Frida 1967-1972 [IMPORT]

Anni-Frid Lyngstad

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 30, 1998)
• Original Release Date: June 30, 1998
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B00000B89J
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #220,861 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. En Ledig Dag (Weekend in Portofino)

2. Peter, Kom Tillbaka

3. Din (Quiereme Mucho)

4. Är Så Underbart Rar (Can't Take My Eyes off You)

5. Simsalabim

6. Vi Möts Igen (Where Are They Now)

7. Mycket Kär (Non Illudertie Mai)

8. När du Blir Min (Lonesome Road)

9. Härlig Är Vår Jord

10. Räkna de Lyckliga Stunderna Blott

See all 20 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. En Ton Av Tystnad (The Sound of Silence)

2. Suzanne

3. Allting Skall Bli Bra/Vad Gör Jag Med Min Kärlek (Everythings Alright

4. Jag Är Beredd (And I'll Be There)

5. En Liten Sång Om Kärlek (Five Pennies Saints)

6. Telegram För Fullmånen

7. Barnen Sover

8. En Kväll Om Sommarn (Changes)

9. VI Vet Allt, Men Nästan Inget

10. Min Egen Stad

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

1997 EMI release, a 38 track retrospective of the formerABBA vocalist's early recordings from the late '60s & early'70s, including five previously unreleased bonus trackscomprised of TV and radio recordings. All tracks are listedin Swedish only! Double slimline jewel case.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars History of a Diva (Part 1), December 11, 2000

By	T. Kavanagh "tony" (Ireland) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This brilliantly produced retrospective should be sent to record companies everywhere as a lesson in how to remaster and repackage old material. The digital remastering has produced clear and crisp results and the album design is stylish, informative and fun at the same time. It chronicles Frida's surprisingly unsuccessful pre-ABBA career with great pizzazz and documents the develpoment of a gifted vocalist. The singles and B-sides are programmed chronologically and are augmented by some really great tracks from Frida's first LP. The opening track, a zingy piece of 60s lounge music, features a shockingly mature voice and an excellent scat interlude. Hard to believe that this assured and accomplished result it is the first single by a 21-year-old. Like her British contemporary, Sandie Shaw, Frida covered a range of pop standards and international hits with an eye on the local charts and (just like Sandie) some choices work better than others. But what shines above everything is the voice: Frida's is one of the very few voices whose warmth is not diminished by her technical perfection. Standout tracks include her versions of Leonard Coen's "Suzanne", Benny & Bjorn's "Lycka" and the live version of "Barnen Sover". ABBA fans really should have this album in their collections. Wannabe pop star divas should listen and weep: voices this great only come along very rarely. Well done to EMI for this collection (even if, as I suspect, they issued it to cash in on the runaway success of the gorgeous "Djupa Andetag"). Viva Frida!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply beautiful, January 13, 2003

By	Hunter Eck (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

I have never written a review for Amazon before, but after listening to this album several times, I felt compelled to write one. I am a long-time ABBA fan, but being an ABBA fan is not necessary at all to enjoy this album. In fact, this doesn't sound like ABBA at all. Frida covers pop, jazz, and beautiful ballads. "Dreamy" is probably the best description for Frida's voice all throughout this album; I have never heard a more beautiful voice in my life than that on these recordings. Perhaps because on this album she's singing in her native language, or because of the material itself, or because she's not trying to harmonize with or work around Agnetha, there is no way that you can listen to any ABBA material and even get a sense of how beautiful Frida's voice is on this album. I read in another review that modern vocal divas would weep at their own incompetence in comparison to Frida's work on these songs. How absolutely true. Just lovely vocals that sound so completely natural and never forced with no yelling (Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, et al., take note). I have actually found it hard to listen to other vocalists after the standard set by this album. Very highly recommended. Knowledge of Swedish is absolutely unnecessary.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Abba's prehistory, June 3, 1999

By A Customer

Norwegian born Anni-Frid Lyngstad was a wife and a mother of two when she won a national singing contest in September 1967. She had been singing jazz with various bands for ten years when she got that award which enabled her to sign her first recording contract with EMI. This double CD includes her complete work for EMI between 67 and 72 - before she changed to Polar Records as she was becoming one quarter of ABBA - the Swedish group that turned out to be the best seller of the Seventies - with 9 chart-topping singles in the UK between 1974 and 1980. Anni-Frid's early work (recorded in Swedish) reflects her evolution from her original jazzy feel to her meeting with her 2nd husband Benny Andersson who took up as her producer in 1970. The first single they did together was "Peter Pan", it was written by Benny & Bjšrn Ulvaeus : thus, one can consider it as an early incarnation of ABBA, with only Agnetha missing. Many Swedish covers of pop classics are included in "1967-1972" as well as some previously unreleased songs. This is a must for ABBA fans, but Anni-Frid is also a fine singer in her own rights. Her solo carreer was not over after that, but she took the more simple name of Frida for her later recordings. She recorded a Swedish LP for Polar in 1975 ("Eisam", a chart-topper in Sweden) and, when ABBA was over, two international LP's : "Something's Going On", produced by Phil Collins in 1982 and "Shine" produced by Steve Lillywhite in 1984. She made a Swedish come-back in 1996 with "Djupa Andetag" (Anderson Records).