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DISCID=940b6f0b
DTITLE=ABBA / The Complete Studio Recordings - Disc 05 of 11 : The Alb
DTITLE=um
DYEAR=1978
DGENRE=Pop
TTITLE0=Eagle
TTITLE1=Take A Chance On Me
TTITLE2=One Man, One Woman
TTITLE3=The Name Of The Game
TTITLE4=Move On
TTITLE5=Hole In Your Soul
TTITLE6=Thank You For The Music
TTITLE7=I Wonder (Departure)
TTITLE8=I'm A Marionette
TTITLE9=Al Andar
TTITLE10=Gracias Por La Msica
EXTD=The Complete Studio Recordings - Disc 05 of 11 : The Album\n2005 
EXTD=Polar Music International\nComplete Studio Recordings Box Release
EXTD=d November 7, 2005 \n\nOriginally Released February 1978\nRemaste
EXTD=red Edition Released March 16, 1999\nDigiPak Edition With Bonus T
EXTD=racks Released October 16, 2001\n\nExclusive import limited editi
EXTD=on digipak is remastered, has extensive liner notes and lyrics, a
EXTD=nd includes one bonus song, 'Thank You For The Music'(Doris Day V
EXTD=ersion)'. 10 tracks in all.\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: ABBA's fifth al
EXTD=bum continued its phenomenal international success, featuring the
EXTD= U.K. #1s "The Name of the Game" and "Take a Chance on Me, " and 
EXTD=achieving ABBA's highest ever showing in the U.S. LP charts: it r
EXTD=eached the Top 20 and sold a million copies in six months, despit
EXTD=e being one of their more uneven releases. The Album was unusuall
EXTD=y progressive by the standards of this group, opening with the de
EXTD=cidedly dramatic, six-minute long synthesizer-dominated "Eagle" (
EXTD=almost an art-rock track), before giving way to the hit "Take A C
EXTD=hance On Me." Even the latter, with it luminous acapella opening,
EXTD= was rather bold in its exploiting of the group's established str
EXTD=engths. Despite it hit status, "The Name of the Game" was never a
EXTD=s strong or interesting a cut as "Take A Chance On Me, " and ther
EXTD=e are better tracks surrounding it, including "Move On, " which h
EXTD=as a better beat and more impressive harmonizing (although the in
EXTD=troduction seems, unintentionally, almost a parody of that Les Cr
EXTD=ane spoken-word hit of the early 1970's, "Child of the Universe")
EXTD=, and "Hole In Your Soul" (which is a rare guitar showcase for La
EXTD=sse Wellander's lead electric playing). "Girl With The Golden Hai
EXTD=r, " billed as "three scenes from a mini-musical, " shows ABBA mo
EXTD=ve into the realm of Broadway-style material, courtesy of Anderss
EXTD=on and Ulvaeus's aspirations to compose in that direction--"Thank
EXTD= You For The Music" became a popular stage number, but is rather 
EXTD=flat as a studio recording--"I Wonder" is rather dullish, and "I'
EXTD=m A Marionette" seems like an attempt (only partly successful) to
EXTD= recast the vague influence of Kurt Weill in a hard rock mode. Th
EXTD=ey would fare somewhat better in their theatrical ambitions Ander
EXTD=sson and Ulvaeus with Chess, some six years later. [The 1999 Poly
EXTD=Gram remastering (part of "The ABBA Remasters" series) does bring
EXTD= out the multi-layered keyboard, guitar, and vocal parts througho
EXTD=ut the album far better than either the original Atlantic LP or t
EXTD=he earlier CD versions.] -- Bruce Eder & William Ruhlmann\n\nAmaz
EXTD=on.com essential recording Editorial Reviews\nWithout a doubt, 19
EXTD=78's The Album is the Swedish pop demigods' finest moment. (Forgi
EXTD=ve them the film.) From the opening stanzas of the visionary "Eag
EXTD=le" (a "Born Free" for the late '70s) to the pure joyous rush of 
EXTD="Take a Chance on Me" (has a cappella ever sounded so irresistibl
EXTD=e?) to the drop-dead perfect chorus on "The Name of the Game," no
EXTD=t a heartstring is left untouched. The melodies are matchless, th
EXTD=e production virtually defining the era. The final three tracks, 
EXTD=subtitled "Three Scenes from a Mini-Musical"--the celebratory and
EXTD= often copied "Thank You for the Music," "I Wonder," and the self
EXTD=-deprecating "I'm a Marionette"--merely confirmed what ABBA's fan
EXTD=s knew all along: this was pure showtime and Bjorn, Benny, Agneth
EXTD=a, and Frida were masters of the form. --Everett True \n\nCD Now 
EXTD=Review\nAbba Turns Down a Billion Dollars to Reunite \nThough Abb
EXTD=a was, briefly, as big as the Beatles, history today recalls the 
EXTD=Swedish phenomenon as little more than a hit machine, which made 
EXTD=albums because it could, not because there were any good reasons 
EXTD=to. Sifting through the bulk of the group's catalog doesn't dent 
EXTD=that diagnosis too much. But then you hit 1977's The Album, and a
EXTD=ll bets are suddenly off. \n\nCatching the group with photographi
EXTD=c accuracy just as it made that seamless transition from gorgeous
EXTD= pop to Wonder Bread disco, The Album reveals Abba as something m
EXTD=ore than the incessant jukebox of memory; something more, too, th
EXTD=an simply a child of the '70s, given new life by the gods of "Bor
EXTD=n (or Bjorn) Again Kitsch." \n\nThe maddeningly insistent "Take a
EXTD= Chance on Me" is the album's killer hit, with "Name of the Game"
EXTD= a deceptively sultry second. But the opening "Eagle" sets a stag
EXTD=e of such unremitting lushness that nothing which follows falls f
EXTD=lat. Effortlessly, the Swedish quartet swings from the (surely au
EXTD=tobiographical) divorce drama of "One Man, One Woman," to the sup
EXTD=remely buoyant "Hole in Your Soul." The crowning moment though is
EXTD= the grandiosely titled "The Girl With the Golden Hair -- 3 Scene
EXTD=s From a Mini-Musical." \n\nComprised of the hit "Thank You for t
EXTD=he Music," the lilting "I Wonder," and the Queen-esque ambition o
EXTD=f "I'm a Marionette," what could, in other hands, have seemed an 
EXTD=unbearable conceit (three scenes from a mini-musical indeed) beco
EXTD=mes an absolute triumph. And repeated plays of the entire album o
EXTD=nly enhances the sensation \n\nSome Abba albums may not be as goo
EXTD=d as you remember them, but The Album is even better. -- Dave Tho
EXTD=mpson\n\nCD Connection Review\nNot quite the soundtrack to the Sw
EXTD=edish foursome's film debut, ABBA: The Movie (directed by respect
EXTD=ed Swedish filmmaker Lasse Hallestrom), THE ALBUM combines severa
EXTD=l songs from the movie, including the deliriously bouncy hit "Tak
EXTD=e A Chance On Me" and the dramatic "The Name of the Game," with t
EXTD=hree songs from Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Anderson's never-complete
EXTD=d musical The Girl with the Golden Hair. \n\nThese three songs ar
EXTD=e among the band's most intriguing, with "Thank You for the Music
EXTD=" serving as the band's unofficial theme song and "I Wonder (Depa
EXTD=rture)" one of their most affecting ballads. It's the near-violen
EXTD=t, bitterly ironic "I'm A Marionette" that's the wild card. Easil
EXTD=y the angriest song ABBA ever recorded, "I'm A Marionette" sounds
EXTD= in retrospect like a portent of the band's rancorous end less th
EXTD=an four years later. Curiosities and all, THE ALBUM may be ABBA's
EXTD= creative highpoint. 
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