Product Description

Widely considered the Swedish foursome's first classic album--and historically important as the first to use the now-famous mirror-B logo--1976's ARRIVAL contains three huge hit singles, the dramatic "Money Money Money", the downcast "Knowing Me, Knowing You" and quite possibly the band's finest four minutes, the absolutely perfect pop classic "Dancing Queen", a combination of Spectorian grandeur, McCartneyesque melody and the indescribable vocals of Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The rest of ABBA's fourth album is strikingly consistent and accomplished, opening with the sly, bouncy"When I Kissed the Teacher" and closing with the atmospheric title track, making room in between for the three excellent singles and five other substantial pop tunes. Although three LPs and a greatest-hits compilation preceded it, ARRIVAL is aptly titled, as this album announces the band's move beyond bubblegum.

Track Listing

1. When I Kissed The Teacher
2. Dancing Queen
3. My Love, My Life
4. Dum Dum Diddle
5. Knowing Me, Knowing You
6. Money, Money, Money
7. That's Me
8. Why Did It Have To Be Me?
9. Tiger
10. Arrival
11. Fernando
12. Happy Hawaii

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2527 in Music
• Released on: 2002-01-18
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 42 minutes

Customer Reviews

Arrival
Arrival is in many people's opinion Abba's finest moment. Certainly an album containing 'Knowing Me-Knowing You', 'Money Money Money' and 'Dancing Queen' has to be a contender for Abba's greatest album.
Apart from these classic three singles, there are several other noteworthy tracks on this classic album. Had this album been released in the 80s there would have probably been even more classic hits lifted from this collection. A strong contender for fourth single would have been 'My Love My Life' beautifully sung by Agnetha. This album also contains one of Agnetha's favourite tracks 'That's Me'. Closing the album is the title track 'Arrival' which was later covered by Mike Oldfield and became a hit for him.
An album truly deserving of the title 'Classic'.

Beginning to Arrive
Many bands start at the top of their game and then almost disintegrate after two or three albums. Abba had much more of a long game plan than that and with Arrival they stepped up a gear with a more sophisticated and classy sound that at last stretched their vocal ability thanks to much more complex songs such as "My Love, My Life."

As the melodies improved so did the lyrics. Songs began to take on a meaning rather deeper than the shallowness of much of the first three albums although there are still some aberrations like the meaningless pap of "Dum Dum Diddle." The album contains what was to almost become Abba's theme song "Dancing Queen" along with other top 10 hits "Knowing Me, Knowing You" and "Money, Money, Money." With tracks like "Knowing Me, Knowing You" they kept their pop sensibilities but with poignant and much more biting lyrics. This was a distinct improvement on what had gone before

ONE OF ABBAS BEST
I HAD THIS ON VINYL. NOW REMASTERED IT NOW INCLUDES FERNANDO AND THE LITTLE KNOWN HAPPY HAWAII. THE SONGS FLOW BEAUTIFULLY, OUTSTANDING TRACKS FOR ME ARE; THATS ME, KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU AND THE WONDERFUL MY LOVE MY LIFE SUNG TO PERFECTION BY AGNETHA. THIS IS CLASSIC ABBA AT ITS BEST .EVEN DUM DUM DIDDLE IS WORTH A LISTEN!