Pingu
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Hope you can join later for a rather excellent ABBA album.
It's The Visitors!
I think it’s obvious from listening to The Visitors that it’s an album of conflict and tension. Conflict between B&B’s desire to write longer form musical theatre pieces while still staying true to the pop music format; conflict between the new-fangled digital recording techniques of the 80s and ABBA’s very analogue 70s music; conflict between the newly-divorced individuals and their desire to continue working together professionally. All of that combined to make an album with a constant feeling of tension running through it, and how much better is it for that!
The group’s 8th album reached #1 in the UK, Sweden and a few other territories, and produced hit single One Of Us, but as has often been the case, the most critically acclaimed album of ABBA’s back catalogue is also the one that marked the end of the band (and it feels so amazing to be able to write this next bit) for a while.
In order to truly track the journey of the group to its end, tonight we are also going to listen to the smattering of tracks they recorded in 1982 for the follow-up album that never materialised, that feature on the deluxe edition of The Visitors and very much serve as a companion piece to it.
Buckle up and hit play at 7!
It's The Visitors!
I think it’s obvious from listening to The Visitors that it’s an album of conflict and tension. Conflict between B&B’s desire to write longer form musical theatre pieces while still staying true to the pop music format; conflict between the new-fangled digital recording techniques of the 80s and ABBA’s very analogue 70s music; conflict between the newly-divorced individuals and their desire to continue working together professionally. All of that combined to make an album with a constant feeling of tension running through it, and how much better is it for that!
The group’s 8th album reached #1 in the UK, Sweden and a few other territories, and produced hit single One Of Us, but as has often been the case, the most critically acclaimed album of ABBA’s back catalogue is also the one that marked the end of the band (and it feels so amazing to be able to write this next bit) for a while.
In order to truly track the journey of the group to its end, tonight we are also going to listen to the smattering of tracks they recorded in 1982 for the follow-up album that never materialised, that feature on the deluxe edition of The Visitors and very much serve as a companion piece to it.
Buckle up and hit play at 7!
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