The overall impression for this album is fine. It's got a lot of songs I really dug and some that are fine and none of them are bad, but almost all of them just kind of keep going and last like a minute too long. I'm a fan of long songs when they've got something to say, but for this album its largely repeating the chorus a bunch of times and not introducing anything new too the song.
“Lay All Your Love on Me” its just a fun song that has a great tempo and feel to it. The standout songs are “On and On and On” and “White Sombrero” the first is a really fun upbeat song and Sombrero is a nice song with a bit of latin flavor to it that sets it apart from the rest of the songs on the album. “The Piper” is the best song on the album. I liked it at first and it was good, but its the song that has been stuck in my head since then and has really grown on me.
I found it funny that I really liked the B-sides on this album better, especially more than the title track and other big songs from it. “Super Trouper” was the most surprising because I remember liking it before and it's still fun, but damn it goes on too long and the parts of the song that aren't the chorus are just kind of there. And both of the songs end with the chorus getting repeated too much to even take out the joy of the best part of the songs.
The rest of the album is mostly fine, but it doesn't really stand out and everything is pretty samey except for the weird inclusion of “Happy New Year” which feels weird to listen to not on New Years although, it is January and not that far from the holiday. If you like ABBA you'll enjoy the album, but its not one of their stronger works.
For how long this album is its definitely not something I'd recommend listening to, but checking out the best tracks on the album aren't a bad use of your time.
