Anyone looking for the key to Abba's enduring appeal should look no further than "Voulez Vous" and "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" for their answer. There was an innocence to the Swedish quartet, even when they were singing about one-night stands and the invitations to them. Gold establishes that the band, while appreciated as campy, were actually multifaceted in their execution. "S.O.S." has a raw urgency in its chorus, and "Does Your Mother Know" draws its energy from classic '50s rock & roll. Likewise, you don't have to be Priscilla to swoon over "Mamma Mia" or "Dancing Queen." And when it comes to drama, those soaring vocals on "The Winner Takes It All" turn the song into a bitter anthem of every relationship that has ever fallen apart. The much-covered "Lay All Your Love on Me" is practically epic. --Steve Gdula
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Really, it's ok...:
How many closet ABBA fans existed in the 1970s and 1980s? Likely uncountable masses roamed High Schools halls bellowing dirges by Alice Cooper or Black Sabbath to keep their reps intact (dead bat or puppy in mouth) and then barricaded themselves in their closets and guiltily rocked to "Dancing Queen." ABBA always seemed to possess the most fame at exactly the same moment that nobody admitted liking them. Maybe it was the outfits? Though some of those early videos provide some brow-furrowing visuals (YouTube... more info
Great album!!:
Great album!! It includes their biggest hits..great for someone who wants to collect music and wants to hear the best songs.
Some Of The Best Pop Music Of All Time:
ABBA's Gold: Greatest Hits is essential for anyone who loves pop music. This is pop music at its best. It has all of ABBA's most loved hits. Yes there are a few singles missing but these are the ones that we want and remember. The album is perfect and one of the best Greatest Hits ever released. It starts with Dancing Queen, their signature song, that everyone loves and keeps coming back to. Still their best song and one of the best of all time. Actually... maybe the best pop song of all time? Some... more info
terrible purchase:
Played in a nonmoving Cd player and it skipped terribly. If I played in the car it would skip over whole areas.
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