ABBA Abba - 2011 EU reissue LP, pressed on 180 gram vinyl
Format: Vinyl Condition: New Year of Release: 2011 Cat. No.: POLS 262 Label: Polar
In my opinion this is ABBA's best album. Sure, they had many hits after this release but the true, at least classic, ABBA sound is all over the place here. What I mean by that is; their later songs (as good as they were) moved in the disco pop direction, while here we get timeless pop rock at its finest. To me this is their "Tapestry" (legendary Carole King album) filled with monster song upon monster song. How can you beat an album featuring hits like "Mamma Mia", "S.O.S.", "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do", and "So Long" ?
Add to that gems like the catchy "Bang-A-Boomerang", "Rock Me" (shades of Slade), and the ballad "I've Been Waiting For You". Not only one of their best ballads, but one of the best pop ballads ever. That's nearly the whole album right there, I might as well mention the rest; the excellent and underrated "Hey, Hey Helen", the seductive "Tropical Loveland", the funny "Man In The Middle", and the superb instrumental "Intermezzo No. 1".
Pop music doesn't get much better than this, folks. A classic album from start to finish, with two interesting bonus tracks. Like I said, they were to write many more great songs, but in pop history this remains their classic album and deserves to be seen as such. At least in my humble opinion.
Review by Daisy Ghostly
TRACK LISTING:
A1 Mamma Mia A2 Hey, Hey Helen A3 Tropical Loveland A4 SOS A5 Man In The Middle A6 Bang A Boomerang
B1 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do B2 Rock Me B3 Intermezzo Nº 1 B4 I've Been Waiting For You B5 So Long
