Revisiting Abba

  After the release of The Visitors  album nothing was the same in the Abba family. The group consisted of two divorced couples, the female members of which were poised to pursue their solo careers and the male members looking forward to their collaboration with Tim Rice to create a musical. In the spring of 1982 they met in the studio to start work on their ninth album, but soon found out that the fun and passion needed was not there. After recording three tracks they put the album plans on hold for good. Only one of these three tracks was deemed worth releasing.  It was almost a year later that You Owe Me One  was released on the b-side Under Attack , their last single for 39 years. At first I loved it, as I loved any unheard Abba track for a while. However you could hear the disintegration of the band in this song. The highly processed vocals of Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad failed to disguise the lack of enthusiasm for the song and the sparse arrangemen...