The legendary Swedish band ABBA returns this Friday, November 5 with a new album entitled “Voyage”, after a 40-year hiatus. The quartet also plans a “revolutionary” concert with holograms of its members in London.
Will the quartet achieve the success of its youth? Agnetha, Björn, Benny and Anni-Frid, an acronym for ABBA, have not removed any new titles since their separation in late 1982.
The announcement in early September of his return, during a ceremony held in style in various capitals, quickly went around the world, after years of speculation.
“Voyage”, composed of ten songs, is the unexpected result of a project that ABBA has been working on for years: a concert with “revolutionary” holograms.
Some points remain a mystery, but one thing is clear: the ABBAs of today will be heard singing, and it is they who will control the movements of their avatars, but they will represent them with their 1979 physique.
It was during the preparation of this project – in collaboration with the special effects company of the father of Star Wars, George Lucas – that the idea of making music together again was born.
In 2018, ABBA had confirmed the rumors of their return to the studios and it was known that they were recording at least two new songs.
“At first it was just two songs, and then we thought maybe we could do some more (…) and then I asked myself: What if we do a full album?” Described Benny Andersson, 74, when the disk.
He and Björn Ulvaeus, 76, have been promoting the album in recent weeks, while Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, 71 and 75, respectively, have chosen to stay on the sidelines.
The “ABBA sound”
With tens of millions of records sold and catchy disco tracks that have made the world dance, the Swedish cult group ABBA returns this Friday with their first album after almost 40 years.
Three of the ten songs on the album, which is available from midnight local time in all countries of the world, have already been unveiled: “I Still Have Faith In You”, “Don” t Shut Me Down “and a modernized version of “Just A Notion”, recorded in 1978 but not released until now. Still Have Faith In You “,” Don “t Shut Me Down” and a modernized version of “Just A Notion”, recorded in 1978 but not it had been published so far.
After “Waterloo”, “Dancing Queen”, “Mamma Mia”, “Winner takes it all”, “Money Money Money”, won’t the new album suffer from comparisons to ABBA’s golden age? Waterloo “,” Dancing Queen “,” Mamma Mia “,” Winner takes it all “,” Money Money Money “, won’t the new album suffer from comparisons to ABBA’s golden age?
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“We don’t have to prove anything, what does it matter if people think we were better before?” Benny Andersson said in an interview with the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter. Benny Andersson in an interview with the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter. “If (the album, ndlr) hadn’t been good enough, we wouldn’t have done anything” .ndlr) hadn’t been good enough, we wouldn’t have done anything. “
For Jean-Marie Potiez, one of the main international experts of the group, “the voices of Agnetha and Anni-Frid have lost their high notes, which is normal given their age, Jean-Marie Potiez, one of the main international experts of the group, “Agnetha and Anni-Frid’s voices have lost their high notes, which is normal given their age,
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Despite the years and the Two divorces -Björn with Agnetha and Benny with Anni-Frid were married for several years- the four remained good friends Björn with Agnetha and Benny with Anni-Frid were married for several years- the four remained good friends.
“Voyage”, the band’s ninth studio album, will be their last, the two “Bs” confirmed in an interview with The Guardian in late October.
Only three countries in the world export more music than they import: the United States, the United Kingdom and Sweden, according to a recent independent study commissioned by Export Music Sweden.
With the 400 million sales in all the media claimed by its label, Universal, ABBA is one of the most successful groups in history and helped to take this Nordic country of ten million people to the top.
Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx