ABBA - Opus 10 (1982)

In June 1981 a journalist from Swedish newspaper Expressen interviewed ABBA in the studio, while they were recording what would become 'The Visitors' album. When the article was published it was titled "Now ABBA Are Recording Their Tenth Album". In the article, he wrote "will Opus 10 now beat them all?", using the classical term "opus" and referring to ABBA's tenth album. Rumours spread through ABBA fan circles that 'Opus 10' was the working title for 'The Visitors', and an instrumental demo recording, actually titled 'Nationalsång', was rumoured to be the title track. After 'The Visitors' was released the rumour mill started up again, saying that 'Opus 10' was the title of ABBA's follow-up to 'The Visitors', and that six tracks had been recorded in 1982 before ABBA abandoned the album and took what they said was a break, but which eventually became a permanent split. This album was put together by TheLazenby, and collects those six tracks, together with a few other rarities, to imagine what the follow-up to 'The Visitors' could have sounded like.

Track listing

01 Under Attack
02 You Owe Me One
03 The Day Before You Came
04 Elaine
05 Opus 10
06 I Am The City

07 Cassandra
08 Every Good Man
09 Just Like That
10 Givin' A Little Bit More
11 When The Waves Roll Out To Sea
12 Should I Laugh Or Cry