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Post by wombat on Feb 8, 2017 14:38:52 GMT
I thought about Super Trouper, it is a great opening track. I couldnt decide between that and Waterloo.
If they had opened their Voulez Vous album with Voulez Vous, I would have easily voted for that. I dont understand why they did not, as its a great uptempo album kick-starter. Oh well.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2017 15:58:33 GMT
I thought about Super Trouper, it is a great opening track. I couldnt decide between that and Waterloo. If they had opened their Voulez Vous album with Voulez Vous, I would have easily voted for that. I dont understand why they did not, as its a great uptempo album kick-starter. Oh well. My favourite on that album too. It certainly would have been a great statement of intent to kick off with it. The only drawback would be that feeling you get when you realise it's all (slightly) downhill from there. Like Led Zeppelin's 'In through the Out Door' once you get past 'In the Evening', which is a classic case. I'm not keen on albums that start with a real bang and then fail to live up to it. I mentioned on the other thread that the VV album has a couple of tracks that need hiding. Opening up with the title track might have exposed them even more. Mind you, most ABBA fans don't seem that keen on the song, so probably think THAT's the one that should have been hidden away near the back end of Side Two! |
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Post by wombat on Feb 8, 2017 16:13:45 GMT
My favourite on that album too. It certainly would have been a great statement of intent to kick off with it. The only drawback would be that feeling you get when you realise it's all (slightly) downhill from there. Like Led Zeppelin's 'In through the Out Door' once you get past 'In the Evening', which is a classic case. I'm not keen on albums that start with a real bang and then fail to live up to it. I mentioned on the other thread that the VV album has a couple of tracks that need hiding. Opening up with the title track might have exposed them even more. Mind you, most ABBA fans don't seem that keen on the song, so probably think THAT's the one that should have been hidden away near the back end of Side Two! I'm not like most Abba fans... I think VV and Chiquititta are the best tracks on that album, I also like I Have a Dream and The Way Old Friends Do and Angel Eyes, even tho to me it seems somewhat out of place, what with the nod to the USA 60s girl group sound. At least thats how it sounds to me, I might be wrong. Does Your Mother Know has some moments I like. the rest, no, not really. too much disco that sounds horribly dated by now. The King Has Lost his Crown, I like the first 30 seconds or so, a great easy groove is established and then ... I dont know what happened to that song. The entire album is beautifully recorded and mixed, I'll give them that. They really knew what they were doing by then. If I could go back in time and combine the tracks I like from VV and The Album into one, that would be in the running for best album of the 1970s. |
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Post by highwaystar on Jul 20, 2017 12:27:14 GMT
Eagle… This is a fantastic track. We had a discussion on the German ABBA Forum and there Eagle was voted as one of the best ABBA songs ever.
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Post by madonnabba on Aug 29, 2017 7:29:52 GMT
Eagle is my choice. I don't think this track would fit best anywhere else on an album. I think the first side of The Album was Abba's best side of any album. Super Trouper a close 2nd and Arrival 3rd. Arrival let down by the horrendous Dum Dum Diddle. Wish they could have replaced that one song on Arrival to make it a perfect album. Favourite closer Arrival although I do think The way old friends could only ever be a closing track. Brings Super Trouper to a fabulous close.
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