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List Price: $19.98 | | Label: Polydor / Pgd
Salesrank: 1297
Released: November 6, 2001 |
| Our Price: $11.90 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Editorial Review:
Is there anything that simply screams the 1970s' most indelible pop cultural clichés--the sunny romanticism, perfect vocal hooks, feathered hair, stacked heels, and flared sateen britches--more than the Swedish pop phenomenon Abba? And while many a pundit snootily dismissed them during their prime as some sort of prefabricated aberration, their worldwide popularity peaked somewhere just south of Beatlesmania. Indeed, Abba's music was as finely tooled and crafted as anything to come from a Volvo or IKEA factory--if occasionally more economically potent. This double-disc, 37-track anthology comes neatly on the heels of Mama Mia!, the smash, if unlikely, Broadway show based on the band's hits, and documents every single released by the band's Polar label in their home country as well as key tracks released internationally.
This is the canon from whence the term "Europop" sprang. With a continental sense of vocal neoclassicism, informed by just the right ethnic clichés (and oft wed to the era's insistent 4/4 disco beat) to make songs like "Mama Mia," "Fernando," "Chiquitita," and "Voulez-Vous" work on a global scale, the writing team of Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson and their respective partners in music and life, Agnetha Faltskog and Frida Lyngstad, developed the seamless, wall-of-sound productions contained herein. The Definitive Collection features a rare single remix of "Ring, Ring" and a 1979 promo-only extended mix of "Voulez-Vous" as bonus tracks, as well as a concise, illustrated history of the band and each track. --Jerry McCulley
The Definitive Collection Reviews:
Abba's best songs 
2009-12-12 - This is definitly the best collection of songs on Cd...it has everything and is deffinitly worth getting,,the remastering is not as good on this collection as it is on Abba Gold...
Passion from the so-called phlegmatic Swedes 
2009-12-11 - A revelation! Cotton candy for the ear, true, but expertly spun. I dismissed them thirty years ago as bubble gum disco camp, but after a recent listen I knew I was hearing something very special. There is a reason for the enduring appeal of this group. Call it the inevitabilty of chord progressions, or the perfect crafting of voices and technology, Abba is FAR better than I thought they would be.
all the best songs
2009-10-30 - this is a great deal, and great music! all my favorites plus a number of their songs I had forgotten about. I am extremely pleased with this CD set.
fabulous!
2009-09-11 - This is ABBA, complete and on 2 cd's. If your an ABBA fan, it's all here and then some. Over 40 songs. Awesome!
ABBA...The Definitive Collection
2009-08-24 -
This album is a great collection of ABBA's biggest hits. I've spent a lot of money for recorded music, but never got more outstanding pieces in return than these two CDs provide. It's classic rock at its very best.
