Europop

The Divine Comedy - Europop (EP) (1991)  Music

Posted by Domestos at June 12, 2019
The Divine Comedy - Europop (EP) (1991)

The Divine Comedy - Europop (EP) (1991)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 195.43 Mb | 30:20 | Cover
Indie Rock, Pop Rock | Country: United Kingdom | Label: Setanta - SET 011 CD

The Divine Comedy are a chamber pop band from Northern Ireland formed in 1989 and fronted by Neil Hannon. Hannon has been the only constant member of the group, playing, in some instances, all of the non-orchestral instrumentation except drums. To date, eleven studio albums have been released under the Divine Comedy name. The group achieved their greatest commercial success in the years 1996–99, during which they had nine singles that made the UK Top 40, including the top ten hit "National Express".

ABBA - The Album (1977) [Deluxe Edition 2007] (Repost)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Dec. 14, 2024
ABBA - The Album (1977) [Deluxe Edition 2007] (Repost)

ABBA - The Album (1977) [Deluxe Edition 2007]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 473 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 157 MB | Covers - 135 MB
Genre: Pop, Europop, Pop Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Polar/Universal Music (060251731763)

ABBA's fifth album was a marked step forward for the group, having evolved out of Europop music into a world-class rock act over their previous two albums, they now proceeded to absorb and assimilate some of the influences around them, particularly the laid-back California sound of Fleetwood Mac (curiously, like ABBA, then a band with two couples at its center), as well as some of the attributes of progressive rock. That they did this without compromising their essential virtues as a pop ensemble makes this album seem even more extraordinary, though at the time nobody bothered to analyze it - The Album was simply an incredibly popular release, yielding two British number one singles in "The Name of the Game" and "Take a Chance on Me" (which made the Top Five in America, their second-best showing after "Dancing Queen")…

ABBA - Arrival (1976) [Deluxe Edition 2006] (Repost)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Dec. 12, 2024
ABBA - Arrival (1976) [Deluxe Edition 2006] (Repost)

ABBA - Arrival (1976) [Deluxe Edition 2006]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 431 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 139 MB | Covers - 183 MB
Genre: Pop, Europop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Polar/Universal Music (985 836-2)

Widely considered the Swedish foursome's first classic album - and historically important as the first to use the now-famous mirror-B logo - 1976's Arrival contains three huge hit singles, the dramatic "Money Money Money," the downcast "Knowing Me, Knowing You," and quite possibly the band's finest four minutes, the absolutely perfect pop classic "Dancing Queen," a combination of Spector-ian grandeur, McCartney-esque melody, and the indescribable vocals of Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The rest of ABBA's fourth album is strikingly consistent and accomplished, from the sly, bouncy "When I Kissed the Teacher" to the atmospheric title track, making room in between for the three excellent singles and five other substantial pop tunes. Although three LPs and a greatest-hits compilation preceded it, Arrival is aptly titled, as this album announces the band's move beyond bubblegum.

ABBA - ABBA (1975) [Deluxe Edition 2012] (Repost)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Dec. 11, 2024
ABBA - ABBA (1975) [Deluxe Edition 2012] (Repost)

ABBA - ABBA (1975) [Deluxe Edition 2012]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 315 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 113 MB | Covers - 118 MB
Genre: Pop, Europop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Polar/Universal Music (00602537123094)

ABBA's self-titled third album was the one that really broke the group on a worldwide basis. The Eurovision Song Contest winner "Waterloo" had been a major international hit and "Honey, Honey" a more modest one, but ABBA was still an exotic novelty to most of those outside Scandinavia until the release of ABBA in the spring of 1975. "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do," a schmaltzy tribute to the sound of '50s orchestra leader Billy Vaughn, seemed an unlikely first single, and indeed it barely scraped into the Top 40 in the U.K. But in Australia, it topped the charts, causing the Australian record company to pull its own second single, "Mamma Mia," off the album. This far more appealing pop/rock number followed its predecessor into the pole position Down Under and also topped the charts throughout Europe…

ABBA - Arrival (1976) [Deluxe Edition 2006] (Repost)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Dec. 12, 2024
ABBA - Arrival (1976) [Deluxe Edition 2006] (Repost)

ABBA - Arrival (1976) [Deluxe Edition 2006]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 431 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 139 MB | Covers - 183 MB
Genre: Pop, Europop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Polar/Universal Music (985 836-2)

Widely considered the Swedish foursome's first classic album - and historically important as the first to use the now-famous mirror-B logo - 1976's Arrival contains three huge hit singles, the dramatic "Money Money Money," the downcast "Knowing Me, Knowing You," and quite possibly the band's finest four minutes, the absolutely perfect pop classic "Dancing Queen," a combination of Spector-ian grandeur, McCartney-esque melody, and the indescribable vocals of Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The rest of ABBA's fourth album is strikingly consistent and accomplished, from the sly, bouncy "When I Kissed the Teacher" to the atmospheric title track, making room in between for the three excellent singles and five other substantial pop tunes. Although three LPs and a greatest-hits compilation preceded it, Arrival is aptly titled, as this album announces the band's move beyond bubblegum.

Westlife - World Of Our Own - No.1 Hits Plus (2002)  Music

Posted by Mocha at Dec. 11, 2024
Westlife - World Of Our Own - No.1 Hits Plus (2002)

Westlife - World Of Our Own - No.1 Hits Plus (2002)
Label: BMG | Flac (tracks+.cue,log,scans) | Time: 29:21 | 221,7 Mb
Genre: Europop, Ballad

"Westlife - World of Our Own - No. 1 Hits Plus" (2002) is a compilation album by the Irish boy band Westlife. The album was released to capitalize on the group's success in the early 2000s, following their string of chart-topping hits in the UK and internationally

ABBA - ABBA (1975) [Deluxe Edition 2012] (Repost)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Dec. 11, 2024
ABBA - ABBA (1975) [Deluxe Edition 2012] (Repost)

ABBA - ABBA (1975) [Deluxe Edition 2012]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 315 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 113 MB | Covers - 118 MB
Genre: Pop, Europop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Polar/Universal Music (00602537123094)

ABBA's self-titled third album was the one that really broke the group on a worldwide basis. The Eurovision Song Contest winner "Waterloo" had been a major international hit and "Honey, Honey" a more modest one, but ABBA was still an exotic novelty to most of those outside Scandinavia until the release of ABBA in the spring of 1975. "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do," a schmaltzy tribute to the sound of '50s orchestra leader Billy Vaughn, seemed an unlikely first single, and indeed it barely scraped into the Top 40 in the U.K. But in Australia, it topped the charts, causing the Australian record company to pull its own second single, "Mamma Mia," off the album. This far more appealing pop/rock number followed its predecessor into the pole position Down Under and also topped the charts throughout Europe…

ABBA - Waterloo (1974) [Deluxe Edition 2014] (Repost)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Dec. 9, 2024
ABBA - Waterloo (1974) [Deluxe Edition 2014] (Repost)

ABBA - Waterloo (1974) [Deluxe Edition 2014]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 401 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 139 MB | Covers - 85 MB
Genre: Pop, Europop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Polar/Universal Music (00602537645374)

ABBA's second (and U.S. debut) album contains the American Top Ten title track, as well as "Honey, Honey," a minor U.S. hit that deserved better. This album is rather unusual in the group's output, however, for the fact that the guys are still featured fairly prominently in some of the vocals, and for the variety of sounds - including reggae, folk-rock, and hard rock - embraced by its songs. The reggae number "Sitting in the Palmtree" is quite remarkable to hear, with its perfect Caribbean beat and those radiant female voices carrying the chorus behind the beat. "King Kong Song" is a good example of hard rock by rote, going through the motions of screaming vocals and over-amplified guitar (courtesy of Janne Schaffer), although even here, when the women's voices jump in on the choruses, it's hard not to listen attentively; the quartet knew what a powerful weapon they had, but not quite how to use it…

ABBA - Ring Ring (1973) [Deluxe Edition 2013] (Repost)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Nov. 30, 2024
ABBA - Ring Ring (1973) [Deluxe Edition 2013] (Repost)

ABBA - Ring Ring (1973) [Deluxe Edition 2013]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 478 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 177 MB | Covers - 85 MB
Genre: Pop, Europop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Polar/Universal Music (00602537349449)

If it seems as though the familiar ABBA sound isn't present on this album, that's because there was no entity known as ABBA at the time that the earliest sides here were recorded. Growing out of an attempt by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus to record together with their respective companions, Agnetha Faltskog and Frida "Anni-Frid" Lyngstad, the first side cut here, "People Need Love," featured the two men singing just as prominently as the women, and was credited to "Bjorn and Benny, Agnetha and Anni-Frid." It was only after its release and the cutting of a further single, "Ring, Ring," that the more familiar sound of the quartet began to coalesce along with the idea of a permanent professional association. Unreleased in the United States until 1995, this album is more of a generic European pop release than an ABBA release; the music has several unusual attributes…

ABBA - Ring Ring (1973) [Deluxe Edition 2013] (Repost)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Nov. 30, 2024
ABBA - Ring Ring (1973) [Deluxe Edition 2013] (Repost)

ABBA - Ring Ring (1973) [Deluxe Edition 2013]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 478 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 177 MB | Covers - 85 MB
Genre: Pop, Europop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Polar/Universal Music (00602537349449)

If it seems as though the familiar ABBA sound isn't present on this album, that's because there was no entity known as ABBA at the time that the earliest sides here were recorded. Growing out of an attempt by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus to record together with their respective companions, Agnetha Faltskog and Frida "Anni-Frid" Lyngstad, the first side cut here, "People Need Love," featured the two men singing just as prominently as the women, and was credited to "Bjorn and Benny, Agnetha and Anni-Frid." It was only after its release and the cutting of a further single, "Ring, Ring," that the more familiar sound of the quartet began to coalesce along with the idea of a permanent professional association. Unreleased in the United States until 1995, this album is more of a generic European pop release than an ABBA release; the music has several unusual attributes…