Abba review: Eight things to listen out for on new Voyage album

Voyage is Abba's first album in 40 years, and possibly their final recording. One track even has an Irish flavour 

Abba's new album Voyage has just been released. 

Mamma Mia, here we go again. Abba, arguably the greatest pop group of all time, have released their first album in 40 years. And, having evolved organically out of the reunion of Benny, Björn, Agnetha and Anni-Frid for a virtual comeback tour, Voyage has something old and something new for fans.

Voyage is undeniably the sound of a band in their twilight, those famously melancholic melodies filled out with an autumnal ache that is probably inevitable when all the participants are in their seventies. There are also times when the reunion threatens to off the rails. More than once, Abba sound like they have a one-way ticket to karaoke purgatory, the teaser singles I Still Have Faith In You and Don’t Shut Me Down being particularly guilty of resembling a grainy reproduction of the quartet in their prime.