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- Artist:
- ABBA
- Description:
- ABBA: Bjorn Ulvaeus (vocals, guitar); Benny Andersson (vocals, keyboards); Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Faltskog (vocals).
Producers: Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus.
Compilation producer: Chris Griffin.
Includes liner notes by John Tobler.
Digitally remastered by Michael B. Tretow (Polar Studios).
Includes a 12-page booklet with an essay by John Tobler.
In seemingly random order, GOLD contains fourteen of Abba`s twenty American hits (the remainder are on MORE ABBA GOLD); which is to say, it contains fourteen of the most delectable pop productions of the `70s and early `80s. "Dancing Queen," "Waterloo," "Knowing Me, Knowing You" and the other landmarks of upbeat melancholy are complex concoctions--all layered harmonies and brilliant keyboard arrangements. These songs don`t easily fit into any pop timeline, which may be why Abba received much of their acclaim long after breaking up. What may have seemed like Euro-pop fluff in its day, has been revealed by time to be truly classic studio pop.
The Swedish band`s songs had show-tune and `60s-pop roots, skirted around the edge of disco, and were an unspoken influence on new wave. Without them, Madonna`s very existence would be highly unlikely. With its Latin beat and gospel harmonies, "Lay Your Love All Over Me," one of the five songs here that didn`t chart in the U.S., sounds like the very source of "Like A Prayer." Like Madonna, Abba had a grandiose vision of pop`s place in the world--"who could live without it, I ask in all honesty," is how they put it in "Thank You For The Music," their Broadway-like farewell gesture. Hearing these singles, its hard to imagine anyone ever did.
- Track Listing:
- Dancing Queen
- Knowing Me, Knowing You
- Take a Chance on Me
- Mamma Mia
- Lay All Your Love on Me
- Super Trouper
- I Have a Dream
- Winner Takes It All, The
- Money, Money, Money
- S.O.S.
- Chiquitita
- Fernando
- Voulez Vous
- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
- Does Your Mother Know
- One of Us
- Name of the Game, The
- Thank You For the Music
- Waterloo
Album Information
- Release Date:
- 09/21/1993
- Type:
- Performer
- Genre:
- Rock & Pop
- Label:
- Polydor (USA)
- Catalog Number:
- 517 007
- Original Release Year:
- 2004
- # of Discs:
- 1
- Studio/Live:
- Studio
- Mono/Stereo:
- Stereo
- Runtime:
- 77 : 11
Portions copyright 2005 Muze Inc. All rights reserved.
Customer Reviews
Overall Rating: 5
Just as good as I remember them. Although the sondrack of Mama Mia is out, I still like the original group.
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