The Visitors by ABBA
“have kinda become obsessed with this recently. production is purty stunning...”
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have kinda become obsessed with this recently. production is purty stunning...
This is the best unsung ABBA track. Rad as balls.
1981.
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A dark song about a dissident waiting to be arrested and taken away. Abba were in a difficult place when they made their last album, you can hear it. This is the title track and one I never get tired of
ABBA's new wave-inspired final LP "The Visitors" is one of my favorite albums of the 80s. Often referred as being "arty" or "tense," it's a record full of near perfect pop music, character sketches and expansive synthesizer soundscapes. One of the best tracks on the album is its opening title track, a protest against the mistreatment of political dissidents in the Soviet Union.
Dat synth-horn break.
