Voulez‐vous

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Voulez‐vous · Voulez-Vous was released on 23 April 1979 and is ABBA's sixth studio album. The recording went with difficulty. After six months only two tracks were finished, and tension within the group was rising. During that time the group opened its own Polar Studios in Stockholm. Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus then withdrew to the Bahamas, where the title song and Kisses of Fire were written. They recorded the basic tracks of Voulez-Vous in Miami with the disco band Foxy, the only time the group recorded outside Sweden.

The record heads for the dance floor, and the cover was shot in a Stockholm nightclub. Chiquitita, Does Your Mother Know, I Have a Dream and Voulez-Vous/Angeleyes became hits. Critics were largely positive, although one reviewer found the album neat but clinical. In England it stayed at number one for a month.

Listening

Track list

1. 1As Good As New3:23Apple Music ↗
2. 2Voulez-Vous5:08Apple Music ↗
3. 3I Have a Dream4:45Apple Music ↗
4. 4Angel Eyes4:23Apple Music ↗
5. 5The King Has Lost His Crown3:34Apple Music ↗
6. 6Does Your Mother Know3:15Apple Music ↗
7. 7If It Wasn't for the Nights5:10Apple Music ↗
8. 8Chiquitita5:26Apple Music ↗
9. 9Lovers (Live a Little Longer)3:29Apple Music ↗
10. 10Kisses of Fire3:17Apple Music ↗
11. 11Summer Night City3:33Apple Music ↗
12. 12Lovelight3:46Apple Music ↗
13. 13Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)4:50Apple Music ↗

30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗