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Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)   Abbattack

This sound sdifferent to most ABBA covers. This is more a rock interpretation done very well. The songs retain the traditional melodies and lyrics but the arrangements are very unique and becuase of this lend new light to these songs. The vocal harmony arrangements by Audioscam are outstanding.

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Joseph Tell's review is on TMR - Men's Magazine online
Joseph Tell's review on TMR Zoo online magazine:
http://www.tmrzoo.com/?p=1218

AUDIOSCAM - ABBATTACK!
October 28th, 2008
by Guest Contributor
http://www.tmrzoo.com/?p=1218


AUDIOSCAM
Abbattack
Australian Sun Records (ASR1012)

     The Swedish group ABBA manufactured some of the most intoxicating and
disposable pop music of the 1970s. Or so it seemed at the time. Who would
have imagined that their songs would develop wider acclaim in decades to
come on disc, on Broadway and in the movies. Intoxicating, yes;
disposable, hardly.

     A hard-rocking quartet from Australia crashes the American shores
with a fresh perspective on ABBA music. The group called Audioscam
has commandeered 10 familiar, hummable tunes, re-imagining each as a
power-rock anthem. Beginning with "Money Money Money," Audioscam's
Roger Gold and Ross Wedding fill Abba's songs with sweeping guitar
riffs. Slowing the tempo from Abba's famed bounciness, they deliver
a crunching "Rock Me" sliced by an interlude of piercing guitar
licks. They also take "Voulez-vous" on a six minute excursion that
flirts with prog rock.

     Dispensing with Abba's trademark girl-group voices, drummer Brian
Pitcher sings the lead vocals; the group harmonies on songs like
"S.O.S" and "Mama Mia" sometimes reference such great Anglo-pop acts
as The Sweet. Inventively deploying his tom-toms, Pitcher neatly
pushes "Waterloo" and "Ring Ring" in a catchy glitter-rock
direction. The idea works brilliantly, re-connecting Abba's first
two British hits to 1974 when the glitter trend ruled Britannia.

Joseph Tell
http://www.myspace.com/josephtell
Jerry Savenus on Limewire.com
Tune in to Knowing Me/Knowing You

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The thing that sold me on this strange approach to Abba is the definite vision on
"Knowing Me, Knowing You", the singer has intensity and, of all the tracks,
this one really grabs you as what this ban...dis all about.
Agnetha Fältskog and Frid Lyngstad approached the songwith a softness that
Audioscam decimates in fine fashion. Hearing it
from the male perspective is pretty telling, especially for guys going
through a divorce. There is real angst here "breaking up is never
easy--- i have to go"...the guitars are so authentic they back up the
guy's voice to great effect. You can play this one incessantly, both
the riffs on the guitars and the heart-felt vocal make it very special
"We just have to face it" said like he's really pouring his heart out.
Again, more guitars embellish the mood. This is really great stuff. The
voices don't try to do the Abba thing, and that works to their
advantage...you can picture him on a football field in a movie telling
the chick it is over with people in the stands singing along. I find it
real easy to sing along with the backing vocals for my limited vocal
range. "Ring Ring" would make a nice instrumental, the singer doesn't
have as much passion on that one as he has on "Knowing Me/Knowing You"
but the band really chugs on this...and the tom tom drums are powerful

Jane Grant writes on Barnes & Noble.com
http://music.barnesandnoble.com/Abbattack/Audioscam/e/650922220422

Audioscam's ABBATTACK : reinvention of Abba by Jane_Grant

Reader Rating: 4 Stars out of 5

October 21, 2008: Imagine Procol Harum's Robin Trower taking the songs of Abba and pulling them sideways and upways with his melodic fretwork, this CD from the Australian rock group Audioscam goes where no band has gone before with Abba. The music kicks! Where the original "Waterloo" rocks out it still remains heavily pop influenced, but this rendition feels like they recorded it in the Outback...I mean IN the outback in a good way and away from what you usually hear. Otherworldly is the description, probably because I never expected to hear "Mamma Mia" in this fashion. My husband dragged me to the film three times (I'm beginning to worry about him, Star Trek gal that I am) yet I'm the one who puts "Fernando" on repeatedly in the car. "Dancing Queen" needs a little more oomph, but that's OK, for the most part this disc says something refreshing and the guitar playing is exquisite.

ROBERT FRANCOS IN JERSEY BEAT
http://www.jerseybeat.com/quietcorner.html

This seems to be the year of all ABBA-all  the time. To add to the pile is Australian 
band AUDIOSCAM, who have produced their own interpretation on their CD “Abbattack” 
(australiansunrecords.com). All the hits that are in the movie, on the radio, coming out 
of storefronts, etc., are here. But what makes this different is that it is done in a poppy 
hair metal milieu. Yep, guitar solos, and all. It’s kinda interesting in its own 
twisted way, and would be more so if I was a fan of the Swedish acronym. One song that 
actually comes across especially well here is “S.O.S.,” on which they put 
just the right sheen. “Momma Mia” seems as if Queen arranged it, so I guess 
that works as well. Problem is, I was sick of these songs by 1985, so it was a tough 
listen at times, not because of Audioscam,who do a fine job, but because, well, as I 
said, all ABBA-all the time. Wonder if they’ll do a similar-yet-more-fun (to me) band next 
time, and cover The Seekers: “It’s  a long, long journey, so stay by my side…”