What happened to the Songs from your Era thread?

[Andrew Walker]

This is probably my favourite song from Crowded House

[mightyrooster]

Slipping Through My Fingers is such a heart felt song from Agnetha, such heart break and emotion, it actually summed up how she missed her children growing up while ABBA were touring through the mad early years.
The Visitors is a masterpiece barring one song ( Two For The Price Of One ), it was so far head of its time.The single of The Visitors is such a brooding haunting song, just pure genius from Benny and Bjorn.

Super Trouper is my favourite album of theirs, not a dud track on the album, i give it a 10 out of 10 and rate it as my second favourite album of all time after ELO's New World Record.

Voulez Vous is just pure magic packed full of great songs, many disco inspired. My favourites of the album aren't the songs that were released as singles. As Good As New and Lovers Live A Little Longer are songs i fell in love with when i first heard the album. The King Has Last His Crown , Kisses Of Fire ,Angel Eyes and even If It Wasn't For The Nights are more than filler tracks on the album, this is one album where i reckon the songs that weren't released as singles were better than the songs they released as singles,

You are right in saying they really developed from album to album, it would have been interesting to hear what the album following The Visitors would have been like had they continued on , there were five songs already recorded for it but the album never eventuated, four of those songs were released later on but there is one still sitting in the vaults fully mixed but unreleased, Just Like That, a few versions have been leaked so the fans do know what the song is suppose to sound like but Benny refuses to release the official version.

Another thing i find fascinating about was with the Voulez Vous album, the boys really had a mental block when writing for the album, the first song written was Summer Night City and was intended for the album, both the boys were unhappy with the song and tried many different mixes, they eventually released it as a single to bridge the gap between the last album released and the upcoming album that would miss being released before Christmas now with the writers block. I just wondered how Summer Night City would have fitted with the flow of the album, i reckoned it would have worked with its driving disco beat .
Also along with bonus tracks with re release of the album was a song called Dream World, this was an early version of Does Your Mother Know, if you listen closely you can hear parts of it which slot right in musically with Does Your Mother Know, i actually love Dream World as a stand alone song. Another bonus track was Lovelight which was the flip side to the Chiqutita single, to me this was a great recording and far better song than ending up as a b side.

Roughly my favourites in order are:
The Visitors - quirky pop which is one of my favourite genres
Super Trouper - though there’s not much between this and The Visitors. I’m kind of torn between the two. They’re both brilliant albums
The Album - the highs may not be as great as Arrival but it’s more consistent and better sounding.
Arrival - love the big hits Dancing Queen and Knowing Me Knowing You
VV - still a fantastic album though. More disco like you said.

I haven’t listened to all the bonus tracks on the CDs. I’ve listened to some but not all. Will have to go back and do that.

and before I get in trouble for too much chit chat…

Super Trouper

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BshxCIjNEjY

[horrie hastings]

Roughly my favourites in order are:
The Visitors - quirky pop which is one of my favourite genres
Super Trouper - though there’s not much between this and The Visitors. I’m kind of torn between the two. They’re both brilliant albums
The Album - the highs may not be as great as Arrival but it’s more consistent and better sounding.
Arrival - love the big hits Dancing Queen and Knowing Me Knowing You
VV - still a fantastic album though. More disco like you said.

I haven’t listened to all the bonus tracks on the CDs. I’ve listened to some but not all. Will have to go back and do that.

and before I get in trouble for too much chit chat…

Super Trouper

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BshxCIjNEjY

I couldn't tell you the last time i played the Arrival album as you hear Dancing Queen and Knowing Me Knowing You so often when i'm out some where or listening to airwaves when driving.
Tiger is a really catchy song off the album and i love the nonsensical Dum Dum Diddle.

I also don't play the Album very much and i'm not sure why, besides having Take A Chance On Me, it has the majestic sounding Eagle, the nice slow almost country feel of The Name Of The Game, the beautiful harmonies of Move On, the poignant One Man One Woman and then Hole In Your Soul which goes from operatic to almost head banging and back again.
My favourite of the Album is Name Of The Game closely followed by One Man One Woman. Unfortunately when Name Of The Game is played on radio it is an edited version which has a verse missing, think even ABBA Gold has the edited version on it.

ABBA - The Name Of The Game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ90ZqH0PWI

[horrie hastings]

ABBA - One Man, One Woman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw_fuu9jIOc

[horrie hastings]

Electric Light Orchestra - Mission! (A World Record)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0NSs3MnPr8

[mightyrooster]

I couldn't tell you the last time i played the Arrival album as you hear Dancing Queen and Knowing Me Knowing You so often when i'm out some where or listening to airwaves when driving.
Tiger is a really catchy song off the album and i love the nonsensical Dum Dum Diddle.

I also don't play the Album very much and i'm not sure why, besides having Take A Chance On Me, it has the majestic sounding Eagle, the nice slow almost country feel of The Name Of The Game, the beautiful harmonies of Move On, the poignant One Man One Woman and then Hole In Your Soul which goes from operatic to almost head banging and back again.
My favourite of the Album is Name Of The Game closely followed by One Man One Woman. Unfortunately when Name Of The Game is played on radio it is an edited version which has a verse missing, think even ABBA Gold has the edited version on it.

ABBA - The Name Of The Game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ90ZqH0PWI

Agree with how you sum up The Album.

Now for some Split Enz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSGpLto1yxU

[horrie hastings]

Agree with how you sum up The Album.

Now for some Split Enz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSGpLto1yxU

Split Enz - Message To My Girl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0pcM30pjgQ

[mightyrooster]

Split Enz - Message To My Girl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0pcM30pjgQ

I love this song so much.

[mightyrooster]

Apparently Metallica is playing in Sydney tonight.

The Unforgiven

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckom3gf57Yw

[horrie hastings]

A song off ABBA'a Voyage album.

The angst and emotion in Agnetha's voice is amazing.

ABBA : Keep An Eye On Dan (2021) Studio Montage CC


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMkCqdJ5_oI