I love ABBA, for me they are the greatest band of the 70's. However, if it wasn't for Angel Eyes and Chiquitita, it would have been the worst album for me. I has two of their greatest songs but also two of their worst songs: The King Has Lost His Crown and Lovers (live a little longer).

'Voulez Vous' rarely ranks highly with the late Abba masterpieces. Maybe its versatility militates against the tonal unity that makes an album like 'The Visitors' such an overpowering experience. And yet, this album features the lyrics that define the glitter/tears Abba aesthetic: 'I have a dream, a fantasy, to help me cope with reality'.

It is difficult to think of any reputedly Great album that boasts such a run of miraculous songs - the euphoric funk of 'As Good as new'; the love-as-crime-thriller paranoia of the title track; the death-wish masquerading as life affirmation of 'I have a dream'; 'the king has lost his crown', the kind of up-tempo ballad Abba patented; the saucy boogie of 'Does your mother know'; the Bee Gees melancholy of 'If it wasn't for the nights'; the 'Fernando' rehash 'Chiquitita', with its haunting, rag-stomp finale; the electro hysteria of 'Lovers (live a little longer). The catchy rapture of 'Kisses of fire' brings the album to a satisfying, full-circle close.

Even the bonus tracks, which on an album like 'the Visitors' blight the overall mood, are invaluable, the Michael Nyman echoes (or vice versa?) of 'Summer Night City', and the Bowie pastiche, 'Lovelight'. Remarkable.

I love this album very much. I remember coming home from work one night only to find that a very loud party was currently in progress. My Cerwin Vegas were really pumping out "I have a dream" and "Chiqitita" which was fine with me. ABBA was the best. Get this CD now. From AMAZON.COM of course!!

I've heard Waterloo, I've heard Ring Ring, I've even heard The Album, but none of them have kept my CD player on repeat as long as Voulez-Vouz. From the the funky As Good As New, to the relaxing Chiquitita, to the all-time ...shaking hand-clapping Voulez-Vouz and the groovy Does Your Mother Know, this was the swedish pop phenomenon's best. I don't know how I discovered Abba, all I know I was going through some boxes in the garage looking for some video game stuff, I uncovered a box of old tapes. I found a tape with a faded cover with a strange word on it that had a backwards B. I decided to pause my search and play the tape, because it had a picture of two pretty women and two handome men on the front. After popping it into my stereo, I heard a string section playing followed by a groovy beat. I looked at the back of the box to see what the name of the song was, and it said "As Good As New". And then after listening to the song once I rewinded the tape, started it again, and started dancing to the irresistible beat of As Good As New. I later learned that the tape was not an Abba album, it was some strange Abba bootleg mix from Egypt (I later realized that because it didn't have Voulez-Vouz or Does Your Mother Know on it), which is easy to understand beacuse that's where my dad grew up in the 70's and 80's. Since the tape was so old the sound quality was really bad, and I longed for it on CD. And until about a week ago my dream came true. I walked into a Tower Records store in Harvard Square (which is in Massachusetts) with my dad, and I went over to the computer database thing and typed in "AS GOOD AS NEW". I hit enter, and suddlenly a big list of songs with the title As Good As New appeared. I clicked on the one that said "ABBA" next to it, and on the screen it said "AS GOOD AS NEW- ALBUM-VOULEZ-VOUZ- ARTIST-ABBA" I ran over to the Abba section, went through the CDs, and pulled out Voulez-Vouz. I ran over to my dad with the disc in my hand and begged him to buy it for me, and he agreed. And so in the car I was holding a little bag with Voulez-Vouz inside, and some (heh heh) Beatles Cds. I kept thinking, "I've got As Good As New on CD at last!!" As Good As New was the only reason I got the CD, but I didn't care. When we got home I put the bag on the table, and took out Voulez-Vouz, leaving the (heh heh) Beatles Cds inside. I put the disc into my CD player, and immediately began grooving to the sweet sounds of As Good As New, and after playing and dancing to it three times I sat down on my bed, out of breath. I decide to let the CD run so I could hear the other songs, and not making myself feel guilty for making my dad pay ... for one song. After hearing As Good As New again, something made me jump off the bed and begin dancing to the super disco beats of Voulez-Vouz. When Voulez-Vouz was finished (I played it 5 times) I made myself promise to let the CD run without repeating a song, unless of an emergency. It turns out I had one more emergency, this time with Does Your Mother Know. After playing it twice, I thouroughly enjoyed every other song on the album, with the exception of I Have A Dream. Since then I have copied As Good As New and Voulez-Vouz into my MP3 player, and have listened to them on a daily basis. So, this ends my review. But if you haven't got this gem, GET IT NOW!!

Voulez Vous is one of the best, if not the best, ABBA album. I know everyone says "Super Trouper" is the best, and "Super Trouper" (the song) is great too, but this transcends it completely. "Voulez Vous", "As Good As New", "Angeleyes", and "Lovers (Live A Little Longer)" are all excellent. Also "The King Has Lost His Crown" is great. Get it, and I really don't care voulez-vous (would you like to) or not. Get it anyway. Fave Tracks: Voulez Vous, As Good As New, Angeleyes.