Arrival

Not my style

Nice and light

I like ABBA way more in the abstract than I do in reality. The best moments of this remind me of the theatrics of The Cardigans, while the worst remind me of the sloppy surf rock of the Beach Boys (Bermuda, Bahama, oh pretty mama). The singles are great, and there’s catchy melodies here, but many of the instrumentals here feel kitsch to me.

Right up my alley. Didn't think this would be on the list but I'm glad it is. Not perfect but still pretty good. Highlights: Dancing Queen Knowing Me, Knowing You Money, Money, Money

Tem Dancing Queen nesse álbum, ABBA em estado puro, merece 5 só por causa disso.

Reviewing the songs i don’t know When i kissed the teacher-Aria pll is this a play about u? My love, my life-was this in Mamma mia? I think i know this one Dum dum diddle-never heard before, it’s fun, nothing wow Knowing me, knowing you-these songs are looong; That’s me-grl pwr Tiger-don’t understand this one Arrival-feels like arrival and Lepa Brena Happy Hawaii-me when i travel and write a song about it There is definitely a lot of material left for MM3!!!

Well I liked this a lot better than I thought I would. Never paid much attention to ABBA, but their music is fun and the vocals are solid. The second half of the album upgraded this rating. 7.5/10

I have always thought of ABBA as a singles act and Gold as being the only thing you need. A lot of that has to do with the amount of only good material available there. This album has shown me that their albums are enjoyable… no it’s not album oriented rock and interconnected into one overarching work, but it is solid and worthwhile. Solid pop music.

This record is delightful from top to bottom, however ABBA's sugary sweet brand of pop/disco is, at times, too sweet. Despite two massive hits ("Dancing Queen" and "Fernando") the rest of the album fails to hold up to the same quality, but it's still enjoyable.

Ethereus

ABBA has a stranglehold on this sound. Anyone else that tries gets downvoted into oblivion. But ABBA struck at just the right time, just the right amount of hooks, and with great vocals to make so many memorable tunes.

Couple of iconic songs, but the rest of the album was not nearly as memorable. Still very upbeat and a fine way to end the week.

I mean yeah it’s abba but it just felt kinda meh with not much too grabbing. Dancing queen and the title track were good but other than that just 3 stars

Half the album is basically greatest hits, other half lesser known, all good but didn’t expect any less cause it’s ABBA.

Disco....some catchy stuff but this is really a phase of music from my life that went out with body suits and rhinestones.

Vele nummers ken ik al uit me hoofd, benieuwd naar de wat minder bekende nummers van het album

I didn't like this album at all on my first listen, but I came around to it much more on my second go. The vocal performances and dated instrumentals were initially a big point of contention, but this became a non-issue for me on the second go. No clue what lead to such a dramatic change of heart, but I'm glad that I now "get" Abba in some capacity. I think my enjoyment of this album is due to the high number of piano refrains. You can never have enough of those, especially in pop music. It's amusing to me that this album was recommended immediately after "Urban Hymns" by The Verve as I distinctly remember listening to one of the guitar sections on that album and thinking that it sounded like "Dancing Queen". On the subject of that song, it's very good. It's not entirely up my cup of tea, but I can confidently say that it's one of those songs where all of the musical choices come together and work with one another perfectly. "Why Did It Have to Be Me?" and "Tiger" felt like they went on for way longer than they were in reality. I got proper whiplash when I checked the track listing and realised they were only three minutes in length. I think a lot of this album's appeal is hedged on the melody, as the music itself is very repetitive. Those two songs moving at a much quicker tempo definitely hurt them in my eyes. I'm favourable to the idea of giving this album another listen sometime in the future. I'll see where the cards fall.

Oh my favourite/ one of the first albums I owned

One of those groups for me that I know primarily through best of’s. Like the others I’ve listened to on this list I’ve enjoyed seeing a little deeper. There is more there than the hits. And this record is packed with hits.

Abba einfach klasse

Was willste machen, 4 Sterne bei ABBA

1. Knowing me, knowing you 2. Dancing queen 3. Money money money Skjønte først nå at ABBA er dansband på engelsk. Mye fillers, få killers her ass..

Is this the music you’re going to catch me listening to week in and week out? Probably not, but it’s hard to deny that iconic nature of Abba. I’m not afraid to say I can get down to most of these tracks and there’s something charming and silly about ABBA in the best ways. Lotta Bops on this one. Fernando FTW

Pop perfection

This album is Gold!

Light 5 Dancing queen and rich man's world good 2 awful songs Rest okay

MAG IK ABBA HOREN!!! Wat kun je zeggen, best aardig veel tijdloze bangers. Je kent bijna elk nummer wel zelf als ze niet in je playlist staan. Is gewoon een goed album maar voelde niet als iets verreikends (ken alles al). Wel allemaal in een zelfde stijl maar voelde bijna meer als hits ipv 1 coherent werk. Maar ja, het blijft ABBA

So I feel like this band is subject to a lot of glaze. Dancing Queen is a fine song, but everything else is coated in 70s cheese, and quite frankly gets annoying really quick. In addition, the lyrics are laughably terrible. When I Kissed the Teacher might be the worst start to an album ever. That being said, I would like Dancing Queen more if it wasn't so overplayed, and I did quite enjoy the title track as a refreshing creative instrumental free from cringe-worthy lyrics. These guys are good songwriters and instrumentalists, I just don't care for the style.

A classic

Tons of hits on this record, love the unique abba sound. First track was kind of wild.

Some classics on this album. The other songs on here didn't hit as hard for me, but "Arrival" was a great interlude.

Subjectively ABBA's best album: Brilliant, ethereal, youthful, and sun-kissed. "Dancing Queen" is a classic and possibly the best wedding song of all-time. ABBA feels like a shot of dopamine.

Not my bag

Dancing queen is obviously a good song, but the rest of the album, just isn't my thing. I'm sure it has a brief place in time and history where it was relevant, but I was never around for that time and place.

Look ABBA’s greatest hits is all you need to listen to from ABBA. Their greatest hits are awesome. Anything else from them is just mid.

put an abba best of on and you’ll probably be okay. could i write poetry to this? n fernando hits tho

Yep, that's some ABBA, all right. I think we've all heard ABBA before and know what to expect. If you have not heard ABBA before, maybe go to a wedding reception every once in a while. Guaranteed you'll hear plenty of it. Zero surprises on this record.

Look, there's a reason why Abba's best selling album is their Greatest Hits.

Sugar is good in small quantities. A whole album of it can be a bit much. But Fernando is such a banger I'm rounding this up to a 4.

Clean, crisp, and fun ’70s pop music. Arrival is ABBA doing what they do best. Overall, they’re not really my thing, but I can understand why people love them. The melodies are catchy, the production is polished, and it’s easy to see why this album has a lot of fans.

Just can't fault the majority of this, although it really is more of the same at a certain point - a few individual songs don't really vibe with the rest though

3.5 - fun album fav song Fernando

Never trust anyone who says they don't like ABBA

The album is fine. Not for me.

Poppy

One of ABBA's best.

Classic pop

yuck

I don’t know how I feel about this. It’s so goddamn catchy and bouncy it’s almost annoying. But it’s also just so goddamn catchy and bouncy! I feel like this is an album that grows on you after a bunch of listens. Then one day you just suddenly find yourself in your car blasting it and screaming it at the top of your lungs.

A lovely arrival of a Swedish Mafia with timeless tracks and others to enjoy.

It's Abba, it's exactly what I was expecting. You'd have to be pretty cold-hearted not to enjoy at least some of this, although honestly I would perhaps have just had one Abba album on the list.

I like ABBA and this record makes no exception. Not my favourite of all time but a solid pop record.

Surprisingly good! Knew several tracks but not others. 5/5

Yay for valentines

This was a fun album, I'd forgotten about a few of the songs on here that I really like. Well done and a solid album overall.

This was a lot of fun! A few of the songs didn't feel different than the pop standards of the time and reminded me of The Beatles or The Beach Boys at their most boring but the bulk of it still rips. Very cool that Dancing Queen is like the fourth best song here, I really didn't realize ABBA rocks this hard. My mom was right all along.

8.23

It was Valentine's Day so I let my wife rate this one. They are still listened to even by GenZ.

It's ABBA. A little Swedish coziness for a winter day.

I was an ABBA fan in my youth, and I actually won their Super Trouper album by being the first caller to the radio station when the song was played. This is probably the first ABBA album where their sound stabilized and their approach was more consistent and sure... that said, I think Voulez Vous and Super Trouper were better overall albums. Still, although this might not be to everyone's tastes, I think that--like the Carpenters--they brought a lot of musicality and balance to carve out a new space.

A couple giant hits, but that doesn't make it a great album.

Love ABBA, a little uneven but mostly fun

This album reinforced my stereotype of pop songs as hit or miss. I liked Dancing Queen which Ive heard a million times, and as for the others from Mamma Mia!, I like the movie soundtrack versions better. The rest of the songs were misses for me.

Интересная музыка, великий альбом, но меня не зацепило

good tunes, heard many before

Not my listening taste, but still a great album. Friday night dinner party essential to keep everyone happy and entertained with lots of sing-along tunes.

dancing queen is one of the best songs ever 3.5

Good pop album with some of the bands biggest hits on it. The album is fun, dynamic, easy to listen to, and there is not a single bad song on here. The songs are a bit similar at times, but this is not uncommon for pop. Was between 3 and 4, but I think the vocal centered mix prevailed in it being a 3, since it's not as balanced as it should be on a great album, in my opinion. Which is a bit of a shame really, since the melodies and riffs are quite good and deserve a bigger place on the album.

Happy people like ABBA. Sad people like ABBA because they want to be happy. Angry people don’t like ABBA.

- First side: Wow. Sunny, fun, and so, so catchy. "Knowing Me, Knowing You" is arguably the best song on the album. "Dancing Queen" and " When I Kissed The Teacher" are iconic. And "Dum Dum Diddle" is way better than it's reputation. - Second side: Meh. Do not care for "Money, Money, Money." And "Tiger" is borderline cringe. "Why Did It Have To Be Me?" is surprisingly interesting, though. - Used to not care for ABBA at all. Hits different when you get older and just want to forget your problems for awhile.

Abba is one of those artists that make great songs but not necessarily great albums. This isn't an exception to that but it seems like one since the biggest song on this album is so legendary. I am of course referring to "Dancing Queen". Easily the most popular Abba song but also one of the most iconic pop songs ever. Few songs have left as much of an impact on popular culture. My 16 year old sister who doesn't listen to any music from before she was born, likes Dancing Queen, because how can you not? It's that timeless. You throw that song on an album with "Money, Money, Money" and boom you got a classic on your hands. It doesn't even matter if the rest of the songs are good (most of them are pretty good anyways though). Favorite track: Dancing Queen, Money, Money, Money 3.5/5

Loved them

7/10

😳

WHEN THAT WHITE GIRL MUSIC START PLAYING. I still feel like I'm going to be sacrificed to a cult though.

Everyone loves this band, I’m glad they do, I just don’t get it yet

Soon as I started playing it every single middle aged white woman I know appeared at my front door with a bottle of Prosecco, horrifying. Fernando a banger tho

Not every song is a winner. But the classics are legendary. They still work.

A couple of classic dance floor tracks for sure but o it a good album for real ABBA fans I think

This is the 27th album I’m rating. I’ve barely listened to ABBA but the ABBA I’ve listened to has been pretty good so I’m expecting great things from this album. When I Kissed the Teacher - Adding to my Playlist. I hope this was a college professor. Dancing Queen - Adding to my Playlist. Classic song and probably the most famous ABBA song. My Love, my Life - Adding to my Playlist. I think I like ABBA. Dum Dum Diddle - Adding to my Playlist. Fun simple song. Knowing Me, Knowing You - Adding to my Playlist. Maybe I should watch Mamma Mia! Money, Money, Money - Adding to my Playlist. LeBron’s favorite song maybe. That’s Me - Adding to my Playlist. This is a really fun album. Why Did it Have to be Me? - Adding to my Playlist. The guys are singing and it’s pretty good. Tiger - Adding to my Playlist. Best song on the album. Arrival - Adding to my Playlist. Interesting way to end the album. All in all I liked 10/10 of the songs. This was a fantastic album and actually exceeded expectations. ABBA is great.

Klassiekertje 4.1

Cheesy Swedish pop perfection. I'm a huge Eurovision fan, and I really wish that there was more ABBA in the generator.

I imagine this album will get bashed heavily in the reviews because it's ABBA and Dancing Queen is so played out. It didn't help that Mamma Mia thrust ABBA back into popular culture, but with Dancing Queen, they've always been a popular group among party-goers and jukeboxes around the world. Overall, this album is really good. It has their biggest hits, and I would say only the "Gold" compilation has everything in one album, but if you had to go with a studio album of must-hear ABBA tunes, it would be this one. Must hear? Yes. Enjoyable? It depends on if the listener can get over the sappy bubble gum pop lyrics. Musically, it's very good. Tracks not to skip: Knowing Me, Knowing You Money, Money, Money That's Me Tiger Arrival (very good instrumental) Fernando 4/5

I don’t think ABBA get the respect they deserve for being excellent artists. Yes, a pop group can be considered true artists. https://open.substack.com/pub/richcain/p/project-1001-arrival-by-abba?r=4ztyq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Hate to say it but honestly, aside from the hits, this is kinda boring…

Not bad. Not my style, but they are a good band with good songs. It fell off a bit towards the end.

i mean duhhh

Is Abba overrated? Probably

Cool running basslines, interesting instrumentals

This album has Dancing Queen! I know that song. I like Knowing Me, Knowing You. My Love, My Life is pretty but a little slow for my taste. Money, Money, Money is good too, I like it. My least favorite song is Why Did It Have To Be Me? Tiger is fun. This album grows on me.

It is cool!

Great album

God I do not care for ABBA.

Superb production and harmonies, although that goes without saying. Just a great 40 or so minutes of pop, even with despairing lyrics like "Why Did It Have To Be Me?"

ABBA - Arrival Good album! It offers some classics from the 70's to listen to (especially with "Dancing Queen", that one's really iconic). It really has that distinct sound that ABBA offered that makes them unique from others, and while it doesn't really amaze as much, it does stand out at the time for making mainstream music sound enjoyable in the past. Overall, this is good! 1.- When I Kissed the Teacher = 7/10 2.- Dancing Queen = 10/10 3.- My Love, My Life = 8/10 4.- Dum Dum Diddle = 9/10 5.- Knowing Me, Knowing You = 7/10 6.- Money, Money, Money = 8/10 7.- That's Me = 9/10 8.- Why Did It Have to Be Me? = 8/10 9.- Tiger = 7/10 10.- Arrival = 6/10 FINAL SCORE: 7.9/10

well i mean its abba so of course its fucking amazing. standouts here are knowing me knowing you, money money money and fernando. obviously there’s dancing queen which is EVERYONEs fav but personally i think it’s a bit overrated . fun fact: ive got this album on vinyl!!

Arrival is to Disco what Nevermind is to grunge. A truly genre-defining masterpiece, chock full of absolutely fantastic songs. From Dancing Queen to Money, Money, Money and everything in between, Arrival struck gold on every front. The whole record is so well produced, performed, written, and structured. For me, music is all about the feeling it evokes. I dare you to put this on and not feel absolute joy. Yes, it's pop. Yes, it's kitchy, campy, corny stuff. But good lord, this is POP. 10/10

Fabulous 👌

I don't know if I'd listen to Abba every day, but honestly maybe I would... love it

Just fun pop music, totally enjoyable.

I’d always thought of Abba as more of a singles band, and this hasn’t entirely changed my mind. Those singles are pop masterpieces though!

So its got my 3 favourite abba hits and then songs as good as tiger and my love my life 5/5 Then after I listened to my other favourite abba songs, lay all your love on me, sos, waterloo, I’m a marionette, gimmie gimmie gimmie and eagle. And had a fun abba morning

Far too catchy

I pity the fool that takes themselves too seriously to not enjoy ABBA. Can it really be a guilty pleasure when the music is catchy as hell? I think not.

70’s schlock but classic 70’s schlock. You know every word to most of the songs and when you hear them, they become earworms for days afterwards.

Okay

Arguably a great album with tons of abba hits. While I can enjoy it I doubt I’ll ever reach to put it on myself again.

vibe. but not hardcore my vibe. liked money money money and tiger. i don't like this less than the last album i listened to (gave it a 4) but i'm realizing my initial way of rating was swinging a bit too high.

GOAT album - classic after classic. Greatest pop band of all time

abba är ju ändå fantastiska. vilken hitkavalkad som bara matar på, som en baguette i vrångstrupen.

Ok. Dum Dum Diddle is a... lot. That's Me goes hard. Tiger has a cool ass riff, some weird scale/mode. Arrival... hmmm... Fernando is an all timer for sure. Overall good, definitely some songs that aren't great, but they are all written super well. prolly like a 80%, 4/5

Quality.

Just sounds like a greatest hits album, no red thread. It‘s just your usual ABBA

classic. 3/5

💃🕺

Sé que es un clásico, pero lo siento, no es mi estilo

Was not expecting to dig this so much. The hits are classics of course, but some of the deeper cuts (Dum Dum Diddle, Knowing Me Knowing You, Fernando) really clicked with me. Genuine pop classic through and through.

7/10 A-Side has a triple-whammy of absolutely amazing songs in Dancing Queen, Knowing Me Knowing You and Money Money Money. Some songs are a bit worse and the B-Side has some slower songs and the epynonymous track being an instrumental. The highs are extremely highs and the rest is okay and quite good at best. Tiger is pretty good.

This album runs hot and cold. The hits are great and I contend that Dancing Queen is one of the best pop songs ever recorded. The non-hit songs do very little to nothing for me sounding like something that would struggle to even make a mark on Eurovision. The ladies voices sound great together but their singing melody in unison is a signature sound that starts to make all the songs sound the same and pretty quickly grows fatiguing. ABBA is probably best consumed in smaller doses. The highs are high and the lows are low averaging out to a 3 for me.

i just cant get into abba but this album made me smile because it made me think of alan partridge

It was ok

5* perfect

Love it.

I’ll never be an ABBA fan and this isn’t for me 2/5 A 2 in my scale means it has merit but isn’t for me. I assume many of you are ABBA fans

Not an ABBA fan

Enjoyed it enough!

Bit like Queen, Abba are definitely a 'Greatest Hits' band.

I can't face listening to this.

ABBA has been around long enough to be trendsetters, washed up has-beens, popular again, and now at the top of the mountain of the 70s sound. Arrival is very dated and had it not been for the musical Mama Mia including some of these songs into the play these songs could also sound very dated. 3.5/5

This is definitely a classic by a classic band, but it's ABBA! Dancing queen, Fernando! And I found some new songs that I liked! (Money, money, money and tiger)

What a classic

Напевно найвідоміший альбом ABBA. І що я хочу сказати - як альбом він немає жодного сенсу. Тут не відчувається якоїсь загальної концепції, або ідеї, окрім того, що усі треки, так чи інакше, можна назвати "Диско". Безумовно, ABBA вміють робити хіти, і тут, на мій погляд, такими є "Dancing Queen" та "Knowing Me, Knowing You", але окрім них на альбомі ще ПОВНО філерів. Нехай гарно спродюсованих, але все ж філерів, з доволі "нудним", сірим аранжуванням, ніж іншим. Тому, якщо вам хочется послухати ABBA у "всій красі", щоб зрозуміти за що їх, насправді, люблять - послухайте краще ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits (1992). Бо слухати цей гурт "альбомами", як мене, є просто втратою часу. Тому як альбом - ні, додати пару синглів в плейлист, однозначно - так. P.S: Я, бляха, всім серцем ненавиджу пісню Money, Money. Просто терпіти її не можу.

8/10

inte min favorit era av abba ksk

They were all great songs that anyone can like but I did not add any to my playlist.

Pure pop goodness.

One of Abba's most solid albums. A great listen that doesn't overstay its welcome

Classic lovable and heart throbbing. It’s aged into a campy nostalgia but is always appreciated.

It's good to see that many people recognise Abba as the GOAT pop band with hit after hit even just on this one album. Solid gold 1001% classic

Enjoyable album, even if "Dancing Queen" kind of overshadows most of the rest of the songs. Low 8

It’s ABBA like. Bangers on toast

Overall Score: 9.1/10 Favorite Track: Tiger Least Favorite Track: Arrival Every song is enjoyable, and this is an overall amazing album. Would definitely listen again.

There are some really good songs here - well-deserved hits like "Dancing Queen" and "Fernando;" "Money" is good and constantly stuck on repeat in my head. I quite liked "Arrival" as well, I'm sure that I have heard it before but I don't remember it. A few of the songs didn't land for me, but it's still pretty great.

I tried, but I just can’t enjoy this at all. It’s just not good.

It's not that I don't enjoy ABBA, I do enjoy most of the more dancey songs on here but it feels as if this album can go from a really great pop song (Dancing Queen, Tiger) to a bad one (Why Did It Have to Be Me) which makes it all the more frustrating of a listen. I don't wanna feel like this about ABBA because they are fun! But I don't think the fun can last for 30 mins really (I would not be opposed to checking a second album of theirs)

Per chi conosce la lore

Controversial review of the day

Amazing

[8/10] ABBA rips simple as

Saccharine and infectious.

Great album with several hit songs. I like it a lot but I hear these songs fairly often in pop culture so I don't see myself seeking out this album to listen to. Still great music though.

ABBA is definitionally pop perfection. Do what that as you will.

Holy fuck… Incredible

Harmonies galore. ABBA at its finest.

ABBA BUENARDO

Unpopular opinion : everybody is peer pressured or family pressured, and pretends to like ABBA. And since show up in your life so often, that you connect ABBA to fun-ish moments, until the brainwashing is complete.

What an absolute classic by such a legendary group. It may not be music I listen to on my own but I will never be upset if ABBA comes on. It has the power to make almost anyone wanna get up and groove. I'm confident this album had significant influence on all the pop music that came after it. The songs are so big yet the melodies are so catchy and easy to sing along to.

My mom's favorite band. I have listened to these songs so much that at one point I pretty much just hated them. But I was young and a teenager, so it made sense. Honestly, ABBA rips. This stuff is groovy, fun, poppy. Its totally over the top, but its also amazing. We're all better off for having ABBA on earth.

1. teacher - 1 2. queen - 3 3. life - 1.5 4. dum - 1 5. knouuing - 1.5 6. money - 1.5 7. me - 1 8. uuhy - 1 9. tiger - 0 10. arrival - 0 11. fernando - 3 12. hauuaii - 1

Pure 70’s disco pop. Not the greatest thing ever but it sure is fun.

Not my thing but good enough for this list.

Dancing Queen and Fernando are dope. The rest is alright 1001 album worthy: Yes - 20/34

No, sorry. I never did like Abba in period. Neither did anyone I knew. It was the band elderly relatives said they liked in order to try and relate to us young folk. Abba weren't in any respect "cool". I cannot comprehend the nostalgia for them now. 2/5 but it only gets that much because it is "well done" nonsense.

Es una verga esto. Realmente muy dietético y meloso. Las baladas son un asco. Rescato algún estribillo pegadizo y nada más.

I didn't like it when it came out. I don't like it now.

Teveel pop voor mijn doen

Kinda grew tired of it after hearing most of the songs so often. Never really been my type of music except some of the songs Money, money, money slaps nonetheless

I absolutely hate this. 2.7/10

Probs was alright can’t remember

2.5

The singles brought back some good memories from the past, but the rest were pants I thought.

Je n’ai jamais été un grand fan d’ABBA, mais je dois me rendre à l’évidence, ils ont le sens de la musique accrocheuse qui fait sourire et danser. Mon rappel à leur méga hit « Dancing Queen » a évolué avec le temps, de trop sucré et quétaine à trop sucré et quétaine, mais franchement réussi. Pour ce tube et aussi pour plusieurs autres chansons vraiment chouette (« Knowing Me, Knowing You » et ses « Haahaaa » tout doux et bien placés dans les refrains; la plus forte du disque « Money, Money, Money » avec ses orchestrations et ses changements de ton; « Tiger » et les plus rigolote « Fernando » et « Happy HawaII »), mais pour quelques chansons vraiment douteuses (« My Love, My Life »; « Dum Dum Diddle » et la chanson titre « Arrival »), je dois donner 3. On parle beaucoup de l’Eurovision dans le texte du livre, on est vraiment là. Mention spéciale à la pochette avec une photo du groupe dans un espèce d’hélicoptère en bulle transparente.

Dancing Queen est excellente. Le reste sonne comme Alain Morrisod et le Sweet People. Je crois pas que ce soit nécessaire de l’écouter, même une fois.

Love

Tel le rince bouche universel de la joie et du bien être, Abba vient me sauver de cette semaine très mid avec un incroyable album de qualité turbo discodrôme

3/1001. You probably had to be there, yet I wasn’t there. Weird album to critique, some songs (Dancing Queen) are absolutely iconic as they’re larger than music, but I can’t get the deeper cuts to stay with me. The vocalist is infectious but it gets to the point of becoming grating at times. I’m sure I would have loved this in the 70s. Right now it’s not plainly bad, but it’s not interesting to me either. I’ll go 4/10.

I like Money Money Money

Fun album but not really the vibe at work

Awesome

OK

FERNANDO

Sounds like a musical. Some huge classics. Not my thing.

i have listened to the abba before, more of their hits, and it was pretty much enjoyable and easy to listen throughout the album, but nothing more than an fun 70s disco album to just put it in the background while you have fun. There's actually an album with the bonus track but I can't seem to find the album here, the bonus tracks were really good: Fernando and Happy Hawaii. Quite the highlight of the album. Favorite tracks: Dancing Queen, Dum Dum Diddle, Knowing Me, Knowing You.

Arrival is the sound of a band that knows exactly who they are and how to make it work, without overreaching or losing focus. From the first moments, it feels confident, bright, and carefully constructed, yet never cold. The songwriting is tight, the melodies are immediate, and the production is polished without feeling sterile. It is pop music that understands craft and embraces it fully, aiming to connect rather than to impress with cleverness. What really lifts Arrival is how emotionally balanced it feels. There is joy, melancholy, longing, and restraint all sitting comfortably side by side. Even at its most upbeat, there is often a slight shadow underneath, a sense that these songs know happiness is fragile. The vocal interplay is a huge part of that, with harmonies that feel precise but still human, carrying warmth rather than gloss. Tracks unfold with a natural flow, never dragging, never overwhelming, always landing where they should. It falls just short of perfection because it plays things a little too safe. There is no real moment of risk or rupture, nothing that truly unsettles the smooth surface. But that restraint is also part of its charm. Arrival does not need to shout or reinvent itself to be effective. It delivers consistently strong songs, memorable hooks, and an atmosphere that lingers long after it ends.

Hard to fault. Just a super fun catchy album with so many bangers

The songs have silly lyrics that talk about love and relationships, about dancing, about beautiful, young and sweet girls who are only 17 dancing, about kissing the geometry teacher and constant questions from someone who really wants to know if Fernando is listening to the drums... But all of this in an atmosphere that manages to be danceable, magical and cozy at the same time! I loved it! 5 stars!

easy 5/5, this rules.

Schönes ABBA Album

coulda sent this up with the voyager spacecraft instead of those gold records. it would have served the same purpose. timeless but frozen in the seventies. universal but swedish as hell. even at their corniest ("the tiger," "dum dum diddle") they've got more hooks than a barrel of monkeys. if i had written "knowing me knowing you" i'd retire and die happy.

Didn't have 'came within a hair's breadth of awarding ABBA five stars on the old 1001 generator' on my 2024 bingo card. But here we are. It's basically wall-to-wall perfect pop songs. Even the songs I didn't know before today are catchy, funky and well executed. At no point did I get bored of this. Even the title track, a fun little instrumental interlude, is cool. If I liked pop music just a smidgin more, I'd be here dishing out an extra star but the reality is, I won't be coming back to listen to this all that regularly.

I challenged myself to sit through this whole thing, and while it's doing what ABBA set out to do much of it annoys me. "Money, Money, Money" is the only song I kinda liked, though it's tough to take it seriously given the band delivering it. They're competent musicians, it's just that none of this is my taste at all. I had to chase it with Black Flag's Damaged and the first 3 Stooges albums to scrape it back off my soul. Y'all can have them.

very strange opening track for an album full of ABBA classics but this was still very enjoyable, also never knew that ABBA stood for Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny, and Anni-frid, the more you know I suppose

Grew up with this on because my mum used to play them non-stop. Great. Nostalgic

Abba! Man, I can't wait to read Joel's review of this... It's a fun album that brings out a smile while I'm listening to it. Dancing Queen slaps. The title track is cool. This isn't something I would vibe, but it is groovy at points. Kind of easy listening at other points. I'm going to give this a 3.

Like everyone else, I always dismissed ABBA as pop fluff, fun enough, but not to be taken seriously. Then one day I took Joel to see Mamma Mia musical, and damned if I wasn't still singing those songs hours later, songs I had never heard before that night. My respect and fondness for the group has grown over the years. Some of my favorite songs are not on this album, but there are still several classics here.

ABBA is probably one of my top 20 musical groups of all time. They are just overall great. I grew up on them. I have many childhood memories where ABBA was on in the background. Even though I don't think this is their strongest album (hopefully Waterloo makes the list) it's still killer. Dancing Queen and Knowing Me, Knowing You are musical masterpieces and bring this album up to a 3.5 just by being on here. The layering, the song arrangement, the multiple hooks in one song, all the ear candy going on in the background I can't think of many groups musical giants the way ABBA is. Rutger Gunnarson is a beast on bass.

Abba albums can be a bit iffy with a fair amount of mush, especially on the ballads, but their singles are amongst the most well crafted pop music ever produced. An honest appraisal would be (in terms essential listening) to play Abba Gold for the major hits and More Abba Gold for a few lesser known gems.

I mean it's Abba and i know they bring a lot of joy to a lot of people, but I'm not one of them! Still hard to be to harsh on this well producced catchy pop that has lots of harmonies and infectious hooks. This is for all those that lose their shit to me what is shit.

Abba did what they did well but I'm not sure that that included albums. Big Europop singles stuck together with filler is not a recipe for a great album, might as well just go straight to a greatest hits compilation. The singles are undeniably great though.

Just no. This has been overplayed by the girls of my household too much. I kind of enjoyed Mumma Mia the movie the first time I watched it, was bored the second time and have refused politely since then. It's really well made pop, that is very enjoyable if you're felt cheesy, so I can't bring myself to vote lower than 3 stars, but when I was listening to it I was feeling like giving one star.

Just to think, this was released a year after their "Greatest Hits" album. So much gold on this album. Sure there are a few droney cheesy ballads, but the production quality is always sky high, it's a class act!

Terrible. Just shows that if this is the best of seventies pop how bad the rest was. Now I understand why all my middle class boring contemporaries on the Lower North Shore loved ABBA. Banal and corny.

Shamelessly baroque and terribly silly, but sort of golden and gilded and extremely over the top in terms of its execution. "Dancing Queen" and "Knowing Me, Knowing You" channel the '70s every bit as essentially as "Stairway to Heaven" or "More Than a Feeling." Its sheen and shine hasn't really dimmed down the years though it's harder to relate to.

Pretty alright, some bangers, ethereal songs arrival

норм, вайбово. несколько песен знал. подойдет для дискотеки или как фон на вечеринке.

I'd heard some of the songs, but not all. Enjoyed, but not sure I'll revisit.

overall a good album. I thought its lyrics were good but sometimes alright. Its music was great though, helping the album alot. overall I reccomend listening to this album

I dont like dont recomend it give it 1 out 5 dont really have much to say i dont understand the lyircs. not my type of music would not listen to it. I also dont like old music so thats another reason why i dont like it .

Do you like songs that are catchy? "Arrival" by ABBA has songs you may like, such as "Dancing queen" which i think everyone has heard. It has a disco feel, catchy bass lines, and catchy lyrics. It repeats lyrics that you get stuck in your head because its easy to remember. I feel its a bit cheesy i dont know why i just get that feeling. overall i do recommend this album to anyone.

Do you like 70's disco pop music or cheesy music? If so, this album is for you! If you've ever heard of the song "Dancing Queen," then you would know their voices. I kind of like this music, even though it's a little cheesy. I would still put it as one of my top-rated albums on here so far. I hope that you get a chance to listen to this album, and I highly recommend it.

I think this album is okay. I like the beat of the songs in this album but the lyrics are sometimes confusing. 2/5

great

Favourite song - Why did it have to be me

Yes dancing queen is a classic, I knew the song Fernando, but this album is just corny. One great song the rest is a whole lotta meh.

I appreciate this album. Complex harmonies. Not my jam. 3/5

It's tough not to give this album a 5. ABBA is just such joyful music and this album is probably the best collection of that joy with "Dancing Queen," Money, Money, Money," and "Knowing Me, Knowing You" all on the same record. However, having just rated Dylan's 'Highway 61 Revisited' a masterpiece, it's a bit of stretch to consider an album with "When I Kissed the Teacher" and "Dum Dum Diddle" in that same caliber. All of that said though, this album is excellent fun pop and disco and even features some hidden gems in "Why Did It Have To Be Me?" and "Tiger." Maybe if "Fernando" was on the original release, it would've tipped it over the edge. But it didn't feel fair to include it within the ranking when it was an added track after the fact. Love ABBA always, you can't be unhappy listening to this.

Perfectly pleasant and innocuous pop music. Nothing challenging but nice to hear some of the less played songs. Particularly the title track.

I had heard all of these tracks previously, with the exception of Happy Hawaii, because I was an ABBA fanatic in 7th grade. Still incredible; ABBA will forever hold a special place in my heart. It would be a no skip album if it weren’t for Arrival, but that’s an instrumental so I don’t think it takes too much away. I do love this, but it definitely lacks some depth. There isn’t much to the songs beyond the fact that they go crazy. I’m not exactly one to judge because I’m a sucker for basic pop bangers, but I definitely enjoy an album more when there is more depth to it. Still, it’s absolutely iconic and for good reason. Favorite: Money, Money, Money (sorry Dancing Queen) Least Favorite: Arrival

Bright and buoyant, the songs dance effortlessly. There’s a sparkle that reminds me of Fleetwood Mac, but more unashamedly upbeat. Each track feels like a celebration. It’s music to lose yourself in, easy and inviting.

I know why Abba is important but it's really tough for me to care. It's well-made though!

2.4 2x some classics on here, but not really my thing

Banger after banger after banger.

i appreciate it

Very enjoyable, made me dance. Like I saw in another review, it’s definitely a perfect album to listen to when you have company :)

I hate disco/dance music but Abba kills it

i’m partial to abba. all bangers

Fun tunes but I don’t want anyone to see me listening to the first song

Well done pop music but they have never really appealed to me

I like Abba. The singles from this album are fantastic pop songs. The album tracks are a bit forgettable so I did find myself waiting for the singles to come around but it's a pleasant enough listen. It's just 70's pop, not sure why people get so upset about it either way.

Its such a fun good energetic listen. Everyone knows there huge songs and groove or dance to it. At least sing a little bit along. I'm 23 now and with 16 when some Abba songs played, did me and my friends sing and dance along. But after that its not music that i be bumping casually, which doesn't say its not great but its very simple and easy to catch on, what makes it it perfect for disco, party's etc. 4.0/5.0

Nett, aber eher gewöhnlich.

I've never listened to ABBA intentionally and wouldn't say the generally peppy eurokitsch sound is my bag. However this impressed me. Perhaps a little dull at points but there were some huge pop songs in here and if you told me it was greatest hits I would have believed you. Composition and musicality is top tier.

I always had the impression that ABBA were ‘a good pop outfit’ but this was pretty dull. I do fancy the Voyage hologram show that has an installation in Geeenwich still though, but I think that’s just because it’s the closest I’ll get to being like Tron.

Correction for previous album: underwater moonlight sucks. 3/10 ABBA: pretty good. 7/19

Good

Całkiem niezłe, na pewno nie drażni mnie tak jak Justynkę. 4/5

3.5

Exceptional

Enjoyable

4.5 - It's not the strongest five star album, obviously, but this has a lot of perfect songs on it. My issue with it is that the few songs that don't land are pretty mid and keep the album from being as strong as it could be. But, besides those, it's some great Europop. Definitely my favourite of their albums and probably the strongest they have.

Super fun, very pop … tempted to rate this a 4 ( which would be my highest pop album ) but ultimately a pop rock as an album fails to impress me as much as other genres … At the same time i see high replay single value here and a fun time with a record I can put on in many happy occasions and singles I will certainly return to if there were a couple of more Fernando 🔥🔥🔥tracks this would be a serious 4

Fucking ABBA. Incredible songwriters that make it seem so easy to write strings of earworms. Top-notch production, too. Very questionable aesthetic choices, including this album cover (trademark (R) against the band name and all). How kind of sugary it all is, though. It really isn't my kind of music, but those earworms still work on me. Oh - Money, Money, Money is a great song. Tough to rate, because I'm fine never listening to this album ever again (except Money, Money, Money), but do think it's an achievement.

like an image passing by

ah, the pride of sweden, ABBA! as i have said on many occasions, it is impossible to be in a bad mood while listening to ABBA. it’s just fun music that is impossibly sticky. highlights: “dancing queen” “knowing me, knowing you” “tiger”

I might like this one better than their other album. The one with the blue cover. 😐

The Good: Any band where you can read the name backwards as well as forwards, deserves respect! The Bad: In the picture, the band members are NOT sitting in the ABBA format… The Ugly: This means that for this album they are BAAB, which is the short country version for Robbert… Love ‘em, hate ‘em, you have to respect them! 4 HUGE hits on this album… not hits, nay, HUGE hits. And thus, per HUGE hit, I will give a * while hummin’ to myself “knowing me, knowing you…” So close to 5*….

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How do you dislike ABBA? It's so incredibly cheesy, but it's too catchy to really ignore. Just fun.

This is the album with Dancing Queen. All the rest of the songs are not very memorable, some hit me as a bit creepy. But all very upbeat.

Bangers. Don’t care what you say

There is no denying Dancing Queen, the rest is trash

It's what I expected from ABBA: fun, jiggy, and really nice harmonies

A classic album by ABBA with so many of their most popular songs. My favorite from this album is Money Money Money.

Ah, the 70s. Simpler times, simpler songs. Compared to lyrics written for songs today, these songs are filled with naive, almost childlike lyrics. It was just a more innocent time I guess. Many of the songs have the same feel as songs lifted from musicals (long before Mama Mia debuted on Broadway). The recording and production is first rate. Many hits: "Dancing Queen", "Fernando", "Knowing Me, Knowing You", and "Money, Money, Money" "Dum Dum Diddle" was kind of dumb, "Tiger" was pretty cheesy and I am not sure what's going on "When I Kissed the Teacher". Overall, this album was a 7/10 for me so I'll round up.

I liked this album quite a bit actually. However, it gets docked a bit due to the movie/musical it helped inspire. 4/5

Definitely fun to listen to but not really my genre. My favorites were “Dancing Queen” and “Tiger”. Also I feel like “When I Kissed The Teacher” wouldn’t have gone over so well today. 3.5/5

It’s so cheesy you gotta love it a little.

Very good!I like the vibeeeee!

Catchy - annoying = 3

These Swedes know how to disco. Legendary band with legendary tracks.

A great classic and an okay one are on here. But I can’t stomach the idea of listening to this as a full album again.

Dancing queen is lightning in a bottle. The rest of the album pales in comparison

Absolute classic, banger!

Excellent but when I kissed the teacher is weird

Although they have been a group for a little over a couple of years, ABBA had truly arrived with, uh, Arrival. Making sure that they get across the threshold with more than a bang, Anni-Frid, Benny, Bjorn and Agnetha sought to capture the hearts of the rest of the world after doing so in Europe and they succeed with flying colors, giving us classics such as Dancing Queen, Knowing Me, Knowing You and Fernando, all of which (if it surprises you) in compiled on here. After the ABBA Gold compilation, Arrival is the next best place to start when delving into the eternally winsome Swedes. Favorites: When I Kissed the Teacher, Dancing Queen, My Love, My Life, Knowing Me, Knowing You, Money, Money, Money, That's Me, Tiger, Arrival, Fernando.

I know that a ton of these songs are amongst their most popular, and whilst I appreciate their talent, they’re not songs I’m keen on.

3 classic singles but the rest generally annoys me for the most part:/

A good example of music that I don't particularly enjoy, but merits an inclusion on a list like this because you can't tell the history of Western popular music without mentioning them.

When I Kissed the Teacher was weird and not the best for an opening track. But then we get to Dancing Queen and while I don’t necessarily like the song, it’s hard not to sing along to. Money, Money, Money is a lot of fun. And I think that sums up ABBA - not good, but had not to sing or move to and kind of fun. Nothing innovative or great here, just bubblegum. And sometimes bubblegum is ok. 3

Oh heck ya I love Abba; the random band that is so different from my usual taste. Yeah it's an easy 5 star no question

Poppy goodness galore. With its legendary status, I can't help not giving it a high score - however, lyrics are simple, and it's mostly a catchy album without a lot of depth. Still, it's fun to listen to. It's so exciting, why should I pretend? Best songs: Money Money Money, Fernando Worst Songs: Why Did It Have to Be Me, Arrival

Pop songs that keep on shining. Their major flaw is being so overplayed that the highlights were the songs that don't end up on the radio. I won't revisit but it was not time wasted.

A-HAAAAA

Just some great pop music.

Love ABBA - nothing more to say.

I loved this album!

Tough one, on the one hand you got some monster hits and production genius, on the other there are some really dumb songs on here. And a few questionable choruses. Think I prefer their breaking up album more

ставлю уверенную четверку за такой полный хитами альбом с таким красивым многоголосием и классной но легкой к восприятию музыкой

I think ABBA album are overrated. No more than industrial product, like soft drink or fries.

Super fun sound. Hard to be in a bad mood listening to this.

Not all hits, but it's just good music with silly lyrics so you can't be mad

1st time standout tracks: kiss the teacher dancing queen money money money why did it have to be me tiger fernando

With ABBA, things are very formulaic, but mellow with great harmonics.

No, can't do it sorry. 1 Star

The singles on this album are fabulously crafted pop (though I've always disliked Fernando). The rest is really filler, so this is far from a great album. 3/5 for the singles.

Ok

Classic ABBA. Some questionable morals but different times etc.

- ABBA sind einfach so ein krankes Phänomen!! Jedes mal wenn ich ABBA höre, denke ich mir, ich müsste öfter ABBA hören! Wie kann man nur so viele so gute Songs haben?! - Björn und Benny gehören mMn ganz eindeutig zu einer Handvoll der größten Songwriter neben Leuten wie Paul McCartney und John Lennon. - Die Eingängigkeit eines jeden einzelnen ABBA Songs finde ich absolut faszinierend. So auch auf diesem Album. Auch neben den Welt-Hits, kann ich hier nichts finden, was großartig abfällt. - Mein Lieblingsalbum bleibt Voulez-Vous, weil da doch die meisten meiner Favs drauf sind. - Trotzdem ein eftrem tolles Album! Rating: 4,75/5

- einfach Banger über Banger - Lieblingsband meiner Mutter, vielleicht kommt da die Affinität her, denn ABBA lief bei uns früher wirklich viel - tolles Album insgesamt, auch abseits der Hits - trotzdem kann ich das nicht immer und überall hören, weswegen die Bewertung etwas niedriger ausfällt, als wahrscheinlich verdient

Fun album, abba zabba you my only friend.

It's ABBA. Everyone loves ABBA. Perhaps not every song on the album is a banger, but there are quite a few. And it has my favorite ABBA song (Fernando). And to reiterate, everyone loves ABBA.

Arrival was the first LP I bought with my pocket money. As a young teenager, I was a fan of ABBA and completely enchanted by the LP. This then cooled off as I became a teenager and changed peer groups after moving to another city. I didn't want to know anything more about ABBA and I was embarrassed by my former fondness. It was a long time before I rediscovered ABBA. Yes, the music is sweet to the tooth. It is pop. Everyone could be carried away by this music. But it is also really well made. Björn and Benny were/are good and multi-talented musicians. They have a good feel for popular music. And the girls looked so good and could also sing so well. ABBA is not in my daily feed and never will be. But sometimes it's nice to hear their music again. So "Thank you for the music ..." It's the same with this album. I particularly liked "Dancing Queen", "Money, Money, Money" and "Knowing Me, Knowing You" because they were also charged with early memories as a teenager. I particularly liked "Fernando" again. 5/5

Get in the bin of history. I would pay good money to have an experience like that in the film Yesterday but instead of the Beatles it's Abba that no one in the world has any knowledge of. I'd just keep quiet and carry on as normal.

It's ABBA, you know what you're gonna get. Big catchy hooks, great vocal harmonies, and very smart songwriting. They really could've have gone with almost any ABBA album and it would have been ok. Great stuff! Key tracks: When I Kissed the Teacher Dancing Queen Knowing Me, Knowing You Money, Money, Money

i must renege on my prior abba hate…this wasn’t so bad!

This one is really hard to listen to for what it is because it's so iconic and I've heard so many of these songs a million times, and even the songs I don't know have a really distinct ABBA sound that is so familiar. Regardless of the rest of my opinion on the album, ABBA is technically indirectly responsible for the grip that Swedish production has had on American pop music for the last ~30 years so it's totally logical to me that they have albums on this list. I think their music is actually quite well made even if it doesn't sound like the most interesting pop music to 2024 ears. There's something they tend to do with the chords, where they follow a super over the top, positive, happy-sounding section with a melancholic twist, which I love. This is also what I've always loved about Max Martin's early work as well, which I'm sure is no coincidence given that Sweden was inadvertently turned into a hub for pop music production because of ABBA's success. I remember in the episode about Stockholm in the docuseries "This Is Pop", they talked about the isolation of Sweden/Swedish people (they didn't really go into why, other than their physical distance from much of the continent), which is responsible for this melancholic twinge in a lot of otherwise upbeat Swedish music. I think regardless of dopey lyrics, that musical twinge is always going to get me; it just scratches an itch in my brain and it feels so good to listen to. The layers of accompaniment also create a fullness in a lot of their music that feels really robust, with a lot of fun bass lines balanced with twinkly flourishes. I appreciate that it borrows some of the successful aspects of disco music and turns it into something different (even if I still think disco as a genre is better). By the second half of the album I was getting a little tired of their voices (one of the women has pretty annoying vibrato if you listen for too long), but that's okay because I think this kind of music isn't meant to be consumed as a full body of work. Some music is just for having fun and dancing which is totally fine, and this definitely does a good job of that. Even though I started this by saying it's hard to separate the familiarity from the music itself, there's something to be said for a song like Dancing Queen having such strong cultural ubiquity that we're not even paying attention to the song but rather how it makes us feel! (Which is that it makes us want to dance! And I can't be mad at that!)

classic abba. not much else I can say

Bad memories of pervasive 70s disco. Sort of starts things off on a bad foot. Overly packaged, overproduced, overshadowing the actually creative moments lurking somewhere herein. "Soaring" is a bad word here--please no. So the guys can sing too?--please no. I do confess, however, for a fondness for Fernando. Way to go, Scandinavians, for writing a song for Mexican revolutionaries.

Now I remember that I don’t really like ABBA.

During their heyday, I have to confess I was not a fan. I appreciate their infectious poppy, catchy tunes. I can sing along to those killer singles but with the passing of time, those sentiments and belief systems are a little bit suspicious and the filler tunes are just nonsense. I admire the longevity and the danceabillity of those singles though.