Music Number Ones
Digital Life Average Rating:

Rating: - Great Album
What's there to be said? It's ABBA!! All the great songs and memories.

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Rating: - Global Sucess!
These eighteen ABBA's songs represent the best and you probably won't tire of them. It is amazing that four Swedes (Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus as writers and Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Fältskog as the main singers) could take such simple English clichés and turn them into pop music magic. Despite sometimes maddeningly simple lyrics, the song arrangements were unnervingly catchy and the multi-level layered compositions are fascinating. The keyboards and synthesizers were used in some of the more ingenious ways during the seventies to produce that unmistakable ABBA sound. The energy and nearly anthemic enthusiasm emanating from each song marked them all as instant classics, no matter how jaded or cynical the listener. It is doubtful if you read the song list here that you would not know the melody. The one ironic thing about this groups phenomenal success, is that of over 400 million album sales, they only had one number one hit in the US - "Dancing Queen" - but when you look at world-wide markets, each one of these songs hit the number one spot at some time. That's quite an achievement.

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Rating: - Something new? Anyone?
The stars I give are, I assure you, for the songs themselves. I have been an Abba fan from the beginning and bought the 45s, the LPs, cassettes and CDs. But this is getting to be a little much. We get repackages of THE SAME SONGS OVER AND OVER AGAIN! Come on now, all the fans know that there is a lot of suff in the vaults just waiting to see the light of day (the oft-bootlegged "Just Like That" comes to mind), not to mention demos and alternate takes. I know that Benny & Bjorn are perfectionists but it's been long enough. Let's hear some 'new' Abba - it's not like the original songs are going to vanish. Heaven knows we have enough copies of them.

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Rating: - ABBA Number Ones is Number One!
I received this album as a gift and now I listen to it constantly. I bought it for the person who gave it to me. She and I both agree that you can't choose a favorite song on this album because they are all so great. Any ABBA fan should include this album in their collection because the 18 songs on it really capture their talent and they're just so much fun to sing! I love that the album comes with lyrics, also. In my opinion, out of all ABBA hits albums, this one is the best, especially for the price; you won't find a better value for your money. It has all the songs that made ABBA so popular and continues to keep their music alive today. You won't be disappointed and you'll want to play it loud again and again.