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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2023 11:56:15 GMT
Which ABBA album is top of the shop for you in terms of getting the tracks in the best possible order?
My personal vote goes to The Visitors. I think they absolutely nailed that one.
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Post by johnny on Nov 14, 2023 20:32:34 GMT
My choices:
1. The Album
That brilliant First Side which seems like an Album A side. Side 2 has the two "pop" songs first, one ballad singalong-ish the other pure pop. Then the 3 musical songs culminating in the dramatic I'm a Marionette
2. Voyage
Like The Album side 1 feels like the A side (the 4 physical singles and "fan favourite" When You Danced With Me.
Side 2 is had more personal lyrics and somewhat darker - even for the uotempo No Doubt About It. Ode to Freedom a fitting end
3. The Visitors
Somewhat structually similar to The Album but One of Us and Soldiers could swap places. The theatrical song I Let the Music Speak should come just before Slipping Through my Fingers to complete another mini-musical. Like An Angel Passing Through My Room is the perfect end song.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2023 11:12:40 GMT
Regarding The Album, I'd flip HIYS and MO. That way, Side 2 would start with a real crunch and MO (I'm not a huge fan) would be hidden away a bit.
Main problem with Voyage: where do you stick LT so it doesn't jar so much? I think I'd shove it on Side 2 but that'd mean shifting Bumblebee to Side 1 which wouldn't be a great fit either.
As for TV, I'm not massive on OoU so I'm happy where it is. In fact, it must be in the right place because I really don't mind it on the album, whereas I really didn't like it as a single. For me, TV offers not just a perfect opening one-two salvo (both tracks being in my ABBA Top Ten), but also a sublime coupling of songs to see out the album. STMF (also in my Top Ten)/LAAPTMR really is almost too much, in terms of taking your psyche to the cleaners!
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Post by gary on Nov 15, 2023 12:40:34 GMT
On The Album, I always thought that Thank You For The Music sounded like an album closer. I swapped I’m A Marionette and Thank You For The Music, and that seemed to work well. (I am aware that it isn’t right for the chronology of The Girl With The Golden Hair.)
On Voulez-Vous, I remember someone on this site suggesting swapping I Have A Dream and Kisses Of Fire. It works!
I think The Album and The Visitors, though both great, have slightly too many slow songs. Arrival and Voulez-Vous may have the opposite ‘problem’ (though they too are great). Voyage is unsalvagable.
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Post by HOMETIME on Nov 15, 2023 16:35:10 GMT
[...] On Voulez-Vous, I remember someone on this site suggesting swapping I Have A Dream and Kisses Of Fire. It works! [...] That achieves a slightly Voyage-esque situation: a spicy, uptempo number sandwiched between two ballads to close the album. I think there was also a suggestion (possibly not even on this forum... by memory is porridge) that things might have worked better if IHAD and Chiquitita were at the end of their respective sides. When ABBA deliver such eclectic sets, sequencing can be challenging. |
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Post by gary on Nov 15, 2023 19:13:57 GMT
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That might have been my suggestion. I think that works too.
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