ABBA, welcome to the 1980's!

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ABBA, welcome to the 1980's!

Published Monday, March 20, 2006 by DJ RyRy | E-mail this post

ABBA was Sweden's #1 export in the 1970s. They made more money than Volvo or so the story goes. They jumped to fame when they won the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest... usually the winners are never heard from again, but not ABBA. They rocketed to fame. Sold millions of albums, survived 2 divorces, recorded 8 albums and had started on the 9th, which they ultimately never finished. ABBA was the first 2 guy/2 girl pop import from Sweden, groups like Ace of Base and Alcazar were to follow and were also very successful. So they had 2 complete albums in the 80s, "Super Trouper" and "The Visitors" I want to share with you a few tracks from each, and a track that was completed for that never finished 9th album.

first up we have some Super Trouper action, this album was released in November of 1980. It contains my personal favorite, "The Winner Takes it All" as well as other gems that never quite made it as hits here in the good ole USA.

ABBA - "On and On and On"
catchy, poppy, tells a story, lots of synth... pop perfection

ABBA- "Super Trouper"
I HAD to share the title track... 'facing 20,000 of your fans, how could anyone be so lonely?"

ABBA- "The Winner Takes It All"
Agnetha's finest performance.

ABBA- "Lay All Your Love On Me
I don't have much to say about this one, it's always been a favorite of mine.

Let's move on to "The Visitors" it was released in November 1981 and shows a more Mature ABBA than we're used to. This ultimately was some of their best work, and unfortunately for the fans, the final album.

ABBA- "The Visitors"
the opening, title track is filled with fear and paranoia... but of what? this was still the Cold War era...

ABBA- "Two For The Price of One"
fun with personal ads... "if you dream of the girl for you, then call us and get two for the price of one!"

ABBA- "When All Is Said and Done"
I think this song speaks for itself...

ABBA- "Slipping Through My Fingers"
getting a tad sappy on y'all for a second, Agnetha reflects on watching her daughter grow...

and finally, let's end The Visitors on a better note... the single "Head Over Heels" the video has Frida runnin' around town buying clothes and shopping while Bjorn plays her tired husband, Agnetha sings us this story while wearing an awful pantsuit.

ABBA- "Head Over Heels"

They started recording a 9th studio album... it ultimately never worked out, but a few songs have surfaced... both these tracks were recorded sometime in 1982...

ABBA- "You Owe Me One" (previously unreleased)
based on this song alone, it makes me wish that album was completed... brilliant.

ABBA- "I Am The City (previously unreleased)"
this song is totally ABBA meets the 80s....

I Hope you enjoyed these songs... the best way to see how ABBA has evolved musically is to buy ABBA- The Complete Studio Recordings it contains all 8 albums, bonus tracks, 2 dvds, 2 books... well worth the money. But for a nice collection a lot cheaper, might I suggest The Definitive Collection.

and one more before I go... Erasure loved ABBA and we all know about ABBA-esque but they covered some ABBA songs... including one of my very favorites...

for your listening pleasure.... Erasure- "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!"

Hope you all enjoyed my first entry... I had to get all this ABBA out of my system... I have ideas for some other entries, but I shan't post them all now or i'll have nothing to share later!

~DJ RyRy

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