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Arrival by ABBA

Arrival

ABBA

1976
3.53
Rating
29707
Votes
1
4%
2
11%
3
32%
4
34%
5
19%
Distribution
Genres: Pop Styles: Disco

Reviews (page 2 of 15)

Fun instrumentals

Enjoyable is a bubblegum sort of way.

Some nostalgia with a few good memories but some stuff is just so so

4 Really good pop music, ABBA have so many hits that are always good fun, and the rest of the album was a pleasant surprise around the 3 or 4 here

Some five star songs on here, obviously, but also a lot of fluff that’s better left forgotten.

Very enjoyable music. ABBAs strong suit is the composition of the melodies and the harmonies of the two female voices. Favourites: Dum Dum Diddle, Knowing Me Knowing You, Dancing Queen, Knowing Me, Knowing You.

nunca tinha parado pra ouvir um álbum inteiro deles e gostei. algumas músicas medianas, ok, mas outras tão boas quanto os hits. foi legal.

um clássico! meu pai tinha esse vinil, um dos discos que sempre ouvíamos em viagens, e genuinamente acho a maior parte das músicas muito boa, independente de nostalgia.

When I Kissed the Teacher into Dancing Queen might just be one of the most 5/5 starts to a pop album. After that the songs are either great or good, with arrival being a nice closer. 4/5

I mean, dancing queen alone could shoulder an atrocious album and still get a four. Add Fernando, and a few other happy happy upbeat on brand ABBA bops like dum dum diddle and when I kissed the teacher, and it’s just a fun listen. I’m not an abba fan, but I’m not not an abba fan. Know what I mean? Everybody’s kind of an abba fan. And if they say no? Play dancing queen and tell them to stay still.

Didn't hate it as much as I thought I would!

Fantastic!

Really fun pop record that also has a ton of heart to it. Definitely a reason this one is considered a classic. "Fernando" is a huge standout track.

Other than the "big" songs I genuinely disliked all the other tracks. Like I get why this was put on but the list but damn I did not enjoy this like I thought I would.

They certainly know how to crank out a hit tune.

I think ABBAs singles are pop icons, and they made the band legends for a reason. Their most popular songs are damn fine songs that I will never get tired of, and will always sing along with. Their non-singles aren’t as great.

Banger after banger. ABBA had the juice and it holds up.

I'm conflicted. This is an album which has more than a fair share of mega hits- wonderful tracks which vary everywhere between bouncy energy, to reflective sadness. Though, outside of the legendary tracks, I feel like the album is falling a little flat. It's possible that _Dancing Queen_ bringing up the sadness of missing out has left me feeling a bit down, souring the later tracks. However, the very next part is the album is a procession of break up songs, which really do ruin the mood for a while. The second half certainly restores the fun vibes though.

annoyingly way better than i'd like it to be, i guess i'm a sucker for sugary bubblegummy pop like this. drags on a little but otherwise very good

Not my songs but theyre nice to hear when theyre on, just wouldn't turn it on myself

I understand that they do pop amazingly well, but I have no time for pop and this campy, musical style of music is not for me at all

Very catchy. Nice arrangements but still a little too sugary for me.

Not really for me. There's a few good tracks but meh.

Bloody good tunes

not an ABBA fan

The main thing that stuck out to me was the production on this. I feel like the late 70’s has a horrible reputation for being cheesy and simple with it pop music and the disco craze but really it’s some of the best stuff you’ll hear from the period. That being said although there are some real haymakers on here I find myself being bored by some of the songs on this record taking it down a point but if the record has done one thing it’s made me fully respect ABBA as a musical force. Fav tracks: When I kissed the teacher, Dancing Queen, dum dum diddle, that’s me, and tiger

Okay. ABBA. I grew up in an ABBA hating household. No one in my family likes ABBA. Me on the other hand... Eh, I thought it was alright. 01. When I Kissed The Teacher I fucking hate songs like this. Really creepy, and I never understood the trend in the 70's of this kind of lyrics. 02. Dancing Queen Come on; it's Dancing Queen. Everyone loves this song. Timeless song. 03. My Love, My Life A really big banger! I really enjoyed this track! 04. Dum Dum Diddle Really fun, can't be mad at it. One of my personal favorites. 05. Knowing Me, Knowing You Was really nice, if anything forgettable. 06. Money, Money, Money A really unique track! Nothing else here sounds like this, and I really appreciate it for so! 07. That's Me I just heard it this and forgot about it. It's not bad, just forgettable. 08. Why Did It Have To Be Me? Really nice to hear a different vocalist. A cool track, but not one of my favorites. 09. Tiger My personal least favorite. The vocalists just aren't threatening, so it comes off really corny. 10. Arrival A cool instrumental track to finish it off, if a little too dramatic for my liking. I get that this album (and ABBA as a whole) is more of a band to just have fun with. I can get behind that kind of stuff, but this just wasn't my cup of tea. Sorry!

Qué decir del disco que tiene la mejor cancion de la historia. YOU ARE THE DANCING QUEEEEEN YOUNG AND SWEET ONLY SEVENTEEEEEN

A lot of good hits, obviously, but maybe an album not much thought as one, with a pretty artificial flow. Fernando remains a masterpiece.

C Major I-IV-V and back home again for 33 minutes and 12 seconds. The title track is awful. Some songs, like "Fernando" are almost unlistenable. The bouncy piano number (I forget what it's called and can't be bothered to look it up) gives me gas. Having said all that, it's hard not to listen to these and think back to a specific time and place when I heard them. ABBA was just fucking everywhere back in the late 70s and very early 1980s. You could not escape them no matter how hard you tried. And this is intentional. The songs here were put together with the precision of a cruise missile aimed directly at the beating heart of AM radio. There's always a little room at the start for the DJ to intro the song and each one is just long enough to fill the space between a block of advertising. There's nothing offensive here - everything is perfectly bland and calculated for mass appeal. This is not a bad album. It just has nothing interesting to say. So inevitably, this is the soundtrack, like it or not, to an ocean of nostalgia. How the hell else do you explain the popular appeal of a movie like "Mamma Mia!"? Anyway, I forced myself to listen to a minute of each song, already having heard them all many times and never in a voluntary capacity. I was really pleased when I could stop listening to this album.

I see this as the same thing as an old Taylor swift album. Objectively there are some classic bangers but as a whole the album is a bit insufferable

Very much like this album. Obviously some of the most iconic songs from ABBA are all on this album. Such a feel good, love life album.

I liked the voices and the instruments. It’s weird to kiss ur teacher. Felt complex and poppy. Futuristic for the 70s. Very fun indeed. Tom holland walked into the club.

Extremely bland, manufactured eurotrash bubblegum pop. Every song sounds the same, and all of it bad. Would be one star except Why did it have to be me? and Fernando were both good. Ain’t all sunshine and rainbows pal.

The singles are very catchy, and of course it is very much music of its time. ABBA were absolutely massive in Australia when I was a teen, and I know most of the album pretty well. Still haven’t forgiven them for Fernando keeping JPY off the top of the Countdown charts…

Like many people I've heard the hits so many times Im not sure if I like them or if I'm just familiar with them. Other than the hits the other songs were just ok

I like it. Not really my style right now but I still enjoyed some songs :) Very angelic and pop 6/10

was gonna give it a 3 but the title track into fernando bumps it up one

Better than the other one. Very cheesy at times, but some songs are at least pleasant to listen to.

I can’t explain why ABBA just doesn’t work for me, I just find it tedious and annoying. Doesn’t help that I had a teacher who’d make us translate abba lyrics to learn English

So iconic so catchy. The pop music goats

Good song; not my thing.

Genuine timeless classic!

perfeitinho!!!!!!!!! amo muitas músicas desse álbum, por ter mamma mia como filme favorito, então já conhecia praticamente todas e foi muuuuito bom ouvir todas as faixas do álbum como um conjunto dessa vez e não só ouvir as faixas que estão no filme. a experiência foi bem legal!

dum dum diddle...euer ernst? "Tiger" schon auch banger. alle banger drauf. Leider ohne "Lay all ur love on me". abba schon schlagerig.

Some really nice classics

white af

Too fun for my current mood. But definitely good one

I can't tell if my ratings are getting lower over time due to the fatigue of listening to so much music I don't enjoy, or if the albums are getting worse. This album makes me feel like I am in molasses. Surprised to learn this is considered disco. Hmm. Ok songs: Dancing Queen, Money Money, Money

ABBA gets a bad wrap in some high-brow music circle. They're treated as this demonic entity whose only accomplishment is to have paved the way for punk, as a protest against pop and commercial music. But listen, nobody is saying ABBA is Beethoven or something. It's just insanely fun to listen to. And sometimes, that's enough.

Really enjoyable. A lot of my favourite abba songs are on this.

There are only three things I can't stand in this world: People who are intolerant of other people's cultures, ABBA, and the Dutch. I turned this on my main speaker in the kitchen and my wife said "you could listen to this on your headphones, not sure why the rest of us have to suffer." 2/10 Top song.... The one they don't sing very much on.

The greatest pop band of all time.

Catchy fun music. Fun stuff. What more needs to be said?

Nice harmonies and all that jazz. Some good bops.

Enjoyable and mostly fun. I'd listen again but probably skip some tracks.

I really like all the songs I already know and don’t really like the ones I don’t know and it makes me wonder if I don’t actually really like ABBA but just the associations I have with ABBA? I am culturally Catholic after all, and if there’s one thing we know about Catholics, it’s that Catholics love ABBA. Food for thought.

Refined disco, two great hits, but despite the album’s objective beauty and grandeur, I found it a bit boring to listen to.

I know the big hits, pretty hard to purposely avoid them if you ever go outside or scroll the internet for an extended period of time. Dancing Queen, is undeniably has stood the test of time as a monumental banger. The rest of this album? I mean....... Yes and No? Don't get me wrong, objectively this is a good album, unless you have a full blown hatred for ABBA or Disco (perfectly understandable), its hard to disagree. But I honestly get the vibe that this is a singles album more so than an absolutely cohesively put together album that is required listening. Dancing Queen, Fernando, Money Money Money, Knowing me Knowing you, My Love My Life? You pretty much get the gist of it with those songs alone. Good, maybe a tad overrated, But mostly enjoyable. 3/5

After somewhat enjoying Visitors I wondered if maybe this project would change my opinion on ABBA. Unfortunately that might have been a one of as this album had me reaching for the skip button a few times. I've tried over the years to keep an open mind, but I think ABBA's brand of disco pop bombast just isn't for me

Un clásico. Claramente había escuchado varias de las canciones y creo que siguen siendo grandes canciones hasta el día de hoy. El legado de Abba es algo que no se puede ignorar. Quizás no me cambió la vida, pero fue una experiencia muy interesante y que me gustó mucho. Quizás sea por el sonido tan característico de la banda, pero me generó nostalgia al esucharlo.

Absolutely fantastic album!!!

Many classics here, including a couple I haven't even heard before.

Listened to it while cooking. Great songs ofc but some are less hits than others.

Simple yet elegant.

It’s pretty top heavy. The big singles are classics but I can’t get with the rest of the album. It’s a fun album tho

Never heard before... however some of the tracks were very familiar! Like a lot of people, I've got an old battered copy of Gold in my collection. And I always kind of assumed that would do as far as Abba were concerned....I think of them as a singles band. So this was the first time I have ever heard an actual ABBA studio album and it was...ok. The singles were obviously great... knowing me, knowing you is probably my favourite ABBA song (a-ha!!!) so that helped. And the deep cuts? Nothing awful and some of it was decent. Tiger was great There was also a bonus track called Happy Hawaii that I loved! Favourite tracks. Knowing me knowing you Favourite new tracks. Tiger, Happy Hawaii ( bonus)

ABBA is fun but some of their songs are a bit... Old? Odd? Dumb?

I actually hate ABBA. I hate their stupid faces, and their stupid sparkly clothes. I hate their twee, plinky-plonky, tunes and the way they stick in my head even though I hate them. I hate their nauseating, saccharine sound. And, ugh, their voices - I hate the pitch and tone of their voices - all of their individual voices and then all of their voices all together. I hate them. I hate their hair, and those weird glazed expressions on their stupid faces. Did I already mention their stupid faces? Well, I don't like them. Not one bit. I do however, LOVE that they split up and never reformed - for that they are to be commended. I listened to a few moments of each song on this record and now I just want to be dead. God, I really bloody dislike ABBA. And the worst thing about all this is I think it's just me. Everybody bloody loves them, and it's utterly, utterly mystifying.

A song like SOS I do rather like. A whole album of kitsch 70s pop from a band the radio constantly subjected me to during my childhood is more than I can take. The big pop songs are just that. There are no hidden gems here. Next please...

Abba may be a bit like might Marmite, or as Abraham Lincoln once described it in a book review "People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like." Well, I like this sort of thing and I do like it. I grew up listening to the Abba Gold compilations so hearing an actual album was a a treat. It was essentially more of what I already enjoyed though I do think they mispronounce the 50th state. Their English has always been far better than my Swedish so I'll let it ride.

It's ABBA, come on, everyone loves ABBA. Their music is just fun.

The title of "When I Kissed the Teacher" initially creeped me out, but the lyrics themselves are very in line with the girl who sees herself as a 17-year-old dancing queen. In fact, I find Dancing Queen's "you're a teaser" lyric much less problematic with the idea that the song is a girl talking to herself. Of course, the songs are pretty much all bops. Even a title as inane as "Dum Dum Diddle" gets a pass today.

Sometimes when I listen to ABBA, I’m incredibly impressed by the production, songwriting, and their amazing ability to create such joyful, catchy songs. Is it an outstanding work of art? Maybe not, maybe it is, or maybe it is within its own field. But ABBA is definitely a phenomenon. 7/10

I mean…it’s ABBA! Exquisite. No notes. I kissed the teacher is by far my favorite. If karaoke didn’t make me feel like I was being chased through the woods by a bear I would choose that song.

When I was a kid in the 70/80 ABBA was everywhere. On the radio, TV, played at every party, school fare, town fare, supermarket and we all had a massive crush on Agnetha. It was overkill. I like and can identify with Jeff Tweedy’s reflection about Dancing Queen: “Melodies as pure and evocative as the one in 'Dancing Queen' don’t come along every day. I’m sad for every single moment I missed loving this song.” yx during the 1970s:“Hating certain music gave us a way of defining ourselves. Our identities were indistinct, and drawing a line in the sand between what we liked and what we hated made our young hearts feel whole.” Jeff writes in this essay how he once hated Dancing Queen, but that he now loves it, having been struck by “how exuberantly sad it was” while staring at a speaker in stunned surprise at a grocery store. Jeff now believes he only hated Dancing Queen because as a teenager in the 1970’s, “hating certain music gave us a way of defining ourselves,” a practice he now finds embarrassing. Arrival is glorious Pop Music.

Points for dancing queen... hate to admit that I very much did not enjoy the rest of this album. very repetitive and grating for me. I know people love Abba and this album (great cool good) and I dont understand why.

Who doesn't love ABBA? I have heard them countless times in my life but never listened through an entire album so that was a first today. Five songs I had heard before but the rest were new to me. They were all in the classic 1970s ABBA fashion but most of the songs I hadn't heard were slower than I was used to. Not bad but I get why I hadn't heard of them before since it seems they wouldn't have been radio hits the same way as Dancing Queen or Money, Money, Money. All in all a great album that I enjoyed all the way through.

Great album. With the exception of a couple songs, I can listen to most of this album without skipping.

I would rate this 1 star, but Dancing Queen is such a banger. Truly a one hit wonder in my book.

Je pensais pas aimer car pas fan des classiques d'ABBA et en fait les dernières musiques étaient vraiment bien je suis dépité

Alright music but not my style

It was okay aside from Dancing Queen

abba good 👍

They’re real good at pop songs.

Bangers but doesn’t do much for me if it’s not Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried running around an island singing them

This album is very disco and very European. Those are the only two descriptors you need for an album like this. But this album is so much fucking fun. If you could take the feeling of this album and distill it down into a substance, it would be the most powerful and sought-after drug ever. If you hate this album, you hate fun. There isn't anything else to say besides that.

YAY ABBA is always a blast

Absolute banger of an album. Top marks

Very good throughout. Big hits of course, but the rest delivers

Remarkably consistent, even the deeper cuts

So much fun & joy

Peak cinema

ABBA have so many bangers but they are fairly evenly distributed amongst their albums so it’s hard to compare. That being said i believe if Voulez-vous is a 5 that puts Arrival at a high 4. Fav tracks:”Dancing queen” and “Why did it have to be me”

Cringe on a whiole notha leval.

Childhood songs, so can't put below 4

All the classics I remember, plus a bunch of great ones I had never heard before

this is what summer feels like🪩🌊

"Dancing Queen" is the most known song on this poppy dance album. There are a couple of gospel-sounding songs on here, but it's mostly pretty upbeat and fun. I think "Knowing Me, Knowing You" and "Tiger" were my favorites. The guitars are pretty good, too.

ICONIC amazing collection

I see why people know the big abba songs and not much else

Great record. A few well known tunes with a few "deep tracks" that are amazing.

i think i got the ick from abba

Since it was abba again I had a lotta expectations. Can't say I didn't enjoy it but yeah it was medicore. I liked dancing queen, money, and especially the last song was cool since it literally had sounds of waves washing up on beaches of Hawaii. This album has a strong opening which was awkward to me as it was about a teacher kissing a student or vice versa idk. But hey it was a nice experience but got boring in the last 2 songs tho. Maybe I'll grow into it i guess

Absolute classics and silly trash, all of them insanely catchy. That’s the ABBA guarantee!

Fantastic niche album

A whole album gets a bit too much, but you get why they hit like comets back in the day.

This was fun in a campy, goofy kind of way. Dancing Queen was stuck in my head from the moment I saw this album come up. They can definitely write a catchy tune. It’s dated but it was a fun listen after a shitty Monday.

Remove Dancing Queen from this album and there isn’t a single song worth listening to. It’s dated, Euro-rock that has no business being on this list of 1001.

I have so many questions. Starting with “I Kissed the Teacher” … whoa, Lady, I’m a mandated reporter. The ‘Dancing Queen’s’ only 17’? Why is she in a club? Is this a school night? There’s a trend of underage inappropriateness showing up. ‘Dum Dum Diddle’? Hmmm …Skipping this one based on the word ‘diddle’ and the emerging theme, just to be safe. Look, people of a certain age have a soft spot for ABBA. I am not one of them. This soft core disco is just not good. Gimme Donna Summer all day.

Throughly enjoyed the listen. Fun 70s pop. Nothing deep, just fun goofy songs.

This is an album where my younger self would be confused as to why I was listening to it; "Abba? That's so lame." Well guess what, this album was a lot of fun! Catchy tunes, surprisingly good melodies, and the main vocalist has a pretty nice voice. This is disco-pop done right. It's not perfect, there were one or two meh songs, but the album was a solid listen overall. 4/5

Banger after banger after banger. Beautiful harmonies.

feels like summer 😝😝 mamma mia at its finest. childhood reminder and in general just good spirited stuff ;p dont think ive ever listened to the whole album by myself so something new something old ig

Treble heavy. Good melodies, chord progressions. Plastic sound. Could've benefitted from more bass. "I Kissed The Teacher" and "Arrival" the standout tracks. 3/5.

Abba-ish album with big hits!!! But beneath the hits the rest is quite average!!

Abba are something else. They sound like simple pop but the music is very intricate. Always a bit of fun.

Great record. 4 songs that are on all the best of packages. "Tiger", which was recently used in the movie "Dust Bunny". Not a bad song on here.

So good, I got nothing eloquent to say lol

When I Kissed the Teacher - 5/10, good upbeat vibes, didn’t fw the concept too much, song didn’t stick Dancing Queen - 8/10, YOU CAN DANCEEE YOU CAN JIVEEE. Makes me feel like I’m watching a house x wilson edit

A little rocky start with the "Teacher" song to start, but "Dancing Queen" (17?) steadied the ship.

Listening to ABBA feels like a guilty pleasure, but what’s not too like?

Oh, I am predisposed to loving ABBA. Especially since my students recently put on Mama Mia as the school musical. I love the beats and nostalgia. However, I have never heard "When I kissed the Teacher" and that song has not aged well at ALL, hahahah. Not just because I'm an educator. Oof. Odd song to start the album off with. Dancing Queen, Fernando, and Money Money Money continue to be

Singles are the obvious best tunes, outside of My Love, My Life, none of the album tracks really come close to matching it. Instrumental closer is very different ABBA song. Dancing Queen remains of the greatest pop songs all all time, When I Kissed The Teacher though, WTF, of it's time lyrically! 6/10

Just pure pop nostalgia for me - there's really nothing to say about ABBA that everyone doesn't already know. I added four songs to my music library: "Dancing Queen," "Knowing Me, Knowing You," "Money, Money, Money," and "Fernando." As an album though, it's kind of weak. Even though I like those songs, the other ones hold no nostalgia for me and no new appreciation either, so even with four songs added, it's a ⭐️⭐️⭐️ from me.

ABBA great as always, such timeless songs. This album has two great hits "Dancing Queen" and "Money, Money, Money" but also some hidden nice catchysongs and some one or two ballads that despite not being my favorite tunes added to the depth of the album.

I can appreciate how much abba means to people, and a lot of the songs that didn’t chart were also surprisingly good.

Very decent pop album. Def has a vibe to it. The teacher song is funny

I love Abba and Money Money is my favourite song on here.

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who like ABBA, and those who have good taste.

Front loaded and carried by the hits, but come on. Impossible to deny.

fun! zippy!

pure ABBA

A couple of missteps, such as "Why did it have to be me?" (uh, you're not Fats Domino) and "Happy Hawaii" (uh, you're not the Beach Boys!) this is pretty solid... incredible pop writing in the most part, and again superb production. Pretty unfairly maligned as being trite, it's all great fun and super catchy, of course.

Very good singles but not keen on the rest

I'm may have heard this when it "Arrived" in 1976, but other than the singles, it did not make any kind of mark. Fifty years on, I can appreciate the music, especially the melody and arrangement of Money, Money, Money, but themany of the lyrics made me cringe, and I could have died happy bypassing this album. "Dancing Queen" is a song of its time and still affects people half a century later, but i'd take "The Day Before You Came" over any of these songs.

The singles are great, I mean it’s ABBA. But it’s not filled out by other catchy earworm pop songs. Album wise not essential.

aguante ABBA

Great album

Buenardooo qué viva Abba

ABBA are so dangerous to underestimate. They can make something sound effortless that is actually the product of extraordinary compositional and production discipline.

"Arrival" is the first ABBA album that has appeared on my list. I will say that I'm a huge ABBA fan and no one can convince me otherwise. It's arguably the greatest genre of dance music ever made. Every tune is catchy, singable, get-stuck-in-my-head-able, and most of all - Danceable. It's a damn good album featuring "Dancing Queen", "Money, money, money", and "Fernando". Every song is a bop, and if I didn't already own this album, I'd buy it again. 10/10.

ABBA certainly is one of the greatest bands of the 70's with a very unique and bright sound. Great album, with a couple of outstanding songs - Dancing Queen, Knowing Me, Knowing You, Money, Money, Money and Fernando.

Pretty much a zero skips album. Dancing queen and Fernando are absolute bangers.

I know that being into Abba is a bit cooler now than it was say, 30 years ago, but either I haven't caught up, or I just dont get it. There's some okay songs here, but quite a few tacky ones, such as "When I Kissed The Teacher" or "Why Did It Have To Be Me". This is a 2.5 album, and I'm still not sure which way I'm rounding it.

Great, a classic.

This is a pretty good album with 3 or 4 stand out songs. However I could never understand their global appeal. I mean they are very talented but not outstanding.

I usually really like Abba but I've never gone that far as to listening to all their b-sides. I liked dancing queen, tiger, money money money and happy Hawaii from this album. That being said I think the other songs from this album are quite mid and too mellow for me. Especially knowing me, knowing you and arrival.

The sleeve design for ABBA's 1976 album Arrival was conceived by Rune Söderqvist. Photographed by Ola Lager. Logo designed by Rune Söderqvist apparently after a shoot where the members held a letter each and Benny's was the wrong way around. The sleeve has been criticised for showing the band ‘untouchable’ behind glass and rather than arriving, about to depart. Apart from this idea done badly there is also the issue of the ultra heavy amateur black airbrushing and the crude masking. What a horror show. At least it matches the vile music. I was tempted not to listen to this as every time i have had to listen to this I cringed but I thought ‘give it a fair chance after all this is what this whole 1 a day is about, and I was a Bruce hater until I listened to Nebraska, however no reprieve for Abba - what a cringe.

Urge to rewatch Muriel’s Wedding rising! I don’t like ABBA, but their influence is everywhere. Not for me. 2/5

Este debe ser uno de los títulos más acertados para un álbum en la historia de la música pop. No es que ABBA no fuera famoso antes, pero el estatus indiscutido de líderes mundiales del pop les llegó con este disco. Nunca fui muy fan de ellos, supongo que sencillamente por no encontrar el camino adecuado para acercarme a ellos. Escuchando Arrival, lo que se aprecia es una banda que ya había asimilado el uso del muro de sonido y ahora podían hacerlo y deshacerlo a su antojo, con momentos de guitarra más pronunciados como los de Knowing Me, Knowing You y Why Die It Have To Be Me? con un inconfundible tono norteamericano, orquestaciones más densas pero todavía divertidas como en Money, Money, Money, sintetizadores inquietantes como los de That’s Me, y el punto pop más afilado que nunca. Para la muestra, la mística que desprende Fernando, y esa maravilla inmortal que es Dancing Queen, el mejor ejemplo de que en ese momento el cuarteto estaba viviendo su primavera musical.

Iconic pop band - reminds me of circles of ladies dancing around handbags at a wedding. ------ I'm drawn to the alternative. This is about as far from my taste as I can think of. It's super clean, white disco. I can respect it but for the most part I don't enjoy any of it. I usually sit down when the DJ puts this kind of music on and watch other people getting something out of it. Maybe I'm just a miserable bastard? [Knowing me, knowing you] I don't mind. A little rockier at least.

So I've never been an ABBA person - that synthetic mid-70s pop sound has never worked for me. But this record is short, so that's good! I like their odd Scandi-accented English. And the keyboard bit going on in the background of "Money, Money, Money," "That's Me," and some of the rest of these songs is fun. They have an old-fashioned feel, like you're in a bar in the 1950s or something. I enjoyed "Tiger," though I'm disappointed on reading the wiki that it's metaphorical and not about an actual tiger. And if I meet you, then I will eat you, I am the tiger, tiger, TIGER. The rest is kinda dumb, but fun. Favorite track: "Arrival." This opens sounding like something by Väsen, or one of those other Swedish trad bands. I liked it better before they started singing, but it's nice.

Epic pop

This is all incredibly catchy. Tiger is a very cool song. I liked this more than I thought I would, and more than I liked the other ABBA album I've listened to from this list.

usually not my go-to music taste but this was refreshing to listen to

absolutely incredible. i'm definitely biased from having grown up with abba, but this had me in a good mood for the whole day. the only negative thing i have to say is that i'm sad this is the last abba album i have on the list :( (justice for voulez-vous)

Can’t decide if this is a 3 or a 4. Some absolute classics on here but also a fair few that there’s a reason that they’re not better known

Being Swedish, I've grown up hearing ABBA everywhere all the time, so there's lots of nostalgia connected to several songs of theirs. This album has some iconic songs, like Dancing queen and Fernando. My personal favourite is Knowing Me, Knowing You. Many of the others are just average.

Svårt att veta vad som.är nostalgi och vad som är genialitet, men jävlar vilken helgjuten platta. Och det är svenska musiker som spelar allting! Inte ett svagt spår. Väl arrangerat, bra texter och hookar överallt. Svårt att ta in att det är ett svenskt band i mitten på 70-talet. Och sen rösterna ovanpå allt annat. Solklar femma

Если человек не любит аббу - он маньяк, социопат или просто хуесос конченый

Fernando do me dirty

Good album. I dont really listen to this album much because some of the songs tend to feel a little overplayed, but ABBA is great.

Some pop classics. Some fillers

Not as good as I was hoping but not bad

For years, especially as a young man, I hated ABBA. That 70s sound, with it's shrill upbeatness and always played by the quintessential white person with no personality; songs played to obligate people to the dance floor rather than to be enjoyed by any measure, purely because of their shotgun ubiquity no thanks to the radio. Your mum likes ABBA, which means it's gotta be awful. 20 years on from being that young man, I can confidently say that I don't think like this any more. ABBA, for all their problems, are just kinda fun. The upbeat nature is infectious, sometimes in the best possible way. I suppose as you get older, you don't mind a bit of cheese every now and then if it just brings everyone together. ABBA has, at the very least, accomplished this feat time and again with it's music, such as the ever popular "Dancing Queen", with it's simple bassline, female dual vocals and high pitched strings and keys. Dancing Queen out of the way, the other tracks I genuinely enjoyed on this album: "My Love, My Life", "Knowing Me, Knowing You", "Money, Money, Money" (on the fence slightly, as it has been overplayed. However, the xylophones and guitar riff around the chorus is really interesting), "Tiger", "Arrival" (Oh wow! An instrumental! It was pretty emotional) and "Fernando" (the vocals on this one make it my favourite, the chorus just makes my chest swell with great snare and bass supporting the duet). This is a great example of a band that instruments that exist purely as support for the vocals, of which are always incredible. Fältskog and Lyngstad always sound like angels.

I'm biased as this was something I grew up with. Still has me in it's grip. Great songs, had it repeat all day. Only this is I've never heard that hawaii hoohah at the end. Why include that? It's not on the vinyl version I own...

Not as bad as I thought it would be

Good stuff from ABBA as usual 4/5

i love some of their songs, but others are just sort of annoying, you know?

Scandinavians crushing it again

I simply do not understand the appeal. The harmonies are ok and production is done well. But it’s so boring and every song sounds exactly the same. Dancing Queen has only one purpose - to serve as outro for Tool shows. Just not for me. 1/5

Great album 4/5

280922 11:31 3.5

Probably would never listen to this again it’s a 1 Probably for people who like ABBA this can’t be more than a 3.5 for fans. It’s not a great album

Well i do not like ABBA, I'm a disgrace ro my heritage.

See that Garg, watch that scene, he is the dancing queen.

I was expecting this to be a couple of unassailable classics and ten tracks or so of garbage. The highs (Dancing Queen) are high, the lows (Dum Dum Diddle) are certainly low, and... I must begrudgingly admit that there are a few more pretty good pop songs on here than I expected. I still think ABBA is a singles band and not an album band, but this exceeded my expectations.

Pretty fun, a few bangers, kinda lumpy

Happy hawaii

Our friend, Geoff, is in an ABBA tribute act. Today was his birthday and, as I was playing with him this evening, I asked him to rate the album for me. After some consideration, he gave it three and a half stars. Playing ABBA several nights a week does rub the shine off some of the big hits, of course. He says that Dancing Queen now feels "like wallpaper that's been there too long." But it's hard to ignore the exactitude of the arrangements and the indelibility of the melodies when you are so immersed in them. It gives the album tracks a specific context too. You have to learn everything, because, despite the obvious primacy of the singles and the ABBA Gold tracks, people are desperate for album tracks too. People love Dum Dum Diddle - I'm one of them (that's me, not Geoff). Thanks, Geoff. 3.5 It’s hard to know what to say about an ABBA album. I know what to say about ABBA Gold. But when ABBA are laid bare in terms of individual albums like a regular band, a part of a material culture rather than presented summarily as a sort of half-understood but sublime religious miracle that happened somewhere mysterious and inaccessible (‘Sweden’), then their fallibility looms larger than everyone elses. It is rather discomforting to hear Dancing Queen follow When I Kissed the Teacher; absurd to hear Knowing Me, Knowing You begin after Dum Dum Diddle has just ended. There is something of debasement about the whole thing. It could be that the callow proceduralism of the lesser known half of this album highlights the procedural elements of the classic hits; no one wants to know how the sausages are made. I think the main problem is the shapelessness of the album itself. There is no narrative logic in beginning with When I Kissed the Teacher or ending with Happy Hawaii and no sign of thoughtful sequencing in between. Everything tries to ‘hit’ in some way - except maybe the Title Track. It’s a merciless conveyor belting of catchiness and hook and novelty. Which leaves us nearly obliged to compare it to ABBA Gold I think; clearly the record they were trying to make, right from the start. ABBA Gold is the paragon of pop writing; ABBA are the Lawgivers - no one saw Solon’s first draft and no one ought to have. Still…once the Gold is set to one side, there is much more here than muck. To be honest, it’s all sort of good. ABBA’s interests in a recording studio are so narrow - there is no sense of a desire to explore textures or play with the mixing desk. This is an element that sets them apart from The Beach Boys. The reason the Californians are my example is that ABBA are so like The Beach Boys in another respect - their old-fashioned belief in the power of the musically exquisite. The inherent assumption that you can disregard almost everything else about making a record (even the lyrics!) if, like Mozart, all your notes are in the right place. Well, I dare say they are. It’s very pretty, nimble, playful, carefully arranged music unburdened by Beethovian follies like self-expression and ‘something to say’. Not that that bit in When I Kissed the Teacher about the ‘laws of geometry’ isn’t sheer poetry - but you’d have to think it was accidental, at least amidst fluff like Tiger or Why Did it Have to be Me or…most of this. Schikaneder could have written this stuff. Well, in the 1970s as in the 1790s you had best be a genius if you want to find any significant quantity of Gold this way. Well done Mozart, I mean ABBA. 3/5

I was never into ABBA back in the 70s, but understand this was a great album in the UK, and I can still sing along to a lot of this album as it was played so much on the radio back then

It's ABBA, it's fine.

Siin on nii mitu laulu, mis on lihtsalt aastatega pähe kulunud (ja mõni, millega olen ise ka esinenud). Väga tugev plaat ABBA-lt, isegi kui kõik lood pole meeldejäävad ning "When I Kissed The Teacher" esitus on pigem nõrk siin (eelistan muusikali varianti isegi). Eurooplased vast kõik teavad vähemalt mõnda lugu siit. Tubli 3.9/5

Not my type of music really, but some classics in there. Really did enjoy overall.

What can I say, it's ABBA I enjoy the songs where the guys sing too and wish they were among the more popular songs of ABBA too

wow this is beautiful gosh

Idk. I don‘t really like it. It‘s boring.

The abba ones are kind of funny for me because I still would rather just listen to the ones I know

Noticeable difference in quality of their hits versus album filters, their album fillers are still great though

Not really my jam, but some undeniable pop classics on this one. Although I must say I preferred 'The Visitors' as the more cohesive album, even if this has the bigger hits. Really kinda wish the album was more like 'Money, Money, Money' and less like Dancing Queen/Fernando.

What a strange album! I only know ABBA's big hits, so this was very new to me. So weird...

The sound is definitely a little samey, but I was impressed by the variety of subjects covered by the lyrics. Unfortunately they are not immune from the One Creepy Song rule.

Undeniably irresistible pop music that has been so overplayed in time that I don’t get much enjoyment out of it anymore.

Highlights: Dancing Queen, Knowing Me Knowing You, Fernando. 2.9

Eh, I kinda get tired of ABBA.

I didn't expect to like this as much as I did. That's Me stood out. Honestly, a lot of the album stood out. Hit every note of a great pop album. With all that being said, I don't know how I can't give it a 5. 5/5

Enjoyable! Liked each song but feel like some of their other bangers are on different albums.

#61 There are a lot of really good pop songs here, and aside from Dancing Queen, this was all new to me. It's hard not to enjoy the catchy hooks, vocal harmonies, and upbeat energy that fill the album. A few tracks are weaker than the rest, and it isn't very cohesive as an album, but that's how it often goes with pop music. Highlights are Dancing Queen, Knowing Me Knowing You, That's Me, and Fernando.

I prefer The Visitors over this, but still a fine album. 3.2/5.

When I Kissed the Teacher is off. But otherwise if you can't enjoy ABBA, then you are allergic to fun. Fave track: Dancing Queen

Classic ABBA album stacked with hits. 4/5

Gotta be a 4 star - these might be wedding songs but they are still great songs today

Never would have thought to listen to an ABBA album, but here we are. Honestly, I think ABBA is just enjoyable pop/disco music. You don’t necessarily have to know all the songs or dissect the meanings or that kind of stuff to just be able to enjoy what you’re listening to. I actually went to see Mamma Mia a couple weeks back, so that probably helps. Songs like Dancing Queen or When I Kissed The Teacher, two of my standouts(never thought I’d say a song with the title When I Kissed The Teacher would be a standout, but stranger things have happened) could seem cheesy to people who don’t like disco, but I thought that they were pretty fun. The instrumentation on the album is fun and upbeat, especially the piano on Money, Money, Money, another standout track. ABBA’s vocal performances are also great, they can really make songs like Knowing You, Knowing Me, my final standout, shine, with its lyrics about heartbreak set to an upbeat tempo. Overall, I think that this album is a good listen, nothing life changing, but if you want some upbeat, catchy disco music that doesn’t suck, check this one out.

I am not the biggest ABBA guy, but “money money money” is so important to me.

Тут вроде принято либо хейтить, либо восторгаться. Хороший альбом, прослушал его с удовольствием, некоторые песни прослушал впервые.

La verdadera realeza sueca.

Not my cup of tea.

Perfeitinho, um clássico.

Only listened to half of it- I'm not really into disco and most songs sounded pretty similar. Enjoyed knowing me, knowing you. Dancing Queen and money,money, money are classics.

Some great gems and some... Not so great. I'll take the hits and pass on the rest unfortunately.

Also so es is gut, aber glaub auch nicht das ichs mir anmachen würde

Don’t like abba

Popmusik high Level

Boomer Geburtstag und alle singen und tanzen...

Lekker luister

ABBA is brilliant. This is their best album. I might allow a later album as the fame, the stress and the growing apart starts to show in their writing. Super trooper would be the other album. Elvis Costello has said precisely one insightful thing about Abba and Steve nieve famously ripped off dancing queen. Shows even the pretentious can see greatness even if they’re trying to be ironic.

It's hard to be Australian and be objective about ABBA. I can remember sitting outside the Showground when they toured as we didnt get tickets in time, the crowd outside was probably just as big as those inside. EC once said if you want to make an Australian happy just put an ABBA record on, so true. There's a couple of absolute duds on here, but who cares. The hits are massive, the sigh in Knowing Me, going straight into the chorus on Dancing Queen, the share joy of the repetition of Money, these are great pop songs.

When you get your first Australian passport, it comes with a jar of Vegemite and a copy of ABBA Gold. True story. Australia's love of ABBA is legendary and unironic. The songs are so enmeshed in the culture that I find it hard to listen to this critically. It's like being raised religious; do you actually believe those stories or is just what you were always told and now you can't tell the difference? Money Money Money was one of the first singles I ever owned myself, given to me as a hand-me-down by an older neighbour kid. OK, let's try to review this thing... there are four banging singles (Money Money Money, Fernando, Knowing Me Knowing You and, most iconically, Dancing Queen). Even the filler tracks here are exquisitely written, performed and recorded, shiny with polished craftsmanship, even if the lyrics are often clunky or ridiculous (Dum Dum Diddle indeed). You can tell they were written by non-native English speakers. It's a really great pop album. Possibly a perfect pop album (although the lyrics prevent it from being _too_ perfect). Yeah nah, can't do it. Reviewing this is like critiquing the national anthem. I might not choose to sit down and listen to this at home, but when DJing a party, I know that I can instantly fill the floor by throwing Dancing Queen on the decks. Five stars.

Another singles band album that I just NEED to hear before I die!!! Spoiler alert: the singles carry and everything else is fine

Abba on hyvää, musana ja sillinä. Toimii vieläkin.

ABBA on tosi ABBAa. Hittibiisejä löytyy pinkka, niiden ympäriltä ei suurempia sanottavia. Menee kuunnellessa, mutta en aktiivisesti hakeudu ABBAn seuraan.

not my cup of tea it's just like some instrumentale not really my cup of tea it is good if you want something to remind you the mountain or Heidi

Weird opening song but I guess it is catchy - good album but I see abba as more a hits band than an album band - high 3

5/10 - For a group with such big hits I thought this album was pretty average. Some of the classics on there but I've heard better.

Knowing Me, Knowing You could potentially be my favourite ABBA song although it does break my heart a little listening to it. There are some fab tracks on this one and also some ones that don't really work for me. Favourites: Dancing Queen Knowing Me, Knowing You Why Did It Have To Be Me Fernando

Probably the platonic ideal of a 70s album— it’s got all the strings and sentimentality I associate with the era. Its more cohesive as an album than I expected, although Dancing Queen as track 2 was definitely jarring (would it be less so if I hadn’t heard it at literally every wedding and karaoke session I’ve been to?) Also doesn’t help it’s behind When I Kissed the Teacher, which is a crazy track 1. Still good overall and proof the Swedes know how to write good pop songs. I can hear the influence on my favorite band Ghost! Standout tracks: Dancing Queen (duh), Knowing Me Knowing You, That’s Me, Tiger…. Clunkers: When I Kissed the Teacher, why did it have to be me?, Happy Hawaii

Today I have learned that ABBA annoys me. I liked Happy Hawaii and Fernando, but that was it honestly. The singles have childhood niceness attached, but... yeah I'm a soulless husk of a human who doesn't enjoy this album and was listening out of obligation... I don't know how to feel about this revelation.

"Everybody Screamed when I kissed the teacher" - it's hard to imagine a more perfect way to open an album. Follow that up with a song about a 17 year old and you got yourself a classic! 5 stars for that one piano riff at the end of the Dancing Queen chorus. And minus 1 star for Happy Hawaii and generally reckless levels of swedishness.

Shrill glam lite

I honestly loved this. Songs were catchy as hell

Does it work as an album? No Does it still deserve 5 stars? Heck yes! Dancing Queen is probably the most perfect pop song ever. Knowing me knowing you brought tears to my eyes. Money Money Money and Fernando are bangers too. I have no idea how a group can come up with such complex yet approachable music. I'm in awe!

un muy buen disco , conceptual y vanguardista para la época. No es de mi preferencia sonora, pero claramente es un discaso

Listened: 7/15/26 Not my usual. However. Not the worst album I've ever listened to. 3/5 Standout tracks, no order: 1. When I Kissed the Teacher Has some shockingly good beats + melodies 2. Dancing Queen (obv) A classic forever 3. Money Money Money So different from the rest of the album. Kind of threatening sounding 4. Fernando Has an incredible synthesizer. Crazy whiplash in each section of the song. 5. Arrival What is this? sounds very celtic. i feel this as more of a departure sound. Overall: I can see why it made the waves it did at the time. Maybe I need to research some more.

This contains their best material

Fun! Has to get at least 3 stars just for Dancing Queen :) Some good dance-y songs; some questionable lyrics...but still very easy to listen to!

So this is an interesting dive into the true ABBA beyond what I've superficially thought of them as a disco band...they're just as theatrical in their aesthetic as Supertramp (again, a superficial understanding). the title track is an organ and chorus instrumental - I found it hard to dance to. I'd rate it 3 stars but it gets a 4th b/c of Dancing Queen.

Не подобається такий поп. Занадто прямолінійний, невигадливий, місцями вторичний. Мені не дуже сподобалось. Оцінка: середня-висока 5

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐- Ett mästerverk i melodisvarvande. Det skulle kunna vara lätt att avfärda ABBA som simpel pop men det är medryckande och lättillgängligt utan att bli simpelt. Produktionen är fantstisk, det är dynamiskt, taight och orkestreringen är bra. Till detta kommer harmonierna, Agnetas och Anni- Frid perfekta röster tillsammans. En liten detalj jag gilar är hur man väver in svensk folkmusik i t.ex Dum dum diddle och Arrival. Det finns låtar jag tycker är mindre bra men inte till den grad att de drar ner albummet (det spår jag jag tycker minst om är Happy Hawaii som nästan låter som en dansbandslåt) då jag tycker det som är bra är riktigt bra så blir det en svag 5a. Bäst är When I kissed the teacher, Dancing queen, Dum dum diddle, Knowing me knowing you, Money money money, Tiger, Fernando

No matter how old you are, this is your mum's favourite album. ;-)

Sure, the songs are catchy and memorable. But listening through the album actually feels anachronistic. It is like an adult listening time capsule. It is comfortable, Hallmark music that feels like a card from a relative you don’t know that well.

I can appreciate the musical talent, but it's just not for me. I kissed the teacher and Fernando is not relatable for me.

I gave ABBA's Arrival a chance despite never being much of an ABBA fan. Outside of "Dancing Queen," their music has never really clicked with me, so I went in with an open mind hoping this album might change that. Unfortunately, it didn't. I found Arrival to be a pretty flat listen overall. The songs are polished and undeniably well-produced, but they rarely surprised me or left much of an impression. The melodies are catchy enough, yet many tracks blend together, and I never felt emotionally invested. I can understand why this album is considered a pop classic—it captures the clean, melodic sound that made ABBA one of the biggest acts of the '70s. But for me, technical polish isn't enough to carry an album when the songs don't resonate on a deeper level. If you're already an ABBA fan, there's plenty here to enjoy. If, like me, you've never really connected with their style, Arrival probably won't change your mind. Aside from "Dancing Queen," I didn't find much that made me want to come back for another listen.

Better than I expected. I've always hated the way ABBA gets forced into every possible birthday party, wedding or celebration. It's not that I dislike the music itself, it's just that I'm convinced people have been conditioned to believe it's the definitive party soundtrack, and that you're somehow obligated to enjoy it and pretend that no other music is worth dancing to. I'm sure a good number of people are just playing along because that's what's expected of them, and they don't want to sound like killjoys. Ironically, that does ABBA a disservice, because I have to admit this is actually a good album if you play it in a non-party context. It's warm, fun, full of life and energy. I expected the sugary pop sound and relentless enthusiasm to be insufferable after a few songs, but ABBA did rises above the stereotype, and their talent and sincerity managed to win over even grumpy old me. It's not something I'll be playing of my own accord, and I still can't stand hearing "Dancing Queen" at virtually every party this side of Stockholm. But as a one-time listening experience, I did enjoy it. 6/10

I wasn’t expecting to enjoy it this much. Catchy songs, and surprisingly timeless production. Toi sweet at times, but the best tracks are hard to resist. A real pop classic.

Spectacular! Not their best effort but one of the most consistent early albums.

Ngl I was stuck in unexpectedly frustrating traffic so this did not bop as hard as I wanted

Not bad but loses a star because I put it on a few times but kept getting distracted.

Although I've never really enjoyed ABBA all that much, it's easy to see and hear why this was their breakout album. They seemed to have nailed down a distinctive sound on this album, especially with all the mega-singles--including "Fernando", which strangely only appears on the Australian and New Zealand versions of this album--but also in the not-so-memorable remainder of the album too. It's not nearly as impressive as, say, "Rumours", mainly because the filler/vacuous tracks like "When I kissed the teacher" and "Dum dum diddle" bring down the average quality of the tracks by a lot, but still an impressive production from the Eurovision winners, and I'll always have a soft spot for "Money, money, money" and memories of my brothers and me singing along to the chorus and probably playing air-guitar with tennis rackets.

I like Dancing Queen and Fernando isn't bad. The rest of this was awful and stupid.

You have to admit they can write earworms, and some of them are legitimately fun. I find it repetitive on a whole album, tho, and I find most of their use of synths corny. Ultimately I couldn't get to the end of this.

I feel obligated to be more reverential about ABBA given that a) they influenced almost every pop-leaning act I love today and b) in the right setting, so many of their songs are real bangers. But I don't know if I've ever sat down and listened to a full ABBA album (ignoring hits compilations). It was illuminating to see the different sides of their sound, but I lost interest halfway through. Which isn't to say the second half is worse than the first. More that their core sound is like 40% too twee, 25% too operatic, 33% too baroque, 15% too theatrical. Any given song was good. But taken as a whole... I don't know. I'm torn about how to rate this. I guess that's what threes are for.

Arrvial ist definitiv ein tolles Album. Für mich die perfekte Musik für einen Tanzabend oder einen nächtlichen Road Trip mit der großen Liebe. Mit Dancing Queen oder Money, Money, Money sind auch legendäre ABBA Songs vertreten. Definitiv 5 von 5!

Despite not being my genre, I have to admit that the melodies one this one are eternal.

It was fine, obviously some catchy pop tunes.

I’m glad it’s over, if that tells you anything.

I wouldn't have said I was an ABBA fan, but I honestly think that if you don't enjoy this you might not like fun.

ABBA is criminally underrated when it comes to musical talent. Whole album is an absolute banger fest.

Trop bien, très groovy, ça vieillit pas même si on a ce petit truc vintage qui rend le truc un peu mélancolique. Génial

Increible álbum y mejor banda, la combinación de las voces es excelente, con temas legendarios como Dancing Queen. No es del tipo de música que escucho pero aún asi me gustó bastante.

6/10 ABBA used to be a bit of a joke - very naff, beloved by housewives and people who didn't really like music (e.g. my mother in law). But then people started liking them ironically. And now it is unironic. They work hard mining for musical gold, and return rate of 4 classic disco pop tracks is great. But the slag from such work is just weak and undermines any consideration of this as a larger body of work.

This is absolute garbage front to back. It’s so bad that I had to write this review for it. Every song sounds exactly the same. I can’t even begin to comprehend how this band got so popular. The only song that is halfway decent is Dancing Queen—surprise surprise.

When i kissed the teacher - 2 Dancing queen - 4 My love, my life - 2 Dum dum diddle - 2 Knowing me, knowing you - 3 Money, money, money - 3 That's me - 2 Why did it have to be me? - 3 Tiger - 2 Arrival - 2

What’s not to love. Sweet hooks, wonderful harmony’s. It’s not chickening why ABBA took the world by storm.

Paar banger natuurlijk, maar de rest is eigenlijk niet heel bijzonder en best een hoog casio-gehalte

Excellent for a Friday drive

I mean.. What is there to say? In 10.000 years, future civilizations will analyse the human cultural eras and find out that ABBA was a thing. They will listen to it and then.. they will groove to it! Not my kind of music, but basically timeless and the fun factor is impossible to ignore.

Well, even if this band is overrated, doesn't mean that they are bad. Songs that are not hits are the better ones. Best one is Tiger

half girl half abba

Dum Dum Diddle

Greatest pop debut of all time

LOVE ABBA!

kommt gut beim arbeiten unter high voltage smile. Knowing me, Knowing You ziemlicher banger. 3.61 Sterne

You can never go wrong with ABBA!

I can see the appeal of this, but I can't get into it. It's too much like the Henry Mancini Choir Does Disco.

Some of their biggest hits here so if you like Abba you’ll love this album. For me it was enjoyable but not spectacular

Love love love Abba. You can not go wrong with their music

I can’t give it anything less than a 4, it makes my mom too happy.

A very pleasant album that hits a lot of the classic disco notes; prime ABBA.

Good album and one I bought back in the day.

Are these songs tacky; tacky but great; or just great? Maybe a mixture of all those but with a leaning to the latter.

They know how to make a pop song, but goddamn so much of this was annoying. "Money, Money, Money" "Dum Dum Diddle" "That's Me" each grated on my so heavily that I was complaining out loud (to no one in particular) when the chorus rolled around for what felt like the 12th time. "Dancing Queen" is played out, but it makes sense why it's a hit, also true of "Fernando" (which I understand was not originally on the album). I actually thought the instrumental "Arrival" was pretty good, and I somewhat enjoyed "Knowing Me, Knowing You" and "Tiger," even if the latter was so silly I laughed.

A great album that marks the transition to the extremely eventful 1980s, with wonderful songs