ABBA: ABBA – Deluxe Edition
Jude Rogers, bbc.co.uk, 19 November 2012
IN APRIL 1975, ABBA were worried that the heady days were over. 'Waterloo', their song about one girl's surrender in the battle of love, had won the Eurovision Contest 12 long months earlier. Reviews of the group had been positive – even Rolling Stone had said they were putting "new life into... cartoon pop" – but recent UK singles had flopped, and tours were not selling out.
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