Bill Crider certainly knows who Agnetha Faltskog is but you might not. Agnetha Falskog was a member of ABBA, the Seventies Swedish super-group. ABBA broke up in 1982 and the members more or less retired. But, then there was the ABBA musical Mamma Mia (and the inferior movie version). And, now Agnetha Falskog is back with a new CD. If you love ABBA music, you’ll love this new album.
TRACK LIST:
1 The One Who Loves You Now (3:31)
2 When You Really Loved Someone (3:31)
3 Perfume In the Breeze (3:31)
4 I Was a Flower (4:08)
5 I Should’ve Followed You Home (4:04)
6 Past Forever (3:30)
7 Dance Your Pain Away (4:10)
8 Bubble (4:21)
9 Back On Your Radio (3:43)
10 I Keep Them On the Floor Beside My Bed (4:08)
I know who she is but I’m totally indifferent to Abba. I don’t dislike their stuff, but I’m not wild about it either.
Bob, I think Agnetha is a hot grandmother as well as being a fine singer.
ABBA and BONEY M were big music names in India in the 70s and 80s. I listen to their old songs occasionally and enjoyed the film version of MAMMA MIA. I thought Streep was over the top and I couldn’t believe Brosnan actually sang. I mean he was straining but singing nonetheless.
Prashant, ABBA was huge in the U.S in the Seventies. Then, decades later, MAMMA MIA, the musical, was a big hit. I have a lot of reservations about the movie version.
I bet Bill Crider has this one already.
You’re right, Jeff.
You can’t go wrong here. I listen to new music on Rhapsody, and this one’s playing right now. Also new and worthwhile is John Fogerty’s duets album.
Bill, I just heard this on XM radio and then had to buy the CD.
Loved ABBA. I will look for it.
I don’t know that I’ve ever heard a song by ABBA or at least one that I knew was by them. I was listening to much more psychedelic music at the time, I guess or stuff like Beatles, Stones, Eagles, Hendrix, etc.
Patti, you’ll enjoy this CD. It has echoes of ABBA.
Rick, if the musical MAMMA MIA tours in Portland, go see it. It’s the best introduction to the music of ABBA that I can think of. Avoid the movie!
I’m not remarking on her appearance, just saying I can take or leave the music. If it comes on the radio, I’ll listen.
Bob, this is not ABBA music, but close to it. You’ll like it.
In the summer of 1976 we flew to London with a friend, picked up our rental car, drove to Dover and took the ferry to Calais, then drove via Geneva and Bologna to Rome. We spent a week there, four days in Florence, then three days at a resort near Rimini on the Adriatic before driving back to England via Munich, Salzburg and Brussels. Almost all we heard on the radio in Europe was ABBA. It was “Mamma Mia” and “Fernando” and “SOS” and “Honey Honey” that I recall.
The one exception was the resort near Rimini. We didn’t realize that it was right next door to a disco and every night we had hours of the bass shaking the walls as they played “Get Up and Boogie” by Silver Convention endlessly.
Fun time, actually.
Great memories, Jeff! When I was in Monaco in 2002, the restaurant we ate at played Beach Boys music the whole time!