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by: Abba

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Average Rating: Rating: - One of the greatest Bubblegum LP's of all time? This album was the one that Introduced ABBA to the USA (with the USA remix of Ring Ring tacked on at the end - I still prefer the single original mix without the added disco kick drum and sax solos). This is the LP where ABBA left thier acoustic swedish folk influences behind (though they surface in many later recordings) and went for Pure POP! There are many silly tracks on this CD with childish lyrics (Benny & Bjorn were still getting the hang of writing in english) but every song has super-strong melodies with enough hooks for a dozen ATeens CD's. The production isnt as pristine as later albums, some tracks are very compressed, hissy and mixed to blast out of mono AM radios, not home stereos. Amazingly ABBA created that huge multi-layered sound in a tiny Swedish studio with only a 8-Track multitrack recorder and a BIG Echo chamber (a drained swimming pool) - no drum machines, MIDI or sampling here! Rating: - Abba At It's Best* Abba is the most important pop band of all time, and this CD is one of the best of the group. Their second album is full of beautiful melodies and a lot of amazing arrangements, in memorable songs like 'Hasta Mañana", "Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)", "Waterloo", and "My Mamma Said". All the record is great, and you can hear and see how they were beyond the times, doing sometimes disco music in 1974, and without the motown influence, or some pre-discoteque kind of music. They were unique, very original, and this CD shows the begginig of the legend, a mature band in compositions, arrangements and ideas, even in this early stage of their career. That is definitely "a must" to every fan of pop music and good music. Rating: - Abba, Hitting Their Stride Though occasionally derided for being a bunch of lightweights, Abba reigned supreme during the late 70s and early 80s as the world's most popular rock band since The Beatles. The reason was simple, they were capable of writing and performing great pop songs. Having said that, Abba was also first and foremost a singles band. Any of their various Greatest Hits and anthology collections are better buys for most fans that their original albums, which contain less than first rate filler material in between the hits. "Waterloo" is actually one of their better original albums. The title track and "Honey Honey" are the big hits, but there are a number of solid less well known songs, including "Dance (While the Music Still Goes On," "What About Livingstone," "Gonna Sing You My Lovesong" and a decent regge attempt with "Sitting in a Palmtree." There are also a few out and out duds, particularly the silly "King Kong Song," a lame attempt at hard rock. Overall, "Waterloo" is a good album for Abba fans, but I would recommend that casual listeners start with a Greatest Hits collection first.

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