Lyngstad vocals Full Tracks Listing 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 Trooper 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 About each track (This contains year of recording and running time of each track. I personally like to read some few lines of each track when I read music reviews to help me familiarized with the song... Read review

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