★★★★★
In which Abba's 1973 debutalbum, clad in a workmanlikesleeve resemblinga parsimonious iterationof Piper At The Gates OfDawn, receives an executivemakeover. The DVDcombines early Swedishand Austrian TV appearanceswith Benny Andersson'sdissection of the title track,while the CD's 13 bonussongs include Abba-relatedcurios such as Hej GamleMan! by Björn & Benny andJag Är Blott En Man by JarlKulle - the latter of which ismore schlager than LouieSpence trying to say "lager"after 92 pints of lager...
- recordcollectormag.com
2013-11-07
★★★★★
The writing was on the wall, along with some sizable cracks, when Abba convened to make what would turn out to be their last album in 1981. The pressure cooker environment of pop superstardom, not to mention the collapse of the members' own romantic relationships, were plainly taking their toll, but the band nonetheless managed to bow out on a high...
- recordcollectormag.com
2013-04-02
★★★★★
In April 1975, were worried that the heady days were over. Waterloo, their song about one girl's surrender in the battle of love, had won the Eurovision Contest 12 long months earlier. Reviews of the group had been positive - even Rolling Stone had said they were putting "new life into... cartoon pop" - but recent UK singles had flopped, and tours were not selling out. Time then, for a difficult third album featuring reggae, prog, rock and funk, and somewhere in the middle, a giddy SOS...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2013-04-23
★★★★★
What can possibly be said about a group that's probably sold a billion copies in the time it's taken you to read this first sentence? I mean, let's face it, they're one of the biggest pop groups of all time, up there with Elvis and The Beatles and whatnot, but with a significantly less obvious cool quotient - thanks largely to having spent decades as serial victims of the ironic dancer...
- thequietus.com
2011-09-19
★★★★★
The band's sixth album, released in 1979, coincided with seismic shifts in both their personal and professional lives. Agnetha Fältskog and Björn Ulvaeus were setting the wheels of divorce in motion, though any Rumours-style songs addressing marital collapse wouldn't come until the following year's Super Trouper...
- www.recordcollectormag.com
2010-12-21
★★★★★
ABBA started off their career by winning a Swedish Eurovision Song Contest starting the year 1972. The group of four consisted of Benny Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Frida for short., and last but not least Agnetha Fältskog. They were highly rated on charts during the decade of 70's-80's. The name ABBA came from all first letters the members' first name creating the acronym A.B.B.A. Their songs caught the worlds attention with there simple yet enjoyable sound...
- www.bigsmilemagazine.com
2010-12-13
★★★★★
Already superstars in Australia, ABBA solidified their rep with a series of stylistically varied singles — Frida cried with happiness the first time she heard the backing track for "Dancing Queen." But the theatrical characters Agnetha and Frida portray on "Money, Money, Money," "That's Me" and the panpipe-tinged torch song "Fernando" (originally a Swedish-language Frida solo single) pointed toward the stage as the future of ABBA's songwriters — and their repertoire.
- www.blender.com
2010-08-22
★★★★★
For a group perceived as a lovable but lightweight pop outfit, it is surprising how much ABBA developed. In a career that took them from power pop to mini-rock operas to modish synth pop, the Swedish four-piece at no point rested on their laurels. Voulez-Vous is a case in point. First released in the UK in April 1979, it was an effort that saw Agnetha, Benny, Björn and Anni-Frid put their dancing shoes on to join in with the dominant disco craze...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2010-08-22
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