The album was met with a positive reception by both critics and the public, with sales in excess of 1.5 million copies, making it the best-selling solo record of any of the ABBA members to date.

Going through her divorce from fellow band member Benny Andersson, Frida had heard Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight", and then listened Face Value "non-stop for eight months".

Polar Music approached Collins, asking if he would be interested in producing Frida's new solo album.

Polar Music sent out invitations to publishing companies around the world, announcing Frida's plans and asking for songs suitable for the project.

Among the composers who made it to the album's final track list were Bryan Ferry, Stephen Bishop, Rod Argent and Russ Ballard.

The Giorgio Moroder/Pete Bellotte composition "To Turn the Stone" was originally written for Donna Summer's 1981 album I'm a Rainbow – a double set for Geffen Records which for various reasons would remain in the archives until 1996.

Frida also asked Per Gessle, later of Roxette, to set Dorothy Parker's bittersweet poem "Threnody" to music.

At the time of recording Something's Going On Frida had wanted to distance herself from the "typical ABBA pop sound" (according to Lyngstad herself).

Swedish Television, SVT, documented the whole recording process from the first day in the studio to the release party after the album's completion.

The resulting footage became a one-hour TV-special which included interviews with Frida and Phil Collins, Björn & Benny from ABBA, as well as all the musicians on the album.

[5] Although it was stated that the album has a collection of songs that were designed for a soloist, The Sydney Morning Herald reviewed: "Unfortunately, it still sounds a little like ABBA with three members missing.

[8] Audiences also accepted the new, rockier sound and both the album and its lead single soon started climbing the charts; Something's Going On reached No.

With sales in excess of 1.5 million copies worldwide, Something's Going On is the best-selling solo album of any of the ABBA members to date.