355. Arrival

Arrival
ABBA
1976

Tracks
1. When I Kissed The Teacher 
2. Dancing Queen 
3. My Love My Life 
4. Dum Dum Diddle 
5. Knowing Me Knowing You 
6. Money Money Money 
7. That's Me 
8. Why Did It Have To Be Me 
9. Tiger 
10. Arrival

I woke up a couple of days ago and immediately scratched my cornea.  I really had no reason for doing this except perhaps my brain wanted to test a new form of alarm clock that did not prove to be successful.  In any case, I haven't been able to see very well, which is the perfect chance to catch up on some albums.  This one will either have you cheering or searching for a shotgun, depending on your opinion of pop disco.

My experience with ABBA had been strictly through movies, like Mamma Mia! and Muriel's Wedding. They are both slightly obnoxious films, but I never faulted ABBA for this.  However, after listening to this album, I suddenly want to point fingers.

I think we are all familiar with "Dancing Queen" which is fun the first time you listen to it and unbearable the million other times that you will be forced to listen to it.  I also knew the song "Money Money Money" which is terrible even if it is your first time hearing it.

I was completely ready to write this album off when the song "Why Did It Have To Be Me" came on.  It was catchy as hell and actually included some male singers which was refreshing for the album.  Of course, after that we were back to the somewhat creepy song "Tiger" that had me looking behind my shoulder.

So there are a couple good songs but otherwise the band is always teetering on the brink of obnoxiousness.  I am not going to fault them for their lyrics since they are Swedish; I can barely put a sentence together in any other language.  Actually, sometimes I have trouble putting a sentence together in English, but that is usually in front of a hot guy.

RATING: 3/5

Trailer for Mamma Mia!  Pierce Brosnan sings.  Run, run as fast as you can.