I mean ABBA got game with deep cuts all the way back to the debut album - "Disillusion" and "Another Town, Another Train" are worlds better than their first two singles ("People Need Love," and "He Is Your Brother," both among the worst songs they ever released). Anybody know why Agnetha never wrote an ABBA song again?
― It's like an Christian pop (thewufs), Sunday, 1 July 2018 07:10 (five years ago) link
'Soldiers', 'One of Us' and 'The Day Before You Came' are all fantastic, I agree, although I'm not sure I could choose one single that stands above all the rest. I know that 'Dancing Queen' wouldn't be it because I've heard it far too many times at this point.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Sunday, 1 July 2018 07:48 (five years ago) link
Yeah actually I don't really have one favorite, it's just that that was my first favorite when I got into ABBA half a dozen years ago. I resent the fact that "Dancing Queen" is the only ABBA song I ever hear on the radio, because I heard it many times before I ever "got" ABBA and though I like it a lot better now than I did before I saw the light, I'm never going to be able to hear it with fresh ears. I mean it's transcendent, but there's always going to be that residue of those benighted years when I thought it was fluff.
― It's like an Christian pop (thewufs), Sunday, 1 July 2018 08:07 (five years ago) link
"Under Attack" in last place out of all their singles? Löjlig!
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Sunday, 1 July 2018 11:52 (five years ago) link
"Angel-eyes" came up on a playlist today and surprised me, I hadn't heard it in years. Good tune.― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, July 1, 2018 12:07 AM (eight hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, July 1, 2018 12:07 AM (eight hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
My three year old and I listen to a lot of ABBA on the way to school and I’m really surprised that out of their entire catalog of hits her favorite song is “Angel Eyes” followed closely by deep cut “Elaine.”
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Sunday, 1 July 2018 12:18 (five years ago) link
Guardian Top 5 OTM.
― dorsalstop, Sunday, 1 July 2018 12:40 (five years ago) link
Disillusion is a fantastic song
― bedraggled vorticist (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 5 July 2018 07:59 (five years ago) link
Their best albums.
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 16 September 2018 01:48 (five years ago) link
^ This would probably be my ranking exactly. It's nice that both you and the ILM poll gave a shout out to "When I Kissed the Teacher," which I think is the one ABBA album track that most deserved to be the A-side of a single
― Josefa, Monday, 17 September 2018 02:13 (five years ago) link
Agreed, solid list.
Apropos of nothing, my love of the Mamma Mia movies knows few bounds. There should be a thread for chrissakes.
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 15:38 (five years ago) link
How I'd rank their British top forty singles.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 May 2019 00:40 (five years ago) link