Exclusive import limited edition digipak is remastered, has extensive line notes and lyrics, and includes four bonus songs, 'Should I Laugh Or Cry', 'The Day Before You Came', 'Cassandra' and 'Under Attack'. 13 tracks in all.
Abba's 1981 swan song is appropriately touched by intimations of loss; The Visitors certainly contains nothing as breezy as "Does Your Mother Know." Far from the listless meanderings of a group on its way out, however, the album is alive with emotion and creativity. The title track fuses a melody reminiscent of the Beatles Indian explorations with a smartly done synthesizer arrangement typical of the disc as a whole. (They could've been the Human League!) Similarly moody cuts like "Soldiers" and "One of Us" help make this that rare thing, an Abba record suited for lonely late nights. This 24-bit remaster boasts four bonus cuts, including the final singles "The Day Before You Came" and "Under Attack," in addition to improved sound quality. --Rickey Wright

Customer Rating:
Summary: Slightly worn, but dignified...
Comment: The editorial review of this album stated that this doesn't sound like an album by a group on the way out. He was right, it sounds like ANYTHING but a group calling it quits. I think the reason for this is that ABBA did intend to record an album after The Vistors but opted instead for a break which, unfortunately, turned into a permanent one.
I believe some of the bonus songs were recorded for inclusion in the next album, if I'm not mistaken. I never saw ABBA in concert, much to my dismay, but the music is still there, and we are much the better for it. Voulez Vous was a more or less disco type album , and even though it isn't bad, contained a bit too much disco for my taste. Souper Trouper was much better, and a little more light hearted than the Visitors, but Vistors will always be my favorite. When All is Said and Done is a wonderful song, and although it's most likely a song about the break up of a relationship, could also be a song about simply growing older. To me it says "It's been a great ride, but what the hell, life isn't over yet."
There are many more great songs on this album, but don't listen to me...buy the Visitors and all the other ABBA albums and hear for yourself.
Even though this one has a somber tone to it, it really doesn't detract from the greatness of the songs. Life has many sides, many moods, and you need music that represents all sides. Get The Visitors. You'll not be sorry.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Many Good Songs Worth Buying
Comment: I think Abba is so underrated, because their harmonies are so absolutely beautiful. This CD has several songs on it that are worth buying to keep..."The Visitors" is a song that is just fun to hear. But others, like "One of Us" and "Like an Angel Passing thru my Room" are those stop still songs that make you pause and remember. A song that can be sad "Slipping through My Fingers" is so gorgeous and so relatable to anyone seeing their child growing up, and it was just featured in the "Mamma Mia" film. Note the beauty of the front cover of the CD...the rich golden color and the way the members are standing apart, with the ceilings high around them. It is worth a buy because it's not all about one good song. Let's get back to worthwhile, classy music.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: An Dang Good Cd
Comment: When i first got this cd on alumb i played the heck out of it and it still sounds good but not as it does now and when i seen it had extra tracks on this cd i knew i just had to have it.

Rondall

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Surprisingly complex like a good cabarnet...
Comment: I first heard "The Visitors" 25 years ago cruising around w/friends in college, and I remember my friend Diane warning us that this Abba tape would trip us out...the intro "sounds like Rush", I remember her saying. And for a guy who preferred hard rock and metal, I was intrigued. The melodies and the lyrics made you realize this wasn't the overproduced numbers that ABBA was famous for pop audiences in the US; it was mature in lyrics and its styling. Years later I bought the CD, and I can say it's one of my favorites when I'm in the mood for something somber and reflective - check it out if you don't have it.

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Summary: ABBA The Visitors
Comment: The Visitors was ABBA's last studio album, and there is a sombre mood which sets it apart. But it is a true masterpiece! One song in particular transcends pop music. I Let The Music Speak explores the nature of creativity itself. It sees the composer as a medium through which music passes. It assumes music (art) to have a pre-existence and that we merely tune into it. The song hints of music's capacity to evoke emotions and to enhance reality. Music reconciles. Note the imagery. Streets take the artist from the city into the country. Dry leaves imply death. She is lost in a valley, a depression, blind. Her inspiration is gone. Sleep, death, writer's block. Music rescues her. Again, sexual imagery. Music is her lover. "I take it to me and let it flow through me." Music is life itself, the voice of God! This is ABBA's most elegant song. Painting, poetry and music merge.

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