ABBA - Voulez-Vous
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Artist: ABBAEdition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2001-10-16
Music Label: Polydor / Umgd
Soundtracks:
- As Good As New
- Voulez-Vous
- I Have A Dream
- Angeleyes
- The King Has Lost His Crown
- Does Your Mother Know
- If It Wasn't For The Night
- Chiquitita
- Lovers (Live A Little Longer)
- Kisses Of Fire
- Summer Night City
- Lovelight
- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
Music reviews of Voulez-Vous
Music Review: Exhilarating & Lasting Pop/Disco Gems.
Rating: 5 Stars
I've been an ABBA fan since 1980 when they released their spanish LP titled "Gracias por la Musica". My mom had purchased that LP for herself but because the songs were fabulous, I took sole possession of it. The girls sang so beautifully in spanish that for 2 years I thought ABBA was a latin group. Fast forward 2 years later and I saw this album up on a department store glass showcase. A couple of violent tugs at my mom's coat and the record was mine.
Many have classified ABBA as pure disco but this is the closest they ever got to that particular music genre. Their other albums were mostly pop with maybe a few disco flavoured tunes thrown in. Whether you're a fan of disco or not, VOULEZ-VOUS is music to the ears. The songs offered are all catchy with exquisite vocals and tight intricate harmonies. Agnetha and Frida never sounded better than on this CD. The contrast between their voices is clearly evident in this album even more so than their other records.
Frida's sultry and sexy lower register is at it's vocal best in "The King Has Lost His Crown" and "Lovers(Live a Little Longer)". Agnetha's voice is at its most stunning in "As Good as New". Her high pitched belt is energetic, and lively. Not many singers can belt out those high notes but Agnetha makes it sound easy. Her vocal work in "Chiquitita" is also outstanding. She starts off softly but really digs in to the chorus and Frida adds her trademark vocals into the harmony. One of my favourite songs on this album is the appealing "If it Wasn't for the Nights". The song itself is completely over the top in every conceivable way but it's irresistable nontheless. This song is definitely one of the albums highlights and showcases the raw talent of both female singers. Although they're both singing in unison for the most part during the verse, we still get to hear the delightful contrast of their voices. Frida's Mezzo soprano is predominant during the sections "Keeping me so busy/All the day through/They're the things that keep me from thinking of you"..etc while Agnetha impresses and is predominant during "Ohhh baby I miss you so/I know I'm never gonna make it...." and during the chorus. This song is outstanding and should have been released as a single. It may have been a little too long for radio play but that could have been easily remedied by skillful editing.
VOULEZ-VOUS (the album) did good business internationally. It reached #4 on the Album charts here in Canada, it reached #1 in the UK and made the Top 20 in the US.
The song "Summer Night City" was originally intended for the album but was left out. It is included here as a bonus track. I guess they didn't think the song was good enough. ABBA would make this a habit as "Lovelight" (also included in this edition as a bonus track) and "Dream World" (not included) were also recorded but kept off the album (and some wonderful songs would be archived including the now mythic-among-fans "Just Like That" which can be heard on YOUTUBE BTW in it's various versions). However they still released "Summer Night City" as a single in 1978 (before the album was released) and it peaked in the Top 5 (UK) and the Top 40 (Canada). It was never released as a single in the US. The singles released from the album also did well. In the UK- "Voulez-Vous", "Angeleyes", Chiquitita", "Does Your Mother Know" and "I have a Dream" all reached the Top 5. Another single released that year, "Gimme Gimme Gimme" peaked at #3- however that single was not included in the original album.
In North America, the songs did fairly well also, "Does Your Mother Know" reached #8 in Canada and #19 in the US. "Chiquitita" reached #17 in Canada and #29 in the US. "Angeleyes" (CAN #39, US #64) & "Voulez-Vous" (CAN #42, US #80) were both minor hits.
VOULEZ-VOUS is one of ABBA's most energetic albums. The songs are fun and melodic but in my opinion, one of the greatest assets to this recording is the wonderful vocals by the girls. ABBA fans may cite other albums such as "Super Trouper", "Arrival" or "The Visitors" as their most accomplished but no other album really showcases the beauty and brilliance of their vocals like this one. It doesn't hurt that the songs they are singing are fantastic.
Description of Voulez-Vous
Exclusive import limited edition digipak version is remastered, has extensive liner notes and lyrics, and includes three bonus songs, 'Summer Night City', 'Lovelight' and 'Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man after Midnight)'. 13 tracks in all.Voulez-Vous is Abba's Eurodisco album, and if you decide to go there, be ready for some serious histrionics. Typical of the record's wall of sound is "Does Your Mother Know," in which the disco pulse leads into power guitar riffs laid out over a boogie piano. The sound is equally mammoth on the title track (which had been partially recorded in Miami with disco group Foxy), "Summer Night City," and "If It Wasn't for the Night." Released in 1979, the album showcases the band at its most jet-setting, top-of-the-world glamorous. This CD's bonus tracks include the infamously campy "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" and "Lovelight," the latter the B-side to the "Chiquitita" single. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
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