Abba: The Complete Guide to Their Music [Paperback]

Carl Palm (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2005

The indispensable consumers guide to the music of Abba. An album by album, track by track, examination of every song released by Abba, from Ring Ring in 1973 to The Visitors eight years later. Includes sections on compilations, live recordings, films and post-Abba work by all four members of the group. Features include: An album by album, track by track analysis. Information on when and where the music was recorded A track index for easy reference Details of re-issues 16 pages of pictures

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About the Author

Stockholm based writer Carl Magnus Palm is recognised as the world's foremost Abba historian. He was involved in putting together the Abba CD box set Thank You For the Music, and has also contributed liner notes to several Abba-related CDs, most notably the remastered version of the compilation album Abba Gold and the re-issue of Abba's original albums.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Omnibus Press; 1st edition (August 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1844495051
• ISBN-13: 978-1844495054
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,487,748 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, full of fun information, February 2, 2008

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Leigh-Ann Gerow "read-a-holic" (Las Vegas, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Abba: The Complete Guide to Their Music (Paperback)

This book is an ABBA fan's dream: lots of arcane details with some gossipy tidbits tossed in, all rolled together with a list of every ABBA song ever recorded. Even though my ABBA-fandom was at its heights about 30 years ago, it's still a pleasure to read about each of ABBA's many songs. This book tells the reader what the lyrics are really about, what the atmosphere in the studio was during recording, and other information which lets me listen to the songs in a new light. The book also made me nostalgic, and even a bit sad - ABBA did have material for a "goodbye" album in them, but they just didn't have interest in recording it. Their departure always seemed so premature, and now that I have more insight into the lyrics of songs like "Cassandra" and "The Day Before You Came", it's obvious that their non-existent final album would have been one of their best.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Indespensable Reference Book, May 16, 2009

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Dr. Robert G. Perrin (Sparks, Nevada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Abba: The Complete Guide to Their Music (Paperback)

As a long-time fan of Abba's inspired music, I found this relatively brief book an indespensable historical (contextually detailed) guide to Abba's eight studio albums as well as other music.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice resource for Abba fans, April 14, 2009

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Doc Shred - See all my reviews

This review is from: Abba: The Complete Guide to Their Music (Paperback)

This Abba book delivers what the title promises - a track by track, album by album guide through Abba's entire discography. It reminds me of the Kiss Album Focus books by Julian Gill and Leppard Tracks, but is much less detailed. "Abba The complete Guide..." is a short read, completable in one sitting. So my only complaint would be that clocking in about 100 pages, it's not thorough enough. But the book includes nice notes and anecdotes about every album track recorded by the group.