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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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Another quality reissue from the finest POP group in history., 26 Nov 2007
The real genius of Abba's music was in the ease in which their songs addressed the ups and downs of personal relationships from both a female and male perspective.For a so called pop group Abba sang about difficult personal issues [in retrospect they were merely writing about their own crumbling inter band relationships,whilst becoming the most popular group in the world].
This reissue of the soundtrack to the bands tour movie of 1976 is perhaps the nearest Abba got to treading water in their prime[sandwiched between the pop brilliance of "Arrival",and the more mature "Voulez Vous"],but the sheer quality of the songwriting, production, and performances just illustrates how on top of their game Abba were in this period.From the mellow opener, "Eagle", to the classic pop genius of "Take A Chance On Me" Abba never short changed their huge audience on a musical level,and very few bands have ever sustained this level of quality throughout their careers.Whilst essentially a cheerful album, a sly hint of the bands emerging melancholy and maturity can be found in the brilliant "The Name Of The Game".
This reissue has 6 interesting curiosities especially the "Doris Day",[read less produced], version of "Thank you For The Music",which i personally prefer to the album version, and two Spanish versions of tracks from the album.
The dvd is a bit of a gem,with some hard to find,television appearances and interviews[including some in Swedish],that offer more than standard record company propaganda[especially interesting is a brief Blue Peter clip where the bands professionalism is as noticable as their obvious desire to be elsewhere].
Overall this is a fabulous package and worth the investment.It may not be quite as much fun as the "Arrival" Deluxe Edition,but that is merely splitting hairs,and should not stop anybody from purchasing this small slice of Seventies nostalgia.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
AOR/Broadway minefield, 24 May 2009
Good value buy and delivered in good time and good condition. A curate's egg as far as the Abba canon goes, but I'm falling as we speak and the DVD is an absolute clincher. Marvel as Lesley Judd gets not one, but two Abba member names wrong on Blue Peter. Not as good a package as Arrival special edition, but, hey, not every creative spurt can be a Sistine Chapel. It's still more artistically valid than the entire careers of U2, The Who, REM and The Clash combined. Capish?
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
If you're even half a fan, you'll love this!, 15 April 2009
I'd just bought the deluxe edition of Arrival and that was so good I had to buy this one!
The extra tracks are interesting curios and worth having, but the dvd is absolutely wonderful for ABBA junkies like me!!!
I thought I'd seen everything that was likely to be released but this has new footage from 1976 through 1979 or there abouts is just fantastic. There are studio performances and a fly-on-the-wall concert documentary, and behind the scenes interviews all neatly subtitled where the Swedish commentary runs. It's bizarre to see ABBA being mentioned in the same lofty company as The Beatles and The Bay City Rollers! How times do change.
The music on the cd is as good as ever and there to be enjoyed by anyone, and the dvd just makes this an even better buy and even more worth having!
I hope they do deluxe editions of all the other albums, especially The Visitors.
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