Album Review: ABBA – Voyage
Alexandria Ramos December fifth, 2021 – 10:46 AM
Trying to steadiness the brand new and the previous
Seamlessly pulling off the tough mission of mixing nostalgic sounds with trendy ones, ABBA returns with their first album in 40 years titled Voyage. The Swedish pop ensemble have made small cameos within the music business over time that includes guitar solos for different artists in the identical style. Nevertheless, given the hole since their very own mission rollout, the reunion was each sudden and refreshing. Surprisingly, they’re even internet hosting a live performance within the UK in 2022. Followers of the “Dancing Queen” creators have heaps to be enthusiastic about.
Voyage is a melting pot of previous and recent tracks that present a little bit of experimentation in ABBA’s artistic course of. They nonetheless incorporate the disco, hip-bumping groove together with a brand new sort of pop manufacturing. What provides a better improvement to the sense of nostalgia is the aged vocals and lyrics about previous reminiscences. This proves the genius of the songwriters of the group and the way significantly constructed their music will all the time be.
As anticipated, a very good handful of the tracks are true to the melodies of pop music like “Preserve an Eye on Dan,” “Don’t Shut Me Down” and “No Doubt About It,” for instance. Closely organized with hooks upon hooks, these songs additionally introduce sudden musical selections. “Preserve an Eye on Dan” has a touch of cowbells all through the observe, whereas “Don’t Shut Me Down” sprinkles a little bit of reggae, that are fascinating touches to pop. “Bumblebee” is one other observe on Voyage with fastidiously chosen musical selections because it begins with a fascinating flute intro.
“Don’t Shut Me Down,” specifically, is a fantastically melodic tune specifically with lyrics that speak of the general theme of the album: nostalgia. Its opening line, “Some time in the past, I heard the sound of youngsters’s laughter/ Now it’s quiet, so I assume they left the park,” is a coronary heart-wrenching seize about time passing. The devastating however robust tone of the vocals in “I Nonetheless Have Religion in You” additionally closely reminisces on the idea of time.
The feelings engraved in Voyage are sufficient to make their lengthy-time followers gravitate in the direction of them but once more like they as soon as did within the ‘70s. Bouncing again between groovy pop and trendy pop, ABBA brings a refresher that quenches the thirst of misplaced nostalgia.
