The 10-track “Voyage” is not all the group will be releasing. US magazine Rolling Stone hailed it as “worth the wait”, while the UK’s Guardian newspaper dismissed it with a “no thank you for the music”, a play on the title of one of the group’s most famous songs.Īfter years of speculation and several dropped hints, the group finally announced the reunion and new album in September, and released the singles “I still have faith in you” and “Don’t shut me down”. “I grew up with ABBA so for me the music and the group was important, for my growth,” 50-year-old fan Malin, told AFP as her mother, who had just turned 80 and had accompanied her to the museum, nodded in agreement. that it’s something that we could experience again in our lifetimes,” longtime ABBA fan Jeffrey de Hart, 62, said at a listening party in Stockholm for the Swedish band’s much-anticipated release.Īt the ABBA museum in Stockholm, eager fans had also arrived, hoping to experience a rekindling of the magic of the group. “Voyage” went live at midnight Thursday in various time zones, to the delight of longtime fans worldwide.
STOCKHOLM - Swedish pop sensation ABBA made a comeback on Friday with their new album “Voyage”, nearly 40 years after they split up, delighting fans but leaving critics divided.Īgnetha, Bjorn, Benny and Anni-Frid - forming the acronym ABBA - have not released any new music since their split in 1982, a year after their last album “The Visitors”.