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ABBA Ring ring (1973)
The Complete Studio Recordings - Disc 01 of 11 : Ring Ring\n2005 Polar Music International\n\nOriginally Released 1973\nRemastered Edition Released March 16, 1999\nDigiPak Edition With Bonus Tracks Released October 16, 2001\nComplete Studio Recordings Box Released \n\n24-bit digital remaster with new liner notes, complete lyrics and bonus tracks: 'Merry Go Round', 'Santa Rosa' and 'Ring Ring' (Swedish Version). \n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: This, the first album by the group later called ABBA (they were called Bjorn, Benny, Agnetha & Annifrid at the time), originally was released only in Sweden; England and America didn't show any interest until the group won the Eurovision Song Contest with "Waterloo" the following year, although "Ring Ring" had been a hit in several other countries. It's clear that this team has spent a lot of time listening to albums like Abbey Road and Honky Chateau, not to mention Sweet Baby James. But they've also been absorbing a broad range of the pop charts of the late '60s and early '70s. At the same time, they haven't put together the ABBA sound yet. For one thing, the men sing almost as much as the women, and for another, Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus have underproduced the recordings, even as they have overarranged the music. (Eventually released in Europe, Ring Ring has not been released officially in the U.S., although import copies are readily available.) -- William Ruhlmann\n\nAmazon.com Editorial Reviews\nABBA was originally called Bjorn, Benny, Agnetha & Frida--the name with which the title track of this, their 1973 debut album, was entered into the Swedish heat of the Eurovision Song Contest. The tune didn't get picked, but the resultant public outcry was such that ABBA's future was assured. Both Bjorn and Benny had already been Swedish rock icons in the '60s--Benny, most notably, in the Hep Stars, better known as "the Swedish Beatles," while Bjorn sang in a folk-rock combo. Anni-Frid, meanwhile, had won several national talent contests and Agnetha had topped the Swedish singles chart by the age of 18. Ring Ring, although lightweight, does contain some poignant rumblings of albums to come. Mostly, though, it is along the lines of the winsome "She's My Kind of Girl" and fun-time "Me and Bobby and Bobby's Brother"--music that reflected the group's past, not its future. --Everett True \n\nCD Connection Review\nFolks familiar with ABBA's singles from their five-year stranglehold on AM radio in the late-'70s may be surprised by this, the Swedish foursome's 1973 debut. Not only is the title track--a runner-up in the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest--the only tune that ever shows up on the group's many anthologies, the other 11 songs show only traces of the compositional maturity, lyrical depth and production flourishes that make ABBA's later work so intoxicating. \n\nInstead, RING RING is a sterling example of early-'70s bubblegum, not really that different from the Partridge Family or Andy Kim. Most surprising may be how many of the songs feature the lead vocals of Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson in addition to (and, in some cases, instead of) Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Faltskog. Whoever is singing, songs like "She's My Kind of Girl" and "Love Isn't Easy" make RING RING a package of pure, chewy pop confections. YEAR: 1973
This rock cd contains 19 tracks and runs 58min 2sec.
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