Mixtape/Playlist Of 80's Music...

If you could put a mixtape (or CD) or playlist of great 80's music...what would you put on?

Mine would have Madonna, Debbie Gibson, Yazoo, The Human League, Depeche Mode, Blondie, ABBA and, maybe...just maybe....a spot of Kylie....

What would be on yours?

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NativePortlander1970 ·

ABBA only had two albums in the early 80's, Super Trouper (1980) and the Visitors (1981). The Visitors was a commercial flop as Super Trouper was essentially their farewell album due to their collective divorces, the Visitors was essentially to fulfill their recording contract deals so they didn't put too much effort into it, it doesn't have their usual upbeat sound, and they didn't tour. The album disappointed a lot of my fellow ABBA fans and were turned on, it became very unpopular to like them throughout the 80's Yes, Benny and Bjorn had some success with Chess (One Night in Bangkok), but Anita and Agnetha's solo attempts went nowhere. Their comeback in 1994 with Gold was a fluke.

KarenDuponteDurose · 46-50, F

@NativePortlander1970 I personally think that 'The Visitors' is a great album, experimenting with synths and, due to their interpersonal relationships, a very dark album. They did put a lot of work into it....and as for ABBA being unpopular in the 80's and 90's, there was a spate of covers - Erasure being the most well known - that pushed them into the public again....

...and, as for a fluke...ABBA's 'Gold' collection has sold 5.61 million copies in the UK alone, making it the 2nd biggest selling album in UK history...

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HotPizza71 · 51-55, M

@NativePortlander1970 Agnetha had a hit with Gary Barlow,I should have Followed be you home 😋

HotPizza71 · 51-55, M

@KarenDuponteDurose definitely no fluke,it's one of the Biggest BEST of Albums in history

KarenDuponteDurose · 46-50, F

@NativePortlander1970 @HotPizza71 ...and Frida had the big album, 'There's Something Going On', produced by Phil Collins...

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NativePortlander1970 ·

@KarenDuponteDurose Yes, the Visitors was a great album, one of my favorites, Slipping Through My Fingers was very haunting, but it was still a commercial flop.

NativePortlander1970 ·

@HotPizza71 @KarenDuponteDurose Both were considered more one hit wonders than album successes, and to be quite honest, Erasure's covers were more embarrassing than entertaining.

KarenDuponteDurose · 46-50, F

@NativePortlander1970 Embarrassing in a ...what...kind of way? Read some of the stuff that B & B have said, over the years...giving thanks to the Erasure boys for their keeping the flame flying...

Calling ABBA 'one hit wonders'......Hmmmmm.....like saying the Pope is '..a bit religious' !

very silly remarks....

NativePortlander1970 ·

@KarenDuponteDurose Their video cover of Take a Chance on Me was uber flamboyant and extremely cringey.

I had been an ABBA fan since they won Eurovision in 1974 with Waterloo whwn I was four. I had every single album they released and stayed loyal to them throughout the 80's, putting up with ridiculous amounts of ridicule from my classmates, and pointing out to them that One Night in Bangkok was technically an unsung ABBA song that Benny and Bjorn wrote for the group to put on their 1977 Arrival album in the Girl with Golden Hair mix, but the producers said it would have made it too long and expensive for the album, so they eventually put it in their 1984 Chess musical as a main song.

I am not calling ABBA itself as a group one hit wonders, just Frida's and Agnetha's 80's solo attempts as one hit wonders. Learn. To. Read.

KarenDuponteDurose · 46-50, F

@NativePortlander1970 I...am...reading!

Yes, I know of the 'One Night...' track,,,,and, yes, the girl's career hadn't flourished worldwide, but I believe they were still having hits in their native country....

...and, I guess you could compare 'The Visitors' to Fleetwood Mac's 'Tusk' album...in comparison to 'Rumours......(I put the 'u' there 'cos i'm a Brit! Lol!)...

It only sold 5 million worldwide...

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HairbrushDiva · 31-35, F

@NativePortlander1970 I love Abba.