Voulez Vous - ABBA Reviews

"Voulez Vous" was originally released in 1979 & featured 10 tracks by Abba 01) As Good As New From the first few moments of the opening tracks it becomes apparent that Abba might be moving more towards the disco sound than they had done on 1976's "Arrival" & 1977's "The Album". It's a decent ...  Read the complete review

This is an album that should be in every Abba fan's collection, it has some really good songs on it. When the title track Voulez vous came out, I didn't like it much, but over the years it has grown on me, and know I see what a catchy "disco" song it is. I always liked "As good as new" (just listen to those strings) and ...  Read the complete review

The opening track, "As good as new" is typical of a lot of this album: it contains elements of their earliest hits, and lavish orchestration (the career in stage musicals beckoning?), then there's the disco beat as well. There are plenty of hits here: "I have a dream", "Angel eyes", "Voulez vous", ...  Read the complete review

Why didn't we appreciate them when they were around? In the late 70s and early 80s, ABBA were, to put it bluntly, uncool. I mean - your mother liked them, your granny liked them, your boring little sister liked them. Nowadays things are different of course. ABBA are retro. Everybody loves them and it's okay. Unfortunately, ...  Read the complete review