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Post by DI Alex Drake on Mar 4, 2018 22:35:22 GMT
There’s a statistic that ABBA GOLD is the most widely owned album in the UK or something. Or perhaps it’s the highest selling album in the UK. It’s been out for 26 years now so it’s certainly had time to accumulate purchases! I’d rather they’d held off releasing it for one more year so I could have shared that anniversary. But hey ho. I’m always sceptical when people say they hate ABBA. You may not like all of it, but I think they’ve got at least one song for everyone! (That and I think most people who say that are lying
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Post by Del Boy on Mar 4, 2018 23:22:25 GMT
I have that album. Its a fantastic collection. Its one you'll find in a lot of homes along with the red or blue Beatles compilation.
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Post by DI Alex Drake on Mar 4, 2018 23:45:03 GMT
I have that album. Its a fantastic collection. Its one you'll find in a lot of homes along with the red or blue Beatles compilation. I have to admit I’m a bit take it or leave it with The Beatles. I understand the impact they had and that they paved the way ... but quite honestly I prefer a lot of what followed in their wake. And I can’t stand Paul as a person at all. I don’t actually own any Beatles CDs, I don’t think but I have borrowed the red and blue ones in the past.
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Post by Sam Tyler on Mar 5, 2018 1:54:37 GMT
There’s a statistic that ABBA GOLD is the most widely owned album in the UK or something. Or perhaps it’s the highest selling album in the UK. It’s been out for 26 years now so it’s certainly had time to accumulate purchases! I’d rather they’d held off releasing it for one more year so I could have shared that anniversary. But hey ho. I’m always sceptical when people say they hate ABBA. You may not like all of it, but I think they’ve got at least one song for everyone! (That and I think most people who say that are lying I thought that it was Fleetwood Mac's Rumours that was the most widely owned? I'm not so sure now that you've said about ABBA, you could be right. Annie and I have both albums on vinyl and on CD. You're right to be sceptical when people say they hate ABBA. I can remember as a lad back in the 70's it was 'uncool' to say that you liked them but I quite liked them at the time, and when I started going out with Annie I bought her the albums Voulez-Vous in '79 and Super Trooper in '80. Sam.
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Post by DI Alex Drake on Mar 5, 2018 19:34:57 GMT
There’s a statistic that ABBA GOLD is the most widely owned album in the UK or something. Or perhaps it’s the highest selling album in the UK. It’s been out for 26 years now so it’s certainly had time to accumulate purchases! I’d rather they’d held off releasing it for one more year so I could have shared that anniversary. But hey ho. I’m always sceptical when people say they hate ABBA. You may not like all of it, but I think they’ve got at least one song for everyone! (That and I think most people who say that are lying I thought that it was Fleetwood Mac's Rumours that was the most widely owned? I'm not so sure now that you've said about ABBA, you could be right. Annie and I have both albums on vinyl and on CD. You're right to be sceptical when people say they hate ABBA. I can remember as a lad back in the 70's it was 'uncool' to say that you liked them but I quite liked them at the time, and when I started going out with Annie I bought her the albums Voulez-Vous in '79 and Super Trooper in '80. Sam. You would have been together for their Eurovision win! I can see Annie watching Eurovision ... and you putting up with it for her sake! Not sure I can imagine Gene putting up with it, though! Not sure on Rumours ... let's look it up. I can find news reports from 2012 saying that it was the bestselling album in the UK ... and then in 2016 it seems to have dropped to second after Queen's greatest hits! Well. All I can say is I've got GOLD, and I don't have a Queen compilation!
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Post by Arressee on Mar 5, 2018 21:37:22 GMT
There’s a statistic that ABBA GOLD is the most widely owned album in the UK or something. Or perhaps it’s the highest selling album in the UK. It’s been out for 26 years now so it’s certainly had time to accumulate purchases! I’d rather they’d held off releasing it for one more year so I could have shared that anniversary. But hey ho. I’m always sceptical when people say they hate ABBA. You may not like all of it, but I think they’ve got at least one song for everyone! (That and I think most people who say that are lying Back when those songs came out (oi I'm old) I always said I hated them, but only because my sister loved them 😆 Yeah, I own ABBA Gold, doesn't everyone? My sister was right for once!
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Post by DI Alex Drake on Mar 6, 2018 18:29:06 GMT
Your sister was right! I've never had that pedantic sibling thing because my only brother is 7 years older than me, so I thought the world of him and he thought I was an annoying little squirt. There's every possibility that he still does I've heard all the hits so many times, though, that I do tend to get more enjoyment out of listening to the songs that aren't on ABBA GOLD. Unless there's a drop of Bolly involved, of course. In which case they're all the best song ever!
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Post by Steve Austin on Mar 6, 2018 20:49:42 GMT
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Post by Gene Hunt on Mar 6, 2018 21:16:31 GMT
Looking at that picture, I always wanted to BE an Abba lolly.
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Post by DI Alex Drake on Mar 6, 2018 21:36:50 GMT
Looking at that picture, I always wanted to BE an Abba lolly. Gene. You would! Understandable as those feelings may be, I never did understand that shoot. What the hell are the creepy dolls all about? I don’t think they work at ground level, if she was meant to be one of them. Strange. I am very aware that all the men are thinking “which dolls?” Gene, put your eyes back in.
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