Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny & Anni-Frid

It’s Free Choice Day for Monday’s Music Moves Me. I figured for today I would share with you a group from the 70’s that have not had anything new… until recently. Ironically, the band members are now in their 70’s, and have produced a new album. 


Wikipedia tells us this about the band:

ABBA (/ˈæbə/ AB, Swedish: [ˈâbːa]) are a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The group's name is an acronym of the first letters of their first names arranged in a chiastic pattern. Widely considered one of the greatest musical groups of all time, they became one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of popular music, topping the charts worldwide from 1974 to 1983, and have achieved 48 hit singles.

In 1974, ABBA were Sweden's first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo", which in 2005 was chosen as the best song in the competition's history as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the contest. During the band's main active years, it consisted of two married couples: Fältskog and Ulvaeus, and Lyngstad and Andersson. With the increase of their popularity, their personal lives suffered, which eventually resulted in the collapse of both marriages. The relationship changes were reflected in the group's music, with latter compositions featuring darker and more introspective lyrics. After ABBA separated in December 1982, Andersson and Ulvaeus continued their success writing music for multiple audiences including stage, musicals and movies, while Fältskog and Lyngstad pursued solo careers.

Ten years after the group broke up, a compilation, ABBA Gold, was released, becoming a worldwide best-seller. In 1999, ABBA's music was adapted into Mamma Mia!, a successful musical that toured worldwide. A film of the same name, released in 2008, became the highest-grossing film in the United Kingdom that year. A sequel, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, was released in 2018.

In 2016, the group reunited and started working on a digital avatar concert tour. Newly recorded songs were announced in 2018. Voyage, their first new album in 40 years, was released on November 5, 2021. A concert residency featuring ABBA as virtual avatars – dubbed 'ABBAtars' – will take place in London from May to October 2022.

ABBA is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with record sales estimated to be between 150 million and 385 million sold worldwide and the group was ranked 3rd best-selling singles artists in the United Kingdom with a total of 11.3 million singles sold by 3 November 2012. ABBA was the first group from a non-English-speaking country to achieve consistent success in the charts of English-speaking countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. They are the best-selling Swedish band of all time and one of the best-selling bands originating in continental Europe. ABBA had eight consecutive number-one albums in the UK. The group also enjoyed significant success in Latin America and recorded a collection of their hit songs in Spanish. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010. In 2015, their song "Dancing Queen" was inducted into the Recording Academy's Grammy Hall of Fame.


The new album:

I Still Have Faith In You

When You Danced With Me

Little Things

Don’t Shut Me Down

Just A Notion

I Can Be That Woman

Keep An Eye On Dan

Bumblebee

No Doubt About It

Ode To Freedom





That’s it for today. Do your best to match your socks with your pants today. 


Today’s post is part of the Monday’s Music Moves Me blog hop, hosted by X-Mas Dolly, and co-hosted by Stacy Uncorked, Curious as a Cathy. , and Ramblin with AM. Be sure to stop by the hosts and visit the other participants.  If you have a MUSIC* post, feel free to join in the fun! *sorry non-music posts are not permitted in this blog hop.


Comments

  1. Mary,

    How super cool that ABBA has recorded a new album! To be in their 70s they still sound very much like they did in their youth. This music set is a bit different from their early work but I enjoyed it equally so, though. Thanks for sharing such a marvelous discovery, my friend. Have a boogietastic week! Oh yeah, my socks still don't match my pants. lol

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  2. Mary,

    How super cool that ABBA has recorded a new album! To be in their 70s they still sound very much like they did in their youth. This music set is a bit different from their early work but I enjoyed it equally so, though. Thanks for sharing such a marvelous discovery, my friend. Have a boogietastic week! Oh yeah, my socks still don't match my pants. lol

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  3. I’m so glad ABBA is still around. Fun music.

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  4. I listened to every song as, you know, I LOVE ABBA. Hahahaaa. I must get their new album but Christmas is coming up so I can let hubby and brother know😁🎁

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  5. So successful that both marriages collapsed...

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  6. These are some pretty good tunes. I never heard them before, but you sure can hear Abba's sound. Yes, these are more listening songs then dancing don't you think. Me personally it's okay, but I was never really an Abba fan. It's good to give it a go, but just not my taste. You still did a great job though my friend. Have a great day!

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  7. The music may be different, yet the vocal sounds still say "ABBA". Will a hit come out of this album? For me, it's hard to tell, but I really enjoyed a lot of the classic ABBA songs.

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