Waterloo - Blender

Review

Waterloo

(Polydor)
Release Date: 01/01/1974 12:00

ABBA’s “Waterloo” was the irresistible winner of the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest and their first worldwide hit. The LP suggests Benny and Björn hadn’t quite worked out the band’s aesthetic yet — ”Watch Out” is a bizarre, glammy stab at hard rock, “My Mama Said” is a low-key soul-jazz groover — and their English was lacking (“I have met my destiny in quite a similar way”). What they did have were tunes, hooks, and Beach Boys/Phil Spector/Beatles-inspired production tricks that lunge out of the speakers.

DOWNLOAD THESE: “Honey Honey,” “Suzy-Hang-Around,” “My Mama Said”

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