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Listening to this album the question arises: "What did we really expect?" Hoping for tracks akin to "Dancing Queen" or "Gimme Gimme A Man After Midnight" from 70-year olds is ridiculous and so we get here more tracks with themes and lyrics that you'd expect from artists who have obviously matured not only physically but mentally as well and it shows in the lyrics. At a little over 37 minutes the running time is short by today's standards but is about the same as "The Visitor." Abba has always really been more of a singles band anyway and it could be said that their best ever album is: "The Definitive Collection" although studio album-wise their three best are still: "The Visitor", "Voulez Vous" and "The Album" and probably in that order. Listening through this album though there is nothing for Abba fans to be ashamed of as we still have quality tracks albeit without the few standout blockbuster fast-paced hit singles that we got in the past but we have here an overall high quality album to be proud of that is consistently of a decent standard. A couple of tracks even make a conscious effect to recall hits from the past with "Just a Notion" reminiscent of "Waterloo" and another ends with the "S.O.S." opening/closing piano riff. No, album-wise this does not rank among their better efforts but that does not mean this is a bad or even among their worst albums either. All said this is a decent farewell album and ultimately a treat for fans to be proud of.