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Visitors - Sweden 1980's

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Invisible_man said on July 24, 2005 15:52:

Can someone add anything?
I think Visitors was a great Swedish Pop band, that consisited of 2 guys and sang in Enlgish too.

In 1990 they won a Swedish Grammy for the best Swedish Pop group

http://www.bluedesert.dk/visitors.html

Their first 2 albums are very rare on CD... but their 3rd album “This time the Good guys gonna win” was actually released outside of Sweden in UK, so it’s easier to find. Unfortunately their 3rd one is the weakest (IMO)

I am lucky to have a CD-R of their first album “Attention” - Awesome melodic and catchy Swedish pop/aor.

I have never heard their 2nd album “two”... and it’s very expensive and rare too :(

LaMan said on July 24, 2005 16:03:

I usually know all Swedish music but never heard of them before.

tevensso (moderator) said on July 25, 2005 08:51:

Not really, I have their first album, but they were pretty much the same after a while and were quite quickly forgotten.

realsuga said on July 26, 2005 15:23:

i like The Visitors by ABBA, lol....one of their best albums;-)

Invisible_man said on July 27, 2005 01:59:

Tevensso,
I have Attention.... and it’s a perfection of 80’s Pop/AOR music. The melodies of their songs are no worse than those of Roxette, ABBA, or ace of base (but they are from 80’s, which by the sound makes them even better than AOB, at least to me personally)

the only problem with Visitors was lack of Promotion. They were a great band made up of 2 great musicians, sang in English, and as I understand were recognized in Sweden.

If Roxette or ABBA got that little worldwide promotion outside of Sweden.... they would have disapeared quickly too, and I bet nobody on this webiste would have heard of them either.

As far as comparisons, some people have compared them to Pet shop Boys, but they are less Synth I think. Sound a bit like mid 80’s Phil Collins/Genesis too i think. But more melodic and catchy.

tevensso (moderator) said on July 27, 2005 08:06:

Yes all of this is true. Good songs and catchy hooks. Bad promotion and lack of new sounding material killed them, I think.
I think I even have a few of their singles...?

LaMan said on July 27, 2005 08:33:

do they sound like “Harpo”?

Kathrin said on July 29, 2005 21:32:

Is’nt that a ABBA Album?

tevensso (moderator) said on July 29, 2005 21:36:

Not much like Harpo no. Abba’s album is called The Visitors yes.