ABBA - The Visitors

The Visitors – ABBA

The Visitors is ABBA’s eighth studio album, originally released on November 30, 1981. The album represented a darker and more mature side of the Swedish group’s sound, moving away from the lighter pop style of their earlier records toward synthesizers, more dramatic arrangements, and introspective songwriting. It features “The Visitors,” “When All Is Said and Done,” “One of Us,” and “Slipping Through My Fingers.”

Tracklist

Side One

1. The Visitors
2. Head Over Heels
3. When All Is Said and Done
4. Soldiers

Side Two

1. I Let the Music Speak
2. One of Us
3. Two for the Price of One
4. Slipping Through My Fingers
5. Like an Angel Passing Through My Room

The original LP contains nine tracks. Later CD and deluxe editions added bonus material that was not included on the original album.

Details

Artist: ABBA
Album: The Visitors
Year: 1981
Label: Polar Music International
Format: 12" Stereo Vinyl LP
Genre: Pop / Synth-Pop / Euro-Pop
Language: English
Released: November 30, 1981
Catalog: POLS 282 (catalog number varies by country and pressing)
Total Tracks: 9
Producers: Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus
Engineer: Michael B. Tretow
Recorded: Polar Studios, Stockholm, Sweden, March–November 1981
Notable Tracks: “The Visitors,” “When All Is Said and Done,” “One of Us,” “Slipping Through My Fingers”
Personnel: Benny Andersson – keyboards, synthesizers; Björn Ulvaeus – guitar; Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad – vocals; Lasse Wellander – guitar; Rutger Gunnarsson – bass; Ola Brunkert and Per Lindvall – drums; Åke Sundqvist – percussion.