Arrival

When ABBA hit, they bloody hit. But Jesus Christ when they miss is it not good. ABBA's second best album after ABBA Gold though. Why Did It Have To Be Me? is a hidden gem. There was something in the air that night, the stars were bright, Fernando. There was something there for you and me, and Carol P, Fernando.

when I kissed the teacher - 9.5/10 dancing queen - 9/10 my love my life - 7.5/10 dum dum diddle - 5/10 knowing me knowing you - 9/10 money money money - 10/10 thats me - 8.5/10 why did it have to be me? - 8/10 tiger - 10/10 arrival - N/A interlude Fernando - 7.5/10 happy hawaii - 6

Pop for it time nothing more to say

classic from the outset

ahhh ABBA.. our mom loved them we grew up with them !! more fun memories than 'I can't wait to listen to that again' but I'll take dancing queen anytime-they played that on my birthday once at universal grill in the west village and all the fabulous gay boy waiters came out dancing and singing around me lolllll

A reminder of my childhood when Abba blared through the house - total freedom. I was at the age when I could spin in circles, thrash about and jump off the furniture in complete artistic bursts. Untethered.

banger

Personal enjoyment: 4/5 Relevance to this list: 4/5

Gran álbum, este grupo me hace recordar a mis padres. Lo quiero cómo vinilo

Es imposible que no te guste. Tampoco es como que sea una maravilla, pero si tenés algo en el cerebro te va a gustar.

you get most of the best abba in this one, there's a few tracks about kind of whatever but this is mostly kino wedding music,what the hell is that title track sounds like I'm listening to gospel

Makes me wanna drive in california coast

Very fun album. Came into it really only knowing the hits, but was nice to hear how musically interesting the entire record is.

While the first song has not aged well. I really enjoyed the rest of the album with its tour through Abba's musical capabilities. The 1st third is anchored by Dancing Queen and Dum Dum Diddle. The middle third is where this album shines as Abba flexes and shows off their musical prowess. The end of the album keeps up the energy and brings us home with Fernando. All in all a very good album.

3.5

For as long as I've been into music, people have been talking about how ABBA is the ultimate guilty pleasure. Now that we all agree on that, maybe it's time to stop being guilty about it? Anyway, I've always been more of a "Waterloo" girl, but I can't really deny the concentration of hits here! Unfortunately, aside from "When I Kissed the Teacher", the album tracks don't really live up to the near-impossible standards set by the singles.

classic vibes

4 porque los amo

Ja heel eerlijk, gewoon een leuk album. Zal het echter niet vaak zelf opzetten. Dancing Queen is vanzelfsprekend een all time classic

Aardig Best Bekokstoofde Audio.

A great album with some huge hits, but a couple of tracks were a bit samey so it's only a 4.

Love abba makes me think of my childhood

un tanto repetitivo

Supersupersuper

Such a cheerful and positive album, full of hits, that makes this group so authentic and still pretty relevant in today's mainstream music 👏🎶

Holy fuck Arrival slaps ass HOLY FUCKK Other notable standouts:- Tiger Fernando Will need to give another listen!

ABBA good but none of the new songs stuck (who could have imagined)

Proper good

Singles superb, others less so

Du beau ABBA ! Très bon mood

ABBA!! quite excited to listen to this one. Imagine having all of these huge singles all on the one album??? I know ABBA have many more, but still this is stacked Anyway, besides the joy of hearing the all time greats in context, I loved Tiger and Arrival. I thought it was very cool hearing them do some different things on those songs I remember the strong feelings evoked by Mamma Mia 2 but it’s interesting that some of these were saved for the sequel

man, ABBA is pretty stellar. they just hit the mark on like all of their songs. the harmonies and their voices really just elevate what is possible with music. Dancing Queen is obvi the standout, but Money, Money, Money, Fernando, and Why Did It Have to be Me are all great tracks as well. I think that the back 1/3 of the album (specifically, Tiger, Arrival, and Happy Hawaii) all lose a bit of steam, but still a great album

Fun to listen to. Some great hits. Even the “non hits” are super catchy and enjoyable. What a weird way to start your album with “when I kissed the teacher”

I know I’m in the minority when it comes say this but I’m not in on the ABBA hype, their music just isn’t my thing. That being said, they have some incredible hits that have stood the test of time, and more than a few are on this album. Even though I’d only ever listen to those bigger tracks, this is still one of the better albums on this list.

It was really fun - I knew a lot of the songs already. Some of the middle dragged a little.

I understand that ABBA is not everyone's thing, but if you objectively listen to this album, it's actually quite good. The record gets off to a solid start with When I Kissed the Teacher. People would probably go ape over a song like this these days, but in truth, it's just lighthearted and fun. What follows next is the big one. There are three unavoidable inevitabilities in this world: Death, taxes, and anyone 20-65 belting out the chorus of Dancing Queen anytime it comes on. Sorry, I don't make the rules, I just abide by them. This song is an absolute classic, unbelievably catchy, a just generally a great time. If you really listen to it though, it's actually quite well constructed beyond its hook-filled nature. Just a great, great track. The rest of this album waffles between good and very good. Highlights for me include Money, Money, Money and Fernando. A blast to go back to, worthy of inclusion. 4-stars.

Muss sege positiv überrascht. Han abba scho biz trashy gfunde. Klar gueti hits blabla. Sber würki guet sinds eigentli absiits vo de hits, wenn eifach vibe kickt

I’m not the biggest ABBA fan, but it’s undeniable that this album is just full of hits. Hits that get stuck in your head all day long. Hits like Money Money Money which then morph seamlessly into the Oompa Loompa song from Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory. Great. 4.0/5.0 Best Song: Knowing Me Knowing You (aha)

Un álbum bastante distinto a lo "normal" de hoy en día, me gustó mucho, si tuviera que valorarlo con un puntaje sería un sólido 7.

A good album. Not any that I was extremely uninterested in listening to.

4 de 5 El cuarto trabajo creado por ABBA, es una pieza de alta calidad técnica que destaca por sus melodías pop perfectas, fina composición y detallada producción. Considerado como uno de los mejores álbumes dentro de su discografía, donde la banda alcanzó un punto muy alto en la creatividad, reflejando una madurez muy notoria. A destacar: Track 4 - Dum Dum Diddle Track 5 - Knowing Me, Knowing You Track 9 - Tiger Track 10 - Arrival

good

8/10 love their music, but is a short album

You know younger me definitely fit into the “I hate ABBA” stereotype. An older wiser me appreciates this so much more. I’m not in the 5 range, but I am feeling a very solid 4 for this record. Dancing Queen and Fernando (yes I know this was not on the original release) are undeniable bangers. Several other tracks are catchy disco pop. 4/5

Simply the best

* when i kissed the teacher: what a banger, new ABBA one i've never heard. super fun and girly vibe. don't kiss your teacher, though!!! #weird * dancing queen: CLASSIC! forever, of course. makes me sad to not be 17 though.... it's such a beautiful song that encapsulates what it's like to be a teenage girl. let's all just get up and dance! * my love, my life: belongs in a 80s/90s romance movie where the couple slow dances as a montage of their relationship plays, but they have to go their separate ways because it's for the best. so beautiful... SOSOSOSO glad i'm listening to this song now...wow! * dum dum diddle: ABBA just always has the best instrumentals ever don't they? * knowing me, knowing you: angsty. i love it. * money, money: realest song ever * that's me: the melody is so good.... and "i'm not a man's toy, i'll never be" INJECT IT!!!!!! * why did it have to be me?: OH!!! story of my life. groovyyyyy * tiger: shoulder shimmy/ clapping song. * arrival: church procession vibes * fernando: naming my son fernando so he has a theme song. * happy hawaii: oh the ocean sounds...

Is asombroso

In the center of the Venn diagram of “classic albums” and “fun ways to spend the weekend” there lies this album.

This is some good time music, youre in for some fun upbeat tunes

Nice

What party could I not put this on, I love how epic the later half felt

Solidly frothy.

ABBA arrival listens to some had pretty good entry will look back later currently 3:40 am need to sleep

albumazo. POR SIEMPRE DANCING QUERN. muy buena knowing me knowing you

Great pop album.

That first song was weird! Overall more varied than I expected. But it still had all the hits. Fernando is one of my favorite ABBA songs.

This was so much weirder and more varied than I expected! The hits are, well, the hits - but the songs I hadn't heard before felt really surprising coming from this band. Fun experience!

Oikein mainio levy. Abballa ollu aina oma paikkansa mun musiikkimakunystyröissä

Synkkiä salaisuuksia lapsuudesta paljastuu, kun tässä ja nyt totean että Abbaa tuli vielä oikeastaan yläasteiässä kuunneltua ihan helvetisti. Ja kyllä sitä nykyäänkin aina silloin tällöin tulee tykiteltyä. Tässä on kourallinen ihan helvetin kovia biisejä (mm. S.O.S.:in ohella oma Abba-suosikkini Knowing Me Knowing You sekä Fernando) ja sitten täytebiisitkin ovat ihan ok. Onhan tää hyvää musaa, ei siitä mihinkään pääse.

Para la época muy revolucionario, tiene temazos, no tiene remasterización, cosa que hace que la calidad del sonido se perciba algo mas baja para la actualidad, pero se sustenta con temas muy sólidos, líricos y una gran precisión en tonos

I enjoyed this a lot! It’s just so fun and lively, hard to be in a bad mood with this album playing.

Fun disco-ish europop. Already knew Dancing Queen, of course, and there wasn't any track that let me down even if it is kind of just junkfood music. Love the synths. 8/10.

Even more catchy than people have given it credit for, Dum Dum Diddle and Tiger are the underrated earworms here. Favourite track: Dancing Queen

8.5/10 No one makes disco music like ABBA, Dancing Queen is as great as ever.

Is it just me or is there a sinister vibe lurking underneath these songs?

First women artists to appear on this list for me.

Los voy a rankear del 1 al 10, con la medicion “juanes”, excelente album, el hecho de escuchar solo dancing queen me hace ampliamente feliz. 7/10 juanes⭐️

mamma mia condesado en un album

Makes you want to get up and dance like 7 times in 44 minutes. 8/10

Classic ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Most of the songs here are excellent

ABBA really deserves the flowers they get nowadays as a truly incredible force of music at their best. Dancing Queen, Money Money Money, Gimme Gimme Gimme, all absolute classic bangers. Now obviously this album only has two of those absolute classics, but it is still a very quality album. Especially when you have one of the best songs of all time, Dancing Queen, in the second slot. Obviously there are SOME duds, but there’s still some really great standouts, and by the end of the A-side it’s a really great if slightly flawed (it would be very flawed if I didn’t think dum diddle was the funniest thing ever) album! By the end of the B-side, it’s a similar story, even though it mostly rides on the afterglow of Dancing Queen. Even so it’s a great album with a couple of fantastic songs. 8.4/10

Upbeat and calming

I mean it's ABBA.

There really didn’t need to be more than one ABBA album on this list. This is the ONE.

Dancing Queen, Money Money Money, and Fernando are all certified bops, and I really enjoyed That's Me. I think ABBA production style feels a bit weird on the rock and country inspired tracks, but everything on the album is rock solid.

Having only really listened to a few of ABBA's songs in general, I find that I did enjoy the album. There were a couple songs that I was not fond of in general but overall, a good album.

Enjoyable - Kiss the teacher gave me pause hopefully it's sung by a colleague not a student

Such happy Swedes! This music is so joyful. Obviously Dancing Queen and Fernando are classics.

Det er faktisk er overraskende godt. De sidste numre på albummet er dog ikke helt på niveau.

Hjertet siger 5. Hovedet siger 4.

Det her er en kæmpe fornøjelse hele vejen igennem.

4.5 straight bangers, men ikke hverken deres, eller generelt, et magnus opus

Can anyone REALLY hate disco?

Nice

There was a guy sitting next to the jukebox at gooski's last time we went telling me about how much he loved abba while I was trying to play songs

Another great pop album by Abba!

I mean c'mon. It's ABBA! What do you even need to say?

Чудовий альбом. Загальне враження схвальне.

They truly figured out the pop formula early on. Listening to it you can hear the 4/4 beats and proper keys and tones taking a hold of you as you tap your foot and chat the rhythmic choruses that feel unique and reptitive all at the same time. It really is impressive to hear because this could be zshushed up with some new synths and bigger drums and feel new as any pop contemporary.

Some very good (and popular) songs in this, otherwise it didn‘t catch me so much.

The older I get the more I appreciate Abba. Complex tunes, catchy melodies and amazing vocals, heard a lot of these before but good to listen to the whole album

Feel like I got a sugar rush from this. It was like eating slice after slice of chocolate cake - so good, so delicious, but after a while it felt like too much cake at once, too much ABBA.

Ah . . . lovely. Dancing Queen is such a beautiful track.

I don't have to write about ABBA or how this is their biggest album with their biggest hit. As this was my first listen through, I'll pretend I know nothing about all that. I'll give points for great production, a relatively unique sound, and clearly talented musicians. All those points are then lost to lyrics so superficial they make Brittany Spears look like a poet laureate and songs so musically similar they actually work as different verses of one song. I'm not a disco fan, but I can respect the genre for being unabashedly fun. This album is fun if you've never scored a single point at "Never Have I Ever" and/or are the librarian at a convent. Influence 5. Hits 5. Quality 4. Intangibles 5. Just can't do it 3.

This is undoubtedly one of the best pop albums I have ever heard. The technical layering of vocals and instruments is masterful and it sounds incredibly polished even today. While the studio craftsmanship is near-perfect, it stays at a 4 because it feels a bit too calculated, lacking that raw, organic spark that usually characterizes a 5 record.

As an avid ABBA denier in my teens, I can't help but admit in my 30s that the ABBA hits slap. There are 5-6 absolutely killer tracks on this album, mixed with a few songs that fill the airtime without making as much of an impact. Still, a very enjoyable listen all round.

What a fun album!! I really enjoyed it.

To start off with,, "When I Kissed the Teacher" is YIKES! "Dancing Queen" is I think overrated, but still good. The favorites on here are probably the 4 track run of "Money, Money, Money" "That's Me" "Why Did It Have To Be Me?" and "Tiger"

What’s not to like? Fun, well produced, well performed pop. It may not reach the upper echelons of being great album for me, but it’s an excellent collection of songs. Gotta love ABBA.

jingle jangle par excellence

Great pop album with some certified classics.

Some really great tracks on this album overall.

Dancing Queen and Money Money Money??? Album is carried. So good!

O estilo dos Abba nunca me cativou, mas ouvir com os fones a conversa já é outra. Este álbum é perfeito para quem quer começar a ouvir a banda. Tem alguns dos maiores hits deles. As outras músicas são todas excelentes. Muito bom.

Album 124. Arrival (https://open.spotify.com/album/79ZX48114T8NH36MnOTtl7?si=zs6naKHBR96NiSlo7_XGfA) — ABBA (1976) Golden classic. It's been a long time since I listened to this much ABBA 4/5 Liked songs: — Dancing Queen — Knowing Me, Knowing You — Money, Money, Money

A week ago I got the other ABBA album on the list and wow. This one has the HITS. It’s good to hear ABBA in their prime, esp when most of my favs are in in this album.

Pour la nostalgie et le rythme …

You can't ding this. A couple of mega hits that even a 12 year old will recognise. Pure voice and harmonies. Even one song with one of the boys singing lead vocals. Seems so innocent. I had fun.

A classic, fun album jam-packed with hit after hit. There's always a reason to smile and sing along when ABBA is playing.

One of the most influential albums of all time, this is a classic filled with catchy tunes and beautiful vocals

Singing into a marker pen, bouncing on the bed looking in the mirror. Im the blonde one.

Yes it's relentlessly poppy and commercial, but that's what it's supposed to be. It's very good at what it wants to be good at. I also don't think you can argue against that scale of global success.

classic

I am Swedish and this is ABBA. We ... well, we consider ABBA to be like national icons. Plus they are wholly unique and quite fantastic, so there is that! What's not to like if you can stand sort of 70's pop that stands the test of time anyhow?

I'd call myself a passive ABBA guy; I've put some tracks on playlists and maybe owned a greatest hits comp in my day, but never sought out individual records. This one goes pretty hard! It's mostly about the singles you already know: Dancing Queen, Knowing Me, Fernando, etc., not many deep album cuts. But the singles go crazy. Special shoutout to Rutger Gunnarsson, absolutely destroying on bass throughout the record. top track: Dancing Queen

C’est un bon album, ça s’écoute bien — ça sonne beaucoup moins bien ceci dit… est ce que c’est le genre qui veut ça, ou l’époque ? C’est dans les mêmes années que Parliament pourtant…

Very nice pop music. Great compositions, catchy songs, amazing vocals and some extremely popular songs that, although a bit overplayed, are still among the very best that pop music has to offer (which is impressive, as there are so so many amazing pop songs out there). Very obvious why Arrival is considered essential enough to make it to this list, as some of the tracks in here have had a huge impact, as well as many other ABBA songs. 4/5, and I'm not rating it 5/5 purely because of personal preference, as it is consistently great and cohesive.

It’s hard to hate on ABBA. Such catchy songs. Incredible melodies and harmonies.

Para sorpresa de nadie, Dancing Queen se come el disco. Se siente como si el Pop hubiese comenzado ahí, en esos compases, con esas letras y acordes. My Love My Life, Money Money Money y Fernando grandísimas piezas. La canción homónima me sorprendió mucho. Gran redescubrimiento.

What an album! It’s full of joy, fun, great music, wonderful Melodies, catchy lyrics and all around is just a total banger of an album! Starting with ‘when I kissed the teacher’ had me worried but apart from that slightly inappropriate start every song was so good!

track 1: pretty good track 2: also good, who hasn't heard this song before lol track 3: great track, probably my favorite track 4: okay track, probably my least favorite track 5: good track track 6: good track track 7: good track track 8: good track track 9: good track track 10: pretty good track track 11: good track track 12: good track, i like the intro a lot

pretty good tbf

i fear the ratings are way too low for this album omg this is like one of their best albums. Apart from that, it is all pretty freaking good. all the songs sound the same lmao, but i support

masterclass sur masterclass, c’est la kiffance aux oreilles et surtout que même aujourd’hui tu peux l’écouter et dans 30 ans encore

I was excited to get ABBA today. But, the more I listened to their songs, the more I realize that I don't really enjoy ABBA by myself. I like listening to it with my girlfriend or my mom and even dance to it, but as listening music, I don't love it. I'm still going to give it a 4 because I know I can enjoy it, just, under specific conditions.

еще одна классика поп-музыки

Immaculate vibes

First ABBA album I’ve ever listened to, very fun.

Short and sweet, filled to the brim with absolute hits. The deep cuts are also quite great. 8/10

Dancing Queen // Knowing Me, Knowing You // Money, Money, Money // Why Did It Have To Be Me? // 3.5/5

I doubt 𝘈𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 will turn me into a full ABBA fan — the meticulous production shaped by Benny and Björn can feel a bit clinical and cool, almost “Nordic” in its precision. But there’s no denying their gift for melody: 𝘈𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 is full of effortlessly memorable songs and marks the moment when ABBA finally reached full power. After the post-Eurovision awkwardness, this is where Abbamania truly begins. Seen from today, 𝘈𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 also marks the starting point for a much larger story: the rise of Sweden as a global pop force throughout the 80s and 90s. Acts like Roxette — who broke internationally in the late 80s — and Ace of Base in the early 90s followed the international blueprint ABBA established. That legacy eventually leads to the studio era of producers like Max Martin, who would bring Swedish songwriting to the very top of global charts. 𝘈𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 isn’t just a strong pop record — it’s a foundation stone for decades of “Made in Sweden” pop success.

Great dance bops, addictive and fun!

Already recently listened to this within the past two weeks. Great album. Dancing Queen and much more.

An iconic album, perfect, almost too perfect for me, I enjoyed it but the truth is I like it when there are some mistakes in the music and in this one there was none in my opinion, for me it is a 4 only because I feel that it was too much

Songs such as Dancing Queen, Knowing Me, Knowing You, Fernando, Why Did It Have To Be Me and Money, Money, Money are all pretty much perfect songs to me but the rest of the songs while good aren't as strong. I did also like the Happy Hawaii song

Hit-parade

un clásico ; nostalgico.

Its got some great classics that I remember from childhood. Very nostalgic album for me!

good, solid art-pop album. a couple low notes. "my love, my life" is maybe my least fav. the rest are pretty good jams. idk if i would have ended it on "happy hawaii". "dancing queen" is pretty grating at this point with its saturation in pop culture, but that's not abba's fault. "fernando" is a jam. gotta love a couple of swedes singing about mexican revolutionaries.

When I Kissed the Teacher Dancing Queen Dum Dum Diddle Money, Money, Money That’s Me Tiger Fernando

Dancing Queen My Love, My Life Money, Money, Money Why Did It Have To Be Me? Arrival Fernando

Праздник, энергия движения

Bright and fun. I enjoyed the listen, sang along with the familiar tunes and had a good time.

FERNANDO!

Another great album. Would definitely buy some songs but not necessarily the whole album. I loved their greatist hits album!!! Four stars

Classic

Great album, catchy songs, good melodies, beautiful vocals. I dont know what songs were listed on charts when this album was released, but i bet half of the songs on it were there. Btw. This scale is quite defective, i mean, it should definitely include ratings from 1-10. 4 stars is too low for this album, 5 is too much so i give 4.5.

well... this is abba. Pretty good

No puedo mencionar otra cosa primero en este disco más que el excelente trabajo de los ensamble vocal y coral que tiene ABBA en este disco y seguramente en todos, pero en este están sus canciones, en mi opinión, más reconocidas y gustadas. Construyen una armonía sumamente apacible y agradable que sumado con el gran trabajo instrumental, los arreglos de cuerdas y esos riffs de piano tan distinguibles resultan en un disco cantable, bailable y muy único y especial. Buen disco.

Was fully expecting this to be terrible apart from the obvious hits, which are great in group settings but I had never properly listened to them. Turns out, this album is actually good. The instrumentation, which gets lost when you hear at parties etc., is much better and more layered than I had realised. The bass and drums are particularly enjoyable. Shame a lot of it has been overplayed.

I can definitely see why an artist like ABBA made this list. I didn’t know many of the songs off of this album going in. They were all so catchy and full of hooks that it was hard to not move your body to them. I don’t know that I’ll specifically come back to this album, but I would consider listening to an ABBA greatest hits if there aren’t more ABBA albums on the list. The music they make is just effortless fun pop rock.

I might be biased (I'm Swedish), but there is nothing out there that gives me the same feelings as listening to ABBA. This album has such bangers, Dancing Queen and money, money, money are some of their best. Such stunning music, even if some lyrics are questionable today ^^

A classic, enjoyed this one. Have never listened to it start-to-finish before.

Full of bangers, but the album tracks, as usual, let it down a bit. But the bangers get it 4 stars as a minimum. I mean, c'mon...

probably closer to a 3.75/5, but since it //did// put me in a good mood..

It's a good album. I enjoyed listening to it.

music that makes you wanna danceeeee

It just keeps you wanting to dance. Fernando as a bonus track works like a charm after the instrumental. 4/5

sugar is sweet, music is fun

7/10

Legendary

fun album! some oddities but overall enjoyable

ну це класіка я б це мала по пріколу але не мій стиль музікі

Power Bubble Gum? Fun, easy music, and I guess it's danceable. Still.

its abba! pls, should be consider cheating

This album appeared after my arrival to Europe for the first time. As a big ABBA listener, I have this a many of times but three of the albums they made after this one are better.

Enjoyable, but too much filler to be amazing

This album warms me up on a frigid day.

I love you ABBA please don’t kiss the teacher again. Also don’t let the guys sing

There's two types of people: people who like ABBA, and people who are lying when they say they don't like ABBA.

They are iconic for this

Overall, it's a good album. The songs I liked were "When I Kissed the Teacher," "Dum Dum Diddle," and "Why Did It Have to Be Me."

Cracking classy pop. Some absolute all time floor filling bangers here. Some of the bin hits veer towards cheesy euro pop but still a 4 from me

8/10

Solid ABBA album. Lots of their hits and some of my favorite songs. ABBA exists in a weird place for me where I really enjoy listening to them, and I like a lot of the songs, but I don't want to just encounter them in my liked songs playlist or whatever. I have to be in the mood for most ABBA.

I listened to the bonus track version, Fernando is in the same level as Dancing Queen. Both songs are top tier musicianship.

It's very good

I LOVE ABBA SO MUCH!!!!! It’s a good album and have many great songs, but i think there are better, but that’s just personal opinion

The hits were great and the rest of the album sounded like ABBA.

Solid 4, generally very nice moments, a couple nitpicks that keep it from being any higher, but overall enjoyable

Ah ABBA, Sweden's greatest gift to the world. I mean sure, theres IKEA, Volvo, Swedish meatballs, and Swedish Fish but can any compare to the total vibe that is Dancing Queen? The classics that are Money, Money, Money or Knowing Me, Knowing You? Or my personal favorite Fernando? I think not. Ironic that this is the first album after their greatest hits album. Those Swedes sure know how to make pop music.

Money Money Money, Dancing Queen and Fernando all on one album. They're craaaaazy. God I love pop music.

Fernando is the one of the best songs here, aside from Dancing Queen

If you don’t like ABBA, what are you doing. Dancing Queen, Money, Fernando and Happy Hawaii are great songs and enough to make this worthy of 4 stars. Production and live instruments were also good.

177/1089 I fear that ABBA (generally) are a group that fall into the category where their hits are HITS, but their deep cuts just don’t hit the same. And i don’t think the quality of their album tracks is really much lower, there’s just only so much smash-hit-ery any one artist can have. That said, Tiger is a SMASH. camp as hell, i love it. That’s Me was another that stood out Arrival was a nice instrumental/vocalised song. I like the way there is a more story-like narrative that flows through the songs Fernando also sounds better as part of the album imo faves: Tiger, Money x3, That’s Me, Dancing Queen (nothing comes close to Lay All Your Love On Me tbh that’s pure pop perfection) 71/100

My lifelong obsession with ABBA always triggers contemplation within me about what I love about music in general and why I always have time for a 70s-era Swedish pop band. Why do I have a blu-ray copy of “Mamma Mia” among my collection of Star Wars and Tarantino movies? Why was the most played CD I owned in college ABBA Gold? I don’t know. There’s a string that they can pull within me with almost every song. There is some kind of perfection to their music, where it’s both youthful and nostalgic at the same time, and covers all the emotions that life would trigger for those feelings. I’ll hear ABBA at my daughters wedding and go back to hearing it on an 8-track in my parents car.

Obviously very impressive this many notable songs came from one album

ALL ABBA IS A BOP

Even the bad ones are pretty good.

Pure disco bliss.

Fun, feel-good disco goodness. Fernando slaps, as the kids say.

Highs are HIGH, but many songs fell a little flat

This is a stunning album. Truly a snapshot in time of disco, pop and incredible song writing. Abba truly arrived on this one, and really stayed around with insanely timeless jams. Loved it!

Dancing Queen, Fernando, a couple songs that I'm familiar with were still great to hear again. So far the rest of the album feels almost like a dream. I like it.

So much glorious fun here! If listening to this record doesn't make you smile, you've got other problems going on.

A couple of unheard gems for me on this one....Tiger!

Dancing queen. 4/5

Solid listen, not my vibe but good

had me in the beginning, lost me in the middle, then had me again at the end. genuinely very fun & made me happy, but i think abba is a band i like to hear in small doses (playlist, radio, wedding, etc.) and not all together on a record. they are A Lot & the genre requires a lot of repetition but some songs (like knowing me, knowing you) would have benefited from variety imo. overall enjoyed greatly! old faves: dancing queen money money money new faves: my love, my life knowing me, knowing you arrival fernando most overstimulating (in a bad way): that’s me

I don't know what it is about ABBA, but there is something so incredibly charming about them. Every time I hear one of their songs I get immediately excited. This album has some of their best hits with tracks like Dancing Queen and Fernando, all absolute bangers. One could argue that the music is a bit corny, but I can't even bring myself to mind that. It's just so darn fun.

favorite track : fernando

faves: money money money thats me why did it have to be me

Very strong side one, but tails off a little on side 2. I think i prefer "The Visitors" over this. Strong four.

a classic, very upbeat and happy listen if u want to reminisce on a pleasant memory

4/5

12 songs•41 minutes Not bad a bit dated. The euro pop is strong with this one. 3.5/5

Not bad…. 4/5

I wasn’t a fan of the opener but started to enjoy it later on

Favorite tracks: Money Money Money, Knowing Me Knowing You, When I Kissed the Teacher Consider this my formal apology for thinking of ABBA as "that band that sings Dancing Queen." This album was great, and I will definitely be listening to many of these tracks again!

Incredible vocals and production, an IMPECCABLE pop album from the 70s that still holds up its playability in 2026. Even the songs that are not singles or well known bops are still so so good, making the album very consistent.

Love ABBA and Mamma Mia. My favorites are Why Did It Have to Be Me? and Fernando.

'Why Did It Have To Be Me' felt like it could have been a Fleetwood Mac song, probably my favorite besides the obvious hits. Maybe don't open up a groundbreaking album on 'When I Kissed The Teacher' but we're in a different teacher-kissing era nowadays, maybe it was a good idea then.

I love ABBA so great way to start it off. I enjoyed the classics like Fernando! I had just played that for myself a few weeks ago so funny this is the first album. I was a bit distracted while listening but the song Tiger stood out to me as a new fun song to add to the liked playlist.

Always great soothing music. Good album great pace and good sequence. I lossed a teacher didnt age well but the album does work

снято комьюнити за Фернандо; втф это про учителя; есть приятные которые можно напевать но слишком много аббы подряд сводит с ума

Not an ABBA fan but yet I know all of these songs.

Great album, some of the filler tracks were not as strong as I had hoped. But a very listenable album which I may well add to my collection and online store

I liked it alott

ABBA is always a bop

8.0/10

Done

Felt more like a Disney or musical album than I had expected, but ABBA's pop sound is pretty undeniably catchy. The lyrics on a couple tracks were borderline too cheesy, but taken at face value I think they achieved what they set out to do in making this album. Not my taste, but I am won over by how they can make me appreciate a genre or music I really don't care much for usually.

These guys are great. Some songs are 5 Stars and some are 2.5 but overall they are brilliant. 4.25 Stars

Is this great music? Probably not. Is this fun music? Absolutely! Sometimes that is enough. I don't think music needs give enough credit to joy.

I mean... no surprises here, right? It's not quite what I'd call a masterpiece, but it's ABBA... such talent and skill went into making everything they did, this was obviously going to be a strong pop offering, if a little cheesy at times.

i mean its a claaaaaassic. saved: when i kissed the teacher, dancing queen, dum dum diddle, why did it have to be me?, tiger, fernando.

Wow ABBA as the first album, thats not a bad start, and I have been avoidant about listening to them. So im looking forward to this already. This Album was great, it wasnt anything extraordinary, just good pop hits one after another. It was quite consistent throughout the whole Album, but it just isnt the quite creative for me to put it at 5 stars. It just lacks that something.

Switched up right when I was thinking it was one note. One note-ness makes it iconic and valid for a musical

Ok, I didn’t realize how much I like ABBA until now.

pop with a fabulous sheen

First Listen 78/100 When I Kissed the Teacher Dancing Queen ⭐ My Love, My Life Dum Dum Diddle ⭐ Knowing Me, Knowing You ⭐ Money, Money, Money ⭐ That’s Me Why Did It Have to Be Me? ⭐ Tiger⭐ Arrival Fernando ⭐ Happy Hawaii ⭐

Unerwartet langweilig

Listened during work. Enjoyed the vocals and the beats. Overall a solid album.

Super fun! Loved some of the album cuts. Always a good day when listening to abba

DANCING QUEEEEEEN! Some of these songs that I didn’t even know before slapped. Pop music rocks and will always rock and this is a great example of it doing just that. The Eurovision of it all def creeps through on some of these songs lol but it’s fun so oh well.

when i kissed the teacher- a great opening track i actually really like this (8.2) dancing queen- a classic don’t think this song will ever not make me happy (8.2) my love my life- almost gives queen vibes, very pretty sonically (8.5) dum dum diddle- weakest so far but still like it (7.5) knowing me, knowing you- i like how they all sound different but still together like it’s not getting repetitive (7.3) money, money, money- okay another classic that everyone knows popular for a reason it’s very catchy (8.4) that’s me- not my favorite but still so catchy, can kinda see sabrina’s influence from this (7.2) why did it have to be me?- wow such a different sound but i like it… (8.3) tiger- this sounds so familiar sonically especially that one sound… very interesting (7.1) arrival- wow a magical intro, i am actually ascending (9.3) fernando- i knew of this song but it being in stranger things really showed me that i really love this song its sooo good (9.3) happy hawaii- cute song definitely one of the weakest (7.0)

Great pop music. Helped by the fact that I knew all of the singles. 3.5/10

I mean it’s ABBA, who doesn’t love ABBA? An album filled with catchy songs filled with those 70s disco influences most notably in Dancing Queen (of course) and Tiger. My only critique of the album is the genre shifts drastically in some parts of the album especially in the switch between disco-influenced ‘Tiger’ then immediately into the Swedish-folk sound of ‘Arrival’. The album can at parts seem confused on what sound it wants to particularly achieve overall, but who cares? It’s. ABBA. All in all a great album that’s guaranteed to get you off your feet and onto that dancefloor. Favourite Song: Money, Money, Money or Tiger- both absolute bangers. Rating: 4/5

Vintage ABBA. Rich harmonies and just great pop songs. When they hit, they really do hit.

First time listen. Dancing Queen has almost 2 Billion listens on Spotify, wow! Good Album, 4.

7/10 solid album overall

Great pop album

only heard the obviously popular tracks off of this album (Dancing Queen, Money Money Money, etc) so this is relatively new listening for me. i'm only rating the original tracklist When I Kissed the Teacher - 3/5 Dancing Queen - 5/5 My Love, My Life - 4/5 Dum Dum Diddle - 3/5 Knowing Me, Knowing You - 4/5 Money, Money, Money - 5/5 That's Me - 4/5 Why Did It Have to Be Me - 2/5 Tiger - 4/5 Arrival - 3/5 Average score: 3.7/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ this would usually be a 3.5 star album for me, but i enjoyed this enough to round up my score generously. it's decent 70s pop, and most of the tracks aged fairly well in my opinion

A classic.

LETS GOO

не була фанаткою ABBA і нею не стала, але багато пісень мають прекрасне звучання і просто не можуть залишити байдужими, мені здається. а їхні хітові пісні майже неможливо слухати без підспівування. доволі feel good музика в них, додає трохи яскравих барв похмурому вечору. і так, я дивилась мюзикл Mamma Mia!, і він мені сподобався :)

Overall Rating - 3.79/5 (7.58/10). Not my taste in music at all, but I am trying to rate these albums objectively and not let my personal tastes into it as much as possible. Very well executed, even though I don't care for Disco/70's Europop.

Früher, also als die Platte neu war und ich jung war, fand ich die Platte gut. Leider sind wir in die Jahre gekommen und haben uns auseinander gelebt. Dancing Queen; Knowing me, knowing you und Money, Money, Money waren die Hits damals, ein kleines bisschen der Begeisterung von damals können sie noch entfachen.

I liked this a lot. Some of the best songs ever written combined with a bit of pleasant enough filler. A very strong 4 to my ears.

I was only familiar with their mega hits before this. This was a fun listen! More varied than I'd had in mind going in

Basically a compliation of some of ABBA's best.

Every song felt great to listen to, really enjoyed it

General thoughts: Angelical yet terrenal, inocent yet brave, this is a gorgeous album. "Arrival"'s production is incredibly good, and the setlist is nicely selected. The opener, "When I Kissed the teacher", is a fast-paced teenage love song which effectively demonstrates the ABBA effect. Its like you get sent back in time, younger, fiercer. And suddenly you're a schoolgirl fancing over her first crush, fantasizing its anything other than impossible. It makes you wanna dance, defy nature, fell in love and fall out of it. It always makes you smile, irregardless of the lyrics. The vocals are insane of course, the female power duo of Frida-Agnetha shines in every song. The sound is like an early disco, labeled as Europop. The essence for me revolves around the synths and pianos, decorated with strident acoustic guitars, electrics and sometimes orchestral elements. The album closes with "Arrival", a nice instrumental ending that feels like the OST for a morning sunrise. A Majestic showcase of ABBA's great talent. Outstanding song(s): When I Kissed the teacher. Money, Money, Money. That's me. Weakest song(s): "Why Did It Have To Be Me". Rock & Roll vibe. Feels like taking a step down. Also the only song not sung by the female duo. Cover: Weirdly sweddish. Midly infurated it's not centered Real rating: 4.35

Damn it. So corny but so good - infectious. Beyond the obvious hits, that synth run in Dum Dum Diddle is a blessing.

I think it says a lot about the quality of song writing and the emotion in the performances that I can hear these familiar hits and I’m still not sick of them. Sure, there are still some Eurovision-quality songs in here (“Wish is was Dum Dum Diddle, your darling fiddle”) and there are few filer songs I think, but overall a record I’d be happy to stick on again.

Abba fucking rocks and that's really all I have to say about that. This album is pretty heavy on the hits. Dancing Queen, Knowing Me, Knowing You, and Fernando really stand out here with the rest really just being filler. Definitely a record I'd kill to have on my wall.

Omg Hits are good and there are quite a few of them

Oh, well, I knew I would like this, but I never thought I would really like that much this album. It's such an enjoyable and diverse album. Arrival is a great song, which discovered me Mike Oldfield's version is a cover. There are really funny songs, others that are also quite interesting... There's room for everything without losing the essence. I've liked a lot this album, truly.

ABBA in a lot of ways took up the mantle that the Beach Boys surrendered in the 60s - incredible pop songcraft, rich harmonies, and a certain naïveté that is both cheesy and endearing. This album announces ABBA’s “Arrival”, and of course includes their magnus opus “Dancing Queen.” But there’s fun light pop all over the place, and the entire record is an enchanting listen in the same vein as the Beach Boys “Today”. Great pop never gets old.

ABBA holds an intriguing space in my heart. My folks had ABBA’s Greatest Hits on vinyl when I was a child and I was obsessed with this thing. I must have spun it 100 times or more between the ages of 7 and 12. I ever after had a soft spot, but as greatest hit compilations grew in quality and scope, those remained the albums I would pick up on cassette, then CD. So I have curated a huge love for those songs. But then comes their albums. The hits remain killer, but the rest remains filler. I want to love it all the same, but they are the definition of hit and miss. I think this is a sweet album, and the hits are almost the best of the best. Still. Padded with filler. But I can’t go lower than 4.

Absolute classic. Nothing to add.

Well that was way better than anyone expected

Best Track - "Dancing Queen"

A-ha!!

Probably the most commercial ABBA album, even though it's not in my top 3. My main argument for this album was that the weakest songs (Tiger, Why Did It Have to Be Me?) weren't as egregious as other albums, but I think Super Trouper may have this one beat even in that sense. Dancing Queen is probably the greatest ABBA song even with its popularity, but I don't think the other big hits here are S-tier. I tend to gravitate more towards That's Me. Not a bad inclusion, but I'm wondering if the editors just forgot which album had Dancing Queen on it and then looked for that one.

I don't go crazy for this album, but it has so many classics, solid songwriting and even though it's not the most complex stuff, sometimes maybe bordering on corny, part of me likes the slight amount of corniness... so I'll give it 4 for now. Maybe I'll come back and change my mind...

Perfect bubblegum pop music. Enjoyed this more than I expected to

If you don’t know ABBA, they are 70s Europoo. If you only know them from greatest hits this album is better than some pop bands from the eras greatest hits. The start of their imperial albums, with enough early album experimentation

It's almost hard to hear some of these songs in the context of an album, rather than being crammed into every DJ set from your school reunion to your neice's 18th birthday - which, if nothing else, illustrates this music's enduring appeal. The flat, dry drum sound which swept through almost every genre in the 70s has always, to me, felt slightly jarring, but that aside the production, execution and enthusiasm is pretty much unparalleled. While this is, ultimately, not music I would choose to listen to the quality is apparent, and that is across the whole run-time, not just the wealth of hit singles here. ABBA truly exist in their own little world, it kind of makes them hard to fault - they just do ABBA, and they do it really well.

Containing all those eternal pop anthems ("Dancing Queen", "Knowing Me, Knowing You", "Money, Money, Money", "Fernando") I expected an easy four stars album. But the rest of the songs aren't my favour. 3,5

Damn those Swedes. They did it again!

I am somewhat shocked that every single track has a Wikipedia article about it. I guess that shows both how lasting the impression from this album has lasted. I can understand new albums by Taylor Swift being populated by her fanbase as the album is released, but something from the 70s? Wild. The first track was a bit weird, but I'll give it the old "it was a different time" pass. I like that they split out the hits instead of Side A being all the bangers and Side B being boring. Worth listening to, and reasonably fun, but I probably won't listen to it straight through again.

Spannend (ok, nur für mich). Ich habe als Jugendlicher 2 Platten geschenkt bekommen, die ich schnell wieder auf dem Flohmarkt verkauft habe, weil ich beide gehasst habe. Das waren Songs of Love & Hate von Leonhard Cohen und diese hier. Die Scheibe von Mr. Cohen habe ich hier erstmalig wieder gehört (#513 im Juni) und ich fand sie immer noch gruselig. Die ABBA-Platte dagegen würde ich heute behalten. Ohrwurmmelodien für die Ewigkeit. Funfact: in meiner Klasse (reine Jungsklasse) gab es 2 Lager: die einen fanden Anni-Frid hübscher, die anderen Agnetha. Ich gehörte zum ersten Lager. Heute würde ich das Lager wechseln :-D

Great listen. I love pop music a lot so even though it’s not a favorite, i really enjoyed myself.

Definitely some bangers on this album! Such an easy album to groove to. Having never listened to ABBA much outside of their more well known songs, I can say that I get it now. Knowing Me, Knowing You, Tiger, Money, Money, Money, and Fernando were especially noticeable. Just fun songs that tell an interesting story. I will say the decision to start the album with "When I Kissed the Teacher" was an interesting selection. Sort of a weird concept for a song. Well written, but not something that would go over especially well in modern times. Overall a really great album! I'll probably be coming back to this one and exploring more of ABBA's catalog.

The Swedes are all right

4 stars just for dancing queen and money money money. Fernando was pretty great too.

enjoyed much more than i thought. so clean

Hard not to like this one. There's no substance at all to the lyrical content, but that's not why we're here. One could maybe argue that the performances lack some level of passion or authenticity, but this is impeccably constructed pop music. The arrangements and production are top notch, and it's hard to deny the catchy moments consistent throughout the whole album

Full of hits. Fun. First song a weird listen given my job.

Solid, balanced album

Some good tracks in here, but just an all right overall composition.

This one is rough to rate. I would probably give it a 3.5 if I could, because I really like the songs I like, and I really dislike the ones I don't like.

Feel a bit biased because Iknow some songs, but it was quite fresh compared to the other albums.

I mean… gotta give it to em

Knowing Me Knowing you is an incredible breakup song thats almost lost because of the way it is presented. This will always be the standout track for despite it being in the middle of a lot of Abba hits. That out the way now, this album is jam packed with the hits and you cannot dispute the fact that it is a fantastic album. I also quite liked Arrival It is quite astounding what this band was able to achieve and their songwriting abilities are often overlooked because of how how popular they were/are. I dont want to own the album, but it is always going to be 4 stars and I would listen to it again. 4 stars

This album was great. With headphones on I could hear the layers of instruments and vocals so clearly, and it helped me understand the vision of the band. Amazing selection of 70s pop rock, and as strong as ever on their fourth album. Out of 70s bands with four letter names, ABBA will always beat out KISS for talent, songwriting, and surprisingly, even Rocking! If ABBA had written 1998’s mismanaged anti-art album “Psycho Circus”, rock and roll might have never died. Next time you feel the urge to “rock n roll all night”… put on “Arrival” instead.

It is remarkable how good this album was. ABBA did such a strong job writing pop music that it is still featured on pop radio 50 years later.

The hits go so hard. The misses just drag the hype to a halt. Pop icons for a good reason though, and I doubt their success will fade for a very long time.

Fav: Dancing Queen Least Fav: Arrival ABBA are one of my favourite music groups period. Lots of nostalgic bangers from this album but unfortunately the popular ones are bigger than the rest for a reason (they’re a league above) which is a shame as I was hoping for a solid 5 but I’ll settle for a 4 instead. They could never make me hate you ABBA

1. Yet another artist I am much more familiar with, it’s always interesting to me that ABBA is actually Swedish since their vocals/lyrics have such clean English 2. I thought I’d know almost all the songs on this album, but I actually only seem to know about half 3. Looking at Spotify popularity/listens, Dancing Queen is actually the only Top 10 song (in fact #1 by a large margin) of theirs from this album, which also surprised me considering there are a couple other very popular ABBA songs on this album 4. Dancing Queen is still definitely my favorite song on this album and even of all their discography 5. Not as a negative to the album/ABBA, but the vibes and tones of the songs are very repetitive with barely any change-up it feels across all of the songs 6. Of the songs I don’t know on the album, I quite liked Tiger the most

Solid album, ABBA is catchy as hell. Few meh songs but above average

Brings back good memories and vibes. Album seems very pro-feminist which was cool.

a solid album, but it can be a bit uneven at times. there are two, maybe three great songs on here (one all-timer) but the album cuts are what make this a little bit more of a rocky road. with ABBA, of course, you're getting their iconic vocals and arrangements, which are a joy to listen to. the songwriting here is what makes this album a little bit of a teeter-totter. going from 'when i kissed the teacher' to 'dancing queen' is some of the greatest whiplash i've gotten in this project. that being said, it is extremely listenable and quite the opposite of a slog, even though the songwriting could be more.

Ist halt abba abet ballert schon

Guilty pleasure

Classic

Love me some Abba! Up until now I've only known the hits so it was fun to listen to a full album. This was a super fun listen filled with simple, catchy songs. Even the songs that weren't the big hits were enjoyable, which is something I can't say about every artist. Easy 4/5.

I mean, it’s ABBA. You either like it or hate it. If you really don’t have a clue about them, people would say they are disco but this isn’t it. I don’t know, maybe I don’t have any clue what disco sounds like but this to me is pop at its finest. I mean, Dancing Queen? Pfffft, top 25 song in anyone’s lifetime. The lyrics are just on the right side of not being cheesy. The vocals are strong and harmonized well. You want to tap your foot along to even a least challenging track like “Money, Money, Money” which I thought they were singing Monday, Monday, Monday. Go figure. Maybe this is still what disco is supposed to be, frig I don’t know. Choice cut: Dancing Queen