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ABBA: The Album (Music)
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })ABBA: The Album (or just The Album) is the fifth studio album by the Swedish pop group ABBA, and was released sporadically between 1977 and '78.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 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 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.It's arguably the last album that was well-received (until The Visitors) before ABBA began to be influenced by disco. The next album they made was Voulez-Vous.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); }) | |
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15 Minutes of Fame | |
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15 Minutes of Fame: The premise of the mini-musical on the concert/arena tours. | |
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Heroic BSoD | |
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Heroic BSoD: "I Wonder". "Move On" can be seen as this, seeming how it's heavily implied that the narrator is depressed and having suicidal thoughts. | |
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Title Drop | |
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Title Drop: "Thank You For The Music" in the mini-musical contains the line "I'm the girl with the golden hair". | |
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No Plot? No Problem! | |
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No Plot? No Problem!: "The Name of the Game" has literally no plot; doesn't stop it from being one of ABBA's best videos. | |
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Informed Loner | |
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Informed Loner: The narrator in "The Name Of The Game", long before the other person came along. | |
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Gaussian Girl | |
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Gaussian Girl: Agnetha and Frida during the "Take a Chance on Me" video. | |
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Animorphism | |
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Animorphism: Implied in "Eagle". | |
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Rock & Roll | |
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Rock & Roll: Apparently, "it's gotta be rock 'n' roll to fill the Hole In Your Soul". | |
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Unresolved Sexual Tension | |
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Unresolved Sexual Tension: "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. | |
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Day in the Life | |
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Day in the Life: The narrator of "Hole in Your Soul" describes what her friends like to do. | |
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"I Am" Song | |
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"I Am" Song: "Eagle" is sort-of like this, for the narrator (dreams that she) has turned into a eagle... maybe. "Thank You For the Music" is this for the title character in "The Girl With The Golden Hair". | |
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Stalker with a Crush | |
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Stalker with a Crush: "Take a Chance On Me" is about a female stalker telling the object of her adoration that she has the patience to wait for him while he sees other women. (Read the lyrics.) Agnetha and Frida sing the chorus together, but alternate singing solos in the verses. In the video, Agnetha plays it straight while Frida occasionally mugs and gyrates, possibly with the intent of portraying mental instability. | |
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Spoken Word in Music | |
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Spoken Word in Music: The opening of "Move On", in which Björn tries to tell the suicidal person that things will get better. | |
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Thanking the Viewer | |
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Thanking the Viewer: "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 promote the label's cash-in compilation of the same name. It's erroneously thought to have been released to thank the fans for sticking by them. | |
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I Can't Believe a Guy Like You Would Notice Me | |
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I Can't Believe a Guy Like You Would Notice Me: The narrator throughout the "The Name Of The Game". | |
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Production Foreshadowing | |
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Production Foreshadowing: 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 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 sympathetic than Chess's Freddie. | |
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Rearrange the Song | |
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Rearrange the Song: 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 this 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. | |
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Love Triangle | |
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Love Triangle: Implied in "Take A Chance On Me". | |
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Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane | |
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"Eagle" is sort-of like this, for the narrator (dreams that she) has turned into a eagle... maybe. | |
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Cerebus Syndrome | |
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Cerebus Syndrome: "I Wonder" and "I'm A Marionette". Considering the mini-musical was about a singer struggling to stay calm in the height of her fame, it's not surprising. | |
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White Void Room | |
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White Void Room: The music video for "Take a Chance on Me". | |
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Lyrical Dissonance | |
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Lyrical Dissonance: "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. | |
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Slave to PR | |
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Slave to PR: "I'm A Marionette". | |
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Light Is Not Good | |
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Light Is Not Good: The girls donning white clothes and blonde wigs while singing "I'm A Marionette". | |
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All Just a Dream | |
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All Just a Dream: "Eagle" | |
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Sanity Slippage Song | |
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Sanity Slippage Song: "I'm A Marionette". | |
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"I Am Becoming" Song | |
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"I Am Becoming" Song: "I Wonder". | |
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Speaks Fluent Animal: Even though the narrator of "Eagle" doesn't show signs of this, they understand other eagles. | |
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