The Complete Abba

by Simon Sheridan

From 1974 to 1982, ABBA rewrote the rules of European pop music. The domination of American and British acts was ended, as the Fab Four from Sweden sold 370 million records and topped the charts around the world. The Complete ABBA tells the whole story—the songs, the hits, the tours, and how they achieved their trademark Wall of Sound harmonies. It also tells the personal story of the band, and how global stardom and constant touring affected their lives. The book also covers the ABBA musical and movie, and the unfulfilled plans for an ABBA museum in Stockholm. For all ABBA fans, this is simply an essential purchase.

Genres: Nonfiction, Music

272 pages, Hardcover

First published October 31, 2009

Reviews

[Andre · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall it was a very entertaining read that gave me some interesting insight on the production of ABBA's music and videos, without much about the artists' personal lives. The author could tone down the metaphors a bit, he definitely goes overboard with adjectives and sometimes the pictures he paints is too vivid for a work of non-fiction. He is quick to criticize cheap, overdone ABBA compilations that capitalize on the band's milestones, but the irony is that that is exactly what this book does: claims to be the ultimate and most complete package of information, and capitalizes on the band's 40th anniversary. Aside from that, it is a pretty good and informative book for ABBA fans.

[Bev Kuster · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book . If you want to go into details Re the ABBAsongs and the famous 4 read this book.

[Riikka · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book about the essentials of ABBA. Lots of information, unfortunately there is no proper index in the book.

[Becky · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this book. Lots of info inside about all the songs and history behind them.