![]() On October 18, the single ‘The Day Before You Came’ / ‘Cassandra’ was released – a promo clip for the A-side had been filmed in September – and on November 8, The Singles – The First Ten Years hit record shops. Although they did not know it at the time, they were never to return as a foursome again.īy October, the plans for the launch of the new singles and the double album had been drawn up and were ready to be set in motion. As the group put the final touches to ‘The Day Before You Came’ and stepped out of Stockholm’s Polar Music Studios, they left this centre of their musical creativity for the last time. Like the “album tracks” recorded earlier in the year these new songs were also highly electronic concoctions perhaps ‘Cassandra’ less so than the others, with ‘The Day Before You Came’, where the instrumental backing was virtually a solo performance by Benny, at the other end of the spectrum. For this purpose, three new tracks were recorded in August 1982: ‘The Day Before You Came’ (the first single A-side), ‘Cassandra’ (B-side of ‘The Day Before You Came’) and ‘Under Attack’ (the second single A-side). To give themselves some breathing space, they decided to release a double-album of their most famous single A-sides, adding two new recordings to it, both of which would also be released as singles. Recent discussions with lyricist Tim Rice had been very promising, and all three were growing keen on giving it a go.Īt this point in time, ABBA realised, the motivation to complete an album was simply not there. ![]() Björn and Benny were also closer than ever to realising their long-time dream of writing a musical. On the contrary, after the often troublesome making of The Visitors, they were now starting to feel how the energy was running out of their work together. However, only three tracks were completed: ‘You Owe Me One’ (released as a B-side later in the year), ‘I Am The City’ (not released until 1993) and ‘Just Like That’ (still unreleased in its entirety).Īlthough all three songs were perfectly in tune with the pop music trends of the times, characterised by synthesized, electronic sounds, the group were not particularly satisfied with the recordings. At that time, sessions for what was meant to become ABBA’s ninth studio album were begun. Except for making a video for their ‘Head Over Heels’ single on January 21, the group didn’t reconvene until May 1982. Frida had pencilled in sessions for her first English-language solo album, to be recorded in February and March 1982, while Björn and Benny were both becoming parents for the third time in January and wanted to spend some time with their families. In November 1981, as ABBA completed the recording of their eighth studio album, The Visitors, the members already knew that there would follow a few months where they wouldn’t be working together. With the release of the Number Ones CD and DVD collections, the latter of which features ABBA’s very last public appearance as a group, we take a look at that very last period of “abbactivity”. As it turned out, the group’s temporary break was a permanent one. When ABBA released their double album The Singles – The First Ten Years in November 1982, the title suggested that there would be further “years” of ABBA music.
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