Advantages: The later material is class Disadvantages: The early stuff is a bit cheesy
This album is undoubtedly the best collection to put together the work of the legendary Swedish band ABBA. This year is the thirtieth anniversary of ABBA’s success at the Eurovision Song Contest with ‘Waterloo’, so consider this my way of celebrating the magnificent legacy of Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid (Frida) Lyngstad… Unfortunately when many people remember ABBA, the first thing they think of is ‘Dancing Queen’, ... ...1970’s. True, they are all aspects of the ABBA legend, but there has always been something darker about ABBA that I have liked. The fact that they were two married couples who divorced and continued as a band and slowly dissolved, their music mirroring their personal situations, has truly fascinated me ever since I first heard an ABBA record back in the mists of time when I was about 10 years old.
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Ryan74 18.06.2004 (04.02.2005)
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Advantages: All the singles in one place Disadvantages: None
...he bought me Abba "The Definitive Collection", he reckoned it had the most tracks and was the best value. Well to be honest I think he was right, this is definitely a definitive collection for the Abba enthusiast.
The collection consists of 2 CDs and a DVD, the DVD alone runs for 2 hours 48 minutes a substantial amount for even the hard core Abba fan. There are 2 CDs, CD1 consists of 20 tracks and CD2 consists of 15 tracks and 2 bonus tracks. I ... ...rage at bay!
The Definitive Collection contains 37 songs in total including all the singles released between 1972 and 1982. There are 2 songs from 1972, 2 from 1973, 4 from 1974, 3 from 1975, 4 from 1976, 4 from 1977, 1 from 1978, 7 from 1979, 4 from 1980, 4 from 1981, and 2 from 1982.
CD 1 covers the period 1972 to 1979 and it contains 20 tracks. I must admit that before I got the CD I was not aware of all the songs but I am getting to know them ...
lorna_call 11.01.2009
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