History YMMV / Abba

* TrueArtIsAngsty: Many critics who diss ABBA tend to sing praises for ''Music/TheVisitors'' (and some songs of ''Music/SuperTrouper''), at the time where the band's real life issues caused them to clearly enter into CerebusSyndrome.

* SignatureSong: "Dancing Queen", although "Mamma Mia", "Waterloo", "The Winner Takes It All", "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)," and to a lesser extent, "Super Trouper", "Voulez Vous", and "S.O.S." are also strong contenders.

* SignatureSong: "Dancing Queen", although "Mamma Mia", "Waterloo", "The Winner Takes It All", "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)," and to a lesser extent, "Super Trouper" and "S.O.S." are also strong contenders.

* SignatureSong: "Dancing Queen", although "Mamma Mia", "Waterloo", "The Winner Takes It All", "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)," and to a lesser extent, "Super Trouper" and "S.O.S." also strong contenders.

* SignatureSong: "Dancing Queen", although "Mamma Mia", "Waterloo", "The Winner Takes It All", "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)," and to a lesser extent, "Super Trouper" are also strong contenders.

* PeripheryDemographic: Go into the comments section of any of their videos. You will inevitably find some variation of "I'm a metalhead/hard rock fan, but I love ABBA." It doesn't hurt that quite a few metal bands have covered some of their songs. Heck, Glenn Matlock ''of the Music/SexPistols'' admitted that the bass line for "Pretty Vacant" was cribbed from hearing "S.O.S." on the radio. Apparently, when that became public knowledge, he said the band's bassist sent him Christmas cards for about a decade. Whether that was Benny, Bjorn, or whatever session bassist may have participated in the recording "S.O.S." was left undisclosed. There's also the fact that they're among the bands whose songs fellow Swedes [[Music/GhostBand Ghost]] made covers of (namely, "I'm the Marionette"), with many fans ending up finding that if anything Ghost ''softened'' the song, with "I'm the Marionette" having more DarkerAndEdgier themes than ABBA's usual repertoire and being sung by ABBA in a more dramatic style, but Ghost singing it in the usual style of most of ABBA's discography. Overall, ABBA in general are that rare pop band that's embraced by rock fans and musicians everywhere, especially those of the RockIsAuthenticPopIsShallow mindset.

* ValuesDissonance: "When I Kissed The Teacher" is a laid-back and cheerful look at a TeacherStudentRomance situation. Guess how that goes down nowadays. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Then again]], given that the student is ''pushing'' herself on her ''male'' teacher, some may now see it as a TakeThat to the DoubleStandard presented with most {{Teacher Student Romance}}s. It's also possible to view an element of UnreliableNarrator on the student's part, as the teacher seems more than a bit taken aback by the situation (and there is never any indication that he returns her feelings).

* AmericansHateTingle: Not ''hate'' exactly but still a difference in appeal - North America: pretty successful, but just another group. Rest of the World: popularity rivaled that of Music/TheBeatles. One factor could've been that, at the time ABBA was most popular worldwide, Music/FleetwoodMac had the prime position in the North American market, so to speak, on melodic, harmonic pop. It was pretty hard for ''anyone'' to compete against the Mac at the time of ''Music/{{Rumours}}''. For that matter, the parallel between the two groups in terms of couples that broke up but kept on working together is pretty eerie. Another factor could have been Americans weren't that used to hearing foreign sounding singers at the time. Even most British pop/rock artists sing with an American accent. It also doesn't help their American popularity that one of their {{Signature Song}}s, "Dancing Queen", is a disco song, and it was released just before the "Disco Sucks" backlash began.

* SignatureSong: "Dancing Queen", although "Mamma Mia", "Waterloo" "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" and to a lesser extent, "Super Trouper" are also strong contenders.

* SignatureSong: "Dancing Queen".

* PeripheryDemographic: Go into the comments section of any of their videos. You will inevitably find some variation of "I'm a metalhead/hard rock fan, but I love ABBA." It doesn't hurt that quite a few metal bands have covered some of their songs. Heck, Glenn Matlock ''of the Music/SexPistols'' admitted that the bass line for "Pretty Vacant" was cribbed from hearing "S.O.S." on the radio. Apparently, when that became public knowledge, he said the band's bassist sent him Christmas cards for about a decade. Whether that was Benny, Bjorn, or whatever session bassist may have participated in the recording "S.O.S." was left undisclosed. There's also the fact that they're among the bands whose songs fellow Swedes Music/{{Ghost}} made covers of (namely, "I'm the Marionette"), with many fans ending up finding that if anything Ghost ''softened'' the song, with "I'm the Marionette" having more DarkerAndEdgier themes than ABBA's usual repertoire and being sung by ABBA in a more dramatic style, but Ghost singing it in the usual style of most of ABBA's discography. Overall, ABBA in general are that rare pop band that's embraced by rock fans and musicians everywhere, especially those of the RockIsAuthenticPopIsShallow mindset.