Arrival

Kitchey pop band from the 70’s. Music was overblown, and over done.

Favorite Track: Dancing Queen

I don't really like Abba

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

A bunch of famous ABBA songs. It has never been my thing but I can enjoy it once in a while

The idea of listening to Abba is more enjoyable than listening to Abba. Have heard these songs so many times they don't really do much. Don't have any urge to relisten to it in my own time. 2.5

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.

I can't believe I'm giving ABBA a 5 star review, but here we are. Is "Knowing Me, Knowing You" the healthiest breakup song ever?

Great dance bops, addictive and fun!

I was excited to listen to this one. I've been a fan of ABBA ever since I was a child, but I've never gotten around to listen to their studio albums. I really should've done this sooner, because I really loved this album. Obviously 'Dancing Queen' and to a lesser degree 'Money, Money, Money' have gone down in history as some of the biggest, best known and most beloved pop songs of all time, but the other songs on this album are also great and worthy of praise. 'Knowing Me, Knowing You' in particular is a standout and in my opinion, it's one of the best pop songs ever written and performed. Just from a compositional standpoint, it's incredibly well written, and furthermore Anni-Frid Lyngstad's vocals just elevate it to being something truly exceptional. Other songs worth mentioning are 'My Love, My Life', which is a very beautiful ballad with a great vocal performance from Agnetha Fältskog, who is without doubt one of the best vocalists of her generation (along with Anni-Frid, of course); 'Tiger', which is one of ABBA's better rock songs, and finally 'Dum Dum Diddle' and the closing instrumental 'Arrival' which both incorporate elements of Swedish folk music in a way that is really fascinating to me. Also of worth pointing out is Rutger Gunnarson's bass lines, which in my opinion are just masterful and severely underlooked. Overall this is a very good pop album. While I don't think this album is without flaws, I still feel like it's pretty close to being perfect for what it's meant to be: catchy, easy-going and incredibly well produced pop which also rewards closer listening and musical analysis. 4.5/5, rounded up to 5

bangers all over this, really really good album, timeless record

Okish 2.5/5

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

Divertido, mas não tem nenhuma música animada, que é o tipo que eu gosto. Mas elas cantam muito bem

happy fleetwood mac :) and damn "when i kissed the teacher" BANGGEEEEEEEEEEER

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

Saccharine sweet, but hard to think of a better example of feel-good pop music. Fun in small doses, but probably not something I'm going to have on heavy rotation. I spent 3 weeks when I was young at corporate training that included a LOT of non-US individuals. One thing is certain, they LOVED ABBA - I probably heard Dancing Queen and Fernando at least once a night. h/t to the Core 7, RIP Trista.

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

p359. 1976. 3 stars. Proof (if it were needed) that ABBA were a great singles band. As an album, there is far too much substandard Eurotrash filler, but the best tracks are still brilliant nearly 50 years on.

Not my kind of music.

un clásico ; nostalgico.

Fun record

so good

A moment in time. Great album from the Swedish band, which does undoubtedly deserve their inclusion. I would keep 'The Visitors' as the better record. 7/10 [DROP]

Favorite songs: Dancing Queen, That's Me, Fernando Creepy: When I Kissed the Teacher This album was like drinking sugar water from a firehose.

This was a lot of fun.

I love listening to Abba albums properly. The production quality is so high, really amazing to dedicate listening time, even though many of these umbers - Dancing Queen for example - are so ubiquitous it's easy to just write them off as background music. Knowing Me, Knowing You is a triumph and for that plus Fernando alone I could give this a 4 but there are a couple of fillers on here, and it's not the best of the Abba albums. Still very enjoyable.

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

Listening to this album makes me feel 16 again! A happy, uplifting album to sing along with. Yes, I still know all the words!

It's hard to pinpoint why, but this album just instantly makes me happy when I hear it.

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.

Lush '70s orchestral pop. Not something I'm particularly into, but BOY are these songs polished to a mirror sheen. Amazing harmonies and arrangements, with sharp, catchy hooks. A top-quality example of its genre.

2.0 stars. This might be the first album in this project that I genuinely didn’t connect with. I understand why ABBA is beloved - the hooks are undeniable and the production is built for movement, but the overall sound feels very locked into its era, and not in a way that resonates with me. It comes from a specific time and cultural feeling that just feels distant. I can absolutely see how this would light up a dance floor, and “Dancing Queen” is legendary for a reason, but much of the album left me cold. There are flashes of catchy songwriting, but as a full listen it just wasn’t for me. Favorite track: Fernando

FERNANDO!

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

I expected to like this more than I did. The hits are great. The rest of the album though I felt was just kind of mid. 3.5/5

terrible album art solely off the fact that it’s not even offensively bad it’s just boring. but its abba

Fun but i like the bonus tracks more than some of the middle tracks; I feel like ABBA writes awesome singles and okay albums

Tried but failed to like it.

Shocked at all the positive reviews on this, it’s objectively terrible. Wtf

I enjoyed this, I've always liked Dancing Queen the most out of all their hits. I liked about half the songs though some were pretty forgettable

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.

too chill

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 think this album is a great introduction into ABBA. You get a great sense of their style and get to experience some of their stand out hits like Dancing Queen, Money, Money, Money, and Fernando. I do feel as if the quintessential ABBA style get repetitive by the end of the record.

Such a good sing along - I grew up listening to this with family, at school discos, randomly on the radio. Great for a boogie. A couple of tracks I hadn't heard before and liked - 'When I kissed the teacher' and Tiger.

I suspect we got this one because we really had to hear Dancing Queen one way or another

It's always a good time with ABBA around.

The music is very well made, recorded and arranged. Dancing Queen is an ultimate classic, but I can't say that the album is a masterpiece, nor very good... Just okay! 3 stars and next!

A fun, uplifting and singalong probe album. Not my usual jam but was an enjoyable listen to keep it light and positive

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 ^^

-Not much a fan of this one -Fernando is a great song -Dancing Queen is iconic but lost its magic sort of

Some silly stuff, but I have a soft spot for ABBA.

Why?

ABBA is legendary. What more is there to say?

Fun dance music

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

Disco at its discoest. Some well known songs, good if you are in a very specific mood, otherwise awful and dated, despite talented vocalists.

Not a big Abba fan but you can't argue with the number of big hits on this album.

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..

ABBA subverts expectations by not only being the pedophile but also the victim. Good job ABBA. Fuckin swingers. The most popular song is definitely the best. I love ABBA. Who doesn't. They're goated. Mamma Mia. Money, Money, Money is of course a close second but I like the musical version better. This is kind've menacing to be honest. ABBA instrumental track?? Yeah ABBA happy Hawaii. Favourite: obviously Dancing Queen wait maybe Fernando Least favourite: When I Kissed The Teacher

Only abba I know is abacabb

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

music that makes you wanna danceeeee

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

This album was just fantastic. I’ve always enjoyed ABBA and think they’ve got so many big hits. The vocals are outstanding, particularly from Agnetha – the notes they hit and the power behind it. The songwriting is very good in terms of structuring – a lot of the songs don’t necessarily follow what you think – verses or choruses being extended in ways you don’t expect. Obviously there are some smash hits on this album such as Dancing Queen – possibly their most famous song (that would be saying a lot). Other big hits being and Knowing Me, Knowing You and Money, Money, Money -  one of my top picks from the album and from ABBA’s main hits in general. Very theatrical sounding and another great progression. I’ve noticed something they do especially in this song – you’ll get the first bit of the chorus, then it sort of tails off and you think it’s ended – then it comes right back to the chorus again. It’s very clever and almost feels like being tricked. And let’s face it – a very relatable track – who doesn’t want more money right? My Love, My Life is a beautiful little ballad. Nothing more can be said about how good the vocal delivery is. Full of emotion and soaring highs. Why Did It Have To Be Me is a great song musically – everything including brass sections work so well together, and is a great example of dueling lead vocals with Agnetha and Anni-Frid. I don’t associate ABBA with instrumentals but the title track is amazing here – it sounds sort of angelic as if you’re ascending to heaven or something. And I know there are vocals but there’s no words – so I would call it an instrumental. To sum up – fantastic album. Amazing vocal performances and melodies, songwriting. The vocals from Agnetha and Anna-Frid are so smooth sounding and I feel like I wouldn’t ever get tired of them. 5/5

Started off well with the first few tracks and a bit meh from there. I genuinely started off thinking this would be a four-star album and then just lost interest.

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

Fernando is an excellent song. The rest of the album is not good at all.

Not my fav! I liked the first couple songs but i think i stopped listening htrough the last half of the tracks? not sure, although those songs i know i have listened to before like "money money money", "thats me", etc. what i do like is that i found some good abckground songs like "when i kissed the teacher" and "my love, my life". this album makes me think of dream land and cotton candy and blue and pink and like yeah lol. woukd i say its my taste persay? no. but i do have a good bunch if the tracks on my liked songs, and honestly its hard for me to find good songs to multitask/study with but i did like listening to some of these while doing work in a busy space. not too distracting. not bad abba!!

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.

Architecturally flawless, emotionally complicated.

i think that SNL skit has ruined Abba for me

Perfect pop album. Damn them to hell.

Love it! I already liked Abba so it's no big shock I enjoyed this album immensely!

ABBA can put together an album, and this one has its share of hits. The other tracks are enjoyable, but not as remarkable. Dancing Queen Knowing Me, Knowing You Money, Money, Money Fernando

its abba! pls, should be consider cheating

its ABBA so I have to hate. This was alright, nothing sprcial

Top album

Enjoyable, a pure pop classic.

Perfect pop. Just not for me.

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.

I find this album generally disagreeable

Pretty good taking into account the time. Comforting

Temazos y bastante relleno

Enjoyable, but too much filler to be amazing

75

Welthits

One of the first albums I ever heard in full. My sister had this on vinyl and we heard it all through the house over & over.

Ha estat bé escoltar-lo però no es el meu estil. Tinc ganes de veure Mamma mia tbh

абба слоны слоняры всегда топ

❤️

This is 70s pop that I just can't sit through. Not my scene. No.

I was in high school when this band came out so I heard all the hits constantly on the radio. They’re not a band I listen to but when I hear one of their songs I sing along and know all the words.

You can’t help but want to dance to this. Fernando and Dancing Queen!

This album warms me up on a frigid day.

ABBA not my fav but fun to listen to

DO YOU HEAR THE DRUMS, FERNANDO?!

Can’t be mad listening to Abba

A few decent songs but not really my kind of thing

Two songs into Arrival, and you've gone from horny and weird to at home in a song that, like A-ha's 'Take On Me' or Eurythmic's 'Sweet Dreams,' isn't possible to hear for the first time. B/c 'Dancing Queen' is a happy song - it may be THE happy song - I was surprised by some of the introspection the album swaggers: 'No more carefree laughter / Silence ever after / Walking thru an empty house / Tears in my eyes.' That's not particularly interesting broodiness, but this is pop music, so it doesn't need to be - it's just gotta have that thing we call pop magic. And some of these tracks have it, 'Why Did It Have To Be Me?' specifically. But plenty don't, and I'm left reckoning that ABBA is just a weak derivative of The Beach Boys and Fleetwood Mac.

If you remaster an album 5 times maybe it was just bad? Let's not kiss the teacher. Dancing queen and Fernando are the only stand outs for me. I think that more has to do with forced familiarity from 90s and 2000s radio. I could do without this and not be missing anything. It doesnt get me on my feet, I'm not feeling anything, mostly borring pop done well.

Can't go wrong with ABBA

So there are a few great songs and unsurprisingly they are hits, but theres a fair bit of filler too. ABBA are definitely a band that deserve to added to, say a 1001 artists you must listen to, but I don't think this album really deserves it.

everybody was glad to know me today

How could there not be any ABBA in this 🙂‍↔️

I think i listened but i don’t remember

some of them are classics but no for me

Disconnect dies!

I have always heard ABBA colloquially and I’ve never minded them. It’s fun music, dancing queen you’ll instantly recognize anywhere. But when I actually sat down and listened to Arrival, my first full ABBA album I just got mad for some reason. It’s not harmonically interesting at all but somehow still annoyingly over the top. Completely missed me here

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

Gosto de Abba, animado pra ouvir. Dancing Queen, gigantesca. Marcou uma geração nas baladas dessa época. Fernando também é muito famosa. Cheio dos hits mesmo, fudido. Mas vou com 3 estrelas por não me impactar tanto o estilo.

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

I honestly thought Abba would be better, legendary status and all...

Come on, everyone knows the hits on this one. Even if you’ve been living under a rock, you have listened to Dancing Queen - there is no escape. Lots of hits on this, and the commercial success makes sense - these are very catchy, well made songs. There are quite a few stinkers though, and it seems like they ran out of lyrics or just inspiration more generally for a few songs. 5/10

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

mmm some of them are classics but i don't like the others

The hits are where it's at, the rest? Not so much

ABBA, 100% a singles band. ABBA Gold would have been more appropriate on this list. Dancing Queen and Fernando are the highlights.

Love

6.1/10 very bright but lacks emotional depth pretty av

8/10

When I Kissed the Teacher creeped me out a bit. But good record.

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.

In one ear, out the other. ABBA just feels like music for pre-teens and teens and it never sticks with me.

Dancing Queen, Fernando, enough to give Abba 5 STARS

Appreciate it but not my cup of tea.

Disquinho insignificante!

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

I never liked ABBA as a child, but I’m olde now and thought a band so popular for so long deserved an open mind. So with that open mind I looked forward to Arrival! Fcuk me, what a total waste of 41 minutes, absolute shite

Can’t go wrong, makes me happy

It's very good

Def not an album I would choose to listen to.

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

sweds aren’t real

This album will forever take me back to the pool hall. Great songs, great vibes, great first album.

Un albums con los meros clásicos de Abba. Divertido y con momentos bonitos

1976….. and I hated ABBA- always No1, in the charts, I hated them. Nowadays I quite like them, and sing along to a lot of their songs - how times change…..

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

banger after BANGER ! i love ABBA so much.

im not the biggest fan of 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.

wow they did it again. banger after banger, no notes.

Automatically happier When did i start dancing? Arrival…of a ray of sunshine

My first impression is that ABBA is one of those bands that is only "good" because of their Hits. Oh, was I ever so wrong. The beautiful singing, the array of instrumental play, the diversity of styles; this is a masterpiece hiding in plain sight. Favorite Track: "Dancing Queen".

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.

This is absolutely one of those I wouldn’t reach to Pickup and it absolutely brightened my day the super fun to share with Ella. I’m sure my singing was appreciated by her as well.

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.

Ja wat valt er te zeggen, bangers.

Obviously very impressive this many notable songs came from one album

Well, I can see the appeal. A little.

ALL ABBA IS A BOP

Even the bad ones are pretty good.

maybe im biased bc i love mamma mia and abba, like i know all the songs and they are all amazing like that movie made an impact in humanity and all the songs are like AMAZING. So yeah, mayba im biased but the power they hold is insane.

The "arrival" of 70s bright pop. Every song is a winner. 4..5/5

Some good songs in this one! I liked quite a few of them. More towards the end it ramped up to more songs I liked.

This made my day. What a hopeful, whimsical, nostalgic, and fun soundtrack for the day. It amazes me how much emotion this album brings me. It really is a classic in my book. LOVE LOVE LOVE!

FERNANDO!

Favorite track(s): Dancing Queen, Money, Money, Money

5 - One of the greatest bands from that era of music

Pure disco bliss.

How can you give the album with dancing queen and Fernando anything less than 5 stars

They're very talented and it's objectively a good example of what it is. But I'm just not really into this type or genre, and I'm trying to reduce the breadth of my three-star category, LOL.

They are so …pastel. LOL Not for me.

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

Yeah no thank you.

I dislike this band a great deal, but Fernando goes alright.

Joyyyy Holy shit pop disco perfection. So many bangers, insane warm quality to recording that’s immaculately made. Genius is at work in these songs, songwriting is so fucking neat and satisfying, outstanding complex vocals and amazing interplay of bass with synths. Fun, makes you want to dance and feel so young and full of a sparkling cheeky kind of life. Insane hearing dancing queen in context, and what a fucking quality context it is. Just let go and enjoy this. If you don’t like this you’re pretentious or don’t have a pulse

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.

I didn't get to listen to the full thing

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

Interesting to discover other songs than dancing queen. Gives me a smile

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

Dancing queen. 4/5

65/100. A bit of a mixed bag. On one hand, you’ve got absolute classics like Dancing Queen,probably their best track ever, and Money, Money, Money doing their dramatic pop thing. But the rest? Kind of feels like the album took a coffee break. A few too many middle of the road tracks that sound like they were contractually obligated to fill space.

Some great classic songs on here, I mean "Dancing Queen" takes the cake and is still a great song 50 years on that is beloved. I remember listening to ABBA on family roadtrips in our van. 3/5 stars - if I want to listen to ABBA I'll revisit their greatest hits collection.

Listening session: january 6th, while commuting to internship Listened to before: heard a few songs before but not the entire album Thoughts: never been a fan of ABBA but some songs on this are quite catchy Favourite tracks: Dancing Queen & Knowing Me, Knowing You

Not a fan of the lyrics, I like the melody though

Solid listen, not my vibe but good

me gusto

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

Basically impossible to disentangle my feelings about this album from my affection for mamma mia

Gorgeous, amazing, fantastic, incredible. I'm dancing in the streets I'm spinning under and disco ball I'm tangoing with my 3 dads I'm sitting in a glass helicopter at sunrise with my best buds. The song Arrival is new to me and I love it! Favorites: Fernando, Knowing Me Knowing You, Arrival

# Album Name: Arrival # Artist: Abba # Rating: 5/5 # Comments: Some absolute behemoth tunes on here - dancing queen, knowing me knowing you, money money money. Low 5. Not quite up there with the very best but a great album. # Top Tunes: Dancing Queen / MMM / KMKY / DDD / Fernando / # Would I listen to it again? Yes

Not really my cup of tea, but it is a classic

Shiny, smooth, and boring. I can see why people like the band. But I don’t.

ABBA being ABBA. 1. Dancing Queen 2. Money Money Money 2. Fernando

This album is like going mountain climbing in uncharted Nordic lands. You get to the top of the mountain, and after taking a moment to enjoy the feat, you head back to town. To your surprise, you find there is a festival going on. It’s kind of like Oktoberfest, except everyone is wearing Viking helmets and eating cheese.

The hits were good. Everything else was so so

still don't get their success. Every Song sounds the same. Not for me, thx!

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.

Obviously loved the songs I knew but didn’t get into the ones I didn’t know

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

Alright, it has some good classics but I am not the biggest ABBA fan, also it need to be remastered for better audio quality.

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

ABBAAAAA EVERYBODY SCREAM als ik eerlijk ben heb ik abba altijd al een beetje overrated gevonden. Abba heeft bangers, dat zeker, maar ik vind het niet heel bijzonder ofzo, ja dat vind ik echt. Ik heb wel echt genoten van dit album, zou ik het ooit nog een keer aanzetten, nee, maar een aantal liedjes hebben mijn playlists zeker gevonden. Favorieten: Dancing queen, my love my life, That's me, Fernando Minst favorieten: Money, Money, Money , tiger

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.

I really don't feel a whole lot listening to this one. I felt uncomfortable from Dancing Queen randomly feeling a need to say that the character in the song is seventeen after they just did a song about a teacher kissing a student in front of a geometry class. Past that, the really really big hits of this album were okay. I've heard them all before, never been particularly huge on them. That's about how I feel about the whole album. I've heard it all before and I'm not big on a lot of it. Saxophone bonus points for one of the later songs, though. I will never not be huge on saxophones.

You simply cant go wrong with ABBA. this album has some of the most iconic tracks of the late 70's and was a huge leap forward in genre tying into that 80's pop sound

'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.

I'd never intentionally listened to Abba, they've just always been around. The hits here are classics, Dancing Queen, Money, Money, Money, and Fernando. The rest are more forgettable for me, especially the first track on the album , oof.

Well recorded catchy tunes, but I don't like them

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

these DIVAS

When you encounter perennial popular groups who have been around for decades, there's usually a good reason why the hits remain and everything else is forgotten. Dancing Queen, Money Money Money, Fernando & Knowing Me Knowing You bookended by questionable subjects, cookie cutter dross and a 'title' track that's completely anonymous

Dancing Queen is of course iconic and a great song. If I watched Mama Mia more than once I might recognize more of these songs. I did recognize the song "Fernando" only to learn it was a bonus track. Are there any sad Abba songs? I also had the thought that this is an upbeat Carpenters with double the members. This is an ok album, I was surprised there were not more hits. I guess I need to watch Mama Mia again to become more familiar with their discography.

I may be biased but my god. I LOVE abba literally grew up on them and they continue to make such good music. Every song had so much care and love poured into it and their voices YES!! Why did it have to be me? is still such an AMAZING song. 5/5

This is impeccable upbeat pop perfection. The singles are all solid, and pretty much all of the other tracks on the album could have been singles, apart from the title track which is like a folk-inflected closing ceremony for the album. The songwriting is concise, fun, impactful. The music is punchy and irresistibly catchy, with aspects of rock and disco, even one or two funk basslines in there. I used to hate this cheese back when I was young and cool, but goddamn nobody can resist this magic forever. 5*

Ugh

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

Kind of fun. My fave was Knowing Me, Knowing You.

2 stars because it's Abba, I really don't like this type of music

Some bangers and some quite mid songs. Enjoyed the songs but didn't really enjoy cohesively as an album

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

Dancing Queen is a classic of course, but this just generally isn’t my style. Can see why others like it though.

even the "hits" suck on this album

These Swedes might be onto something.

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

Dancing Queen and Fernando give it 3 stars but not much else there

All fun songs but not my style. A couple really good songs that are interesting in harmonies and riffs but the rest of the songs are plain.

I liked it alott

The hits are the hits for a reason. Ending on Happy Hawaii is a crime.

Damn fine disco

Awesome album, you can never go wrong with Abba. Had fun listening to it

ABBA is always a bop

Feel like several half cooked songs

no es nada de abba q no haya escuchado antes, pero descubrí canciones que me gustaron (fernando, happy hawaii)

8.0/10

One of the larger overall critiques I have with this challenge is that it’s rarely the albums themselves which are influential. Rather it’s the one or two songs which passed through the filter of time that had great influence. This is knees of those cases, since honestly this is just here for dancing queen. Everything else doesn’t matter.

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.

Saccharine, danceable 70s disco music. Honestly, it’s not bad in the right situation, but it’s definitely not something I ever want to listen to unless I’m a few beers deep at a wedding reception.

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

Album przywołujący dużo wspomnień, ale mocno zjechany przez kulturę popularną. Na pewno nie wrócę do przesłuchiwania, bo za Abbą nie przepadam, ale doceniam ogromny wkład w historię muzyki popularnej.

I loove abba! This album has soo many good songs

Banger, beaucoup leurs tubes les plus connus dans cet album et d'autres que je connaissais pas qui sont de bonnes découvertes

Trop contente, j’adore ABBA et c’était trop cool de bon matin

J'ai honte de le dire mais j'avais jamais écouté d'albums d'Abba, que des compils. Indémodable, que des bangers impossible de mettre moins de 5/5

First track has a poppy, tinny sounds to it. Backup vocals are pretty energetic. Second track is a classic. Money money money is a popular track. I largely dislike the sound of this group. I think it’s the genre and the bouncy teeny bopper kind of sound.

I just can't stand ABBA. I took this opportunity to try and understand why I hate this music so much. I Actually gave it a listen, thinking that maybe over the years I'd hear it in a new light, but I couldn't get through any one song to the end. I actually like the production, it's got that kind of 70s airy mix - apparently a complaint is that the mix is too busy and overall too polished, but I don't hear it. It's nothing like today's over-compressed pop music. Rhythm section is super tight. And there's no denying those 2 guys are brilliant at writing catchy pop songs. But for whatever reason I find it grating to listen to. Way too corny, too campy and sugary. I tried to watch mama mia with my daughter this summer and got up less than halfway through. Those tunes do create ear worms for me, but just the worst kind. Giving it a 2 for how incredibly catchy some of the songs are.

Too much bubblegum. I can't hang.

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.

Arrival for sure, what an entrance to global super stardom! Incredibly fun the whole way through.

El álbum de ABBA por excelencia. En sus tracks están de las más icónicas, pero creo que tiene varios skips.

Started off wrong, couple of bangers and couple of skips at the end.

Was alright

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.

It’s abba, it does all the abba things you’d expect- however really surprised by drums and bass playing. Unexpectedly funky

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.

Je n'ai pas peur de la mort car je suis convaincu qu'une fois mort je n'entendrai plus jamais ABBA. À moins que l'enfer existe... 2.49 étoiles

Although Dancing Queen was certainly an iconic piece of the era, ABBA in general, and this album in particular, don’t do much for me.

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.

I like a few of their notable songs.

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

160 Me encantaría tener un comentario super profundo al respecto pero, es ABBA siendo ABBA. Me gusta pero lo puse de fondo mientras cocinaba y no me llamó mucho la atención.

Album #8 ABBA: Arrival I have always considered myself a fan of ABBA, due to the indisputable fact that they have some of the greatest and most fun singles and hits of all time. Despite this, I have never been too enticed to listen to an entire album, except for the iconic compilation album Abba Gold, which is one of the finest greatest hits albums ever assembled. Arrival, however, does not reach the same heights, but is still able to hold its own. Even Arrival could read as a collection of hits, which is a testament to ABBAs ability to make each song feel important and special. The album’s only weakness for me comes in some of the lyricism, particularly in When I Kissed The Teacher, which doesn’t exactly paint the lush imagery in my mind which normally occurs when listening to songs such as Gimme Gimme Gimme, Winner Takes It All, or Waterloo. One of the factors that attracts me to ABBA the most is how each of their hits paints a vivid picture through storytelling and emotion. Which is why another of my least favourite tracks on the album is Money Money Money, though it has nice piano playing, and lyrics which do attempt to say something, the chorus simply doesn’t immerse me; in general, I’m not a big fan of repetitive one-word choruses. However, there are two songs on this album which I would consider perfect, and some of the most ethereal and engaging pop songs I’ve ever heard. One being of course, Dancing Queen, ABBA’s most popular song and for a reason, doesn’t matter if you are a 16-year-old girl or a 45-year-old man, when this song is playing, you feel as though you are the centre of attention on the ballroom floor. But my favourite song has to be Fernando, the storytelling in this song is beautiful as it tells a tale of revolution, liberation, and love, and truly evokes the feelings of euphoria. ABBA is just one of those bands I could never hate, and even though I don’t love every song on the album, I also don’t dislike any of it. Best Tracks: Fernando, Dancing Queen, Knowing Me, Knowing You Worst Track: When I Kissed The Teacher Score out of 10: 7.5

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 ⭐

Arrival entstand überwiegend in den Metronome Studios in Stockholm und dokumentiert ABBA auf dem Höhepunkt ihrer internationalen Präsenz. Die schwedische Gruppe verbindet hier eingängige Popstrukturen mit klarer Studioästhetik und einer ausgeprägten melodischen Handschrift. Besonders prägend sind Songs wie „Dancing Queen“, „Knowing Me, Knowing You“ und „Money, Money, Money“, die bis heute zu den bekanntesten Titeln ihres Katalogs zählen. Stilistisch bewegt sich das Album zwischen europäischem Pop, Disco-Einflüssen und klassischem Songwriting, wobei die sorgfältigen Arrangements und der mehrstimmige Gesang im Vordergrund stehen. Insgesamt wirkt Arrival geschlossen und zielgerichtet und zeigt ABBA als Band, die ihre musikalische Sprache konsequent verfeinert hat.

Yes, ABBA are pop royalty. But this is not a good album. Even the singles featured vary in quality (Fernando, no thanks). The rest of the tracks are of the poor B side type. When ABBA are great they are great but sometimes the trite rhyming of lyrics demonstrates too clearly that the English language is not their forte. As to 'dum dum diddle when you play your fiddle'... this track is an abomination. Mastering pop and the singles market should be applauded for sure, but ABBA albums? No thanks.

I like ABBA; their hits are great, but I wouldn't think to put on a full-length album of theirs other than Voulez-Vous.

sarebbe un 2,5 in realtà - non è male ma non riesco a sentirlo tutto di fila

Absolute magic

First time listening to an ABBA album start-to-finish. There's a bunch of hits on here, including their biggest, "Dancing Queen." So I can understand why this album is on the list, but ABBA just isn't really my thing.

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