ABBA Album - bestselling 1978 album on remastered 1999 CD
Format: CD Condition: New Year of Release: 1999 Cat. No.: 874424 Label:
Without a doubt, 1978's The Album is the Swedish pop demigods' finest moment. (Forgive them the film.)
From the opening stanzas of the visionary "Eagle" (a "Born Free" for the late '70s) to the pure joyous rush of "Take a Chance on Me" (has a cappella ever sounded so irresistible?) to the drop-dead perfect chorus on "The Name of the Game," not a heartstring is left untouched.
The melodies are matchless, the production virtually defining the era. The final three tracks, subtitled "Three Scenes from a Mini-Musical"--the celebratory and often copied "Thank You for the Music," "I Wonder," and the self-deprecating "I'm a Marionette"--merely confirmed what ABBA's fans knew all along: this was pure showtime and Bjorn, Benny, Agnetha, and Frida were masters of the form.
--Everett True
TRACK LISTING:
1 Eagle 2 Take A Chance On Me 3 One Man, One Woman 4 The Name Of The Game 5 Move On 6 Hole In Your Soul 7 Thank You For The Music 8 I Wonder (Departure) 9 I'm A Marionette
