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More than half a century after their songs were recorded, ABBA still makepeople the world over dance and sing their hearts out. After interviewing thefour members for an article in 2013 - at which time the band had not beeninterviewed for over thirty years - Jan Gradvall was granted unique access tothem for the next decade. In The Book of ABBA, the band share their thoughtsand opinions more openly than ever before, while Jan reveals the context inwhich their sound developed - and shows how the story of ABBA is also thestory of Sweden and the globalisation of pop culture.Fromtheir chart-topping ABBA Voyage - their first album in forty years - to thetwo-million-ticket-selling concert-experience of the same name, it isundeniable that, in the history of pop culture and music, there has never beena group like ABBA. With remarkable intimacy, Gradvall's book brings readerscloser than ever to one of the world's most notoriously private music icons.

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      Publisher: Faber & Faber
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/10/2024 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780571390991, 978-0571390991
      ISBN10: 0571390994
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      Book Synopsis
      More than half a century after their songs were recorded, ABBA still makepeople the world over dance and sing their hearts out. After interviewing thefour members for an article in 2013 - at which time the band had not beeninterviewed for over thirty years - Jan Gradvall was granted unique access tothem for the next decade. In The Book of ABBA, the band share their thoughtsand opinions more openly than ever before, while Jan reveals the context inwhich their sound developed - and shows how the story of ABBA is also thestory of Sweden and the globalisation of pop culture.Fromtheir chart-topping ABBA Voyage - their first album in forty years - to thetwo-million-ticket-selling concert-experience of the same name, it isundeniable that, in the history of pop culture and music, there has never beena group like ABBA. With remarkable intimacy, Gradvall's book brings readerscloser than ever to one of the world's most notoriously private music icons.

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