Metal Opera Vol.1 & 2, The (Gold Edition) [Digipak] - Avantasia

Pure Pop Gold

Advantages: A comprehensive compendium of the greatest hits
Disadvantages: None to speak of.

records (with a sprinkling of Boney M ? remember them?) for me and my cousins to cavort, dance and ?jive? to as six year old kids having some fun. Their music stayed with me, in the background, throughout my life ? very much a guilty pleasure during the times when I was way ?too cool? to like them, or I was clever enough to realise that open acknowledgement of my soft spot would probably be social suicide. However, when I stopped caring about what other people thought, and when it became trendy and retro to like them again (coincidentally, when ABBA Gold came out) they made a spectacular comeback into my record collection. THE CONTEXT Apart from the nostalgia and happy childhood memories, ABBA Gold had a more contemporary relevance to me. In the summer of 1997, one of my good friends from uni was getting married to an Italian ...

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Review of Abba Gold Vol.1 (Greatest Hits) - Abba

Please Please tell me NOW is Now II on the way?

Advantages: A superb replica of the original Now album; a well-presented snapshot of pop history.
Disadvantages: No major ones.

Long overdue for a re-release, the first ever Now album does not disappoint, offering a snapshot in time of the music of 1983 and containing 11 out of the 19 number 1 hit singles in the UK that year (the Christmas number 1 turned up on Now II.) I feel there is something for everyone on this compilation, a choice of familiar favourites and in some cases perhaps a forgotten classic or two. Rest assured that this collector's CD edition contains ALL of the 30 tracks that were included on the two original LPs and in their original versions too. "THE COVER/DESIGN" The 'digipak' is in my opinion an excellent choice over the traditional jewel case that CDs are packaged in because the cardboard gives this edition a unique feel and more importantly allows the edition to be a very good replica of the original LP. The cardboard certainly does ...

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Review of Now That's What I Call Music Vol.1 (Collector's Edition) [Digipak] - Various Artists

You are GOLD!!

Advantages: All the classics
Disadvantages: None

You are GOLD!! ABBA GOLD is one of those albums that every CD collection should contain. It's an album you can always rely on to entertain people, that everyone will like and dance away to when you put it on the CD player. As we all know, ABBA are a pop group from Sweden. They were formed in November 1970. They were popular in the 70's and 80's although their music still lives on today in films, musicals, pubs and clubs. The band were made up of four members, two men and two women. They are Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Frida), Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog. The name "ABBA" is anacronym formed from the first letters of each of the group members' given names. The album, ABBA Gold is a greatest hits album. It's very well packaged in my opinion, it's front is plain and simple, the background is black with ABBA Gold written in ...

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Review of Abba Gold Vol.1 (Greatest Hits) - Abba