Arrival

:)

Of course it has probably the most popular ABBA song of all time, but it's certainly not as strong of an album overall as some of their other works released both before and after Arrival. Of course, that isn't to say the album is bad in any way. Enjoyable listen. When I Kissed the Teacher is still a great deep cut.

I love them.

It was really good! I enjoyed listening to it the whole way through

100% ABBA 👌🏻👌🏻

Timeless precious swedish stuff. 3.9.

Das Anhören macht richtig Spaß! Manche ABBA Songs gehören sozusagen zur Allgemeinbildung, um dieser Epoche emotional näher zu kommen. Damals in der Disco muss der Bär gesteppt haben. 7.8/10

Solid album with no skips and some great songs

Infectiously poppy.

I have a soft spot for 70s white bread suburban pop music. I usually go for the Carpenters, but this is also pretty enjoyable.

They’re cheesy but I don’t know, I like ABBA and this has some good songs on it.

It's good

when I kissed the teacher - lol

This is a great album and probably one of ABBAs best. Knowing me knowing you and money money money are standouts

Perfect pop

Fun music

I can't believe these guys copied the famous Icelandic pop group BABBA and their classic song "Disco Girl". All Gravity Falls references aside, this album's pretty alright. I'm not huge on it or anything, but it's definitely not bad. ABBA isn't really a band made for full album listening. You just kind of throw on some of their songs during a community college Halloween party (I didn't say anything about referencing other shows). The instrumentals are pretty neat. "Dancing Queen" is an absolute classic for good reason. The singing isn't bad at all. I'm not the biggest ABBA fan out there, but I do respect them and their music. I just don't think the full album experience is anything special. The bonus track "Fernando" slaps though. Overall, pretty catchy and well done, but nothing to write home about. 3/5. EDIT: Yeah, I actually kinda love this. I re-listened to Arrival and had a really good time with it. I'd say it might be even better than The Visitors now that I've heard that one too. Who knew that becoming more of a music nerd would give me a deeper appreciation for ABBA? But yeah, this is some genuinely great pop music. 4/5.

it’s abba! who doesn’t love abba?

This is a fantastic pop album, hard to believe there are so many hits on it. There are a few weird ones; When I Kissed the Teacher (for obvious reasons) and Arrival (sounds like something you'd hear playing in a tacky Scottish souvenir shop), and a couple boring ones (My Love, My Life and That's Me). But other than those it's great. People who take issues with Abba and other pop artists need to get down off their high horse. Not everything needs to be comparable to the Beatles or whatever...

"Dancing Queen" is incredible. It's one of the songs on my short list to play for the aliens one day when they land on our planet and want to learn about Earth culture. It's pure joy in a bottle. The rest of this album has its moments. "Knowing Me, Knowing You" is a good one. And I like the rockin' "Why Did It Have to Be Me?" The lyrics are fun and I love that swinging melody that the horns play. And ooh those drums on "Tiger" are so dramatic. Really, every song on this album is dramatic and cheesy. That's what makes it so ridiculous and so charming. A few songs are pretty silly. "When I Kissed the Teacher" is a surprising album opener. Not one that has aged well. 😂 And “Money, Money, Money” is funny. It sounds like a song that was cut from a musical.

ABBA are really amazing. They have such a timeless sound that I feel like will live on for as long as people like pop music. To me this sounds like a band that never sat on their laurels, they push in these tracks, they keep the energy high and they don't allow anything that isn't perfect to get on the album. "Pristine" is a word that comes to mind. So many things done right.

I never liked the music from Mamma Mia but hearing some more of ABBA was really fun. I enjoyed more of the songs than I thought I would, and definitely will check out some more of their work.

Fernando is a banger. The whole album is great. 4 stars for sure.

Its abba

Fett album, massa klassiker o roliga instrumental. Favorit Dancing Queen ❤️❤️😭😭🤙🤙

Ça enchaîne tube sur tube sans sourciller. J'ai justement acheté un surmatelas et des fausses plantes à Ikea ce samedi.

L'album préféré de tous les adorateurs d'étiquettes, grâce à l'emminent "When I Kissed The Teacher". Même sans partager ce goût pour l'étiquette, on se retrouve quand même conquis.

Honestly way better than I expected. I obviously knew "Dancing Queen", but I was surprised by a lot of the other songs, and I found them very upbeat and dance-able.

Upbeat and uplifting. Strong chorus/harmonization.

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

Goed

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

who doesn't love a bit of ABBA

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

Dancing Queen

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

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

Great album from start to finish loved it

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

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

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

Solid 4/5

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jammers, who can’t get down with some ABBA

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

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

Got some bangers

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

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

They're og for a reason

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

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

time transcendent some absolute corkers let's be honest

4 Some bangers on here!!!

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

Very good

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

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

Disco bisco Rating: 7.5/10

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

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

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

Mostly iconic songs, a couple uninteresting

Great!

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

Another classic

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

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

Ok

Great 70s pop

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

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

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

mmm ABBA mój ulubiony rodzaj rymów <3

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

Mama Mia, it's fun!

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

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

Not my cup of tea but quite good

Conozco algunas canciones -+10 DE 10

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

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

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

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

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

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

Banger, como dicen los gringos.

Great album!

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

Almost 5

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sure one of the best albums from ABBA

Crazy complexity for such cheesy songs

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

I mean it's ABBA

Insane pop album, 8.5/10

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8/10

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

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

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

Very good

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

This was fun

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

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

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

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

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

Being a little kid in the late 70s in Australia, you just couldn't avoid hearing this album. It is part of my psyche. You either love or you hate it but you can avoid it.

It’s Abba. It’s catchy and toe tappy and what’s not to love?

who is fernando?

Disco girl, coming through, that girl is you, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

Definitely an album where the sum is less than its parts. It drags a bit over the 40 minutes but there are high points that make up for it. Pretty sure everyone has heard Dancing Queen before whether its through film & tv, social media or drunken karaoke. Money, Money, Money; and Fernando were the other big hits I knew previously from the Mamma Mia movie and car journeys as a kid. Two out of the big three are great songs (never liked Money much) and it was good revisiting them outside of those contexts. For the unknown, I really liked Knowing Me, Knowing You. A big hit of theirs which I've never listened to before, it caught me by surprise of how good it is. There were a few other tracks that stood out, including When I Kissed the Teacher, Dum Dum Diddle, and Why Did It Have to Be Me?. The rest were servicable but meh.

Great ABBA album.

Welp turns out I like ABBA? Never knew! Enjoyed almost every song. Like disco pop with splashes of orchestra. Great harmonies. Complex but concise.

Ok

Objectively probably a 3, but nostalgia hits like a mfer

Reconec que em costa diferenciar els discos d'Abba més enllà dels seus singles d'èxit. 'Arrival' conté ni més ni menys que la joia de la corona, 'Dancing Queen'. També 'Knowing Me Knowing You' i 'Money Money Money'. Com a album track destacat, 'When I Kissed the Teacher' sona genial

It's ABBA, I don't need to write four paragraphs about ABBA because people are born into this world with the innate knowledge of this band and the lyrics of at least 3 of their songs. Huge hits ("Dancing Queen" and "Money Money Money" of course), the less known songs are good as well, even listened to the two bonus tracks ("Fernando" is another classic, "Happy Hawaii" is fine I guess). Gotta be a 4/5, and not just because my own mother and girl friend would kill me for giving this anything lower, but also because it's really damn good music. Fourth paragraph.

Pop. Varios megahits. Un 4.

I'm not the biggest fan of ABBA, but this is a pretty damn good album. "Dancing Queen" of course deserves the legacy it has earned. My other favorite songs are "Arrival" and "Fernando"

Good

Top quality stuff

Aha!

Hard not to love Abba. The formula for perfect melodies is amazing. Lyrically it can be juvenile in places but the music always makes up for it.

You got some big disco hits here! This album keeps the party going. It’s ABBA being ABBA as expected and I appreciate that. Dancing Queen alone is a 5 star song - but I’d still rather listen to a greatest hits compilation over their actual studio albums. I just want all the hits, that’s all I need from them.

When I Kissed The Teacher, Dancing Queen, Knowing Me, Knowing You, Money, Money, Money - Classics, storytelling is great, great tunes Classic pop rock album, great tunes, incredible instrumentals paired with mellow storytelling and beautiful vocals

This is a one stop shop album for like all the disco. 4/5

Fun throwback

Upbeat, joyful and full of classics

Album with plenty of classic tracks which are absolutely fantastic. However the album as a whole isn't perfect and there's a few skippable tracks.

华丽的美国流行曲，奇特的编曲，富有寓意的歌词。Money money money ! ! !

Some good songs but generally not my vibe.

ABBA! I mean obviously this is a classic. I've never listened to a full album of theirs though, so this should be a blast I like Knowing Me, Knowing You - didn't know this one before Why Did It Have To Be Me is interesting

I mean I love ABBA in a big way, but perhaps at the right time. I didn't enjoy this as much as I expected to, but perhaps that was to do with my mood and the times I was trying to fit in listening to it! But I deeply respect ABBA and some of their more 'party' songs are just so fun. Some more slow ones on here I wasn't so bothered by. Going to give a 4 for good measure

Abba is one of the few bands whose music is impossible to not like, despite mamma Mia’s best efforts. Every song makes you want to jam out and each has a unique sound. Very cool to hear dancing Queen organically and fully enjoyed my first full abba album, Fernando was also great

Got this one on vinyl. "Dancing Queen" is maybe one of the top pop songs of all time. Insane how it hasn't aged at all in 50 years. I enjoy Abba. I think people lump them into the disco subgenre but really they are absolute pop and great at it.

Hella bangers, fun album

I almost want to dislike it, but it's good. Almost every song is catchy and varied enough to keep the album interesting.

can sing along with plenty of the tunes and Madonna loves them, so what am I to judge

Very interesting to hear what accompanied Dancing Queen and Fernando. Not a huge fan of the style but I understand why people like it and why those hits are still played to this day.

Haven’t listened since the 80s but there are some great tracks.

Really enjoyed this, mainly Dancing Queen, Money, Tiger, Fernando. Clearly, the hits are the stand-outs, but I would say most of the album is very danceable!

Good Lawd. First ABBA Album on the list ticked off for me. ABBA basically sound-tracked a LOT of weddings and events growing up for me and this album doesn't disappoint. How can you go past hits like "Dancing Queen" (absolute all time - fight me!), "Money, Money, Money", "Knowing Me, Knowing You" and "Fernando". However there are definitely some lulls ("Arrival") and problems ("When I Kissed The Teacher"). In spite of this, it's really hard to go past those four hits, which are embedded in our (my) cultural history. Best: Dancing Queen; Money, Money, Money; Knowing Me, Knowing You; Fernando Worst: Arrival

Some classic ABBA on this album!

A lot of highs but a few mediocre songs

My appreciation for ABBA has grown a lot over the last few years, to the point now where I have to say - this is absolutely at least a 4 star album that I will put on again.

Oh jeez. The teacher in me feels compelled to explicitly state that I do NOT approve of the very first track. Not even going to say the title. Let's just move on... You're not beating "Dancing Queen." Even if there was no other song on this album, that at least gets you two stars right there. Throw in "Fernando" and it's only going up. I know this band and their music has been called "infectious" a million times over by now, but it's really the most apt word you can go with for when they're on their mark. Just pure listenable undiluted happiness. But yeah - "Dum Dum Diddle" and that song about being a tiger were certainly far wide of the ABBA bull's eye, imo. Nobody's perfect.

Estilo inconfundible con canciones muy pegadizas, buenas voces, estribillos y con predisposición a bailar.

Well, with enough distance from wedding music, I could listen to ABBA with an open mind - and this album delivers wonderfully sublime pop tunes - Fernando, Dancing Queen - albeit both overplayed are masterpieces - Money, Money, Money is also a good contender. The rest of the tracks pale in comparison to the strong showing of the hits, but it's a good album nonetheless - sometimes a bit too Swedish twee to enjoy on a regular basis, but objectively a true pop opus.

i love abba i love their music i love their vibe and their songs. 8/10. there isn’t a lot of negative stuff i can think of other than sometimes their stuff isn’t as creative as i feel it could be but that’s a reach.

DANCING QUEEN YOUNG AND SWEET ONLY SEVENTEEM. classic, lots of peppy and catchy stuff but loved it nevertheless love u fernando.

I liked it

Fun album with some classics. Fills me with feelings of nostalgia, remembering back to when my mom used to listen to her "Best of ABBA" cassette back and forth.

The hits on here are unreal. One or two MFers which bring it down a bit for me, but only slightly.

Nice, well crafted pop. I'm probably like a lot of other people, in that I'd only heard Abba singles and their greatest hits songs. Arrivals has a decent chunk of their best singles, but the non singles songs stand up well too, though they suffer from feeling like they are just not as good versions of the bigger songs. The good songs carry the album though.

Very fun

4/5. Objectively pretty good, but I can only endure so much 🙏

It is only through this generator that I get to listen to an ABBA album in full. So to hear the massive singles surrounding by songs not previously heard was odd. It will take a few listens for those other songs to not be swamped by the familiar ones. Quality song structure, harmonies and production as expected.

I didn't want to like this, I wanted to be able to say it's terrible. Can't help but enjoy it though, even the atrociously worded 'Dum dum Diddle'. Silly, lovely Swedes.

ABBA is Pop Perfection.

This is like a pop masterpiece from outer space to U.S. ears. Devoid of North American blues influence, this album contains a pervasive, wistful melancholy under its stage-ready Broadway-style bops. At the time of its release it was derided by critics, but in hindsight, ABBA is a behemoth of pop influence. The production here is pristine and leaps from your speakers. It sounds good on everything, no crazy hifi necessary.

pangalbum! även om det är lite för mainstream kanske.

The very famous 4 hit songs are the standouts Their pristine vocals define the group's sound. Only one duff track.

Genre: Europop 4/5 ABBA is like the 70s and Swedish Mamas and the Papas. Sunshine europop shot directly into your veins, with harmonies that soar to the skies, and joyful tunes as far as the ear can hear. Arrival is their best effort, compiling a more-than-decent run of songs that showcase the best of what ABBA can do, and its good vibes and sweet pop stylings are all one really needs. Dancing Queen, the obvious highlight and one of the biggest songs ever, is a real delight, but it doesn't overshadow its album companions. Knowing Me, Knowing You is great, as well as Money, Money, Money, two great pop songs that were both also successful singles in their own right. This is a happy album that will easily brighten your day, whether you'd like it or not.

Le B. A. BA de la pop.

que des tubes t'as juste envie de chantonner au bureau et d'embêter tes collègues ^^ :p

Good dance vibes.

I am a huge ABBA fan, but I even I will concede that the hits here - “Dancing Queen,” “Knowing Me, Knowing You,” “Money, Money, Money,” and “Fernando” (on some International editions) - are the biggest hitters. However, it would be foolhardy to overlook Arrival’s album cuts. Opener “When I Kissed the Teacher” is as potent a pop song as the hits. For all their kitsch-iness, “Tiger” and “Why Did It Have to Be Me?” charm. And the title track and closer might be the most beautiful piece of music the group ever did - an ode to Swedish folk music, a wash of keys, strings, and vocal harmonies. 4.0

This had way more abba hits on it than I expected.

Deserves to be on the list for Dancing Queen alone. Everything else is just gravy, including the other two hits (Knowing Me, Knowing You and Fernando, both of them good but pale to the magic of Dancing Queen). But Good God, how perfect of a pop song is Dancing Queen? That one song is going to outlast many of the albums on this list. It's the one reason why ABBA will probably tour as holograms for decades to come.

4, quite good

Love a bit of Abba

Abba dabba doo!!! Haha

Un classique disco 4

Solid album - standout tracks were Dancing Queen and Knowing Me, Knowing You (aha)

4.5

I've listened to ABBA through my whole life, but to hear a full album and to be this concise and a great pop listening after 45 years it's amazing, these are songs that'll never die (even though i have to consider some of this songs not to be that great like the first track but it's funny as hell) Fav tracks: Dancing Queen, My Love, My Life, Knowing me, Knowing you, Arrival, Fernando,

ABBA is always a good time. Not one I can binge, but fun every now and again.

Can’t go wrong with ABBA!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W3Vx-d2VEI

Interesting, I understood they didn't completely know English.

While I can rock to ABBA at times this was driving me nuts yesterday, though my context (wrapping up the year at work) was probably more to blame. I acknowledge this is Core Pop.

coolll 4

My secret pleasure!

The hits on this album are absolute 5 star material, but there were a few duds. I think if you removed 2 or 3 songs the album would be 5 stars, but I can't give 5 stars to an album with "Dum Dum Diddle" on it.

Brilliant shiny pop and songwriting at its finest. Becomes heaven-sent with the inclusion of Fernando on later versions. No surprise it's their bestselling LP not called Gold. Instrumental title track that closes original LP is a bit boring, so a high 4 out of 5 for one of my favourite "pop" bands.

Top notch pop from the ABBA-bots. Can't say I actually enjoyed it but I did very much appreciate it, like a nicely stacked shelf of tins or a well presented window display. Well done everybody.

Already had this on vinyl and ought to listen more often. Solid sentimental pop production. Despite a couple of awkward clunkers (kissed the teacher) it's amazing.

ABBAAAAAAAA the presence of Dancing Queen garners 3 stars, and the highly underrated title track gives it a 4th star. Was a delightful grocery shopping listen. I was dancing in the aisles the whole time.

Disco. Aceptable

3.5

Reminds me of my Mama!

This is undeniably ABBA’s best album period, ABBA at the absolute pinnacle of their career. The arrangements are delightful. The production is flawless. Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad are in perfect voice. If I had to pick an album to stick in a time capsule and represent 70s pop, this might be it. Which would be a lie ultimately, considering how much better this music is than much of the dreck of the era. There are two absolutely perfect pop songs on this album. The balance of the album is a nice assortment of slightly lesser pop songs that are still great fun to listen to. “Dancing Queen” is a marvel of a song, probably the best song the band ever made. Except for maybe "Fernando," my goodness. These are two of the prettiest, catchiest songs I have ever heard, and they are on the same album. They are two sides of the same coin as pop songs go, with “Fernando” pulling at your heart strings while “Dancing Queen” is just a bubbly, sparkling ode to joy. I like the reviewer who said you just have to let yourself go when you listen to ABBA. I can’t think of a better way to describe the experience of listening to them. For some reason ABBA is treated as some sort of guilty pleasure that you have to justify listening to. I think it’s time we let that notion go and appreciate the fact that crafting quality pop music is difficult. ABBA truly makes it look effortless. Fave Songs: Dancing Queen; Fernando; Knowing Me, Knowing You; That's Me, Money, Money, Money

Very good. Favorite tracks are Dancing Queen and Tiger

The cream of the crop

Good!

Some real bangers in this one. Good listen for sure

It was nice. I had heard parts of this in the past, but not the whole thing

Good songs great, bad songs very dated

There’s a reason this band is as popular as they are. Every track has clean production and catchy lyrics, and a catchier hook. Every. Track. And a lot of people won’t admit this, but the songwriting is fantastic.

The kings and queens of 70s euro part. They knew their way around a melody that’s for sure.

Not trendy to listen to ABBA when they first appeared, particularly as my parents liked them. But the masterful songwriting, performances and production can't be denied. Stuffed with what turned out to be timeless hits. Who'd a'thought it?

it's fuckin abba bro

Dancing Queen <3

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So amazingly feel good

It is such good head bobbing stuff. Full of bops, especially the singles. A few duller tracks hold it back (as well as my own pickiness with pop music), but this is a very very fun listen, if anything.

This songs are so well crafted that it's easy to see why they were so popular. ABBA knew how to right a compelling middle 8 as well. Modern pop music is incredibly indebted to ABBA. The instrumentation is lush and slick, and everything about the production is careful and intentional. Though this is not my favorite style of music, I can appreciate just how well done it is. Very enjoyable.

Jams left and right.

This would be a 5 if I didn't know that ABBA ever put out any music before or since. Or if this sounded like these songs could only be together on this album and not on, say, their next one or their previous one. Don't get me wrong, this is an excellent album and this has so many great songs! But let's be honest, an ABBA greatest hits collection is a 5 star an everything else must be lower

ABBA is something else. I mean there's hit after hit on here, but I'm not pulling this off the shelf and adding it to my record collection.

Great songs

3.5/5 Some bad songs, mostly good

FERNANDOOOOOO

Decent

Bouncy pop. Pretty good. Some catchy tracks but nothing that made we say "whoa"

i like pop

You can never go wrong with some ABBA. Some of the songs here clearly aren't on any best-ofs for a reason - When I Kissed The Teacher aged very poorly - but overall it's a fun listen.

Bright, fun, quintessential Abba.

I fucking LOVE ABBA! So happy to listen this

Not a single bad song throughout the album which was a quite blast listening through. It also has bangers like dancing queen which have you dancing all around, very good

good 70's disco album. I had heard several of the songs before.

An almost perfect collection of scandi-pop tunes by some truly gifted song writers. Love it!

IM the dancing queen

YAS QUEEN

Saved Prior: Dancing Queen; Money, Money, Money Off Rip: My Love, My Life; Dum Dum Diddle; That's Me; Tiger Cutting Edge: Knowing Me, Knowing You Overall Notes: I truly do not understand why people hate ABBA. You have to be so angry at people being happy. The lyrical depth of this album caught me off guard, was expecting vapid songs and these songs were not that. That's Me might be my favorite ABBA song by a country mile. ABBA know who they are and they do it so damn well. Went into this thinking ABBA were the quintessential Greatest Hits over Albums band, but this worked as an album very well. 4.5 to a 4 because it was just about what I expected and didn't really surprise me musically, but that doesn't mean this album didn't go crazy.

After 3 albums that I didn’t love, I was happy to release my inner dancing queen. I’m pretty sure ABBA are white supremacists, which I obviously don’t love, but they knew how to lay down a funky beat and a catchy lyric.

very good album, not quite a 5 star but i would give it a 4.5 star if i could. this is because the songs are very similar and i have to be in a good mood to listen to them but very good songs and, of course, iconic

some classics on here, but not a huge huge fan of abba overall. Interesting to see early pop

a great album!

I liked a song or two from there

I would have given it a 3, but it's a 4 for Emily

Really Enjoyed this album Dum Dum Diddle - Slaps

Better than the last ABBAlbum

Certified bops

ABBA ne

An incredible pop record. The songwriting, the arrangements, the musicianship, the production - all fantastic. Perhaps not something I would choose to listen to regularly, but I still think this is probably one of the greatest pop records of all time.

love it.

4/5

Fængende pop, 70’er, kærlighed, simpelt

Cool

Fun instrumentals

Enjoyable is a bubblegum sort of way.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Good song; not my thing.

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

white af

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alright music but not my style

It was okay aside from Dancing Queen

abba good 👍

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

this is what summer feels like🪩🌊

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

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

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

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

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