Gold [Import, from US, Best of]

   スウェーデン・ポップスの先駆者であり、70年代におけるUKチャートをにぎわせ絶大な人気を誇っていた、アバのイギリス版ベストアルバムである。
   彼らが世代を越えて何度もよみがえるのは、キャッチーなメロディーに絶妙なハーモニーが織りなす数々のヒットソングが、聞き手の体と心を自然に動かし、常に新鮮であり続ける底力をもっているからではないだろうか。
   本作は、おなじみのダンスナンバー『ダンシング・クイーン』から、彼らが得意とするミドルテンポのバラード『チキチータ』『サンキュー・フォー・ザ・ミュージック』まで、多彩な魅力が網羅された間違いなしのベストアルバムだ。（福本ちえ）

英国編集によるベスト。収録された19曲中半分は誰しもがそのメロディーを口ずさめるであろう大ヒット曲ばかりで,それらのすべてが男性陣2人による楽曲であることを今回初めて知った。「中年の愛の葛藤」を歌ったその詞作も高評価。

Anyone looking for the key to ABBA's enduring appeal should look no further than "Voulez Vous" and "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" for their answer. There was an innocence to the Swedish quartet, even when they were singing about one-night stands and the invitations to them. Gold establishes that the band, while appreciated as campy, were actually multifaceted in their execution. "S.O.S." has a raw urgency in its chorus, and "Does Your Mother Know" draws its energy from classic '50s rock & roll. Likewise, you don't have to be Priscilla to swoon over "Mamma Mia" or "Dancing Queen." And when it comes to drama, those soaring vocals on "The Winner Takes It All" turn the song into a bitter anthem of every relationship that has ever fallen apart. The much-covered "Lay All Your Love on Me" is practically epic. --Steve Gdula

Anyone looking for the key to ABBA's enduring appeal should look no further than "Voulez Vous" and "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" for their answer. There was an innocence to the Swedish quartet, even when they were singing about one-night stands and the invitations to them. Gold establishes that the band, while appreciated as campy, were actually multifaceted in their execution. "S.O.S." has a raw urgency in its chorus, and "Does Your Mother Know" draws its energy from classic 1950s rock & roll. Likewise, you don't have to be Priscilla to swoon over "Mamma Mia" or "Dancing Queen". And when it comes to drama, those soaring vocals on "The Winner Takes It All" turn the song into a bitter anthem of every relationship that has ever fallen apart. The much-covered "Lay All Your Love on Me" is practically epic. --Steve Gdula