ABBA News - Two New Songs From Frida, Outtakes "Shine" 

*Unfortunately,* both songs are not available on RU-vid right now, at the moment. I will keep it updated.

Hearing Frida's voice is like hearing an angel passing through my room.

I Love these two songs from SHINE period very much! It´s great to hear them and Frida sings them very well. They should be released on re-edition SHINE album as bonus. 🤩

Frida's work from this period definitely deserve more recognition. I don't understand why unreleased material stays locked in the archives, it's such a shame. It makes people so happy to hear these songs, so Universal....start polishing and releasing in an official release please!

Before anything: THANK YOU for the info!!!! I actually love more the Shine album than the Something's going on one. I've been looking for information or anything about the track When Love Turns To Lies during years!!! I never thought I could ever have the chance to get it and today, thanks to you I got 2 tracks for the price of one!!! I love them!! And that's what I love the Shine era: Frida doing things differently, pushing the boundaries of her own talent and going far beyond!!! Sadly most people couldn't get her art back in 1984. Frida proved to be ahead of her time and that album is a living testimony of all and more that she could do with her inmense talent... Once again Thank you for this unexpected present.... you make my Sunday the brightest day among many dark hours... From Argentina, thank you!!

Thanks for the heads-up ! Both tracks are magnificent. I find Frida's vocal performance on Can't Be Serious stunning and mesmerizing ! Let's hope Universal reissues Shine including these songs as bonus tracks !

"You Can't Be Serious" is actually pretty amazing. Kinda similar to anything by Kate Bush or Peter Gabriel. Exciting.

thanks for reporting about these two new gems. “when love turns to lies” is my favourite.

I'll fight for the Shine album as long as I live. It's a super creative effort and her vocals are PHENOMENAL on it. Why so many ABBA fans write it off, I'll never understand!

Thank you so much for this! I love both songs and am a bit surprised they were left off Shine! When Lovs Turns to Lies is a beautiful balad and Frida is very expressive on it. Can't be serious is very catchy and Frida sounds awesome on it! I love how dynamic her vocals are. These songs made my day, thanks again for sharing!

This is THE album that Frida shall reimagine and remix, for the coming September 2024, as Agneta did with "A". Including 2 actually 4 outstanding bonus tracks!!!

Frida voice sounds playful, optimistic. I like the ballad "When Love Turns To Lies" the best. Maybe the sound quality is a bit better. But these are much appreciated and will be enjoyed for years to come. Thanks for this special report, from a fan, a friend and a very special RU-vid channel. :)

It seems that singer songwriter Chris Rea offered "When Love Turns to Lies" to Frida for the "Shine" album. And, with it not appearing on "Shine", Chris Rea decided to record it himself. It's on his beautiful "Shamrock Diaries" album from 1986. I listened to that album for the whole of that summer.

And I was just gonna e-mail you about this yesterday too. I should have known you were already on it! lol Thanks BB, incredible job as always. You've answered all my questions. Now let's hope they get added to an expanded version of 'Shine'. 🙂

This is so exciting. Thanks for sharing the news. WOW… the songs are both so good.

''When love turns to lies' is my favest from the 2.Could have easily fit the album.'Shine' is an album that i love and it transports me imediately to 1984 a fine year of my teens.

I've written it a number of times now: I am so sad that Frida stopped recording after 'Shine', as she was on a really creative and experimental artistic path that could have taken her anywhere. It seems she wanted to try everything, and vocally she had never been better: Her range was enormous, her versatility grand, and her capacity to express herself almost unlimiteed. Though 'Something's Going On' was a much greater success at the time, I have grown increasingly fond of 'Shine' the last couple of years. Frida sang with so much more confidence and courage on 'Shine'. I think this is also reflected in the two 'new' songs, which I have listened to over and over, since they leaked this week. And thank God for that, If there's more somewhere: Let it come

I have a notion that in WLTTL it's Kristy Maccoll's voice in the backing vocals.She did a fine job on the version of 'Slowly".She kinda impersonated the Agnetha-Abba way and combined to S.Lillywhites skills the result was convincing,smooth and so beautiful.

Thank you for letting us know, otherwise I would never have known about it 🙏😄 I love them both 💗

Je viens d'ecouter les deux chansons de Frida . C'est vrai elle a une voix spéciale dans la deuxième chanson , mais ce qui fait tout son charme . J'adore ces chansons , merci Bobby d'avoir partagé ces chansons

Oh so beautiful..! ❤

I wish Frida to release globally her swedish album Djupa andetag and some single like Tango I Det Grona ,Saltwater and so on. These 2 unreleased song are really beautiful,and I love When Love Turns To Me so much,one of my favorite songs.

I did wonder if 'Cant Be Serious' was written by Frida because it reminds me of 'Don't Do It'. Thank you for keeping us posted BB. ❤

What A great news. Thank you very much BB for the information.

Thank you so much. Didn't know these tracks existed.

I found both songs on ABBA NOTION channel. "When love turns to lies" gave me goosebumps...Sounds gorgeous and personal...And a thought crossed my mind: what seems to be a tragedy at the beginning turns out to be a lucky event. Frida shined, shines and will shine forever. Many thanks, BB, for your wonderful work! Very much appreciated!

Thank you bobby i love frida❤❤❤

"The face" is the song I like most

I love ‘When Love Turns To Lies’ Disappointed it was left off Shine in favour of say ‘Comfort Me’ (my own personal opinion) Enjoyed ‘Can’t Be Serious’ too, but the same favourite lines referenced by you in ‘When Love Turns To Lies’ got me, I can’t stop playing it. I also love ‘That’s Tough’ one of my personal favourites. After hearing these songs on RU-vid the other day I had so many questions, thank you BB for the information… To think what we still have out there in the way of demos, different mixes, edits etc, please can we have more.. Great timely video BB, thank you…

Frida is a goddess!

Thank you so much for sharing this. I have been waiting for years imagining how Frida would sing "When Love to Lies".. it is one of my favourite Chris Rea songs with such a powerful lyric (in the same way that Agnetha's Sometimes when I am dreaming is one of my favourite Mike Batt songs)... She has definitely given it an "Abba" touch - in parts her interpretation has elements of "Cassandra" in it - very different from how I imagined it would be.. I still play Shine regularly - there are so many wonderful songs, Steve Lillywhites production is superb, and Kirsty McColls backing vocalsprovided a wonderful contrast to Frida .. I agree with Frida - it was ahead of it's time! Sadly I missed hearing "Can't be Serious" before it was blocked but I am sure someone else will publish again whilst we wait in hope of an official re-release of Shine... hopefully with the additional tracks!

Great songs. Getting better and better each time I hear them.

Both are great, thank you ❤

WLTTL Chris Rea's 'male aspect" also sounds very beautiful..His version has a relaxing "summery" mourning mood.Frida's ''demo' breaths out more 'female agony'.Both are differently produced/isntrumentated.

I always wish Frida recorded more out and out rockers like “there’s something going on” because I believed in the MTV era she should’ve been much bigger. That was a huge hit and she should’ve done more uptempo stuff.

When Love Turns to Lies is the one I like most when first hearing them, still great to have both new songs, neither of which I knew about being recorded.

I was very excited to hear these two new songs by Frida i Love them I was talking to a fan saying they aren't on the internet then they were there I love them🇦🇺😍🇭🇲

We're so lucky to have BB and get informed of these great things so quickly. You are a gem!!! However, personally I dont find these two recordings much of a gem, and can totally understand why they were left off the Shine album. They had to choose, and there was a limited number of songs possible on a vinyl. Can't Be Serious I would maybe have liked released on a B-side. Having said that, it's wonderful to be transported back to 1984 with Frida's younger voice and fighting spirit and I am vwry grateful to be able to listen to these secret tracks. Thanks again BB

It's been rumored that she gave cassette copies of some of her unreleased songs to fans, with the understanding that they keep them to themselves.

I definitely prefer "When Love Turns To Lies" over "Can't Be Serious", which probably has more to do with my musical tastes. You can tell that these songs are not quite finished, both vocally and from a production point. It's still a thrill to hear them. It's always a treat to hear "new" music from Frida and/or ABBA.

Hermosa pelirroja,una voz maravillosa, excelente profesional, felicitaciones

The outtakes are amazing, especially When Love Turns To Lies. Hopefully these will be officially released sometime in the future🤞 Here are the outtakes, including an instrumental which sounds very clear. Frida (ABBA) - When Love Turns To Lies (UNRELEASED) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oFwvGmbXe_s.html Frida (ABBA) - Can’t Be Serious (UNRELEASED) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rbXdbqv3bGw.html Frida (ABBA) - When Love Turns To Lies (UNRELEASED - Instrumental) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zsKKMFsKURs.html I hope you enjoy.

Thank you for this Info!! I wonder why they or she decide to "left" them unpublished, especially "You Can't Be Serious"... I do like both songs... I wonder, what is still in "the vaults"... I still hope that we will hear some more unreleased tracks!!

"Shine" is a wonderful album with a variety of styles really showing off Frida's voice. My favourite is "Heart of the Country". I think the lack of success of the album is solely due to Frida's having been a member of ABBA. At the time ABBA was considered 'very uncool' and it wouldn't have mattered what was released. It would not have succeeded.

“ Don’t Do It” is one of my favorites, I play it all the time, I feel it should have been a hit here in America 🇺🇸, it would be a classic love song every where else here and not just in my mind ! ❤❤❤❤

I love Don't Do It

I still think that Frida underestimated herself as a song-writer. Maybe she didn't feel confident enought since she was only a beginner at writing her own songs as well as asserting herself as an independent solo-artist. Maybe this factor also somewhat discouraged her for further creations, and after her fail with "Shine" she had given up on it. Speking of the two leaked songs, I must admit I was surprised, though secretely had been dreaming of hearing those someday, but wasn't sure when exactly it might happen and would it ever. But still it has happened and my gladness is boundless. Hopefully, other songs like "I Don't Wanna Be Alone" will someday be leaked in a better quality.

There are 5 unreleased songs from Frida's 1984 album 'Shine' I Don't Wanna Be Alone My Dearest Friend I'm One Of God's Children When Love Turns To Lies Can't Be Serious It was 1986 when Frida had a 3rd English album planned not 1985

While I find the quality of the actual music on Shine rather uneven, and these two outtakes don't impress me much, what I love about Shine songs is Frida's incredible vocals. She was never as loose and as expansive vocally ever in ABBA as she is on Shine. ABBA was a showcase of B&B's songs and both women in ABBA had to adjust themselves to those songs and to B&B's musical vision both vocally and expression-wise. Shine, on the contrary, to me is first and foremost a showcase of Frida's technical brilliance as a vocalist and of her powerhouse voice. Her vocal mastery is underrated, unfortunately, perhaps due to a limited solo output post-ABBA and a lack of live performances, but to me Shine (along with her live performances during ABBA era) ultimately shows what a truly great singer she is. I am actually convinced that Frida did not realize her full potential as a vocalist and it saddens me a bit.

Shine is a brilliant album - it really shows how amazing her voice is ❤

Love u 😍

I did such a double take reading the title of this video!! The story behind those 40 pressings being sold to fans is not how I expected these out takes to surface after all these years! I wonder if anyone will come forward with an explanation, I am so curious. Shine has always stood out to me for its ambition, and it definitely deserves a reissue with these outtakes being explored but I am so happy to even know that there is a chance that out takes could still come out after all this time!

I'm screaming ❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂

The additional songs have long been known about and there were rumours that someone had recordings of them, apparently a ABBA fan.. Apart from these two and 'I'm One Of God's Children' there is supposedly 'My Dearest Friend' but it's not sure how complete they are. Apparently, this fan has held them for years and wouldn't upload them, probably because of copyright issues. A small number of copies then were made available to buy on the understanding that buyers would not upload them either. But stuff like this should not be hidden away. Even rough demo's are of interest to many fans.

I liked shine. I wish it had done better in the charts

Chris Rea has stated that he wrote "Love turns to lies" intentionally for Frida. When Frida did not record the song, he did it himself, in 1985 for his album "Shamrock diaries".

I love both tracks, but Can't Be Serious is my favourite. I can't get it out of my head. The arrangement/production/instrumentation are superb. I think it links together Twist In The Dark, That's Tough and even Chemistry Tonight. I think it would have brought a little extra edge to the album. When Love Turns To Lies is gorgeous, and I really love the Twin Peaks-style guitar solo. Lyrically, it reflects the theme of Comfort Me. There were probably too many ballads for the album, but this would have made a good Double A-side with a third or fourth single. Remko's fascinating book mentions a demo written by Frida in 1983 called Can't Be Serious. I wonder if this is a coincidence of two different songs with the same name? If anyone can reach him, maybe he could clarify.

Congrats Bobby You have an amazing voice and your data fills me with excitement. Can you do me a favor. Several times some people have realized that Frida is originally reddish but not the dying Red hair she many times used in multiple 'nuances'. Of course. Even they say Frida once said that in her own words. But if anyone looks her early baby and girlish photographs , the blonde idea jumps. Can you do a special video about this intriguing fact , intriguing at least for me ?Tack så mycket

YOU GIVE ME LOVE YOU MAKE ME SHINE💖

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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Shine sessions are not included here. Namely, "I'm One Of God's Children", "Love Turns To Lies", "Can't Be Serious", "My Dearest Friend" and "I Don't Wanna Be Alone". Fans that have been lucky enough to hear these tracks say they are simply brilliant and definitely up to scratch with the standard of the rest of the album.

Hello. I like the quality of your videos and the way you convey your appreciations. But honestly I didn't find anything remarkable in this pair of songs. I feel them structurally very basic (and the audio quality makes them sound like songs from the 50s/60s). I can understand that you find the songs "wonderful" due to the great fanaticism that accompanies them, but from a more neutral place, they seem to me like an unfinished test, or lacking the necessary quality to be included in the album of someone renowned, unless the production of the album on which they were to be included has not reached high levels of quality either (perhaps due to this supposed "experimentation").

Hi BB. I've noticed that BAO were to perform in Stockholm Circus on the 11th June. Did this concert go ahead and do you have any information on it?

Btw imo There are a couple of songs from the solo stuff of both Frida's /Agnetha's releases that could have easily been Abba songs.Such as 'Comfort Me"/"Slowly" the Steve Lilywhite produced version ( both easily on The Visitors" tracklist. 'The Last Time"/"Dance your pain away"(VV tracklist)"I was a Flower" 'The Album" maybe.IWAF could have also fit fine in Frida's voice.

Ooh no I didnt find them. 😢 has anyone downloaded them?

I simply can't find these songs, tried the channel in the video and have searched titles - are they blocked? 😢

I like the Shine album, not Frida’s best work, but very listenable nonetheless. I particularly like the title track along with One Little Lie and Twist in the Dark. I can see why these two were left off though. Chris Rea does When Love Turns to Lies so much better, but even then, it’s one of the fillers on his Shamrock Diaries album in my opinion. The other track, Can’t Be Serious I find jarring and unpleasant to listen to, clearly an experiment that was wisely taken no further.

Isn't the "What's that you say..." the actual chorus of the song? A real pity both of these songs have disappeared now, and unlikely to stay here beyond a week if that, but it's nothing we didn't expect, let's be honest.

Where have the songs gone? Cannot find them on RU-vid anymore.

Autobiographical song(s)?

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While I appreciate Frida taking risks musically on both of her English solo albums, I never found "Shine" all that great. I tried my best to like it when it came out as a teenager, but it never really took with me. I had expected to like this record more given that Frida was working with Steve Lillywhite, a producer I had admired for his work with U2, Big Country, Simple Minds and other British early 80s rock acts. I also am a big fan of the late, great Kirsty MacColl (then Lillywhite's wife, though they later divorced before her untimely death), and loved that she both wrote songs for the album and collaborated with Frida on "That's Tough." Ultimately, i think the songwriting was what let the album down - the single "Shine" was more production than an actual song, and the attempts at art-rock with songs like "Twist in the Dark" were undermined by some really terrible lyrics ("Concorde - seems like a groundhog"...really?). So, I wasn't particularly surpirised not to find the two new songs top-flight efforts either. Still, they're fun to listen to nearly 40 years later, so I don't want to gripe too much. Just my opinion, glad that BB and others are able to enjoy them more than I!

i cannot find JWk u tube channel, any one lese having this issue?

Yet still no leak of shot down in action 😢 from something going on.

Both songs are now unavailable from JWK …

Personally, I didn't really like the songs. I don't think they really fit with the other songs on the album, maybe that's why they were not included on the finished LP. That said, I wouldn't replace any of the 10 original songs with these two. But they could be fine additions as bonus tracks if the album is re-released in the future. Btw, now I understand why these leaks have some vinyl noise, they were taken from unnoficial vinyl records. I'd love hearing the original file, with no noise at all.

The both vinyls made by Makilinchen Productions are wonderful!!! 👍👍👍

ВВ, Нi.As far as know Pr.Anni Frida lived in different lands, now sНе lives in Swiss again, in SНеldier.May Вe Frida learnt German as well.

"Can't be serious" sounds quite "experimental" and reminds me in style of some tracks by Karin and Anders Glenmark from Gemini. "When Love Turns To Lies" is too boring and without expression for me.

Talk style and approach all you want - in the end it's all about composition, and in Shine's case, Side One for the most part was sadly lacking. To come down from the melodic heights of ABBA to songs with frustratingly poor chord progressions is a devolution. The song "Shine" is the worst example. What a let-down.

Sorry to disagree, but I think both songs were pretty weak

Sorry for being Mr. negativitety here, but Shine was not good in my opinion, nor was her work with Phil Collins. Neither project was the right fit for Frida's talent and style. Not a criticism of Frida per se. I just think the songs were wrong. And the whole "80s look" was such a disappointment when compared against the ABBA period. There was something magical about 70s ABBA that was lost. I feel that Agnetha's post ABBA solo career was much better, although I do like Frida's 1996 Swedish album, and "Fire and Ice" live was damn good example of her rock talent.

I really think these 2 tracks and the entire project was an absolute disaster. So much so she wasn’t able to establish a record deal thereafter . A sad post Abba legacy , she could of done so much more

. ᗅᗺᗷᗅ . Anni-Frid "Frida' Lyngstad