Album Box Sets [VINYL]

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The Visitors" has been reissued in digitally remastered form three times: first in 1997, then in 2001 and again in 2005 as part of "The Complete Studio Recordings" Box Set. The album became a major seller all over the world, becoming the top-selling album of 1977 in both the UK and West Germany for example. Nearly 40 years since the release of their last album, ABBA are celebrating their entire studio discography with an 8LP box set that features each of their groundbreaking recordsfor the first time on coloured vinyl, and with replica LP artwork.

The set includes all nine studio albums and a bonus disc with tracks that were released only as Singles. ABBA explore multiple styles on Waterloo, whilst maintaining the innocence and undeniably catchy qualities of their debut album. The intention was to keep working together, but Andersson and Ulvaeus' growing involvement with their stage project, Chess, prevented any further work together by the group beyond three songs, "The Day Before You Came", "Cassandra", and "Under Attack" - they're all present as bonus tracks on the 2001 remastered edition, along with the orphaned B-side "Should I Laugh or Cry" from the same sessions as "The Visitors", and only add to the appeal of the original album. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.This album is more of a generic European Pop release than an ABBA release; the music has several unusual attributes, including Andersson and Ulvaeus singing lead on several cuts, and also one original song, the moody ballad "Disillusion", co-authored by Agnetha Faltskog. It was only after its release and the cutting of a further single, "Ring, Ring", that the more familiar sound of the quartet began to coalesce along with the idea of a permanent professional association. The records are a tight fit but definitely holds nicely within and I give this set a 8/10 due to the residual dirt on the actual vinyl. The album has been digitally remastered and reissued four times: first in 1997, then in 2001 and in 2005, as part of "The Complete Studio Recordings" Box Set, and yet again in 2010 for the "Voulez-Vous Deluxe Edition".

Led by the international hit "The Winner Takes It All", "Super Trouper" was the band's sixth chart-topping album in the UK. I'm voting that the copy of Voyage that is in my box set is sealed so I'm presuming it the replacement 180g version. They get a little closer to their winning formula on the catchy, Folky-textured Pop song "Hasta Mañana", which sounds like a lost Mary Hopkin number. ABBA celebrate the 50th anniversary of their debut album Ring Ring with a new collection of vinyl products. LP8 replicates the incorrect durations on labels that appeared on early copies of original LP: 8A5 3.

According to IFPI, "Voyage" was the eighth best-selling album worldwide (all formats) and the second in album sales list. First time on CD "Ring Ring" was released in Sweden, in 1988; a West German CD release followed in 1990. Elsewhere there were current Cold War themes (highly topical at the time) and further songs of isolation and regret. The Reggae number "Sitting in the Palmtree" is quite remarkable to hear, with its perfect Caribbean beat and those radiant female voices carrying the chorus behind the beat. Thus, about half of "Voulez-Vous" shows the heavy influence of the Bee Gees from their megahit disco era.