I'm not sure that I ever see many Abba theads here. Madonna and Prince, OK, but maybe Abba and Prince is a bit of an odd mix. I'm on an Abba kick lately and just bought their "The Visitors" album and am really liking it. I mostly bought it for "Head Over Heels" because I did not want to wait around to pick up "More Abba Gold" (I already have "Abba Gold" and figure now it's better to get both the "Gold" sets rather than the double disc "Definitive" which has less tracks. So any Abba fans and thoughts on this album (apparently the first to be put out on CD, yet their last as a group). The verison I have (and possibly the only one in print) has bonus tracks "Under Attack" and 'The Day Before You Came", their last two singles, as well as "Should I Laugh Or Cry" and "Cassandra".

IT'S CLEARLY THE BEST ABBA ALBUM EVER IMO.

The title track feature one of the best synth work I have seen in a 80's track.

Also the last track of the album (the album was originally released with only 9 tracks) "Like an Angel Passing Through My Room" is the most hautinng and beautiful track ever done by ABBA. It was originally a disco-esque track...later they stripped dow and made an alternate mix.

Excellent!

Thank you v for making this thread. This album deserves more love.

it's a shame people only see ABBA has a singles group. This album is flawless.

Probably only me and Pandurito will post on this thread...

Oh...the last singles where to be included on the sucessor of The Visitors...but then ABBA ended...and they released a greatest hits comp.

My version of the VISITORS has 16 tracks...it's from the The Complete Studio Recordings boxset

I put ABBA in the QUEEN class, they knew what it took to be a success to everyone. They didnt really care about where they were, they went everywhere, which is why the 2 of them are the most successful selling artists worldwide. Abba and Queen were not American chart forces, but they were both untouchable on the world stages. ABBA are very under-rated in terms of their albums and their writing and production, and just their harmonies and singing too.

MikeMatronik said:

I almost passed on this CD knowing that the boxed set is out there, but I'm not sure how invested I wanted to get. Maybe much later down the road. I never did think of Abba as possibly being good album artists, but this is most certaintly an album, not just singles (I've heard even fans suggest their early stuff was too bubble gum and only in the laster years did they get more invovled in making albums). I did not know what to expect from the album but assumed it would be in the darker area (more "Winner Takes It All" then "Dancing Queen", which is not a favorite of mine).

By far, their best album. By a freakin' mile.
And Head Over Heels is my favorite ABBA song ever.

TheMightyCelestial said:

I listened to "Head Over Heels" easily 50 times once I got the CD!

I love this album! And the bonus tracks make it way much more better!

The Day Before You Came is one of my favourite ABBA tracks.


And one more thing: it's been digitally recorded in 1981.
Was it the first digitally recorded album ever? I wonder!

Cheek said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...e_Visitors

Says one of the first but first to be put on CD. I've been listening to "More Abba Gold" (still available via BMG music club!) for hours and got reminded about how much I love Abba and especially these tracks (quite a few of them are featured on this set).

This, Waterloo and the first one are the only albums I don't have... I think they became almost better with each album but Visitors is too down for me... very sad and you can feel teh distance between them (like on the cover).