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"Like an Angel Passing Through My Room" by ABBA is the closing track from the group's final studio album, ''The Visitors''. It was written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. == History == Work began on this track on 26 May 1981 in Polar Music Studios.〔Magnus Palm, C: "ABBA The Complete Recording sessions", page 110. Century 22 Ltd, 1994〕 The first demo recording of the melody was made with Björn Ulvaeus singing a lyric with the title "Twinkle, Twinkle". Then the track was given the title "Another Morning Without You". In later recording sessions it was re-titled "An Angel Walked Through My Room", "An Angel's Passing Through My Room". At one point the song was turned into a disco track but this idea was eventually abandoned as the group felt it sounded too similar to "Lay All Your Love on Me".〔Magnus Palm, C: "ABBA The Complete Recording sessions", page 113. Century 22 Ltd, 1994〕 Initially the track featured vocal parts from both Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad but the final version of the song featured Anni-Frid as soloist. It is the only ABBA song to feature just one vocalist.〔(Like An Angel Passing Through My Room )〕 Unlike many other ABBA songs, the final mix of the track was sparsely produced - the entire track consisting of the soloist's treated vocals, synthesized strings, and a music box melody (also synthesized). The sound of a ticking clock, also heard throughout the track, was produced by Andersson's MiniMoog. The designer of the album sleeve for ''The Visitors'', Rune Söderqvist, was partly inspired by this song's theme when he conceived the idea of photographing the group standing before Julius Kronberg's painting of an angelic-looking Eros.〔Magnus Palm, C: "Bright Lights, Dark Shadows", page 445. Omnibus Press, 2001〕 In 2011 BBC Radio 4 in the UK broadcast a drama documentary, ''Like An Angel Passing Through My Room''. It featured a rare interview with Frida talking about her life and the song. The piece was a meditation on being a fan, love and loss through the prism of pop music. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Like an Angel Passing Through My Room」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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