'Almost as miraculous as the songs it exists to celebrate.' PETE PAPHIDES
'The only ABBA book that the world will ever need.' TONY PARSONS
'Writing perfection on musical perfection: book heaven.' CAITLIN MORAN
Through exclusive interviews and over a decade of deep research, renowned music journalist Jan Gradvall explores the secrets to ABBA's success.
More than half a century after their songs were recorded, ABBA still make people the world over dance and sing their hearts out. After interviewing the four members for an article in 2013 - at which time the band had not been interviewed for over thirty years - Jan Gradvall was granted unique access to them for the next decade. In
The Book of ABBA, the band share their thoughts and opinions more openly than ever before, while Jan reveals the context in which their sound developed - and shows how the story of ABBA is also the story of Sweden and the globalisation of pop culture.
From their chart-topping ABBA
Voyage - their first album in forty years - to the two-million-ticket-selling concert-experience of the same name, it is undeniable that, in the history of pop culture and music, there has never been a group like ABBA. With remarkable intimacy, Gradvall's book brings readers closer than ever to one of the world's most notoriously private music icons.
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Music BiographiesTable of contents
- Landing Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- The Day Before You Came
- A+B, B+A
- Frida
- Raggare
- Dansband
- The Manager
- Waterloo
- Left Turn
- Tourist English
- Björn
- The Perfect Sound
- Side-pitched
- Gracias por la Música
- Disco
- Sid Knew
- Immigrant Music
- Agnetha
- Renaissance
- The Brain Surgeon
- The Legacy
- The Björn Borg Effect
- Mamma Mia!
- Thank You for the Music
- Metaverse Reversed
- To Old Friends
- Herring and Aquavit
- Benny
- The Song of the Black-throated Loon
- Thank You
- Sources
- Photo Credits
- Notes
- Illustrations
- About the Author
- Copyright
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