Title: Abba, Before the Rise
Review: "Ring Ring" is the first album that Abba ever recorded, and it shows an band that was just beginning to figure out how to write great pop songs. There are a couple of hits and a whole lot of misses included. The title track was their first hit single, and it started them on their meteoric rise to becoming one of the biggest bands in the world during the 1970s. The second song is "Another Town, Another Train," which is nearly as good as "Ring Ring," though not nearly as popular. From there, things are pretty mediocre. The typical Abba formula of great hooks and simple melodies is largely absent. Moreover, Benny and Bjorn (the male members) are the featured lead vocalists on about half of the tracks. As the band hit its stride later on, B&B (wisely) retreated to the vocal background and let Angelica and Anna strut their stuff.Overall, this is easily the worst of Abba's original albums. The band recorded plecnty of exellent music, but little of it is featured here.
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