Customer Reviews

Frida

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Frida is my favourite ABBA's singer. Her voice is stronger than Agneta's voice and you don't need to turn off the volume when she get the highest notes. Here we have four solo albums and one DVD. "Frida Ensam" is a good album, more than it seems, it has good songs and arrangements. "Something..." is specially good and you'll notice why Frida is a very good singer if you compare "You know what I meen" Frida's version with Collins' version. There are songs by Brian Ferry, Moroder, etc. "Shine" is a good pop-album too, but "Djupa" is the best album here. So, if you haven't the stupid prejudice against ABBA's simplicity, you can enjoy this Box-Set and you will discover that Frida is musically more ambitious than it seemed. The DVD have many curiosities and shows Frida's hard work before (and after) ABBA.

A must have for those interested in the history of frida and abba. The dvd has the rendition
of dancing queen sung by frida for the queen of sweden at a birthday gaila. A fitting conclusion
for the cinderella story of princess frida.

I purchased the Frida box set because I wanted the bonus tracks that are not on any of her CD's such as The Sun Will Shine Again.

The one disappointment for me was that most of the DVD dialog and interviews are not in English. There is one interview with Frida's friend Hans, who speaks English, but this is not a solid English interview; his comments are interspersed with Frida's Swedish. I'm blind and cannot read subtitles, so I was also disappointed that I couldn't get the Audio Languages feature to work.

Overall, though, I enjoy the music and think that it is a great collection for any avid Frida or ABBA fan.

I purchased this box set after becoming an ABBA fan. I didn't own any of Frida's solo work and saw this as a convenient opportunity to get her solo collection (minus the "1967-1972" set) in one shot. The four solo CDs are excellent, as expected. However, the bonus DVD was a bit disappointing. It promotes 3 hours of material. However, the great majority of this is interview footage that is not particularly informative or interesting. There is also an extensive documentary on the making of the "Something's Going On" album. This focuses largely on Phil Collins' production work on the album. It was interesting hearing Frida talk about how Phil Collins' work at the time was theraputic in helping her get through a difficult divorce. However, the documentary was just too long and overblown. "Something's Going On" is a good album, but it's not "Hotel California" or "Sgt. Pepper's" caliber. There are many early and rare performance and video clips (pre-ABBA) on the DVD. However, they are typically short (2 minutes or less) or edited. It does include all her 80s videos, which are nice to have. However, the biggest problem I have is the price. I'm not sure this set is worth the close to $100 price that it typically goes for. I think you can find the four CD's in this set individually for much less (especially if you go on eBay). I'm skeptical that the DVD is worth the difference. But if you're a "hard core" Frida fan, I wouldn't discourage you from purchasing this set either.