Receiving an ABBA album as my first to review was a pleasant surprise. 𝑨𝑹𝑹𝑰𝑽𝑨𝑳 is a bit of a fever dream. I will always have a bit of bias when it comes to ABBA. They hold a special spot in my heart, as they were my Grandfather's favorite band. The overall mood of the album is generally happy. When I listen to songs like "Dancing Queen" or "Fernando" it makes me feel as if I am frolicking in an open grass field with a variety of cute forest creatures such as deer, foxes, squirrels, and docile raccoons. Hair flowing in the summer breeze, and not a car in the world. It's genuinely uplifting. My personal favorite on the album, "Money, Money, Money", stands out as a song that gives me more of a mischevious vibe. I could envision myself robbing a bank to this song, in the most innocent way possible. Dressed in a black and white striped long-sleeved shirt, black stocking cap, black pants, a bandit mask, and carrying an old knapsack over my shoulder that is marked with a large dollar sign, I imagine myself crawling through vents, lowering into the vault via cable and harness, stuffing my sack with righteous dollar bills, then tiptoeing out of the front entrance, leaving a money trail behind me that nobody seems to notice. One song I had never really gave the time of a day to that I became fond of was "Happy Hawaii". The piano and bass riff go very well together. Overall, I'd give this album a 3.1 out of 5 stars. The album cover, which I personally adore, edges this out of the high 2's for me. I can always count on my mood being improved a little after I listen to 𝑨𝑹𝑹𝑰𝑽𝑨𝑳.

Fuck yes. Sadly, I had never heard of this band before today. Forget Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden. Mudhoney is the shit. Just kidding, never forget about them. I don’t have very much to say about this masterpiece besides that it fucking rocks. Songs like “Need”, “Sweet Young Thing Ain’t Sweet No More”, and “Hate the Police” make me want to burn it down. Not anything in particular, just everything. Although I’d probably get arrested pretty quick. After all, you can’t find justice, it’ll find you.

I love the Beastie Boys, but this album was very repetitive. It started out really strong, but by halfway through I was ready to be done with it. I’d like to rate this a 2.7. Since I can’t, I’ll just give them the benefit of the doubt and round up to a 3. Sabotage, sure shot, and b-boys makin with the freak freak were my favorites on this one.

Another band I wasn’t familiar with that I will get familiar with quickly now that I’ve dipped my toes in. This is the type of album you listen to when you go for a late night drive and reflect on your life. Beautiful, calming music. Solid 4 in my books here, folks.

Not bad, not great. Most boring album yet in terms of what I have to say about it.

Nice album, easy to listen to. Easy 3 for me.

Who the fuck thought I needed to hear this before I died? I will admit, there is some poetry in some of the songs that is relatable and nice, but for the most part this album just gave me fucking anxiety. I didn’t even listen to the bonus tracks and I’m not even joking this album left me feeling like I should start drinking again to forget I listened to it. If you rated this album above a 2, and that’s even pushing it, you’re simply lying and just trying to act like you’re some music junkie who is better than everyone else. It has some good poetry, but there was no reason to make this into an album. I would argue that if he just left this as written poetry it would’ve been a lot better.

Easy listen. Not bad, a little redundant. Wasn’t familiar with this side of The Bee Gees.

It’s not bad, but I’m not listening to 30 minutes of guitar solos. Not my cup of tea. It all sounds very boring, but not a typically unpleasant type of boring.

An album I would put on in the background if I was cleaning around the house

Really good album. AC/DC is the first band I think of when I think of classic rock. Bon Scott’s voice makes me want to stick my tongue out and just fuckin’ rock.