Arrival

Ja goud goud goud. Helaas meeste nummers al te vaak gehoord, daarom geen 5 sterren. Maar dit zijn zoveel tijdloze klassiekers. Het leuke vind ik wel dat ik dit vroeger sowieso totale stront had gevonden hahaha

Goed

Great!!

Bruh, Its abba ofc its gonna be good. Very good vibes and upbeat (cause its ABBA)💀 but like why did the first slap so hard.

who doesn't love a bit of ABBA

Heh niikuin yhtyeen kappale.. ahh..ahh ahh...ahh.... staying objective...staying objective..

Album 178 of 1001 ABBA - Arrival Rating : 5 / 5 Favorite Track : Fernando My appreciation for ABBA has grown a bit as I've listened through the first 650 or so albums in the list. They are much more than the international bubblegum pop group I considered them to be. While most of their albums are totally new to me, this one has the songs that always stood out the most. One constant memory for me (for whatever reason) is an episode of American Bandstand where John Travolta was the guest (April 10, 1976). At some point in the show, everyone was dancing to Fernando. For whatever reason, that found a place in my memories and stayed there. Just a frozen moment in time that has stuck with me. It is a pleasant memory that brings to mind a much easier and fun time when all there was to do was live and learn. The chorus takes me right back to that moment. That is what this album gives to me- an enjoyable listen and a reminder of that little piece of time. The extra point is for that and the fact that I'm feeling especially reminiscent today.

Not for me

Dancing Queen

Bleh. This hasn’t aged well, and I wasn’t much of a fan in the first place.

an obvious classic, a lot of their best songs. like the scottish influence since they spent a lot of time in glasgow. my love, my life is so beautiful

When I kissed the teacher is just.. weird. Dancing Queen.. let’s start the song with the chorus. Brilliant (really). Should be more bass in the mix though. Dum Dum Diddle is actually pretty catchy Money Money Money.. a bit too Broadway for me BUT is that an early sequencer I hear? Why Did It Have To Be Me… sounds nostalgic. And out of place. Tiger is disjointed. Arrival! The theme song! And... Celtic??? This was awful.

Really solid, sparkling pop with some tight harmonies. Knowing Me, Knowing You might just be one of the all-time great breakup songs.

Basically exactly what you’d expect. Not really my thing.

It's like purified pop gold. Some of it is a bit saccharine for my taste but you can't deny the absolute silky quality of a lot of these songs.

Solid

Ok for what it is...i'm just not a huge ABBA fan. 2/5

Great album from start to finish loved it

Teacher - Energetic & Bass extremely prominent Dancing queen - epic classic disco My love, my life - strings amazing, lovely chord progressions Dum dum diddle - the evolution that would become mamma Mia later? Very similar Knowing me knowing you - funk, strong lyrics Money money money - always found it to sound like a show tune. Timeless classic That's me - typical abba sound, would have been a disco classic albeit unknown compared to other songs on the album Why did it have to be me? - Boogie Woogie with blues origins. Solid track

There's a reason Abba are pop legends, this is one of them. Best song: Knowing Me, Knowing You

Iconic: from first track to last this just slapped. Felt like I was watching Mama Mia all over again. I don't think anyone can come to scrutinize ABBA that much unless they are a pure hater. This is white girl/musical enjoyer/disco/middle age mum core in its finest form, songs to just stick on a sing along to for the full length of the album.

Muchas vibes a musical, me gusta la instrumentación con un sonido súper brillante junto con la gran variedad de armonías, un album que levanta el ánimo

Solid 4/5

I'm British.

One hit wonders, they'll never amount to anything ;-)

Possibly an unpopular opinion, but I find Abba's stuff hugely overrated.

I guess it's OK...

it’s ABBA,it’s amazing.Even if the lyrics are a bit weird sometimes the vocals are amazing and the chorus’s are catchy.”Dancing queen” “knowing me knowing you” “Fernando””money money money money” are all amazing.

A pretty epic collection of songs that everyone now knows. Among the greatest artists of all time.

This album is packed with hits, but the filler songs are bad.

First cut, meh. Second cut "Dancing Queen" timeless anthem. Third cut, dreck. Fourth, bad dreck. Fifth track "Knowing Me, Knowing You" timeless anthem. Sixth track "Money, Money, Money" timeless anthem, I guess, though not as strong as the other two. Seventh, dreck. Eighth, meh with sax. Nine, wow, so bad. Ten, bagpipes? Electronic bagpipes? Wow. I'm listening to a bonus version with "Fernando" which wasn't on the original album but I gotta say, based on some of my other reviews, it's hard to give this a very good rating, though it has a couple of classic tracks on it. From the era where the record companies were happy if an album had two hits on it, and the rest was filler, and people bought the record. Ugh! I went into this knowing full well what I was likely to find, prepared to hold my nose and give it a three based on the monster tracks, and after listening, I think it doesn't even merit that rating, because the other tunes are so terrible.

First album by ABBA on this list? one of the truely must listen albums which is weird considering I never had. Knew the big tunes of course but there's so much quality here. They get a bad rep as they pretty much defined pop and so much bad came after them, but what music.

Ever since I can first recall hearing “adult music”, there has always been ABBA—and even though I didn't know any of the artists' names at the time, they were right there along side Linda Ronstadt, Donovan, Gordon Lightfoot, Bread, Roger Whittaker, and Vangelis. But that experience has always been through individual tracks on a mix tape, on the radio, or through the compilation of a best-of album or, ahem, a certain movie. This album is upbeat, carefree, and not quite disco. There are a couple tracks I'd never heard before, and I really enjoyed the titular track, Arrival—its regal, Gaelic influence stands apart from the rest of the album as brief intermission or something. There are some 4 and 5 star tracks on here that are also some of their biggest hits. While reflecting on why this album may have been included on this list of 1001 albums, let me go back to that earlier description, "not quite disco." It makes me think, "What genre is this?" It's nothing like the folk music of the era. It's not rock and roll like Elvis or the Beetles in the generations before. It's not heavy metal like Black Sabbath, nor is it like the progressive/experimental rock that King Crimson and Genesis were making at the time. It's dance-able, but certainly not Soul, Jazz, Blues, or Country—and it's not funky enough to be Disco. The closest thing I can conclude is that, this is pop music. It's perhaps some of the earliest of the genre that would later assume that name. It's fun to listen to, easy to sing along with and dance to, has regular electronic/synthesizer accompaniment—it's catchy, and it sticks in your head. Overall I don't see myself revisiting this complete album very much—not because there's anything wrong with it though. The issue with an album like this is perhaps how the music around it has matured. It is like that quality, comfortable, old paperback still sitting on your bookshelf: you hang on to it just in case the itch arises to revisit it, but you just never really need to because there are so many more contemporary options available that continue to satisfy.

This is not my jam...but I didn't hate it! They're real musicians making decent music, I just don't like it.

The part I most enjoyed was tuning out Dancing Queen (ugh) in order to contemplate how one might report evidence of a suspicious teacher student relationship from the 70s. (Thank you Jason for identifying Wikipedia as the answer, I had not thought of that). The second most enjoyable part was when I gave up hating on the synth bagpipes(?) in Arrival and just appreciated that they were totally committed to it and doing something that was not the same as the rest of an album that I could not finish fast enough.

If someone were to lay a claim again me stating that my vitriolic opinion of disco was originated because of a Disco Sucks t-shirt I saw on TV once, I would not be able to refute them. Have I heard many disco records? No. Am I excited to list to more disco after hearing this record? Also no. The thing about this album that drove me insane was that musically it was terrific. If you hear the notes of the singing it meshes so well with the instrumentation to craft a hyper-danceable sound that could make it impossible to not bop along in your chair. However, when I listen to the words this album is about as entertaining as running a marathon wearing underpants made of razor wire and salt. [Pre-Chorus] You don't care It's not fair And you're only smiling When you play your violin [Chorus] Dum dum diddle, to be your fiddle To be so near you and not just hear you Dum dum diddle, to be your fiddle I think then maybe you'd see me, baby If this were an album of Swedish folk music played on fiddles, accordions, or nyckelharpas, then it is a banger. As dance music, however, it just doesn't work for me. None if this would matter if as a listen would be justified in immediately turning off the record when they realize that track one is a song about a female student sexually abusing their teacher. It is difficult to imagine a time when a producer or record label would be cool with this. Either way you shake it, this is a mesmerizingly good album that I don't expect I will ever choose to listen to again.

Outside of the hits, I really liked some of the curios here: That’s Me, Tiger, Arrival. A more eclectic album than I was expecting.

For most ordinary bands, this would basically just be a greatest hits record, but this is ABBA and they are no ordinary band. Some wicked keys on this one as well.

What? An ABBA album filled with meticulously crafted pop songs? *acts surprised*

What a fucking nightmare it was listening to that album! 1/10

It's ABBA. Insanely catchy, but not my thing.

nice

100% loved it !

Need to document myself on disco music for the musical I'm making so it came right on time. Some tracks are bops and the overall vibe is good but it starts becoming repetitive at some point. 6/10

I don't believe I've ever listened to an album by ABBA before. This sure had some hits.

Is this the first appearance by the Swedish legends? I am very partial to a spot of ABBA, I have a real sweet tooth for those melodies and voices and songwriting hooks. There's a few mishits here, including the morally questionable first song, but the inclusion of Fernando on the Australian album version, plus at least two other bona fide amazing songs, keeps this at a solid 4.

ABBA really aren't a band for me, but this is a really brave effort. So many unusual sounds and styles all on the same album would typically be career suicide for most 'radio bands' but this is a really quality effort

These guys certainly know how to make a pop song. So many well known songs it was hard to listen to this objectively. I'm going to say Fernando is my fave track as it's been stuck in my head the most.

Oof - a lot of the tracks on this album were massive hits, which is fair enough - they're immaculate pop - but that resulted in them being played to absolute DEATH. 💀 My first play through that didn't bother me too much and I was probably on track to give this a 4, but a second listen and they really started to grate - I've just heard them far too many times against my will to be happy hearing them again. Probably shoulda removed them from the second playthrough and just listened to the ones I was unfamiliar with - ah well, too late now. Fave track - "Tiger", let's say.

alright, only liked a few songs

Dancing Queen is a pop gem that for me holds a special memory, so I'm already predisposed to like this album. Perhaps I'm spoiled by listening to Abba's greatest hits "Gold" album, but my overall reaction to "Arrival" is that it's OK. There are a few solid hits on this album, and I appreciated that the version I listened to had "Fernando" on it, but much just felt like pop filler. And "I Kissed the Teacher" (or whatever it was called) is a bit cringey given current sensibilities. At the end of the day, though, it's ABBA, so it's at least an enjoyable listen, even if I won't be revisiting this album often.

Love ABBA!!

Ok ig

Absolute banger

Too spangley and samey, couldn't listen to it the whole way through.

Disco isn't for everyone and this album certainly has its dull moments. But the songs that work well have a good mix of standard disco beats and some euro flair. 3/5 Would listen to the hits.

money money money~ in the rich man's world~

Pleasant. Never listened to anything from them other than the big hits, but was about as expected.

The hits were outstanding, with Dancing Queen towering above all. The rest was perfectly fine, but nothing that made you move or him.

Not bad, but wont listen again, maybe a few specific songs. "I kissed the teacher" would not pass today because of sexual assulting.

What a great album, so many memorable songs. Just a great album to get up and groove to.

This is the ABBA album with their most well known hits, including Fernando which is one of my favourite ABBA songs

algums hits

Some good songs but a whole album of ABBA is a big ask for my ears.

Tämä on levy, jota ABBAlta voi suositella. Tasainen ja näyttää kaikki puolet, eli sen mahtavan mukaansatempaavuuden että ihan karsean ärsyttävät rallatukset. Kuulostaa ruotsalaisen musiikin avainteokselta.

Kuinka hyviä kappaleita on tehtävä, että hirveyden saa anteeksi? Ehkä Dancing Queen ym. riittävät, ehkä eivät. Tiedän vain, etten kuuntelisi parhaitakaan näistä teoreettisella vapaa-ajallani. Mitä sitten että laulaisin baarissa mukana?

Abba are not a group I listen to, day-to-day, even though I do like a lot of defiantly 'pop' music (I've never seen Mamma Mia, and have no burning inclination to do so, just to ram the point home). I find them a bit too cheesy, a bit too sickly sweet (cheesy AND sweet - is that gastronomically possible?) to ever actively seek out. None of which is to say that I don't think they're great at what they do, or that when I do listen to them in small doses, I usually have a good time. If we include Fernando there are 4 undeniable enormo-bangers on this record, and the other tracks are cut from the same cloth. An album that showcases what Abba were all about very well, I'd say.* *Though having said that, maybe all their albums do? That's the thing thing with Abba: like a box of cheesy chocolates, you know almost exactly what you're gonna get. And maybe that's part of the appeal.

ABBA is a band that I feel like you can only really be a fan of if you grew up with their music. Without the nostalgia glasses on, their stuff is super corny and very much of its time. As someone born in the '90s, I for one would never say something like "Hey, I think I'm going to voluntarily listen to an ABBA record today." But then again, if one of their hits came up on shuffle or started playing during a night out, you bet your ass I'd be having a ball. That type of appeal certainly counts for something! Standout tracks are Dancing Queen and Why Did It Have to be Me?.

You show me someone that won't allow themselves to enjoy ABBA and I'll show you a joyless, pretentious ass-hat. Rating: 4/5 Playlist track: Dancing Queen Date listened: 03/08/23

Some good hits on here, but I'm still amazed people got laid to this.

The money sing is fire!

Hard to meet the Album bar.

Similar to an album like Thriller, where the legendary singles just seem to overshadow the rest of the album. That's not to say that the other songs aren't a decent listen, they're fun and catchy, but after the album is done I spent the next few hours singing Dancing Queen and Knowing Me Knowing You over and over to myself. A greatest hits comp is definitely the best thing for ABBA, but it can't be too bad of an album when a third of the songs are straight up pop classics. Just not something I see myself really going back to.

Jammers, who can’t get down with some ABBA

Abba is one of those bands where I am ideally satisfied with a greatest hits album. When they're great, they're phenomenal, but they're great like 2 or 3 times per album. Put those 2-3 together with a bunch of other top 2 tracks from other records and you have non-stop bangers. Put them together with 10 mediocre tracks and I just wonder why I'm not listening to Abba Gold instead.

Not my cup of tea

I've thought about what to score this quite a bit. I didn't really have to listen to it much (though of course I did a once through start to finish) because I've heard most of it countless times before through no deliberate action of my own. Ultimately, though I don't really enjoy it I've given this 4 stars for these reasons: -It is very well produced -The fact its not a greatest hits album but plays like one is testament to the consistency of its song writing -They took all that crazy disco stuff coming out of America and made an album your mum can enjoy So, 4 as I can't give 5 to something u personally don't enjoy, and its tempting to dock a further star for being the catalyst to us being subjected to Pierce Brosnan singing.

I have a soul and therefore can't give this bubblegum any less than a 4.

Got some bangers

Definitely not my wheelhouse. Let's see... I listened to this one in the background while working. I couldn't name you a track outside of Dancing Queen, but I found myself bobbing along quite a bit. Like bluegrass, disco is certainly not my thing, but I can see why people enjoy it and respect it accordingly. Would I go out of my way to listen to this album again? Absolutely not. Would I be miserable if I was roadtripping with someone and their car had a broken radio antenna and this one one of three albums to cycle through repeatedly? No. On account of that, I give this a 3 (leaning towards 4) / 5.

A fun pop album that is helped by the fact it has songs on one of the most well known movie soundtracks. I expected to enjoy the songs from Mamma Mia and have everything else be average. I was pleasantly surprised by how good the overall album is. Fun lyrics, good singing, and not overly repetitive like a lot of pop is. Happy Hawaii is a great song to end it all on

Dancing Queen might be the definition of a bop. Happy Hawaii was a very fun song to end the album. The middle was all good but pretty forgetful

Honestly never have gone out of my way to listen to ABBA so interested for this. Kiss the teacher just reminds me of the South Park episode where Ike sleeps with the teacher and the police just say "Nice" when they realize she is a hottie. Dancing Queen is a jam but nothing I'll go out of my way to listen to. Money Money Money is kinda dark lol Who is this Bjorn guy and why is he singing over the other A's. Also their names are all so fucking svedish. Agnetha Fältskog Anni-Frid Lyngstad Björn Ulvaeus Benny Andersson Fernando! I would kms if that was my name and then this song came out. Pretty diddy though. Honestly not much here for me besides the two I had already heard.

Aside from the stone-cold classic Dancing Queen, I thought the rest of this album seemed to struggle a bit getting to that level of energy. Still, the songwriting is top notch and each song sounds distinct and has its own little twists and flairs that set it apart from a lot of other early 70s albums.

They're og for a reason

As someone who never listened to an ABBA album before this one I expected that it would be good because I enjoy a lot of their hits I know but I did not expect the album cuts to be as good as they were on this album. From "My Love, My Life" to "That's Me" to "Why Did It Have To Be Me?". Of course the hits from this album are also really good my favorite being "Money, Money, Money". Just a classic pop/disco album that is a really easy listen and one I find hard to like. I would probably put it around an 8.5 because it is good but it does have some flaws. I thought that a few tracks ("Tiger", "Arrival" and "Happy Hawaii") were a little weaker than the ones that came before and they felt like lesser versions of previous songs on the album.

It was super pop-y but I enjoyed it. It was good for a relaxed jog.

3.4/5 pop

3 for nostalgia alone

Classic dreamy pop from the Swedish 4-piece. Some of the major hits are here, including Dancing Queen, Money Money Money and Fernando. It's fine as background music but didn't excite me much

Not my bag at all...

One of the greatest pop songs of all time, from a band that released a list of superlative pop songs. Yet as an album it’s really hard work. The lyrics on many of the songs are banal and predictable and the tunes weary. A magnificent singles band , one of the best ever, and a terrible albums band.

Top 3 Songs: 1 - Dancing Queen (2) 2 - Money, Money, Money (6) 3 - Fernando (11)

Good

time transcendent some absolute corkers let's be honest

Its Abba 👍

alright album, knew quite a few songs

4 Some bangers on here!!!

dancing queen is obviously a monster hit…the rest of the album pales in comparison. some ok songs but it doesn’t even feel cohesive. there’s an even a blues number with that classic generic blues chug hahaha. wow.

I get it now.

never really listened to abba before this (besides "dancing queen" which is always played at a party at least once) but this is actually making me want to hear more. even though this isn't my go-to genre of music, i would honestly listen to this again.

Liked the hits, the rest was Meh.

I enjoyed this album a lot more than I expected. The production quality is great, the melodies are wonderful, and there are (obviously) some very catchy songs here. It's not my genre, really, but I had more fun with it than I thought I would.

Very good

Big hits: Dancing Queen Knowing Me, Knowing You Money, Money, Money Fernando, and lesser known 'That's Me'. All very well crafted songs, with great instrumentation, vocal arrangements, and chord changes.

Never thought of ABBA as anything other than a collection of greatest hits. Interesting to listen to a full album. Unfortunately the non hits kind of get overshadowed and it is hard to really give them a true listen. Never been a huge fan but hard to argue with.

pretty nice

Disco bisco Rating: 7.5/10

In 1974, ABBA were an off-the-shelf guilty pleasure injected into the veins of pop music. Across the intervening fifty years, all of the guilt has slowly been drawn out like poison from a cherry bakewell, until only pure pleasure remains. There shouldn’t be much debate any more: it’s useless to argue that Benny and Bjorn weren’t masters of their craft, or that Anni-Frid and Agnetha didn’t have harmonies made in heaven. No amount of Eurovision tributes, West End revivals, summer blockbusters, or VR experiences can dilute the power of a band like ABBA. And yet some niggling doubt remained, hovering in the back of my mind as I assessed “Arrival”. Was I really going to give the full five stars to an album including refrains like “dum dum diddle, to be your fiddle” and “Carrie-not-the-kind-of-girl-you’d-marry… that’s me”? Such corn, such schmaltz? Well, on listening to a full album of ABBA material like this, we face several empirical truths: 1. Only this band could make opening lines like “everybody screamed, when I kissed the teacher” so giddily endearing. 2. No amount of radio play can tarnish the thrill of “Dancing Queen”’s piano glissando, or “Money Money Money”’s hokey cabaret figure. 3. As much as the uptempo tracks shine, there’s a beautiful handcrafted elegance in “My Love, My Life” and the instrumental “Arrival”. Listen to them too roughly and they might just shatter in your ears. 4. Above all, these are absolutely perfect pop songs. I could go on, but the music can speak for itself. The cascading chorus of “Knowing Me Knowing You”, reaching a peak in “breaking up is never easy, I know”. The glam stomp of “Tiger”, evoking their early Eurovision winner “Waterloo”. And, yes, “Dum Dum Diddle” is great fun too. There’s no guilt any more: no irony, no shame. “Arrival” is simply a faultless album by a peerless band.

well. the album tracks aren't singles for good reason. i do not want to hear about kissing the teacher Favorite Tracks: Dancing Queen, Knowing Me, Knowing You 3.5-4/5

This album is without a doubt iconic. The vocals really make this album special and each song has its own individuality that makes it stand out whilst also tying in nicely with the rest of the songs on the album. I thought that the songs at the end were not quite as strong, but nevertheless, I give it a 9/10

So many big hits on this album, and the rest of the songs are very fun

A great album by abba. This album has it all as far as pop records go. This is my wife’s favorite band so I’m sure she’d give this a 5. As much as I enjoy dancing queen I can’t let one song control the whole review. Luckily the production on this album is superb. The instrumentals vary and sound great. There are several songs on this that have replay value. 7.8/10

Mostly iconic songs, a couple uninteresting

This album is vibes dancing queen and Fernando still hold up

Turns out I'm not a big ABBA fan.

Great!

PREFS : When I Kissed the Teacher, Dancing Queen, My Love, My Life, Knowing Me, Knowing You, Money, Money, Money, That's Me, Tiger MOINS PREF : Why Did It Have To Be Me?

Fun album

nah, 1.5

Another classic

I don’t love ABBA, and I could go the rest of my life and never hear Dancing Queen again. I have to admit, though, that Bjorn can write a song. Not necessarily a song that I like, but an objective dinger nonetheless.

Crazy how many hits are on this album. As a lover of pop music, this album is irresistible.

Fernando was number one in Australia for 14 weeks! Money, Money, Money and Dancing Queen spent a combined 14 weeks at the top. I was one of those sick of ABBA by then. So it's good to finally listen to the whole album finally. What's not to like: the blending of those two voices with Benny and Bjorn's brilliant arrangements were at their peak here. I wonder why Tiger wasn't a single, but they were spoiled for choice. A couple of fillers prevents it getting 5.

Que alegría me da siempre ABBA(PSP)

Some hits on here. Overall alright, but definitely fun.

Phenomenal pop album

It’s very much 70s pop music, it’s enjoyable, energetic, and fun. Nothing earth shattering, but a fun listen for every once in a while.

Ok

Dancing Queen! Then it's mandatory to give a 5.

Great 70s pop

Catchy, yet a little forgettable. The dudes in abba should sing more.

i mean…amazing.

Guess it's their best collection of songs

peak perfection

Just can’t do it

Bubbly disco pop. Not something I'd generally listen to, but I see why so many folks love ABBA.

Mama Mia II soundtrack for the most part. Basically greatest hits part 2. Great pop.

Tremendous

A couple of well known songs. Dancing Queen was the best song on the album. It was alright. I wouldn't listen to the entire thing again though.

The ABBA album with dancing queen on it

Idk what was happening at schools in Sweden in the 70s but this feels inappropriate. Lots of all time favorites on here, but a few duds. Ah well, at least it's not another scottish post punk band from the 80s!

I don’t know it was fun overall but I agree, teacher song is weird

Dancing queen and Fernando could earn a 5/5 on their own in my opinion but sadly they were dragged down 2 stars by I Kissed The Teacher 3/5

2 of my favorite songs are on this album but the rest of the bunch didn’t do much for me.

Klassikko mutta kokonaisuutena epätasainen kuten kaikki abban levyt. Artisti joka kannattaa arvioida muilla perutein kun levykokonaisuulsien suhteen 2/5

Abban hitit on törkeän hyviä ja ihan jänniä musajuttuja aina mukana myös. Kuitenkin niin umpipoppia, ettei ihan levyinä parhaimmillaan.

Hittikimara. Tapasin vihata kyseistä bändiä, mutta pakko on pitkin hampain myöntää että oman aikansa toimivaa poppista. 4/5

mmm ABBA mój ulubiony rodzaj rymów <3

Just awful.

This album wasn’t for me. I can appreciate the talent, and I can see why they are popular, but I just wasn’t feeling it.

Catchy and killer. Listened on the plane from Md to NY

A perfect pop album.

Mama Mia, it's fun!

insipid

No me gusta admitirlo, pero me gustó. ABBA siempre me ah parecido un grupo para evadir, pues está en contra de todo lo que tengo definido como gusto propio, pero, por alguna razón que desconozco y odio, me terminó gustando tanto el álbum que no puedo fingir que no. Le doy 4 por ser tan bueno y por hacerme notar que, aunque odie ABBA, me gusta ABBA.

most of these songs are emblematic of the 70s disco era, and if some of them hadn't been played to death on the radio, they could all have some form of success.

The thing i noted most is how different this is than many other "hit" albums. Most other popular albums actually sounds strange... the hits stand out as so much better than everything around it, you wonder if they really are the same band. This album is really consistent with melodies and energy, and the not-hit songs are only just the slightest bit off from being hits of their own. Pretty banger.

Not my cup of tea but quite good

Conozco algunas canciones -+10 DE 10

Catchy earworms, can't deny production value and talent, but I'd prefer to not listen to this.

Como pode o ABBA, apenas uma banda com quatro mariconas cintilantes, ter inventado a felicidade?

Knowing Me Knowing You was better than I remembered but overall this was not an album I enjoyed.

I wonder how I'd feel about this if I had never heard them before. And also if my workplace didn't play a disco-heavy 70s station all the time. Were they groundbreaking? No idea. Are they fun? Sure. Will I ever choose to listen to them again? Nope.

ABBA was unbelievable in the late 1970s - worldwide. This album features Dancing Queen, Money, Money, Money, Knowing Me, Knowing You. Which are all great songs. The rest of the album is catchy and was probably pretty amazing back when it came out. 3.5/5

All the bops. I don’t even really care for ABBA…but damn. This is ridiculously catchy. Every song is so sugary sweet. On the whole I didn’t feel like skipping…which is really a great thing because I’m impatient honestly.

Dancing Queen, Dum Dum Diddle, Knowing Me, Knowing You, That’s Me, Tiger, Fernando and Happy Hawaii. Catchy and great vocals. Never listened to anything by ABBA but will now. 9/10

solid and fun 3.5 dancing queen, knowing me knowing you, arrival, fernando

Seems like everyone hates disco, but I'm not one of those people. That said, I didn't love this album. "Dancing Queen" is a classic, but the rest of the album runs the gamut from fine and blah.

ABBA is always fantastic. Some songs are super hits while others are so so, but I enjoyed this overall. I have a list of favorite Swedish bands, and ABBA is #1.

Memories of my parents and their friends playing cards at the kitchen table. The music of ABBA got a lot of play.

all songs are an actual bop. im a huge musical fan so no surpise i love this album already. mamma mia unlocked my love for abba. most amazing of albums.

I gotta say - I don't understand the vitriol. Best track: Arrival

listened to with with blon bl-03 (on left channel) and kz zx pro x (on right) theres is no good reason for this my dogs just decided to eat one of each

Ok ... it's Abba. Too disco-y for me. Besides "Dancing Queen", "Knowing Me, Knowing You", the songs were skip-tracks.

The lyrics to that first song had me cracking up

ABBA fucking sucks. It's too bright. Fake 80's happiness. Feels like a group of high school theater kids on meth.

Abba is fun, and I didn’t realize I was familiar with so many of their songs. However, not my favorite. It all just felt a bit generic. Sue me.

Abba does not suck. I grew up listening to Abba on road trips with the family, so they will always remind me of happy loving times. The music is catchy and bright. The voices are unique. And any band that has a song about kissing the teacher rules. Tiger is kind of annoying, but I want to change it to "Tyler" and use it as my creeping song.

This is one of those bands everybody knows but who can really listen to this except on Broadway?

- sounds like ABBA - decent vibes but not really my thing - enjoyable enough to jam to - 2.5 but rounding up cuz it's ABBA

- Unbelievably catchy, feel good music - Dancing Queen is one of the greatest songs of all time - Big fan of Tiger

Not all perfect but it has Dancing Queen.

Poppy, unsurprisingly. "Arrival" song was cool, had a bit more of a cinematic feel to it

Banger, como dicen los gringos.

Not a huge ABBA fan, but some real classic songs on this album

Great album!

abba's music contains such energy. they are incredibly easy to listen to! arrival with its release in 1976 must have been an oddball. this was rock's heyday, and an album of such light pop and disco must have been unusual, even though it wasn't abba's first release. but there's a sense that abba is unashamedly having fun, and it leaves the listener with such joy--or at least it does with me! some lyrics here can be almost silly ("dum dum diddle"), but i can't bring myself to care much when there's "dancing queen" or "money, money, money," because listening to abba is all about having a good time. honestly, i couldn't stop listening to this album!

If Abba was already a hit sensation at this time, it would be this album that cemented them in gold as one of the greatest euro-pop and euro-disco acts of all time. This album has some of the group's best and most well known songs, not the least of which is Dancing Queen. These are songs that have stood for decades and are still very well recognized. This is just a really fun album that shows off the band's dynamics and harmonies. I don't know what to say about this album or group that hasn't already been said, but they make music such an unabashed joy.

Almost 5

A couple good songs, but overall pretty cheesy and doesn’t flow very well

More ABBA?! I guess they think if I listen to enough ABBA, that infectious Swede pop will infiltrate my brain. It might be working...

You can't help but love this album, super catchy with several classics. 4.5/5

So last night my wife was randomly listening to the Mamma Mia sound track, so we both found it hilarious I randomly got ABBA’s album today. Anyways this album is a total guilty pleasure really enjoyable danceable pop, really deserves its place on the list with so many absolutely classic songs, just not my personal taste that I’d listen to it frequently or be requesting it at parties. So a soild 3 stars.

A good album, mostly standalone songs. Ones I know very well and others not so much.

Hesitant to put this as a 5 because I'd say it's closer to 4.5 but it's undeniable the influence and scale of the songs on this album, not something I would listen to regularly but great nonetheless

Dancing Queen is a bop. I can handle a song or two of ABBA but a whole album is a bit like the musical equivalent of eating a pound of cotton candy. It's too much. Definitely a singles band for me, and even that I can mostly take or leave.

I think I'm more of an ABBA's Greatest Hits ABBA fan and this album has a few of their biggest. Dancing Queen will always bring a smile to my face, how can it not? People who hate ABBA, have you ever experienced joy? Is this high art? Of course not, I doubt it ever aspired to be. Is it candy-coated, bubblegum pop (with some all time hits sprinkled in) that you'd have to be the world's biggest sad sack grump to be annoyed by? That's exactly what it is. Lighten up Francis.

You all know this sounds like. Great if you like that sort of thing. I can see the appeal, but it’s not for me.

ABBA is considered a "gay anthem" and tbh it's grown on me in recent years. Overall this album was solid with some highs and lows

A solid album with several songs that leave you tapping your foot by the end. Easy to see the many influences it left on pop music going forward

I heard this album WAY too many new as a young child and now hate every ABBA song. I tried to pretend I was listening to it for the first time, but I couldn't do it, didn't survive the first song.

noty

абсолютно легендарная работа, конечно столько хитов на одном альбоме, невероятно сладкое звучание кажется теперь я понял чуть лучше, почему люди так восторженно и восхищенно говорят об абба но, если честно, не знаю как люди просто так гоняют это в плеере пройти мимо такой музыки - преступление, но слушать в плеере я бы такое не смог поэтому 4

Сладенько, приятно, хитово, влюбляющее. Просто великолепная работа. Алкоальбом: дискотека дома с домашним вином

Ставлю 4 чисто из личных предпочтений другому альбому ABBA. Надеюсь, он тоже будет. Альбом шикарен... вот что поп-музыка животворящая делает: оценки хорошие из нас выбивает. То Майкл Джексон, то ABBA... Но ведь реально классные поп-хиты, причём, не сказать, что они как-то плохо сделаны. Плотный звук, интересные мелодические линии, узнаваемый стиль исполнителя. В сравнении с Voulez Vous (моим предпочтением в дискографии ABBA), этот альбом сладенький, добренький, плюшевый даже немного... Сладкий, пожалуй, лучшее слово. А вот тот, что я упомянул - в нём как-то побольше драйва, поживее. Так что вот, дорогой слушатель, суди сам, что тебе больше по душе: медлячки или чуть больше свинга и рок-н-ролла.

Группа, объединяющее поколение одноклассников с поколением тиктока. Оч позитивненько и приятненько

Fav tracks: Dancing Queen, Dum Dum Diddle, Tiger

My first Abba album beyond ABBA Gold. Abba really are a singles band so Gold is the perfect way to enjoy them. This is fine at worst and contains 2 or 3 of the greatest pop songs at best Nothing wrong with this but when I want to listen to ABBA it won’t be an album I reach for - it will be Gold

My favorite album cover that shows every person in the band looking like they think the photo concept is the dumbest thing they've ever heard. When they are good, they are very, very good. Other times they are still pretty damn good.

Not much that stands out here. 1 - bad 2 - average 3 - good 4 - great 5 - outstanding

ABBA are mostly known for their singles and the stellar songwriting, production, and arrangements that was displayed in them... Yet if there is only *one* album from the Swedish band you should own, this would be the one--along with the pitch perfect *Gold* compilation, that goes without saying. For starters, *Arrival*'s got three hits that you can also find in said compilation (*four* in its CD edition or Australian/New Zealand version: "Knowing Me, Knowing You", "Dancing Queen", "Money, Money, Money" and "Fernando"). That's already an amount of hits most bands would only dream of producing for one LP. But now you need to add the other stellar cuts in it, which actually sound as good as the more famous tunes from the band--cuts such as the opener "When I Kissed The Teacher", or "Dum Dum Diddle" or the exhilarated and exhilarating "Tiger". And the instrumental title track closing the original proceedings is a short yet quite emotional apex for the whole thing. There are a couple of fillers here and there, but with eight or nine great tracks out of eleven, what you have here is still a very good album. Benny and Björn had so many great melodies in them, and Agnetha and Anni-Frid such powerful voices--it doesn't really matter if the lyrics are a little cheesy sometimes: as every fan of good pop music knows, such lyrics are part of their timeless charm. My overall feeling it that you just gotta pay ABBA at least *one* tribute in a list such as this one. And *Arrival* is the best candidate for this. Oh, speaking of ABBA albums: *The Visitors* is an interesting experiment in more mature songs, by the way, even though its melodic contents might not be striking enough for it to be included here. But I guess that's a story for another time, kiddies... Number of albums left to review: 629 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 183 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 85 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 110

Sure one of the best albums from ABBA

Crazy complexity for such cheesy songs

I will make if all the way through, but I don't want to.

Heerlijke muziek. Dit album heeft veel van de bekende hits, maar ook want ander leuk materiaal. In mijn ogen een album dat in deze lijst thuis hoort. *****

Poppy and upbeat, hopefully what I can have.

It's really just not for me. And I just can't hear the quality in it. I must be missing something.

Jag tycker inte att det är så bra, men det är ju bra.

Classics like Dancing Queen, Money, Money, Money, and Fernando. I really enjoyed My Love, My Life as the new listen from the album.

It has high highs and low lows. Some of the all time hits on this album.

Ok

When I saw this as my first album, I literally said “ahhh fuck”. Not the type of music I would ever choose. The first song was hard to get through (what a creepy track/lyrics), but the rest of the album wasn’t too bad to putter and clean the house to. Dancing Queen is a classic but still not my jam. I didn’t realize that this is their fourth album, and this track was this far into their career!

2.5 out of 5. Knowing Me, Knowing you, Tiger, That’s Me, and Why Did it Have to be Me are solid tracks but I find the rest to just be bland or cheesy.

There's a small amount of national pride when this album appeared as the album for the day. ABBA sure is a song writing hit machine and that's something that Björn and Benny continued after ABBA. ABBA is pop/disco and the album Arrival has hits like Dancing Queen and Money, Money, Money. It's hard to not like ABBA. It's well written and catchy. They're definitely not my favorite band but their success is understandable. The album Arrival is no exception.

1 of my most disliked artists, even before I listened to this 1. There's, at most, 1 half decent song. Hard to believe they were 1 of the biggest bands in the world at this time - they are pish! Another 0 🌟 for me - even if the scoring doesn't allow it!

I mean it's ABBA

Good album, easy to listen to.

Better than I thought and chock full of hits. Unexpected 3 stars.

My childhood <3

Insane pop album, 8.5/10

You know this entire album, even if you've never heard it.

Dancing queen and Fernando are good, the rest sounds too much like show tunes.

Some classic bangers on here

- yay!! - money, money, money is criminally underrated

Pretty great pop music. Definitely a very satisfying listen. Exactly what I expect from the swedes. Tempted to give this a 4 on the back of Dancing Queen alone, but I'm not sure it's there for me. Standouts: When I Kissed The Teacher, Dancing Queen, That's Me, Tiger, Fernando

Love their stuff!!

ABBA was a band I always enjoyed, but more for singular songs than entire albums and I think this shows that too. This was a good album, there were some skips but also it had Dancing Queen and Fernando which are two of the biggest classics. Glad to see this album on the list, but it isn't earth shattering or anything. Nice album to end the week on.

Nice, I'm happy to get an ABBA album with some classics! "Dancing Queen" is overplayed at white weddings the world over, but it's still a good song. My ears are tuned more to "Fernando," thanks to Malcom in the Middle, and tracks like "Money, Money, Money" and "Knowing Me, Knowing You" have made the rounds for decades. I'm not necessarily a fan of ABBA, but I can't deny how solid this one is. Great stuff. Favorite tracks: Fernando, Knowing Me Knowing You, Dancing Queen, Money Money Money, My Love My Life. Album art: The four of them crammed into a little helicopter? Is that thing even gonna make it off the ground? Looks like a bizarre GTA cult. 4/5

I am unashamed to say that "Dancing Queen" is a catchy and classic song. I honestly gave the rest of their music a chance, but I just couldn't get into it. Just not far me.

Swedish bias all you like. I dont care its a 5

Excellent album of course with mega-classic songs, but not in the same league as "Visitors", due to a bit too much filler. Version reviewed = original version without Fernando (5* song) and Happy Hawaii (1* song). It does not make sense at all to add these two songs if you finish the album with "Arrival".

There's no denying that this is very well crafted pop music. Quite enjoyable.

Now this ABBA album I did love

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Abba just isn’t for me. Kind of like Fleetwood without the edge.

I am a fan of over the top upbeat poppy trash but for some reason I've never quite been seduced by ABBA. The hits are undeniably fun but much of the rest is just too ridiculous.

Great

Great! Classic after classic. My first time listening to an ABBA album straight through and I enjoyed it very much.

I've always known about ABBA but never bothered to listen to a full album of theirs. I was honestly not expecting to have as much fun with it as I did! Although it has its share of misses and tracks that get repetitive, it's definitely a hit all around. Some of the slower tracks like "Knowing Me, Knowing You" are where they shine best, for me.

скучные баллады

I’m so glad I managed to give up the idea of only liking “cool” music and allowed myself to enjoy ABBA. Pretty much the perfect pop package. Production, visual, lyrics, vocal - I can’t think of another pop act that does everything ‘in house’ so well. Worth noting that this is the first time they used that genius palindrome ambigram logo. And here’s their best album, jammed with hits. Has to be 5 stars.

The hits hit but the non hits do not. Most are non hits unfortunately but the album is saved by the hits. Just not the biggest fan of chanting in general, even if ABBA is better than the bunch when it comes to that. Their songs sometimes have very grating and repetitive choruses, and this album has more than average number of them. Overall, however, it was a pretty good listen as I still enjoy pretty much all other aspects of ABBA songs. Favorite track: Dancing Queen

While this isn't my favorite Abba album, this one has some certified bangers. Knowing Me, Knowing You, Money, Money, Money, Dancing Queen, Fernando are all amazing songs. The instrumentation is tight as usual, and the vocals are strong (as usual). Highlights: 2, 4, 5, 6, 11, and 12.

Great album, has so many hits on it. My favourite is Fernando.

If you don't find yourself bopping along to this album, you need to check your pulse! So many classic dance hits here, it's unreal. And as an album, it's surprisingly cohesive - even operatic - and holds up really well even now. This is an excellent album.

They're the kind of band that sounds like they're actively trying to make pop hits, which is unappetizing. This listen of "Dancing Queen," I really liked it and was noticing how commanding the drum groove is - it really defines the song. Many of the other songs I kind of disliked. Interestingly, the other night, in 2023, ABBA was nominated for a Grammy for Album of the Year - so points for staying power I guess.

I don't mind ABBA for a song or two, but a whole album starts to wear me down. It's like eating a whole store-bought birthday cake for dinner, all slathered in buttercream frosting and artificial dyes.

I think they are very talented and "Dancing Queen" and a few other songs are quite good as well. I never wanna listen to any of this on my own though, it's just been so overplayed. However, objectively it's a 4 from me.

ABBA are a singles band and there is one of their finest here: Knowing Me Knowing You, with all it's brooding shifting textures and power. Tiger and When I Kissed the Teacher are extraordinary in all respects except the lyrics but frankly who cares when the product, songwriting, melody, harmonies and dynamics are so extraordinarily, effortlessly good. The rest is uneven but never dull.

fun

Saw ABBA and just laughed to myself. Then I listened to the album. This is good quality fun stuff. Much better sounding than I remember as a kid. I'm serious. How can you not like Dancing Queen, Fernando and Knowing me, Knowing you? I would guarantee if you put this on in the background of a get together, you would catch people grooving along.... Also enjoyed Money, Money, Money and Why did it have to be me. Not sure you could put out a song like I kissed the teacher these days. And what's wrong with Carrie, that you wouldn't want to marry? Good fun album. I enjoyed listening. I'll give a solid 3. Maybe would have gone a little higher, but can't score ABBA above Steve Earle. 3 for me

ABBA is probably the most consistent band I know of. 2

1 Ugh. I’m sorry, but I can’t stand ABBA. I know that’s an unpopular opinion, especially as of lately with their whole TikTok resurgence, but I just find their music so goddamn cheesy and boring, and this album didn’t do much to change that. When I Kissed the Teacher was an… unexpected open to the album, and I actually kind of liked how it started, but it lost me when it kicked in and the backing vocals jumped in. Dancing Queen is such an overrated and annoying song, though nowhere near as bad as Mamma Mia or Waterloo - I guess I’ll give this album credit for not having those songs on it. From there it’s just kind of a lot of BS in the middle up until Fernando, which I’ll admit is a DECENT song. Almost bumped up to 1.5 because of it, but then I learned the song is a bonus track and wasn’t even on the initial album release. So, 1 it is, though honestly I still don’t think I would ever seek out that song on my own anyway. Anyway, can we end the whole ABBA thing now? If I have to hear another song of theirs at a party, I will commit war crimes.

ABBA :( in their defense, the singles weren't totally unlistenable

8/10

8/10. I like ABBA, but listening to a whole album of them at once is a bit much to ask, and their songs that aren't hits aren't swell. Still, this album has a good number of familiar songs, and I found I rather liked Tiger as well, and could probably like Happy Hawaii okay if they didn't pronounce Hawai'i "Hawai"

It has just enough really good tracks to not overstay its welcome. I’ll still always contest that when people say “I hate disco” they’re talking about this white person “””disco””” and not the original genre. Or they’re just racist. 8/10

It's mostly lighthearted fun, obviously "Dancing Queen" is an absolute banger. But definitely weird in modern times with the song "When I kissed the teacher"

First time listening to the album. Great album! Will be adding it to my listening rotation.

probably the best of whatever it is

This is TOUGH because normally it would be an instant five but I was distracted also frankly I love Voulez-Vous and Super Trouper so MUCH that this has to get only four stars. I am sorry. Loved all the classics, and my favorite previously unknown was Tiger.

strange to listen to an abba album that is mostly tracks i haven't heard before. my parents always had them playing a lot in my house when i was a kid, and obviously the films elevate a lot of their music into the public eye too. we all know the classics. so i will say that there's a reason a lot of these songs don't get heard very often when compared to the more popular ones. they just aren't as good imo - if they were good i would probably already be familiar with them. maybe that's a bit circular though. i guess im implying that the dividing line between good abba tracks and bad abba tracks is is whether they have achieved sufficient cultural penetration to be familiar to me, someone who has never felt the need to seek out abba himself. after all, why should i seek out abba when abba will inevitably make its own way to me anyway? that's not really fair though. the majority of these tracks haven't penetrated, but that shouldn't mean they're bad. the album was an enjoyable listen anyway i guess. it's fine. favourite track i had never heard before was Tiger, because i have no idea what it is about but it was a lot of fun lmao. love to be a tiger.

3 stars only for dancing queen

Dancing queen is actually a 10/10. Rest of album is good. I like it. Really a 3.49/5

i've listened to most of this album bc it's PACKED with the all time favorites of ABBA; the fact that so many of the staples are on this album is insane. so some notes just on the songs i've never listened to: (4) Dum Dum Diddle - catchy as hell of course; i wasn't convinced until the first chorus and post-chorus happened and that was it. very cute to me, a solid ditty. ditty ditty dum dum ditty. (7) That's Me - love it for the indistinguishability between the verse and chorus, it transitions v smoothly such that maybe there isn't a "chorus" per se at all, but there is a nice bridge. I really thought that the reference to Carrie meant that it was about insecurity but actually the lyrics are implying to me that this is a Carrie post-murder spree and disastrous prom. Carrie, not-the-kind-of-girl-you-marry, still, but in a different way. Again, ABBA hooks don't MISS. I like that this is right before "Why Did It Have to Be Me?" because now there's a story in my head: this is the man Carrie was singing to in this one; she cuts in to remind him...does he really want to hear more? (9) Tiger - I love a good fun beat with disturbing and threatening lyrics. See, this could be a bop about walking home alone at night as a woman and being alert for whatever predator might be hunting you. BUT if you keep the Carrie thread going suddenly it's not a man, it's Carrie. Who is she hunting? This also reminds me of a surrealist one act we did in college, the tiger of lust prowling. Good shit and again, FUCKING CATCHY. The extended second syllable for Tiger and the vibrato, mmm. I always thought there was something lecherous/decadent/excessive about certain uses of vibrato, it's in full form here. (10) Arrival - I have listened to this many times but I'm just making a note for the record that this is on my funeral playlist like 10 times in a row to allow for the opening procession and contemplation. (12) Happy Hawaii - Why is this here....is what I was asking myself when I was listening to it. Felt very out of nowhere and not cohesive with the rest of the album. Come to find out that actually it wasn't on Arrival originally just a bonus track on a re-release, and it was replaced in the OG tracklist by the WAY superior "Why Did It Have to Be Me?" phew. "Fernando" was ALSO not on the original release, so it ended on "Arrival". I actually like that better even though Fernando is iconic and the second listened to on Spotify below "Dancing Queen". Which was actually surprising to me! Thought it would have been "Money, Money, Money" for sure.

I mean you already know what it is

Fun from beginning to end

Is Happy Hawaii a repeat of Why does it have to be me? Feels like the album is a bit stretched. Aside from that it’s a 5. Anyone who grew up in the 70s cannot deny ABBA was a dominant force and influences all pop to this day. It holds its head above much of the genre produced since. Forgotten this was 1976. Cover art : 4:5 How cool is a glass helicopter

Very good

Fairly entertaining but not really my thing. Might listen again for the title track

Great to listen to the whole album and get to know not only the hits, but also more underrated songs. Decent pop songwriting. The bass on \"Happy Hawaii\" was a nice surprise.

This was fun

Dang, I like ABBA. They're just fun. And Fernando is such a great song.

THE ALBUM

It’s ABBA. You can’t go wrong with ABBA.

Excellently produced, interesting arrangements, a bit hokey at times musically and lyrically, but still worth a damn listen. Favorites: Knowing Me, Knowing You and Fernando.

There are always some strangely cringy lyrics in ABBA’s records, and its something I’ll chock up to overt Scandinavian sensibilities and a dorky sense of humor. One of the strangest and most interesting things about ABBA is that they are such a completely over-the-top nerd band but manage to make the leap into absolute maestro status in production and song-writing that demands study from producers the world over in multi-cultural and cross-genre circles. For example I would bet the drums in Dancing Queen absolutely demanded the attentions of Dilla at some point: they absolutely bang eternally. The piano work in some of the album would give Elton John pause. Stevie Wonder was definitely considering their synthesizer innovations. Even when borrowing heavily from black American musical traditions like they do so obviously in songs like Why Did It Have To Be Me, it is somehow so comically lacking soul, but simultaneously having *something else* that is some combination of technical musical ability, catchy hooks, cohesive presentation, and great production: You could imagine the absolutely shit-eating grin when Bjourn describes it as “just a little boogie woogie” or something weird like that. I stand firm in my belief that ABBA is a complete anomaly that doesn’t make sense on paper, has more in common with brilliant outsider art than say Donny and Marie Osmond, even though they might both frequently occupy the same record collections. It makes for a complete head-trip of a band that consistently makes great records, and Arrival is one of their best. Must-hear even if to say “not for me”.

Föll av hårt i andra halvan men första halvan e så stacked med bangers att de e helt fine, knowing me knowing you är kanske min favorit av dem, måste tänka på saken

Helt oookoo

Despite being Scandinavian and having heard the song a thousand times, Dancing Queen is a megabanger. The rest of the songs are bangers

Parabba the Rabba

Love ABBA, some of my fav songs on this album as well!!

It was ABBA. It was fun. I preferred the other ABBA album from this list though.

I owned this on vinyl growing up. Not sure where it went.

Decent older pop album. Not something I'd seek out but wasn't bad

As much as people hated ABBA at the end of the disco era, this is a fine album with some catchy tunes.

Not very interesting

This was okay, some of the songs were good, others were not.

Second listen. I like ABBA a lot, but this is not my favorite album of theirs. If their self-titled album is on here I might give it a 5, but this is just a 4. A lot of the songs are really cheesy for some reason. Also, ABBA songs get worn out for me very easily, which is probably a factor. The 4 is mostly for my two favorites on this one, “Money, Money, Money” and “Fernando”. (I’ve gotten a little tired of those two as well.)