As Good As New/Voulez-Vous/I Have A Dream/Angel Eyes/The King Has Lost His Crown/Does Your Mother Know/If It Wasn't For The Nights/Chiquitita/Lovers (Live A Little Longer)/Kisses Of Fire
The lightweight Swedish pop group Abba continued to ride the crest of a wave with Voulez-Vous as they maintained their dominance of the UK charts. Chiquitita, Does Your Mother Know, I Have A Dream and the title track were all UK top five hits. (US:19 UK:1)
“After a string of international hits, Abba had polished its trademark Eurodisco-cum-American pop sound to an almost blinding sheen. Voulez-Vous represents some of the last creative gleanings in this direction; subsequent releases by the Swedish foursome would betray more of a modern rock influence. If the formula is familiar here, it still delivers an exhilarating rush.”
“This is hands down my favourite Abba album. The iconic roster of peak singles secures that position on its own, but then the non singles come in and continue to blow me away.”
“It never drops below a very consistent level of quality, the first Abba album to make it to the end without some silly song to detract from the overall quality.”
“While Abba has great harmonizing which leads to many beautiful ballads, they completely omit the slow-beautiful song style and opt to release an LP full of fast-paced and groovy Europop. This makes you want to get into your car and go driving while singing your heart out as loud as you can.”
“Yes you do have to appreciate disco to enjoy some of this album. Abba have a formula that works, that is also quite ageless.” “At this period disco had taken over the planet. In the UK and to some degree Europe there was a battle raging in the singles and album charts between the two musical revolutions of the 70s. Punk and disco were making all the waves, and it just seemed that Abba were merely looking on from the sidelines. Their style and sound had been swept aside by people wanting to dance, and by those who were loud and angry. Clearly something had to be done so Voulez-Vous was eagerly awaited but fans were disappointed in what they got, as the disco feel didn't altogether suit Abba.”
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