ABBA: Number Ones
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Movie Reviews of ABBA: Number Ones
Movie Review: It's All About the Money, Money, Money but the Songs Are Incredible.
Summary: 5 Stars
When a group is as universally popular as ABBA you can rest assured that those in charge of their catalogue will take advantage of this overwhelming popularity. If you were to believe the statistics, the Swedish Super-group has sold more than 360 million units worldwide, making them one of the biggest selling acts in the history of popular music trailing behind The Beatles and Elvis Presley. It should not come as a surprise that this compilation was released even though there are several others available that already showcase the talents of this lovable foursome. There's the 20th Century Masters collection (CD) featuring ABBA which was certified Gold in the US, "The Definitive Collection" (CD and DVD) and the most popular of them all "ABBA GOLD: Greatest Hits" (CD and DVD) which was certified 6 x platinum in the US and has sales of over 25 million world-wide. So what is the point of this new release titled "ABBA Number Ones" which like their previous compilations have been released in both CD and DVD format? The title of one of ABBA's hits comes to mind: "Money, Money, Money". For the millions who already own "GOLD" and "The Definitive Collection" purchasing "Number Ones" would be pointless since they already own these songs. However, for the millions of fans (like myself) "Number Ones" is just another compilation to add to your ever growing collection.
"ABBA: Number Ones" showcases all of the songs that topped the charts internationally. The DVD includes all the videos to these classic songs and as a bonus, they throw in a live version of "Waterloo", 2 other live performances (which were sung to a backing track) and a Number One scrapbook which lists all the countries the respective singles topped the charts in. Evidence of ABBA's overwhelming international appeal is that if you were to tally up all of their number ones, you would get a number well over 100. What's even more impressive is that not all of the countries they scored a number 1 hit in are listed. For instance, not all the countries "Dancing Queen" reached the top in are included. Also the Spanish version of "Chiquitita" reached the top of the charts in several countries in South America including my native Chile and none are listed on the scrapbook and according to statistics "Waterloo" topped the charts in 14 countries but only 9 are listed on the DVD. Also missing in action is "Does Your Mother Know" which reached # 1 in Belgium and the Top Ten in several other territories including Canada, "Eagle" which topped the charts in Belgium and "Lay All Your Love on Me" which was a top ten hit in the UK and reached # 1 in the US Hot Dance Club Play Charts in the early 80's.
ABBA's success in North America paled slightly to their massive appeal elsewhere however to state they were not successful in the US and Canada will be an inaccurate statement. In the US, the group had 20 singles reach the Billboard Hot 100 within an 8 year time frame out of which 14 reached the Top 40. They also scored a # 1 hit on the singles chart with "Dancing Queen" (featured here), two # 1 hits in the Billboard Adult Contemporary Charts with "Fernando" and "The Winner Takes It All" (featured here) and a # 1 in the Billboard Dance/Club charts with "Lay All Your Love on Me" (not featured here). In Canada they scored no less than 14 Top Forty hits out of which 8 reached the Top Ten and 6 consecutive Top Ten albums including a # 1 with Greatest Hit: Vol 2.
To the few who have not been exposed to these timeless and immaculate pop gems, "ABBA: Number Ones" may be a good place to start with since it's reasonably priced and offers their biggest hits but keep in mind that "The Definitive Collective" is far more extensive and may be a better buy. For the millions of ABBA fans out there, what can I say since you already own these songs? But knowing the passion this group inspires among their fan-base, I wouldn't be surprised in knowing that when entering your favorite music store, the first thing you do is extend your arm and grab this CD/DVD off the shelf and pay for it at the counter. I can't blame you since I have done exactly that. That is the power of ABBA's music
Movie Review: Superb ABBA video retro!
Summary: 5 Stars
WOW! Fantastic music videos from long before MTV. Do you ever yearn to see ABBA live? Tough luck, won't ever happen again. BUT, take heart. This DVD is almost as good (and in some respects better than live). You'll smile (the group at home playing games in "Name of the Game"), laugh ("Take a Chance" is dynamite-"...if you've got no place to go and you're feelin' down..." WATCH THIS VIDEO, Anni-Frid is a delight to watch), even cry ("Winner...", "Knowing Me..."), have your heart warmed ("Fernando", "I Have A Dream") and feel you have to get up and dance ("Dancing Queen", of course!), watching these ground breaking videos of the ABBA of the 70s and early 80s.
Notables (well all but these are MY favs):
"Knowing Me, Knowing You"-the first break up song
"The Winner Takes It All"-the beginning of the end
"Take a Chance"-Anni-Frid is sexy and a good dancer
"Dancing Queen"-no need to say anything
[could go on and on but I'll stop]
Anni-Frid is absolutley the most gorgeous singer in the world. Agnetha ain't bad either! Bjorn and Benny composed such universally beautiful, sometimes moving and sometimes exhilarating music ever. Kudos also, to Lasse Hallstrom for his innovative video techniques.
Movie Review: abba number ones
Summary: 5 Stars
im extremely a happy camper .amazon.com totally rocks..they r so fast to deliver there merchandise when ordering and as an example, this music dvd of abba is so entertaining..i bought several of this copy for friends and also there collection of 30 songs on there other dvd. i will continue to order from amazon.com anything i want and or request..they have it or see to it that it gets here on its way to my doorstep.signed corrine...another extremely satisfied customer..Movie Review: Takes me back....
Summary: 5 Stars
My daughters fell in love with the movie Mama Mia, thus the music from ABBA, so we ordered some ABBA dvd's and they are great! It is fun to watch them giggle at what I used to think was SO cool! My only complaint is that Amazon sure does take their time shipping. I ordered other items from other distributors through Amazon, and received them at least a week before my Amazon items showed up. They like to take their time getting items to the customer.Movie Review: This is great!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been an ABBA fan since I was 6. This has a lot of my favorite songs on it. Just a few missing that didn't make it to number one. "Angel Eyes", "One Man One Woman" and "So Long." I still don't understand why ABBA weren't more popular here in the United States. Oh, well. I highly recommend this to any ABBA fan.