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词条 Elaine (song)
释义

  1. Synopsis

  2. Composition

  3. Analysis

  4. Critical reception

  5. References

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| name = Elaine
| cover = ABBA - The Winner Takes It All-Elaine.png
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| type = single
| artist = ABBA
| album = Super Trouper (2001 reissue)'
| released = July 21, 1980
| format = B-side
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| venue =
| genre = Pop
| length = 3:44
| label = Polar Music
| writer = Benny Andersson
Björn Ulvaeus
| producer = Benny Andersson
Björn Ulvaeus
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"Elaine" is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was used as the B-side to the 1980 single "The Winner Takes It All". It was not included on any of their original albums but was later included as a bonus track on the 2001 reissue of Super Trouper.

Synopsis

The song is about a "devil-may-care path in pursuit of love".[1]

Composition

ABBA: Let the Music Speak describes "Elaine" as a "bold and brazen up-tempo number", adding that it has a "wealth of treated synth effects". The pace remains the same throughout the song, and the intro has a "melodic riff that is squeezed and contorted over a series of suspended chords". This is followed by a "whistlable refrain".[1] At the end of the second verse, the synths mimic the girls' voices.[2]

Analysis

The song has a degree of programmatic irony, as the "extrevert nature" of the refrain juxtaposes "Agnetha and Frida's decisive and cutting unison stabs".[1]

Critical reception

Abba - Uncensored on the Record says the song is "OK, in a rather frantic way", and adds that it "paled in comparison" to the song it was paired with in the single "The Winner Takes It All", widely regarded as the best song ABBA ever recorded.[3]

References

1. ^{{cite book|last=Tesch|first=Christopher Patrick ; editor: Matthew|title=ABBA : let the music speak : an armchair guide to the musical soundscape of the Swedish supergroup|year=2008|publisher=Christopher J N Patrick|location=Fairfield Gardens, Qld.|isbn=9780646496764|pages=63–4|edition=1st}}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Tesch|first=Christopher Patrick ; editor: Matthew|title=ABBA : let the music speak : an armchair guide to the musical soundscape of the Swedish supergroup|year=2008|publisher=Christopher J N Patrick|location=Fairfield Gardens, Qld.|isbn=9780646496764|page=128|edition=1st}}
3. ^{{Cite journal | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=-hkbqflhfKoC&pg=PT72&dq=%22elaine%22+%22abba%22#v=onepage&q=%22elaine%22%20%22abba%22&f=false | title = Abba - Uncensored on the Record | isbn = 9781908538239 | author1 = Tobler | first1 = John | date = 2012-01-04}}
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