ABBA The Visitors - 2011 EU reissue LP, pressed on 180 gram vinyl
Format: Vinyl Condition: New Year of Release: 2011 Cat. No.: POL 342 Label: Polar
Abba's 1981 swan song is appropriately touched by intimations of loss; 'The Visitors' certainly contains nothing as breezy as "Does Your Mother Know." Far from the listless meanderings of a group on its way out, however, the album is alive with emotion and creativity. The title track fuses a melody reminiscent of the Beatles Indian explorations with a smartly done synthesizer arrangement typical of the disc as a whole (they could've been the Human League!)
Similarly moody cuts like "Soldiers" and "One of Us" help make this that rare thing, an Abba record suited for lonely late nights.
Review by Rickey Wright
TRACK LISTING:
A1 The Visitors A2 Head Over Heels A3 When All Is Said And Done A4 Soldiers
B1 I Let The Music Speak B2 One Of Us B3 Two For The Price Of One B4 Slipping Through My Fingers B5 Like An Angel Passing Through My Room
