History Music / ABBATheAlbum

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* IAmSong: "Eagle" is sort-of like this, for the narrator has turned into a eagle...[[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane maybe.]]
** "Thank You For the Music".

-->''They speak strangely, but I understand.''

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "Take A Chance On Me" is about a crazy stalker, but due to the cheerful music, most people don't realize it.

You can think of this album as the official movie soundtrack for their [[FauxDocumentary mockumentary movie]] ''Film/ABBATheMovie'' that was released to cinemas throughout the two years as well, which documented how popular and well-received the band had become between this album and the ''Music/{{Arrival}}'' album two years before. Most of the songs on ''The Album'' made a cameo on the film, as well as a debut of a [[ShowWithinAShow mini-musical that Benny and Björn wrote]] when the band toured most of Europe and Australia; some of the musical's songs are featured on the album as well.

You can think of this album as the official movie soundtrack for their [[FauxDocumentary mockumentary movie]] ''ABBA: The Movie'' that was released to cinemas throughout the two years as well, which documented how popular and well-received the band had become between this album and the ''Music/{{Arrival}}'' album two years before. Most of the songs on ''The Album'' made a cameo on the film, as well as a debut of a [[ShowWithinAShow mini-musical that Benny and Björn wrote]] when the band toured most of Europe and Australia; some of the musical's songs are featured on the album as well.

* ProductionForeshadowing: The live mini-musical written by Benny and Björn, of which some of its songs are featured on this album, foreshadows their later foray toward musical theatre with ''Theatre/{{Chess}}''. Its themes of someone's reactions to celebrity, including feeling trapped in and strangled by a situation were people are only using them, are similar to ''Chess'', albeit the protagonist here seems more symphatetic than ''Chess''[='s=] Freddie.

# "Thank You For the Music ({{Creator/Doris Day}} version)" (4:03)

* LyricalDissonance: "One Man One Woman". An uplifting and joyous song with a cheerful chorus - a story of a woman who lives in a heavily abusive relationship and cannot escape from it, forgiving her man every time in the name of love 'worth the pain and the suffering'.
** 'Move On' is a song trying to deter someone from committing suicide.
** 'Hole in your Soul' cheerfully states that we all have an emptiness inside that must be filled by rock'n roll.
** 'Thank you for the Music' doesn't sound terribly grateful. The tone of it is that of someone dutifully writing a thank-you note.
** 'I Wonder' is the calmest tone you'll ever hear the phrase and message "it's frightening" in.
** 'I'm A Marionette' sounds upbeat, but is about someone feeling trapped in and strangled by a situation were people are only using her.
* NoPlotNoProblem: "The Name Of The Game" has literally no plot; doesn't stop it from being one of ABBA's best videos.

''ABBA: The Album'' (or just ''The Album'') is the fifth studio album by the Swedish pop group ''Music/{{ABBA}}'', and was released sporadically between 1977 and '78.

'''ABBA: The Album''' (or just ''The Album'') is the fifth studio album by the Swedish pop group ''Music/{{ABBA}}'', and was released sporadically between 1977 and '78.

It's arguably the last album that was well-received (until ''{{Music/The Visitors}}'') before ABBA began to be influenced by {{disco}}. The next album they made was ''Music/VoulezVous''.

* DayInTheLife: The voice describes what their friends like to do in "Hole In Your Soul".

** "Move On" can be seen as this, seeming how it's '''heavily''' implied that the voice is [[UsefulNotes/{{Depression}} depressed]] and having suicidal thoughts.

* ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe: The voice throughout the "The Name Of The Game".

* InformedLoner: The voice in "The Name Of The Game", long before the other person came along.

* PowerOfRock: The voice in "Hole In Your Soul" is highly convinced that the reason the person they're talking to is moody is because they're listening to boring music, like {{silly love songs}}, whereas rock music will cure them of the lowliness.

* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Even though the voice in "Eagle" doesn't show signs of this, they understand other eagles.

* RearrangeTheSong: The live version of "I'm a Marionette", performed on their 1977 tour of Europe, the UK and Australia, is starkly different to the version recorded later on for ''ABBA: The Album''. The tempo is much faster (probably closer to 200 BPM while the album version is around 110), Benny's piano is more prominent, Agnetha and Frida's singing conveys more strain and panic, and the whole song has a more urgent feel.

* IAmSong: "Eagle" is sort-of like this, for the voice has turned into a eagle.

* SpokenWordInMusic: The opening of "Move On".

* StalkerWithACrush: The voice in "Take A Chance On Me".

It's arguably the last album that was well-received (until ''{{Music/The Visitors}}'')before ABBA began to be influenced by {{disco}}. The next album they made was ''Music/VoulezVous''.

It's arguably the last album that was well-received, before ABBA began to be influenced by {{disco}}. The next album they made was ''Music/VoulezVous''.

[[caption-width-right:''[[IAmA I'm an eagle that rides on the breeze...]]'']]

''ABBA: The Album''' (or just ''The Album'') is the fifth studio album by the Swedish pop group ''Music/{{ABBA}}'', and was released sporadically between 1977 and '78.

'''''ABBA: The Album''''' (or just '''''The Album''''') is the fifth studio album by the Swedish pop group Music/{{ABBA}}, and was released sporadically between 1977 and '78.

* ThankingTheViewer: "Thank You For The Music" wasn't originally supposed to be this, but it did when it was re-released as a single in 1983 to thank the fans for sticking by them.

You can think of this album as the official movie soundtrack for their mockumentary movie ''ABBA: The Movie'' that was released to cinemas throughout the two years as well, which documented how popular and well-received the band had become between this album and the ''Music/{{Arrival}}'' album two years before. Most of the songs on ''The Album'' made a cameo on the film, as well as a debut of a [[ShowWithinAShow mini-musical that Benny and Björn wrote]] when the band toured most of Europe and Australia; some of the musical's songs are featured on the album as well.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: "One Man, One Woman", in which the man leaves the house for work in anger (presumably after an argument with his lover), and he returns to the house and they both realise that they need to change their ways.