Abba Forever : : the Winner Takes it all

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Call Number: DVD 782.421 AB, Adult DVD / Nonfiction / Performing Arts / Music / ABBA forever
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Traverwood Branch

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Malletts Adult A/V 1-week checkout	Adult DVD / Nonfiction / Performing Arts / Music / ABBA forever	1-week checkout	Due 05-03-2024

Originally produced as a television motion picture in 2019.
DVD includes extended clips from several tracks.
Waterloo -- Dancing queen -- The winner takes it all -- Fernando -- I do, I do, I do, I do, I do -- SOS -- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! -- Knowing me, knowing you -- Money, money, money -- Does your mother know? -- The winner takes it all -- The day before you came -- Super trouper -- Ring, ring, Thank you for the music, Chiquitita -- Mamma mia!
ABBA (Agnetha Fältskog, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad) ; featuring Pete Waterman, Bono, Donny Osmond, Neil Sedaka, Barbara Dickson, Paul Gambaccini, Michael Tretow ; narrator, Hugh Skinner.
Hear the entire Abba story with all four members of the band in interviews and special sequences filmed with them, rare archives, and a feast of Abba songs. It starts with their pre-Abba careers, then the inside story of how they conquered Eurovision (first in Swedish, then in English), and then how they've continued to conquer the world several times over. We see them in performance and even going into the sound studio to discover how the Abba sound was created.
DVD, region 0, NTSC; widescreen; stereo.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Good submitted by DL on June 25, 2022, 5:03pm A good look at the group ABBA and the ups and downs of the group.

Celebrating ABBA's Success submitted by Meginator on July 4, 2022, 8:48am This program plays out more like an extended celebration than a proper documentary, but ABBA fans will appreciate the opportunity to learn a little more about the group’s history and current trajectory (although, oddly, the recent reunion and “Voyage” don’t warrant a mention). Narratively, the documentary skips around a bit, beginning with “Waterloo” and later going back to tell the story of the band’s formation, success, and dissolution; this makes the chronological storyline (such as it is, as presented) a bit difficult to follow, particularly for viewers who aren’t already acquainted with the history. However, interviews with some of the band’s collaborators dive more deeply into the audio production that created ABBA’s unique sound, and the documentary includes ample footage of performances that showcases some truly glorious, see-it-to-believe-it costuming. This is probably best for incredibly casual fans, the idly curious, or hardcore completists, but if nothing else the soundtrack is unquestionably fantastic.