Abba Gold Plated 1 [Import]

Various Artists - Rock - Classic | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 25, 2000)
• Original Release Date: January 25, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Dressed to Kill
• ASIN: B00002ZZ23
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #605,842 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Angel Eyes - Forced Entry

2. Chiquittita - Willow

3. Dance While The Music Still Goes On - Betty Devraux

4. The Day Before You Came - Feeler

5. Does Your Mother Know - Prime

6. Dum Dum Diddle - Paper Parrot

7. Eagle - Dork

8. Dancing Queen - Truss

9. Fernando - Late Edition

10. Gimme Gimme Gimme - Injection

11. Hasta Maniana - Hairy Clam

12. He Is Your Brother - Remote

13. Head Over Heels - P.W. (H)ell

14. Honey Honey - N-Trail

15. I Do I Do I Do - Feeler

16. I Have A Dream - Nicer

17. I've Been Waiting For You - Ann Widdecombe

18. Knowing Me Knowing You - Cock Roach

Editorial Reviews

A Tribute To Abba Vol 1 by The Abbasolute Works

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Customer Reviews

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very poor substitute, February 20, 2000

By 

Bill L Orfl (Redmond, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Abba Gold Plated 1 (Audio CD)

These songs are about what one would expect for knock-offs of ABBA tunes by no-name bands. The music sounds thin and campy. The bands have for the most part tried to remain true to the original arrangements, but that just adds to the disappointment -- there is little new or exciting here, just (mostly) poorly done remakes.

To give some specifics, in "Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)", the singer can't even pronounce "midnight" -- it comes out, appropriately enough, as "midnaaaaagh". In "Take A Chance On Me", the background male voices chanting the lead-in can't keep the timing or the words straight; the original sounded brilliant, while the remake sounds like they're tongue-tied.

The sole bright spot is Wool's "Summer Night City" (on Vol 2), in which the singer shows at least a bit of real energy despite her overly rigid attention to the beat. It's not worth buying the CDs to hear her, however.

People unfamiliar with ABBA will be bored, while ABBAphiles will be either outraged or rolling on the floor laughing their (bleep)es off.