ABBA Gold - ABBA

I am reviewing the CD of ABBA Gold greatest hits. O.K hands up all of you out there who own an ABBA song. Probably most of you do as this group was such a tremendous success in the 70's and early 80's. They produced nine albums and topped the charts as soon as they released a new track. I am too young to remember their first appearance in the Eurovision song contest for Sweden in 1974 (I was only 1 !!) but this won the competition hands down with hardly any resistance from any other country. The song was "Waterloo" which they played in Brighton on August 6th 1974. The four Swedish singers were : Bjorn Ulvaues, Benny ...  Read the complete review

Last night, my eldest daughter swam in her first ever club competition (Silver in the Freestyle, Gold in the Breaststroke and she does the Back Crawl next week, completely irrelevant to the review but I?m a proud mum!) on leaving the leisure centre there was a huge party going on, with the main event being an Abba tribute group. So having ended the night with the lyrics to Dancing Queen rattling around in my head, I just had to dig out my Abba Gold album and it is just that ? pure Gold! What did strike me last night more than anything, was the average age of people going into the show? I grew up with Abba, being 4 when they won the Eurovision song contest and ...  Read the complete review

I wasn’t alive in the reign of Abba because I was born in the 80’s. From the sound of this album it looks like I missed out on a lot. This album was made in 1992 long after the band had broken up. It was the first album I ever bought and I still love it today. The album has 19 tracks on it. Some are wonderful and show the true Abba style while others are not so good. There is a sequel to the album as well ‘More Abba Gold’ so obviously this album was not packed full with every hit they had. There are 19 songs on the album itself ranging from ‘Dancing Queen’ and ‘Super Trouper’ to ...  Read the complete review

Everyone knows that bands only release three or four of the best songs from their albums. Well, Abba Gold encompasses the best songs from all of Abba's studio albums (which, for the record, are also well worth buying). As such, it is in my opinion the ultimate pop compilation; there is continuity between the songs unlike the "Now That's What I call Music" series. Also there are no duff tracks at the end of the CD, as often happens with compilations where the buyer is attracted by the first four or five tracks. This is a CD of which the listener will never tire. All the tracks are catchy with excellent tunes and interesting harmonies. Here are ...  Read the complete review

~~~~~~~~~~~ INTRODUCTION ~~~~~~~~~~~ Writing a review about a greatest hits album from one of the world's most loved, recognised and famous bands should be a doddle, as there is very little most people don't know about ABBA - in many cases, whether they want to or not. The Swedish foursome managed to find a perfect combination of songwriting and melodies to create some of the most endearing and durable pop records of the last forty years. In a way, that's what makes writing about them so difficult - everyone already has an opinion, everyone has their favourites, and most have already decided whether they will tap their feet to the catchy ...  Read the complete review