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ABBA - their most underrated and overrated songs
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SpaceCake
11-08-2015
Overrated:

Money, Money, Money
Super Trouper
The Day Before You Came
I Have a Dream

Underrated:

I've Been Waiting for You
One Man, One Woman
Should I Laugh or Cry
I Wonder
Eagle
Crazy World
Me and I
Why Did It Have to Be Me
I Am the City
If It Wasn't for the Nights
0...0
12-08-2015
I can't stand Abba but The Day Before You Came is melancholy pop genius! They should play it as the onhold music for Dignitas.

Only discovered it recently. Voulez Vouz and Gimme Gimme are good too.
Amaretto2
12-08-2015
Overrated

Money money money
I Have A Dream

Underrated

The Day Before You Came
The Piper
I'm A Marionette
MissAyrshire
12-08-2015
Overrated:
Money Money Money
Dancing Queen
Knowing Me Knowing You

Underrated:
Hole in Your Soul
Why Did It Have To Be Me
Me and I
The Visitors
If It Wasn't For The Nights
grimtales1
12-08-2015
Underrated:
Move On
Slipping Through My Fingers
donna255
12-08-2015
Over Rated
Dancing Queen.

Under Rated
Happy Hawaii(it was a B side that became Then I Kissed The Teacher)
casperfan2002@y
12-08-2015
Originally Posted by donna255:
“Over Rated
Dancing Queen.

Under Rated
Happy Hawaii(it was a B side that became Then I Kissed The Teacher)”

I think you mean Why Did It Have To Be Me?
grimtales1
12-08-2015
Has anyone heard 'Opus 10' (the tune that became Anthem in Chess)?
I'd have loved to hear Agnetha and Frida singing 'I Know Him So Well' at one point
yellowlabbie
12-08-2015
Originally Posted by 0...0:
“I can't stand Abba but The Day Before You Came is melancholy pop genius! They should play it as the onhold music for Dignitas.

Only discovered it recently. Voulez Vouz and Gimme Gimme are good too.”

The Day Before You Came, my absolutely favourite Abba track. I think it is actually very underrated.
0...0
12-08-2015
Originally Posted by yellowlabbie:
“The Day Before You Came, my absolutely favourite Abba track. I think it is actually very underrated.”

It really puts a lump in your throat. So beautifully done.
grimtales1
12-08-2015
Slipping Through my Fingers and The Way Old Friends Do make me teary
OrangePeril
13-08-2015
Over-rated
I have a dream
Super Trouper
Money x 3
Does your mother know



Under-rated
The Visitors
Lay all your love on me
Summer Night City
The Eagle
When all is said and done
LIke an angel passing through my room
Ancient IDTV
13-08-2015
Favourites of mine that don't seem to get much airplay:-

Andante, Andante
Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)
Another Town, Another Train
Honey, Honey
Hasta Manana (which is probably my favourite song by them)
So Long


Awful rubbish:-

Does Your Mother Know?
milliejo
14-08-2015
Under-rated:

Me and I
If It Wasn't For The Nights
I've Been Waiting For You
I Let The Music Speak
Lovers Live A Little Long
Happy New Year
Under Attack
Move On
Why Did It Have To Be Me


Over-Rated

SOS
I Have A Dream
Does Your Mother Know
Kisses Of Fire
HeyHeyHelen
15-08-2015
My favourite subject

I don't think any are overrated, especially not SOS. I love the boys but probably the songs they sing on are among my least favourite, Does Your Mother Know? for instance. Hole In Your Soul isn't a top favourite musically but I'm even quite fond of that because when my mum first heard it, it didn't sound like the ABBA she was used to me and my sister listening to and she asked if it was the new punk music! Thats even funnier to me now lol.

Underrated - so many!

Hey, Hey Helen (of course! )
The Piper (lyrics aren't throwaway like people imagine)
Happy Hawaii
That's Me
If It Wasnt For The Nights
So Long (I like the dance lol)
Cassandra
Our Last Summer
The Visitors (funnily enough it's Benny's keyboards that make this one)
The Way Old Friends Do
Eagle

Slipping Through My Fingers and Happy New Year make me cry

I'm not really a great album buyer, I probably like four or five songs each from hundreds of artists but I adore all the ABBA albums because I grew up with them, I'm glad so many of their less well known songs are appreciated
mr muggles
15-08-2015
The Visitors whole album.

Also, the Voulez Vous album, though very popular at the time, seems to have been cast aside over time, due to the fact that it was their most overt 'disco' sounding album. Its (for me), their most cohesive 70's album.

Me & I & Eagle.

Basically, most songs sung by Frida! (The superior vocalist).
stvn758
16-08-2015
Are their albums any good, I have a double greatest hits CD and singles album. Anything on them that matches the hits?
donna255
16-08-2015
Originally Posted by casperfan2002@y:
“I think you mean Why Did It Have To Be Me?”

Ah!!! Same album so first thought was first track!
Cloudbuster
16-08-2015
Eagle is my all time favourite song and is a masterpiece that is little known. As you average bod if they have heard of it and more often than not they just look at you!

Such a beatifullly constructed soaring tune. Bliss
Torch81
16-08-2015
Based firstly purely on their singles...

Over-Rated -

Super Trouper
I Have A Dream
Does Your Mother Know
Voulez Vous (Although a double A-side single I thought Angel Eyes, was way better and should have been the A side on its own)

Under-Rated - and singles that should have been number 1's instead of the likes of Super Trouper...

One Of Us
SOS
Chiquitita

Criminally under-rated at the time but now seemingly and rightly(!) considered an absolute classic -

The Day Before You Came

Should have done way better than it's UK number 38 peak -

I Do, I Do, I Do......

Album tracks that should have been singles -

The Visitors (possibly my favourite ever track by them. If you haven't heard it check out the 'Hot Tracks Extended Mix' on You Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl8tAULB45Q 8 and a half minutes of perfection!).
Also...
Eagle
Tiger
Hole In Your Soul
That's Me
Move On
When All Is Said And Done

Probably would (or at least should) have been a number one if given a proper release and not just a '12inch' only one -

Lay All Your Love On Me. Although from what I recall the fact it got as high as number 7 as a 12" only release was considered quite a unique achievement at the time.
Julzei
16-08-2015
That's Me and Eagle are two of my favourite abba songs. The visitor is very good also.

I used to dislike mamma mia but it's grown on me as I've gotten older.
brumilad
18-08-2015
"Summer Night City" is in my opinion their most underrated of their bigger hits. I just love the drama of it all.
JamieHT
18-08-2015
If It Wasn't For The Nights
I've Been Waiting For You
Gonna Sing You My Love Song
I'm A Marionnette

I also love Hey, Hey Helen and My Mama Said. Maybe Head Over Heels.

Although on different days I would add more.
Ænima
18-08-2015
All of their songs are overrated in my opinion, since they are more rated than songs I consider to be much better, that aren’t known at all.
LaurelandHardy
18-08-2015
'The Visitors' was too good to be a B side in my opinion. So under rated.
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