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October 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 36
ABBA, Dancing Queen [Single] (1976) I can’t lie – I really started to appreciate ABBA after I heard Elvis Costello’s little nod to them in his Oliver’s Army tune. If he liked them they must be good. Prior to that it was just radio music from when I was a young kid and everyone seemed […]Archive
September 25, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 91: ABBA – “The Visitors”
I grew up hating ABBA without really listening to them. Truth is I loved Dancing Queen and The Winner Takes It All and Fernando – and then, a few years on, when my brother returned home from uni with a copy of ABBA Gold I was sold. But that’s mostly all I’ve ever needed. I […]Archive
May 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Britta Phillips: Luck Or Magic
Britta Phillips Luck Or Magic Double Feature For the last two decades Britta Phillips has partnered with Dean Wareham to provide a great range of music across the “dream-pop” spectrum, first as half of Luna, and then as the duo Dean & Britta. There they mixed covers and originals and worked on commissioned soundtracks for […]Archive
January 15, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 966
ABBA, The Singles: The First Ten Years (1982) Released the year the band broke up – this double compilation was a stop-gap, ABBA was at a loss for a new record, the first time in their decade-long career. They chose to release this instead – a couple of new songs and well over a dozen […]Archive
May 20, 2014 by Simon Sweetman