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Lushly produced by 10cc's Eric Stewart, with all the lavish attention to detail that one would expect, Agnetha Faltskog's second English-language solo album is a lean and occasionally brooding hybrid of overstated '80s adult rock and boisterous Euro-pop, a blend that is epitomized by the opening cut, Jeff Lynne's "One Way Love," and never goes away thereafter. It makes for discomforting listening. Her final recordings with ABBA, after all, placed Faltskog in a fascinating position, a dark, doomed chanteuse capable of wringing crippling emotion from the most innocuous lyric. Only occasionally, however, does Eyes of a Woman even glance back in that direction (most notably on the title track), with Faltskog preferring elsewhere to disguise even the most distinctive elements of her voice beneath the overwhelming power balladry that was so characteristic of the age. Producer Stewart's own "I Won't Be Leaving You" emerges a lovely, sad song, comparable to any of the ballads he contributed to latter-day 10cc albums, while "I Won't Let You Go" (a Stewart/Faltskog collaboration) and Justin Hayward's "The Angels Cry" are both powerful enough to break through the album's overall sheen. Unfortunately, they are the exceptions. Elsewhere, Faltskog seems content simply to voice the words laid before her, an apparent disinterest that was broadcast even further first by her refusal to promote the album, then by her almost total disappearance from the public gaze. The eyes of this woman had obviously seen too much.
© Dave Thompson /TiVo
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Jeff Lynne, ComposerLyricist - Agnetha Fältskog, MainArtist - Eric Stewart, Producer - Paris Edvinson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 Polar Music International AB
Agnetha Fältskog, MainArtist - Eric Stewart, Producer - Marianne Flynner, ComposerLyricist - Paris Edvinson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1985 Polar Music International AB
Agnetha Fältskog, MainArtist - Eric Stewart, Producer - Paris Edvinson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Derek Noble, ComposerLyricist - Paul Frank Muggleton, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1985 Polar Music International AB
Agnetha Fältskog, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Eric Stewart, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Michael B. Tretow, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 Polar Music International AB
Agnetha Fältskog, MainArtist - Eric Stewart, Producer - Justin Hayward, ComposerLyricist - Michael B. Tretow, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 Polar Music International AB
Phil Palmer, ComposerLyricist - Anders Glenmark, Choir - Rick Fenn, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Vic Emerson, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Rutger Gunnarsson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Agnetha Fältskog, Choir, MainArtist - Eric Stewart, Producer, Choir, Percussion, Fender Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Marianne Flynner, Choir - Karin Glenmark, Choir - Paris Edvinson, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Ince, ComposerLyricist - Jaime Lane, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1985 Polar Music International AB
Tom Keane, ComposerLyricist - Jay Gruska, ComposerLyricist - Agnetha Fältskog, MainArtist - Eric Stewart, Producer - Paris Edvinson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 Polar Music International AB
Agnetha Fältskog, MainArtist - Eric Stewart, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Paris Edvinson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 Polar Music International AB
Agnetha Fältskog, MainArtist - Eric Stewart, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Paris Edvinson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 Polar Music International AB
Agnetha Fältskog, MainArtist - Eric Stewart, Producer - Paris Edvinson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - China Burton, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1985 Polar Music International AB
Geoff Downes, ComposerLyricist - John Wetton, ComposerLyricist - Agnetha Fältskog, MainArtist - Eric Stewart, Producer - Paris Edvinson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 Polar Music International AB
Agnetha Fältskog, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Eric Stewart, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1985 Polar Music International AB
Agnetha Fältskog, MainArtist - Randy Edelman, ComposerLyricist - Eric Stewart, Producer
℗ 1985 Polar Music International AB
Agnetha Fältskog, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Eric Stewart, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1985 Polar Music International AB
Anders Hansson, Producer - Ola Håkansson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Alexander Bard, ComposerLyricist - Tim Norell, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Agnetha Fältskog, MainArtist
℗ 1986 Universal Music AB
Anders Hansson, Producer - Ola Håkansson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Alexander Bard, ComposerLyricist - Tim Norell, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Agnetha Fältskog, MainArtist
℗ 1986 Universal Music AB
Album review
Lushly produced by 10cc's Eric Stewart, with all the lavish attention to detail that one would expect, Agnetha Faltskog's second English-language solo album is a lean and occasionally brooding hybrid of overstated '80s adult rock and boisterous Euro-pop, a blend that is epitomized by the opening cut, Jeff Lynne's "One Way Love," and never goes away thereafter. It makes for discomforting listening. Her final recordings with ABBA, after all, placed Faltskog in a fascinating position, a dark, doomed chanteuse capable of wringing crippling emotion from the most innocuous lyric. Only occasionally, however, does Eyes of a Woman even glance back in that direction (most notably on the title track), with Faltskog preferring elsewhere to disguise even the most distinctive elements of her voice beneath the overwhelming power balladry that was so characteristic of the age. Producer Stewart's own "I Won't Be Leaving You" emerges a lovely, sad song, comparable to any of the ballads he contributed to latter-day 10cc albums, while "I Won't Let You Go" (a Stewart/Faltskog collaboration) and Justin Hayward's "The Angels Cry" are both powerful enough to break through the album's overall sheen. Unfortunately, they are the exceptions. Elsewhere, Faltskog seems content simply to voice the words laid before her, an apparent disinterest that was broadcast even further first by her refusal to promote the album, then by her almost total disappearance from the public gaze. The eyes of this woman had obviously seen too much.
© Dave Thompson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:26
- Main artists: Agnetha Fältskog
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Polar Music International AB
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2005 Polar Music International AB This Compilation ℗ 2005 Polar Music International AB
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