Description
Perhaps more than any other Greatest Hits compilation, Abba Gold has come to define a band's career on one disk. More than that, its release in 1992 heralded the critical rehabilitation of a group which had, since its demise a decade earlier, become little more than a memory of trashy costumes and cheesy tunes to many people. Here, Elisabeth Vincentelli charts the circumstances surrounding the birth of Abba Gold, looks at the impact it had on the music world, and tells the stories behind some of the greatest pop songs ever recorded.
Author: Elisabeth Vincentelli
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 03/31/2004
Pages: 131
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 6.66h x 4.82w x 0.39d
ISBN13: 9780826415462
ISBN10: 0826415466
BISAC Categories:
- Music | Genres & Styles | Rock
- Music | History & Criticism | General
About the Author
Elisabeth Vincentelli is music editor of Time Out New York. She has also written for the Village Voice, Rolling Stone, and Entertainment Weekly among many other publications. She grew up in France and has loved Abba since watching them triumph at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974.