Ever since I saw 2008′s Mamma Mia! — an all-time great music movie, and I don’t care who disagrees — I’ve been wishing ABBA would reunite already and write some new tunes that were half as much fun as their old ones from the ’70s. Well, I might be waiting for a while on that one. But! At least I can look forward to the Benny Andersson Band‘s Story of a Heart, due March 2.
Benny Andersson, of course, is one of the original Bs in ABBA. The other B, Björn Ulvaeus, co-wrote every song on Story of a Heart with him. Think it’s a stretch to call this an ABBA reunion without their ex-wives Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Fältskog? I admit their absence is a shame, but take a listen to the title track from Story of a Heart below and tell me that’s not the classic ABBA sound you’ve been missing. Make sure you stick around til the chorus kicks in around the 0:55 mark. There, now that sugary Scandinavian pop hook is going to be all up in your head for the rest of the day, like it is in mine.
Any other ABBA fans out there excited by this news? (Don’t be ashamed, you can admit it.) Am I kidding myself to think this is as close to a new ABBA album as we’re likely to get?
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I have no desire to hear that again.
It’s 1978 all over again – weird!
Even the singer has a similar voice to Anna-Frid and Agnetha!
Loved it!
Nice to know the magic is still here. Great song and oh, yeah I’m picking up this album!
Wow sounds like something out of broadway. I’m so there. ABBA forever!
I’ve had mine since July 2009. Glad to hear it’s making its way to the US.
Wow, total ABBA sound, nothing different what so ever!
When will this be available, I am jonesing for it.
Yes it’s a good song….but please don’t expect the rest of the album to be similar; it’s mostly instrumental folk music. I like it, but many expecting something else will be disappointed.
This is a good song…but will it fit in as today’s pop. I have listened to the CD ..It is GOOD!!!, but not ABBA good. I like the song THE STARS on the CD too.
Song is ok, but nothing like an ABBA song. The voices of Frida and Agnetha are hard to replicate, and the arrangements are more folksy than pop-rock.
Nothing like an ABBA song? I must disagree. Segue to Story of a Heart from Knowing Me, Knowing You (1976) and tell me the echoes aren’t strong.