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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0738476552821
Format: Import
Label: Musicrama, Inc
Manufacturer: Musicrama, Inc
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Musicrama, Inc
Release Date: March 18, 1994
Studio: Musicrama, Inc
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Editorial Review:
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Originally issued under the rather unwieldy group title Björn, Benny, Agnetha & Frida, Waterloo contains the first glimmers of Abba's future greatness--particularly in the buoyant, joyous title track. The irresistible "Waterloo" walked away with 1973's Eurovision Song Contest. Elsewhere, the group's output was more variable--veering between would-be calypso ("My Mama Said," "Sitting in the Palmtree"), Alice Cooper pastiches ("King Kong Song," "Watch Out"), and a little pristine, melt-in-the-mouth pop (the deliciously light "Honey, Honey"). The full-on, piano-saturated "Gonna Sing You My Love Song," however, indicated where Abba's hearts were leading them: toward the almost Irving Berlin-like precision of songs such as "The Name of the Game" and "The Winner Takes It All." --Everett True
Album Description:
24 bit digitally remastered reissue of the Swedish group's second album (1974), featuring the hits 'Waterloo' (#6) and 'Honey Honey' (#27). 11 tracks total. Other 9: 'Sitting In The Palm Tree', 'King Kong Song', 'Hasta Manana' 'My Mama Said', 'Dance', 'What About Livingstone', 'Watch Out', 'Gonna Sing You My Love Song' and 'Suzy-Hang-Around'. Includes three bonus tracks, 'Ring Ring' (US Remix 1974), 'Waterloo' (In Swedish) & 'Honey Honey' (In Swedish). Polar. 2001.
Album Details:
Remastered and Re-issued with Bonus Tracks
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
My continued fascination with ABBA, fuelled primarily by my interest in hearing those ABBA songs that are NOT on their greatest hits albums, saw me pick up their second release, "Waterloo." I should have have bought this 20 years ago, considering the fact that I went to the University of Waterloo, but better late than never.
Of course, the album begins with Waterloo, which we've all heard a million times, but then goes into a weird reggae song sung by Benny and Bjorn that sounds very... Dan Fogelberg. Or maybe how a song would sound if there were two Dan Fogelbergs singing at the same time. The third sond is the decidedly weird hard rock/doo-wop "King Kong Song" that hears the guys really screaming their lungs out in parts (is this the same ABBA we all know, or were they highjacked by Deep Purple?) But it was only their second album and the band was still experimenting with their sound to an extent, as is evidenced by the wild stylistic shifts from song to song - which kind ... Read More
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I never bought this album in my vinyl days, content with the tracks that were included on their first Greatest hits album, though I did buy it on CD. As with the Ring ring album, the selection of songs to be included on Greatest hits was spot on. The four selected (Waterloo, Hasta manana, Honey honey and Dance while the music still goes on) are easily the best tracks on this album. Not that there's anything wrong with the other songs here, just that the other four are exceptional.
The title track is by far the best known - this up-tempo song easily won the Eurovision song contest and quickly topped the British chart. It also topped the charts in many other countries and was also a top ten hit in America.
Hasta manana was considered as an alternative to Waterloo for Eurovision. It might have won, but it is unlikely that it would have been as big a hit as Waterloo turned out to be. Indeed, I'm not even sure if it was ever released as a single - but it is an enjoyable ... Read More
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Compare two album series issued in the Sixties during the surf music craze. Jan & Dean's music was OK. The Beach Boys' was exceptional. Brian Wilson was a serious musician. At the time there was very little comment about that. If you asked listeners to the music at the time whether it mattered to them that there was serious creative input going into the Beach Boys' songs -- for example, chord changes seldom found in pop music -- most of them wouldn't consider it an interesting question. But subliminally I think people did appreciate it, and that explains in part why the Beach Boys became icons and Jan & Dean did not.
Compare two album series from the Saturday Night Live years. ABBA was to the BGs what the Beach Boys were to Jan and Dean. Musically, they were a true class act. They had the courage to be funny. For those who like their music, it sounds as good now as it ever did.
Most albums have a few bad songs. My count on this record is 7 good ones and ... Read More
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It's ok- hasta manana is brilliant. But 'suzy hang around' has some very off ey singing. 'Waterloo' was never great in my book and 'the king kong song' is definitely the worst song ever by ABBA.
The gorgeous melodies were yet to arrive.
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I usually consider Super Trouper and Arrival as their best albums then comes the others. I used to think that the first
two records Ring Ring and Waterloo (from which I used to listen to only the title track and Honey Honey) weren't that
good.
When I finally bought Waterloo to myself and started systematically listen to its songs I was blown away by the
quality put on its tracks.I think that by the time Waterloo was recorded in 1973-74, Abba was more wide open to different influences, ready to create material without prejudices, everything that worked in the studio. Therefore Waterloo's soundscape is more surprising and unusual than their later works was.
Many of this albums songs have truly classic melodies and when you get them in your head you just sing them for weeks. Honey Honey, Dance and the title track are many times cherished as Waterloo's finest moments but really there are songs such as Hasta Manãna, Gonna Sing You My Lovesong, What about Livingstone ... Read More
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