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     At the first listening to 
     
     Abba's Waterloo album, it 
     
     struck me as pure and'simple 
     
     bubblegum muéic. It still 
     
     strikes me that way but the 
     
     appreciation of the album 
     
     has gone up a notch or two 
     
     since then. The group comes 
     
     from Sweden and Denmark‘and : 
     
     it's almost totally a good 
     
     time band. The instrument- 
     
     ation and vocals throughout 
     
     are great — crystal clear. 
     
    

    
     The first cut on the al- 
     
     bum is "Waterloo" which 
     
     sky-rocketed to the top of 
     
     the charts, especially in 
     
     the States. It's fast and 
     
     fun to listen to. There's 
     
     no great inner message but 
     
     then it wasn’t conceived 
     
    
   
   
    
     Palmtree" is a different 
     
    
   
   
    
     ibean calypso beat runs 
     
    
   
   
    
     song was written to have 
     
     fun with. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Abba tries something diff- W 
     
    
   
   
    
     Song". Deep bass guitar: . 
     
     leads into the cut for a 
     
     few seconds of hard rock 
     
    
   
   
    
     it off when-he~SHifts to 
     
     the piano. But the cut is 
     
    
   
   
    
     PHOTO BY GORDON COFFIN 
     
    
   
   
    
     WATERLOG --_- A notch ahove huhhlegum 
     
    
   
   
    
     radio- cent 
     
    
   
   
    
     The vocals are harsher and 
     
     lOuder than‘most of the 
     
     other releases. Halfway 
     
     ithrough the cut you get. 
     
     Shit with something closely 
     
     ‘akin to the old 50's sound 
     
     Iand_all combined together 
     
     it turns out to be quite a 
     
     song. 
     
    

    
     "Hasta Manana" eases every— 
     
     thing down...the first slow 
     
     cut on the album. The voc- 
     
     alist could be the double 
     
     for the Poppy Family sound. 
     
     The melody and the lyrics 
     
     are excellent. 
     
    

    
     The beat picks up again 
     
     with "My Mama Said"; its a‘ 
     
     _good dance song much_like 
     
     "Waterloo". "Dance (While 
     
     the Music Still Goes On)" 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     to be that. "Sitting In The slows it down again-to what 
     
     could be termed a fast 
     
     twist to the disc; the Carr- waltz and it's probably the 
     
     nicest cut on the album.- 
     
     through the song with Mal- " flAlthough "Waterloo" got 
     
     ando Gassama on the congas. offrthe ground as a single 
     
     Like it's counterparts, this release it is fast being 
     
     surpassed by "Honey, Honey" 
     
     -and justifiably so. 
     
    

    
     _"What About Livingstone",, 
     
     erent again with"King Kong '"Suzy—HangFAround" and 
     
     "Ring Ring" can all be cla- 
     
     ssified tOgether as more 
     
     ‘fun music. That is not to 
     
     sound. Benny Ander§9nyeases say that they are repetit— 
     
     ious for they certainly are 
     
     not that. Each cut has a 
     
     rock and roll.all-the way. ‘different twist that keeps 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     Out", which is on the flip 
     
     side of "Waterloo" on the 
     
     single, tends to go back 
     
    

    
     to the style of "King Kong 
     
     Song" in that it is harder 
     
     rOck.‘Finally, "Gonna Sing, 
     
     You My Lovesong" is, as the 
     
    
   
   
    
     The musical value of this 
     
     album may be up to some qu— 
     
    
   
   
    
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     The review we did this week 
     
     On the Gondolier restaurant W 
     
     proved to be one of our most 7 
     
     enjoyable thus far. This cosy 
     
     restaurant, specializing in 
     
     Italian cuisine, is located 
     
     on Sydney Street, just off 
     
     Queen._The Gondolier, renova— 
     
     ted from a nineteenth century 
     
     building, strikes one with its 
     
     tasteful; 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     :mau t. 
     
     -l4.¢-s,. ., 
     
    
   
   
    
     .ples of a plan to renovate 
     
    
   
   
    
     andigpproyriatg decor, use of the original_brick of 
     
    
   
   
    
          
     
       
     
        
     
          
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     It is one of the latest exam; 
     
    
   
   
    
           
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ewn 
     
     beams of the ceiling. These, 
     
    
   
   
    
     existing buildings in down— ~~1éontrasted with the white 
     
    

    
     town Charlottetown rather than.stucco on the walls, are a 
     
    

    
     to replace them. ’1 main factor contributing to 
     
     The personal atmosphere is *the striking appearance of 
     
    

    
     emphaSized by the decor. The the place. The main amount of 
     
    

    
     dining area, although capable*space is given over to larger 
     
    

    
     of seating a number of people,tables, but there are several 
     
    
   
   
    
     pappears small and easy. This tablescset in a less brightly 
     
    
   
   
    
     feeling is strengthened by thelit niChe for couples- 
     
     For the main course we had 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     the album interesting. "watch estion and ordinarily I 
     
     wouldn't bother even to 
     
     consider it as material for 
     
     any type of review. But if 
     
     iyou're interested in having 
     
     :some kind of party music 
     
     that's just fun to listen 
     
    
   
   
    
     to, this album is definately 
     
     title implies a'slower sound. in the running"' 
     
    
   
   
    
     Marilyn C. MacPherson 
     
    
   
   
    
     veal Parmigliani and Chicken 
     
     Caccitora, priced at $3.95 
     
     each, which appeared to be 
     
     about the centre of the price 
     
     range. We found the portions 
     
     -of food to be quite suffic- 
     
     ient and the quality excellent. 
     
     to round off the meal in typ- 
     
     ical Italian style, we chose 
     
     Spumoni and Zabione, which 
     
     were delightful, different and 
     
     .a trifle expensive. The meal 
     
     'as a whole was delicious. 
     
    

    
     1 One of the things that added 
     
     to our evening was the warm 
     
     and courteous service extend- 
     
     ed us by our waitress, who 
     
     genuinely appeared to enjoy 
     
     her job. 
     
    

    
     For those with an appetite, 
     
     the Gondolier offeres all the 
     
     spagetti you can eat, on Mon— 
     
     days, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 
     
     for $2;00. Above the restaur- 
     
     ant there is a small lounge 
     
     suitable for a quiet drink. 
     
    

    
     For those willing to spend 
     
     a little bit extra for an in— 
     
     timate night out, we feel the 
     
     Gondolier to be highly suit— 
     
     able. , 
     
    
   
   
    
     Albert MacDonald 
     
     Wendy Sauer