Something’s Going On by Frida

Something's Going On, released on Polar on 10 September 1982, is the sound of Anni-Frid Lyngstad stepping out of ABBA's glitter and into a much darker room. It was her third solo album but her first sung entirely in English, cut in early 1982 while ABBA was running out of road, and she handed the controls to Phil Collins, who produced it with Hugh Padgham and brought along his cavernous gated-reverb drum thunder.

The result hits harder and rocks more than anything she'd sung with ABBA. "I Know There's Something Going On" is the centerpiece, all brooding tension and slammed drums, with Frida's voice cool and wary over the top. Critics and the public both took to it, and with more than 1.5 million copies sold it remains the best-selling solo record by any member of ABBA.

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