Name: The Visitors [Import Bonus Tracks] [Remaster]
Brand: Polar Records
SKU: 866802
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The Visitors [Import Bonus Tracks] [Remaster]

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Album: The Visitors [Import Bonus Tracks] [Remaster]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Visitors	More Info...	5:49
2)	Head Over Heels	More Info...	3:48
3)	When All Is Said And Done	More Info...	3:18
4)	Soldiers	More Info...	4:41
5)	I Let The Music Speak	More Info...	5:23
6)	One Of Us	More Info...	3:59
7)	Two For The Price Of One	More Info...	3:38
8)	Slipping Through My Fingers	More Info...	3:56
9)	Like An Angel Passing Through My Room	More Info...	3:35
10)	Should I Laugh Or Cry	More Info...	4:32
11)	The Day Before You Came	More Info...	5:53
12)	Cassandra	More Info...	4:57
13)	Under Attack	More Info...	3:52
2)	Head Over Heels	More Info...	0:03
3)	When All Is Said and Done	More Info...	0:03
4)	Soldiers	More Info...	0:04
5)	I Let the Music Speak	More Info...	0:05
6)	One of Us	More Info...	0:04
7)	Two for the Price of One	More Info...	0:03
8)	Slipping Through My Fingers	More Info...	0:04
9)	Like an Angel Passing Through My Room	More Info...	0:03
10)	Should I Laugh Or Cry	More Info...	0:04
11)	The Day Before You Came	More Info...	0:06
12)	Cassandra	More Info...	0:05
13)	Under Attack (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:03

Album: The Visitors [Import Bonus Tracks] [Remaster]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Visitors	More Info...	5:49
2)	Head Over Heels	More Info...	3:48
3)	When All Is Said And Done	More Info...	3:18
4)	Soldiers	More Info...	4:41
5)	I Let The Music Speak	More Info...	5:23
6)	One Of Us	More Info...	3:59
7)	Two For The Price Of One	More Info...	3:38
8)	Slipping Through My Fingers	More Info...	3:56
9)	Like An Angel Passing Through My Room	More Info...	3:35
10)	Should I Laugh Or Cry	More Info...	4:32
11)	The Day Before You Came	More Info...	5:53
12)	Cassandra	More Info...	4:57
13)	Under Attack	More Info...	3:52
2)	Head Over Heels	More Info...	0:03
3)	When All Is Said and Done	More Info...	0:03
4)	Soldiers	More Info...	0:04
5)	I Let the Music Speak	More Info...	0:05
6)	One of Us	More Info...	0:04
7)	Two for the Price of One	More Info...	0:03
8)	Slipping Through My Fingers	More Info...	0:04
9)	Like an Angel Passing Through My Room	More Info...	0:03
10)	Should I Laugh Or Cry	More Info...	0:04
11)	The Day Before You Came	More Info...	0:06
12)	Cassandra	More Info...	0:05
13)	Under Attack (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:03

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Performer Notes

ABBA: Bjorn Ulvaeus (vocals, acoustic guitar); Benny Andersson (vocals, keyboards, synthesizer); Anni Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Faltskog (vocals).
Additional personnel: Lasse Wellander (acoustic & electric guitars); The Three Boys (mandolin); Jan Kling (flute, clarinet); Rutger Gunnarsson (bass); Ola Brunkert, Per Lindvall (drums); Ake Sundqvist (percussion).
Recorded at Polar Music Studios, Stockholm, Sweden in 1981. Includes reissue liner notes by Carl Magnus Palm.
Digitally remastered using 24-bit technology by Jon Astley.
24bit digital remastering with new liner notes, complete lyrics, and four bonus tracks.
Personnel: Bj?rn Ulvaeus (vocals, acoustic guitar); Benny Andersson (vocals, keyboards, synthesizer); Frida, Agnetha F?ltskog (vocals); Lasse Wellander, Janne Schaffer (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Three Boys (mandolin); Janne Kling (flute, clarinet); Ola Brunkert, Per Lindvall (drums); ?ke Sundqvist (percussion).
Audio Remasterers: Jon Astley; Michael B. Tretow.
Liner Note Author: Carl Magnus Palm.
Recording information: Polar Music Studios, Stockholm, Sweden (03/1981-11/1981).
Photographers: Anders Hanser; Lars-Erik Larsson .
From he muted sleeve of Abba's eighth and last album, with its pained front photo of the four bandmembers studiously avoiding one another's gaze in a darkened room, it's clear that 1981's THE VISITORS is a somber record. The disturbingly confessional minor-key masterpieces within, such as "When All Is Said and Done" and "Like An Angel Passing Through My Room," as well as the bizarre, paranoid title track, contribute to the feeling of darkness and alienation. Recorded as the band was imploding amidst romantic breakups, THE VISITORS has the beauty and melancholy of earlier ABBA albums, but only on the transcendently mournful single "One of Us" does the band reach the ecstatic heights of previous singles. Regardless, THE VISITORS stands as one of the band's strongest and most consistent albums.

Professional Reviews

Q (Magazine) (p.116) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Today it sounds utterly wonderful, like the unexpectedly beautiful end to the most incredible dream."