The Visitors by ABBA
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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
Love this Abba song off The Visitors, esp the drums. Bought it on vinyl for one euro. Christmas came early!
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Dat synth-horn break.
This is the best unsung ABBA track. Rad as balls.
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.
1981.
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