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This article is about the upcoming album by ABBA. For the upcoming concert residency, see ABBA Voyage.

Voyage
Album cover art, showing a solar eclipse
Studio album by
ABBA
Released5 November 2021 (2021-11-05)
Recorded2017[1]–2021
Label
Producer
ABBA chronology
Live at Wembley Arena
(2014) 		Voyage
(2021)
Singles from Voyage
  1. "I Still Have Faith in You / Don't Shut Me Down"
    Released: 2 September 2021

Voyage is the upcoming ninth studio album by Swedish group ABBA, scheduled to be released on 5 November 2021.[2] It is the group's first album of new material in 40 years following The Visitors (1981) and their disbandment in 1982.[3]

The album was announced on 2 September 2021 in a YouTube livestream. ABBA announced in 2018 that they had recorded two songs, "I Still Have Faith in You" and "Don't Shut Me Down",[4] which were announced as the lead singles from the album in the livestream. The group also announced the ABBA Voyage digital avatar concert alongside a 10-piece band, beginning on 27 May 2022, to be held at London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.[2][3]

A website, abbavoyage.com, went live on 26 August 2021,[5] billboards were erected in London,[6] and social media accounts titled "ABBA Voyage" were set up to promote the announcement.[7]

Its track listing contains 10 songs, two of which, "Just a Notion" and "Bumblebee", were previously included in demo versions as part of the medley "ABBA Undeleted" from the Thank You for the Music box set released in 1994.[8]

Production

Background

ABBA had unofficially split up in 1982, and despite renewed interest in the band from the 1990s onwards, following the worldwide success of their greatest hits album ABBA Gold, the musical Mamma Mia! and the subsequent film of the same name, the members had repeatedly refused to reform, reportedly turning down an offer of $1 billion in 2000 to perform again.[9] In July 2008, Björn Ulvaeus told The Sunday Telegraph, "We will never appear on stage again. There is simply no motivation to re-group."[10] He repeated the statement in an interview in 2014 while promoting the publication of ABBA: The Official Photo Book.[11]

On 6 June 2016, ABBA did reunite, singing "The Way Old Friends Do" at a private party in Stockholm.[12] Two years later, in April 2018, they announced they had recorded two new songs,[13] "I Still Have Faith in You"[14] and "Don't Shut Me Down".[15]

Songs were initially intended to support a TV special produced by NBC and the BBC,[16] but this was later changed to the "ABBAtar" tour announced months prior.

ABBAtars

The digital avatars of the band that will appear during the ABBA Voyage concerts, dubbed the "ABBAtars", were first announced in September of 2017, with Benny Andersson saying that it would take time to make their faces, and Ulvaeus saying that he was excited about how technology is advancing. The tour was originally set for 2019,[17] but due to technical delays and the COVID-19 pandemic, it was pushed back to 2022.[18][19] The ABBAtars have the same technology of the Tupac Shakur pseudo-hologram from 2012, with 3D avatars accompanied with a live band.[17] The members themselves were in motion capture suits for the avatars, with graphics by Industrial Light & Magic.[2][20]

Commercial performance

The album recorded 40,000 UK pre-orders in the first 24 hours following the announcement of its release.[21] Three days after the album was announced, it received over 80,000 pre-orders in the UK alone, breaking the record for the biggest pre-ordered album for Universal Music Group UK, which was previously held by Progress (2010) by Take That.[22]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus

Voyage track listing[4]
No.TitleLength
1."I Still Have Faith in You"5:09
2."When You Danced with Me" 
3."Little Things" 
4."Don't Shut Me Down"3:56
5."Just a Notion"3:29
6."I Can Be That Woman" 
7."Keep an Eye on Dan" 
8."Bumblebee" 
9."No Doubt About It" 
10."Ode to Freedom" 
Voyage – Japanese 2×CD edition (Disc 2: ABBA Gold)[23]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dancing Queen"
3:52
2."Knowing Me, Knowing You"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
4:02
3."Take a Chance on Me"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
4:04
4."Mamma Mia"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
3:33
5."Lay All Your Love on Me"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
4:34
6."Super Trouper"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
4:14
7."I Have a Dream"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
4:44
8."The Winner Takes It All"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
4:55
9."Money, Money, Money"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
3:08
10."SOS"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
3:21
11."Chiquitita"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
5:26
12."Fernando"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
4:13
13."Voulez-Vous"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
4:22
14."Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
4:48
15."Does Your Mother Know"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
3:15
16."One of Us"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
3:58
17."The Name of the Game"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
4:00
18."Thank You for the Music"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
3:51
19."Waterloo"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
2:42
Total length:77:10
Voyage – Japanese CD + DVD edition (Disc 2: The Essential Collection)[24]
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."Waterloo"Lasse Hallström2:47
2."Ring Ring"Hallström3:04
3."Mamma Mia"Hallström3:32
4."SOS"Hallström3:20
5."Bang-a-Boomerang"Hallström2:50
6."I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"Hallström3:16
7."Fernando"Hallström4:14
8."Dancing Queen"Hallström3:51
9."Money, Money, Money"Hallström3:05
10."Knowing Me, Knowing You"Per Falkman4:01
11."That's Me"Hallström3:16
12."The Name of the Game"Hallström4:52
13."Take a Chance on Me"Hallström4:05
14."Eagle"Hallström4:27
15."One Man, One Woman"Hallström4:37
16."Thank You for the Music"Hallström3:51
17."Summer Night City"Hallström3:35
18."Chiquitita"BBC crew5:24
19."Does Your Mother Know"Hallström3:13
20."Voulez-Vous"Hallström5:08
21."Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"Hallström4:50
22."On and On and On"Anders Hanser3:42
23."The Winner Takes It All"Hallström4:56
24."Super Trouper"Hallström4:13
25."Happy New Year"Hallström4:23
26."When All Is Said and Done"Hallström3:17
27."One of Us"Hallström3:56
28."Head Over Heels"Hallström3:47
29."The Day Before You Came"
  • Kjell Sundvall
  • Kjell-Åke Andersson
5:51
30."Under Attack"
  • Sundvall
  • Andersson
3:47
31."Estoy Soñando" ("I Have a Dream")Hallström4:45
32."Conociéndome, Conociédote" ("Knowing Me, Knowing You")Hallström4:03
33."Gracias por la Música" ("Thank You for the Music")Hallström3:51
34."Felicidad" ("Happy New Year")Hallström4:23
35."No Hay a Quien Culpar" ("When All Is Said and Done")Hallström3:17
36."The Last Video"Carl Åstrand6:25
Voyage – Japanese CD + 2 DVD edition (Disc 2: ABBA in Japan)[25]
No.TitleLength
1."Eagle" 
2."Take a Chance on Me" 
3."Money, Money, Money" 
4."SOS" 
5."That's Me" 
6."Tiger" 
7."Dancing Queen" 
8."Waterloo" 
9."Fernando" 
10."Summer Night City" 
11."The Name of the Game" 
12."Knowing Me, Knowing You" 
13."If It Wasn't for the Nights" 
14."Thank You for the Music" 
15."Behind the Scenes 1978 (First Visit to Japan)" 
16."If It Wasn't for the Nights" (Broadcast Separate Mix; bonus track) 
  • Recorded on 25 November 1978 and broadcast on 16 December.
Voyage – Japanese CD + 2 DVD edition (Disc 3: ABBA Live in Japan)[25]
No.TitleLength
1."Behind the Scenes 1980" (1980 Concert Tour in Japan) 
2."Photo Gallery" 
3."Japanese Single and Album Jacket Gallery" 

Release history

Release dates and formats for Voyage
Region Date Format(s) Edition(s) Label Ref.
Various 5 November 2021
Standard
Japan 2×CD Standard + ABBA Gold Universal [23]
CD + DVD Standard + The Essential Collection [24]
CD + 2 DVDs Standard + ABBA in Japan [25]

References

  1. ^ Don't Shut Me Down (Liner notes in printed single cover). ABBA. Universal International Music B.V. 00602438745692.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ a b c Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (2 September 2021). "Abba reunite for Voyage, first new album in 40 years". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b Bloom, Madison (2 September 2021). "ABBA Announce First Album in 40 Years, Share New Songs: Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b White, Jack (2 September 2021). "ABBA announce their first studio album of new material in 39 years Voyage and hologram concert series". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  5. ^ Savage, Mark (26 August 2021). "Abba tease major announcement ahead of new music". BBC. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  6. ^ Mackenzie, Lois (27 August 2021). "ABBA Voyage: What we know about a 2022 ABBA tour". The Herald. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  7. ^ Chilton, Louis (2 September 2021). "ABBA Voyage: Fans in frenzy as Benny and Bjorn arrive in London ahead of mystery announcement". The Independent. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  8. ^ White, Jack (5 September 2021). "ABBA heading for first Official UK Top 10 singles in 40 years with I Still Have Faith In You and Don't Shut Me Down". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  9. ^ Cooper, Leonie (10 December 2014). "ABBA's Bjorn Ulvaeus says band will never reform". NME. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  10. ^ Michaels, Sean (7 July 2008). "Abba reunion: Don't hold your breath". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  11. ^ "ABBA's Bjorn Ulvaeus Discusses New Photo Book, Writes Off Reunion: 'You'll Never See Us Onstage Again'". Billboard. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  12. ^ Hjortman, Emma (6 June 2016). "Abba together on stage again". Expressen. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  13. ^ "ABBA says it has recorded 2 new songs, marking first new material in 35 years". Associated Press. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2021 – via USA Today.
  14. ^ Needham, Alex (27 April 2018). "Abba announce first new songs for 35 years". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  15. ^ "Mamma Mia! ABBA Make New Music After 35 Years". Agence France-Presse. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2021 – via NDTV.
  16. ^ White, Peter (27 April 2018). "ABBA To Reunite After 35 Years With NBC & BBC TV Special". Deadline.com. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  17. ^ a b Reilly, Nick (12 September 2017). "A 'virtual' ABBA tour is set to take place in 2019". NME. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  18. ^ Lewis, Isobel (22 July 2020). "Abba to release five new songs in 2021 as reunion is delayed by pandemic". The Independent. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  19. ^ "ABBA reunite in London to film for 2022 hologram tour". Dothan Eagle. 22 September 2020. Archived from the original on 6 October 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  20. ^ Sherwin, Adam (2 September 2021). "Abba Voyage: Reunited Abba unveil VR live show and first songs since 1982". I. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  21. ^ Copsey, Rob (4 September 2021). "Can ABBA claim the 2021 Christmas Number 1? Band reveal their new album Voyage includes a festive song". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  22. ^ Griffiths, George (6 September 2021). "ABBA break Universal Music UK record for biggest ever pre-order with new album Voyage". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  23. ^ a b "【Amazon.co.jp限定】ヴォヤージ with 『アバ・ゴールド』(SHM-CD)(2枚組)(特典:メガジャケ付): Music". amazon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  24. ^ a b "【Amazon.co.jp限定】ヴォヤージ with 『エッセンシャル・コレクション』(SHM-CD)(DVD付)(特典:メガジャケ付)". amazon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  25. ^ a b c "【Amazon.co.jp限定】ヴォヤージ with 『アバ・イン・ジャパン』(SHM-CD)(2DVD付)(特典:メガジャケ付): Music". amazon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 September 2021.

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