Voulez-Vous [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

ABBA | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 16, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B00000I950
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #555,464 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. As Good As New

2. Voulez-Vous

3. I Have A Dream

4. Angeleyes

5. The King Has Lost His Crown

6. Does Your Mother Know

7. If It Wasn't For The Nights

8. Chiquitita

9. Lovers (Live A Little Longer)

10. Kisses Of Fire

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Nineteen seventy-nine was a year of tremendous change for Abba. Agnetha and Björn had separated, their incredibly popular Abba: The Movie had consolidated their worldwide success, and as if all that weren't enough, they "went" disco. Songs like "Voulez-Vous," the upbeat "Angeleyes," and more throwaway "Does Your Mother Know" embraced the style wholeheartedly, leading some fans to worry about Abba's future for the first time. Where had the pure pop thrill gone? they mourned. "I Have a Dream," meanwhile, with its choir of children singing (recorded live at Wembley Arena, at the final concert of Abba's last world tour), was possibly the most saccharine song they had yet produced. Yet any disc that contained the majestic "Chiquitita" couldn't be completely written off--and the awesome Super Trouper was only a year away. --Everett True

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Five stars only for Angeleyes and Chiquitita, July 15, 2001

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Israel (Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Voulez-Vous (Audio CD)

I love ABBA, for me they are the greatest band of the 70's. However, if it wasn't for Angel Eyes and Chiquitita, it would have been the worst album for me. I has two of their greatest songs but also two of their worst songs: The King Has Lost His Crown and Lovers (live a little longer).

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Abba's most protean album., March 7, 2001

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darragh o'donoghue - See all my reviews

This review is from: Voulez-Vous (Audio CD)

'Voulez Vous' rarely ranks highly with the late Abba masterpieces. Maybe its versatility militates against the tonal unity that makes an album like 'The Visitors' such an overpowering experience. And yet, this album features the lyrics that define the glitter/tears Abba aesthetic: 'I have a dream, a fantasy, to help me cope with reality'.

It is difficult to think of any reputedly Great album that boasts such a run of miraculous songs - the euphoric funk of 'As Good as new'; the love-as-crime-thriller paranoia of the title track; the death-wish masquerading as life affirmation of 'I have a dream'; 'the king has lost his crown', the kind of up-tempo ballad Abba patented; the saucy boogie of 'Does your mother know'; the Bee Gees melancholy of 'If it wasn't for the nights'; the 'Fernando' rehash 'Chiquitita', with its haunting, rag-stomp finale; the electro hysteria of 'Lovers (live a little longer). The catchy rapture of 'Kisses of fire' brings the album to a satisfying, full-circle close.

Even the bonus tracks, which on an album like 'the Visitors' blight the overall mood, are invaluable, the Michael Nyman echoes (or vice versa?) of 'Summer Night City', and the Bowie pastiche, 'Lovelight'. Remarkable.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Take it now. Don't leave it., August 26, 2001

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Voulez-Vous (Audio CD)

Voulez Vous is one of the best, if not the best, ABBA album. I know everyone says "Super Trouper" is the best, and "Super Trouper" (the song) is great too, but this transcends it completely. "Voulez Vous", "As Good As New", "Angeleyes", and "Lovers (Live A Little Longer)" are all excellent. Also "The King Has Lost His Crown" is great. Get it, and I really don't care voulez-vous (would you like to) or not. Get it anyway. Fave Tracks: Voulez Vous, As Good As New, Angeleyes.