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10.0
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The Irish Times
Exquisitely familiar songs from one of the greatest groups of all time
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10.0
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The Independent
The reunion no one imagined would ever happen has resulted in a triumphant album awash in the group’s gung-ho uncoolness
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9.0
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Vinyl Chapters
It’s got everything you could ever want in an ABBA swan song and so much more. This is the exact kind of album I think we needed right now
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8.0
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God Is In The TV
It’s a very good final chapter on the Abba story, with a number of songs that deserve to join their canon of perfect pop
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8.0
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PopMatters
ABBA have pulled off a very good reunion album with Voyage despite the odds and expectations. The bar remains where they left it nearly 40 years ago
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8.0
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Rolling Stone
The Swedish super troopers haven’t lost their appetite for emotional-crisis soundtracks
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8.0
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The Arts Desk
'Voyage' has songs that can match, in maturity, Abba’s achievements of up to half a century before
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7.5
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Beats Per Minute
Voyage really does sound like an ABBA album that could have been made in the early 1980s; it is as if the book was closed in 1982 and has been finally reopened, a little dusty but picking up exactly where it left off, remarkably unimpeded by the intervening years
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7.4
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Pitchfork
Returning with their first new album in 40 years, the Swedish pop titans attempt the seemingly impossible: balancing the lure of nostalgia with the pull of the present day. Amazingly, they pull it off.
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7.2
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Spectrum Culture
ABBA’s first record in 40 years only reaffirms their deadly accurate pop sensibilities and timeless appeal
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7.0
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musicOMH
We’ll never know quite what other branching musical timelines could have been possible in the ABBA multiverse, but Ode To Freedom at least gives us a tantalising glimpse
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7.0
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All Music
If ABBA didn't have cheeseball moments, they wouldn't be ABBA, so it's reassuring that the group brings the lows along with the highs on this unexpected and delightful album
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6.0
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The Line Of Best Fit
It can be likened to the Star Wars sequels: nostalgic, fun and thrilling, yet relies on sentimentality to entertain. It fails to offer anything particularly new, and feels completely thrown together disregarding the potential greatness that could’ve been
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6.0
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NME
40 years on from their last album, the Swedish superstars are back - but is their comeback more noteworthy than the music itself?
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5.0
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Clash
Ultimately, its failings resemble the ‘new’ Beatles material recorded for the ‘Anthology’ series. Could ‘Free As A Bird’ live up to ‘A Day In The Life’? Not a chance in hell, but it’s definitely worth the attempt
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4.0
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The Guardian
After 40 years, the makers of once-sparkling pop are back – but the glamour promised by this album’s two terrific singles goes horribly unfulfilled
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4.0
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The FT
‘Voyage’ is full of nods to the old days, but syrupy numbers evoke memories of their kitschier qualities
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