ABBA Voyage: General Discussion 2022 Jan - Apr

Anthology - I can't see one being released anytime soon. I get the impression B + B regret releasing previously unreleased songs. The forthcoming box set tells us they want to release less.


Deluxe Edition. If there is one, probably Christmas. I think many fans getting over-excited at the thought of two unfinished songs. I can't see many people who already bought Voyage buying it again for 1 or 2 songs that might - or might not be any good.

Maybe a documentary dvd added to Voyage - the Making of Voyage is more likely than new songs.

I'm not sure Alan,

Someone said the truck is Scania so that must be some kind of connection. It was busy traffic so I wasn't sure I'd manage to get a picture. Incidentally, I wasn't driving (I'd never do something so dangerous). I was in the car with my sister. It was actually her who spotted it. 

Yes, it is well done, but would I choose to watch it rather than the straight video... No. It's probably good for karaoke parties, but do people still do that these days?

Just going back to the topic of 'Voyage' the 3 songs I have listened to the most since the album was released are 'Don't Shut Me Down', 'Just A Notion' & 'When You Danced With Me' but everyday for the last 3 weeks I have been listening to 'I Can Be That Woman' on constant repeat I instantly loved it the moment I first heard it and played it quite alot but no where near as much as I have lately its an absolutely fantastic and beautiful song and the vocal delivery by Agnetha is absolutely gorgeous and emotional and its without doubt one of the very best songs that ABBA have ever recorded its definitely in my top 10 of ABBA songs I really wish it would have been released as a single as its that good it could have done very well every review of 'I Can Be That Woman' that I have read have been positive not read one single negative review about this song.

'Ode To Freedom' is the only song from 'Voyage' that I am not overly keen on only listened to it 3 times and it seriously needs to grow on me I love every other song on the album its just this one song that never gave me that wow feeling when I first heard it.

Don't Shut Me Down, Just A Notion, When You Danced With Me, I Can Be That Woman, Little Things & Keep An Eye On Dan are my favourite songs from 'Voyage' I also like 'No Doubt About It' & 'I Still Have Faith In You'.

We should not be afraid to start new threads - a topic such as Eurovision 2022 surely deserves its own. If everything is posted here, you get easily lost in the number of posts completely irrelevant to the main discussion and moreover it's very difficult to find older sub-topics of this forum - they get lost and nobody will react to them anymore because they get buried under new posts.

I wouldn’t say a mistake, but certainly nothing was gained by it. In the latter days of physical releases (before downloading and streaming), a single would usually make a loss for the record company. In the streaming era, this isn’t the case.

A physical release of No Doubt About It (even if just a one-track CD) may have got the song a chart position similar to those of Just A Notion or Little Things, but that would have been it. Nothing else would have been gained from it.

I think the moment had passed anyway. I think ABBA naively thought they could put anything out as a festive song and it would do well. Little Things was probably decided on as a single from the moment they’d finished it. I remember seeing stacks of the things in HMV and wondering who (apart from completists like me) would buy it. It was on the shelves next to an album that had nine other tracks on and could be bought for just £6 more. What was the point?

Thankfully as No Doubt About It wasn’t a proper single (even in the digital sense) it can be forgotten about as such. That’s not possible with Little Things though, which could remain ABBA’s final new single. But I’m still hoping that isn’t to be the case!

This will disappoint a lot of double-edged ABBA-Doctor Who fans but this will also excite a lot of double-edged ABBA-Star Wars fans...

The connection between ABBA and Star Wars is absolutely clear - and please mind the promo shtick; this is what I saw recently. 

ILM is a George Lucas founded company; the testimonies of one of ILM's members is apparent.



Mark Hamill, the portrayer of the recently dearly departed Luke Skywalker, has acknowledged that fans are comparing his Star Wars special costume to ABBA's costume.



So far, there is a rather strong connection there. Even if these seem trivial to you all... I can't help but connect the dots here.

Johnny, I don't have a problem with that line in I Can Be That Woman, I am sure there are lots of relationships that have struggled due to one person, male or female, having an alcohol, or any other, addiction. To accept responsibility is a strong, positive thing to do and can help healing and recovery. The 'screw you' line was more of a shock moment for me lol!

Adam, I completely agree with you about " I Can Be That Woman ". It is emotionally moving, and beautifully sung by Agnetha with sublime backing vocals from Frida. One of my favourites from " Voyage ". I constantly listen to it along with " I Still Have Faith In You " and " Don't Shut Me Down ". " Ode To Freedom " is also, a work of art. A very appropriate song to listen to in these troubled times. The melody is so hauntingly touching. " When You Danced With Me ", " Keep An Eye On Dan " and " No Doubt About It " are very catchy earworms and " Just A Notion " is one of those uplifting songs and so " ABBA ". " Bumblebee " is a lovely song too. The only song I don't listen to much is " Little Things " although I do like it maybe not as much as the other " Voyage " tracks.
Alib, I too, was shocked when I first heard that line in " I Can Be That Woman ". As time has passed it only heightens the emotional impact of the song.
Lamont, I agree " I Can Be That Woman " is a very powerful song just as heart wrenching as " The Winner Takes It All " and " The Day Before You Came ".

Eddie, l agree entirely, what you conveyed Thanks:))

or that the fans of the song "Little Things" are not in this discussion group or have chosen to keep quiet? Evidently, ABBA included it in the album and released it as a single because they liked the song more than the two supposedly unfinished tracks and those other songs "from the vaults".

Just looked on Amazon and Little Things is £4.99, reduced from £5.99. Its original price was £3.99 so it’s not a reduction in reality. So few singles are released physically that it wouldn’t take that many units to do well in the physical chart.

Benny has said the two unreleased songs are “quite good” which from him is high praise indeed. Little Things could have been OK had it been stripped of its Christmas theme and those awful lyrics. However, I genuinely think Björn was quite pleased with himself, thinking he’d written a memorable seasonal hit.

I suspect that most people who are not keen on "Little Things" would give its Christmas theme and twee-ness as the reasons. It is unlikely that the two unreleased songs are in this mould and 'worse' than LT, although there could be other reasons for them not to gain favour.