Abba: Bright Lights Dark Shadows (Updated edition): Bright Lights Dark Shadows New Edition

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In pakkende interviews met mensen uit ABBA’s inner circle ontrafelt Van Wymeersch het geheim achter de grootste popgroep aller tijden. International products have separate terms, are sold from abroad and may differ from local products, including fit, age ratings, and language of product, labeling or instructions. The tale of how four highly talented artists from widely different backgrounds came together to create work that is still obsessively pored over all around the world over 40 years later is mapped out in remarkable detail and with genuine enthusiasm. While I am not sure I would read another one, this one left me feeling informed, educated, interested and engaged throughout and I am very glad I read it. See images from the pre-ABBA years, the formation of the band, ABBA's incredible rise to success with their break-through at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton and the rocket ride to global super-stardom that followed.

I would recommend this book above other ABBA biographies because it covers not only the smooth but also the rough in a very readable context. The book has the full co-operation of Björn, Benny, Frida and Agnetha, who have contributed a foreword and personal commentary on the pictures. ABBA ABBA is one of Anthony Burgess's most original works, combining fiction, poetry and translation. The song, 'Waterloo', the band's tenth single, was a top 10 hit around the world and spurred them on to enormous chart success with singles, then albums, then compilations selling in the millions.

And Agnetha, the band's reluctant sex symbol, was a successful solo singer before she hooked up with the other three. Interesting book with more obscure lesser known information, prefer to think of it as an alternative rather than independent view. Ele conta com riqueza de detalhes as histórias de cada membro do ABBA, assim como revela o antes, durante e depois do grupo. Benny and Björn bounced ideas off each other in the studio and matured into one of the all-time greatest songwriting teams, while Agnetha and Frida's beautiful voices complimented each other in perfect harmony. The answer was always no – they even allegedly turned down a billion-dollar tour – until the late 2010s, when rumours and announcements abounded and finally, to enormous global fanfare, the band revealed that a new 10-track album would be released in November 2021, and a virtual avatar tour would take place in from May 2022; fans went wild.

A collection of photos from artists and bands, taken in the 70's by Torbjörn Calvero with text in Swedish. This new edition of the best-selling Abba book has been substantially updated and revised to include details Mamma Mia's extraordinary success and the ongoing lives of Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Föltskog, their music and their personal lives. The main members of the band are nicely fleshed out and even though I'm not even a casual fan of their music, I found myself being a little wistful at the end that they couldn't patch things up. From her stage debut in 1956, her first semi-professional recordings at the age of thirteen, leading up to the success with ABBA and the international solo-career that followed after, the book details musicians , studios, venues, songs and background information. For instance, even with album sleeves where I thought there wouldn't be much to say, such as ABBA's Spanish-language album Gracias por la música, there turned out to be a few interesting stories.This necessary narrative of early years helps the reader understand how the band and their mentors succeeded against the almost constant negativity which greeted any success which was not mainstream and conventional. Change country: -Select- Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Reunion Romania Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Swaziland Sweden Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands (U. Humanises the individual members, although it does weirdly barely focus on Benny, and the narratives of their lives are incredibly interesting. I was delighted and enthralled by Agnetha's early musical background I had heard that in some ways, she had the most solo career to lose through the formation of ABBA and while I am still not sure I agree with that, it was an interesting read.

By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. The complexity of the story of ABBA is a fascinating narration, but this 531 page book may not impress all readers. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. As the icing on the cake, The Legacy of ABBA - Volume Two contains many rare and unpublished photos from the vaults of Belgian pop magazine Joepie’s photographers Marcel Van Landeghem and Hugo Heyndrickx. I suppose the four must feel very strongly the music is worth it, after years of distance from each other.The biggest issues are when the author starts reviewing their music, which obviously quite subjective and uses his insight and reviews to back up the narrative that he is building. So, in the end the reader is the winner: you get a book that covers the Voyage sessions, but you also get all this other stuff.

The primary thing I take away from this: being rich and famous isn't all that it is panned out to be, I suppose. The artists’ narratives, from Suzi Quatro to James Last and from Pete Waterman right through to the Sex Pistols, firmly illustrate that ABBA, and their music, have clearly left an indelible fingerprint on the music-making of a wide and diverse range of firmly established and respected musical artists. But the 1990s ushered in a new wave of ABBA appreciation, and their music found favour again in modern popular culture.

Rather than a easy read it is in depth, starting with the childhood background of each of the members of the band, detailing their early musical backgrounds and also giving a great deal of space to Stig Anderson, their manager at Polar Music which was responsible for the bands output. Details their journey during the ABBA years , The music , the success , the good times and the dark times . I find autobiographies more interesting (such as Keith Richards, Pete Towhshend) - I suspect we won't get one of those from the Abba members anytime soon, so this book is the next best thing. When I first announced the book, I, and everybody else, thought there would be a matter of two songs to be covered in the book. The book covers each member of Abba in minute detail, from their pre-Abba careers - all of them enjoyed a variety of success on their own (I found Frida Lynstad’s story one of the most fascinating aspects of the book), the group’s decade-long meteoric rise as one of the most successful pop acts ever, their lives following the break-up of the group and how their music has affected the world.