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30 October 2012

Brotherhood of Man- "Images" (1977)

Hello all,
In the next few days, I'd like to highlight the two albums I consider the most "ABBA-esque."
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The first of these albums is Brotherhood of Man's 1977 album Images. BoM were often referred to at the time as the "UK's answer to ABBA," or even as the "Poor Man's ABBA." Although I think that neither characterisation is entirely fair, their similarity to ABBA is undeniable, and this is certainly their most ABBA-ey album.
A few of the songs here were featured in the "ABBA-Esque Music Sampler," including the UK #1 hit "Angelo" (reminiscent of ABBA's #1 hit "Fernando") and the follow-up single "Highwayman."
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In addition to the original album, I have included four bonus tracks.
The first two - "Save Your Kisses For Me" and "Kiss Me Kiss Your Baby" - were featured in the group's 1976 album Love And Kisses. As ABBA had done two years before with "Waterloo," BoM won the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest with "Save Your Kisses For Me," which was also a UK chart-topper.
The third bonus is the title track of the 1977 album Oh Boy! and the fourth ("Circus") was the B-Side of "Angelo" and was included as the sole bonus track on the CD reissue of Images.
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ORIGINAL ALBUM:
01. Angelo
02. Images
03. Safety First
04. Two Can Live As Cheap Babe
05. You Can Say That Again
06. Lullaby
07. Highwayman
08. Star
09. All Night
10. Sparky
11. To-night's The Night
12. The Night Of My Life

BONUS:
13. Save Your Kisses For Me
14. Kiss Me Kiss Your Baby
15. Oh Boy (The Mood I'm In)
16. Circus
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Get it here. Enjoy!
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The songs here come from the 2009 Remastered Double-Disc Reissue. If this piques your interest, you can purchase both double-disc collections ("Oh Boy/Images" and "Good Things Happening/Love & Kisses") at Amazon.

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