ABBA's Agnetha Fältskog announces reimagined album

A reimagined version of her acclaimed 2013 solo album is due this fall

Legendary singer-songwriter and founding member of pop supergroup ABBA, Agnetha Fältskog has announced the upcoming arrival of A+, a reimagined version of her acclaimed 2013 solo album, A, due via BMG on Friday, October 13th on 2 CD, crystal clear 2 vinyl, white vinyl, picture disc, and digital download.

A+ is heralded by the premiere of the fan favorite, “I Should’ve Followed You Home,” featuring duet vocals from Take That’s Gary Barlow and available everywhere now. Famously performed by the two global superstars as part of the BBC charity event, Children In Need 2013, the song is joined by an official music video/visualizer premiering today at YouTube.

“It was a highlight to sing a song together with Gary,” says Fältskog. “He’s a very nice guy. It was great to hear that Gary also likes this new version. Listen when the castanets come in, it’s great.”

Written especially for Fältskog by Swedish songwriter/producer Jörgen Elofsson (Kelly Clarkson, Britney Spears), A proved a worldwide critical and popular favorite upon its original 2013 release. As the album approached its tenth anniversary, Agnetha and Elofsson began to consider what it might sound like had it been recorded today in 2023. Working alongside fellow producer Anton “Hybrid” Mårtensson (Demi Lovato, Cèline Dion), they reimagined A in its entirety, stripping away all the original music and creating fresh productions and arrangements as vibrant and thrilling as anything in contemporary pop.

“When we made A ten years ago, it was a bit of a reaction against EDM and the dance music that dominated the pop world at the time,” Fältskog says. “We therefore did something that was exactly the opposite. Now, when we brought the songs into today’s music world, we were all surprised by how well it works. The songs have blossomed into the pop songs they are at their core.”

“I know Agnetha’s voice and have written the songs,” states Jörgen Elofsson. “So everything is still designed exactly for her, but in new ways.”

Perhaps most importantly, A+ includes one completely new song, the powerfully vulnerable “Where Do We Go From Here?,” recorded in full earlier this year and available everywhere now alongside an official music video animated by Estonian audio-visual artist Josh Twist.

A marked Agnetha’s follow-up to 2004’s covers collection, My Colouring Book, as well as her first album of all original material since 1987’s I Stand Alone. The album – highlighted by the chart-topping single, “Dance Your Pain Away,” as well as Agnetha’s first self-penned track in nearly three decades, “I Keep Them On The Floor Beside My Bed” – earned international applause while reaching the top 10 on album charts in the UK, Sweden, Belgium, Germany, New Zealand, the Netherlands, and more.

Ten years later, Agnetha – and ABBA – are possibly more relevant than ever before, their pop magnificence still influential, groundbreaking, and beloved around the world. Today, Fältskog lives outside Stockholm, far from the music industry. Surrounded by horses, dogs, her two children and five grandchildren who live within walking distance, she still listens to music all the time – though not with headphones or on a stereo.