Wednesday, August 4, 2010

The Best of ABBA: The Millennium Collection

Swedish Supergroups Have More Fun Edition

This is one of the albums I would never have bought for myself. Shandree is the ABBA fan, but listening to this CD I understand the love. Luscious production, harmonies, and arrangements abound. I was struck by their early songs being more story-driven, lyrically. Like prog-pop, or Epic-Disco. I'll go with that. "Waterloo" and "Fernando" in particular contain strange, referential lyrics for blonde-bubblegum pop.

Fun Fact: My lab cohorts at Sony will often yell out "FERNANDO" when the mood strikes. Whatever mood that may be.

Oh, Sweden.

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