Take a chance on Abba

Swedish pop group is set to release a revamped version of its last album.

STOCKHOLM:

Swedish pop group Abba are to release a new version of its last album featuring a previously unreleased track for the first time since 1994, the group’s website said on January 26. A remaining one of the world’s most popular bands and their music got a new lease of life with the “Mamma Mia” stage show and film.

The band’s website said a deluxe edition of their final album, The Visitors, would be released in April. “For Abba fans, the most sensational inclusion in the package will be the previously unreleased track, ‘From A Twinkling Star To A Passing Angel (demos)’,” a statement said.

“This is the first time since the ‘Thank You For The Music’ box set in 1994 that Abba have opened the doors to the tape vaults to release previously unheard music from the group’s heyday,” it added. The release will also feature bonus selections along with a DVD of rare and previously unreleased material from the archives. The Visitors album was originally released in 1981.

The reissue will also a DVD featuring rare and never- seen-before footage from the archives of the Swedish group, including their last-ever live performance on the BBC series “The Late, Late Breakfast Show” in December 1982.

Abba, comprises of Agnetha Faltskog, Anna-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, racked up a string of hits in the1970s and 1980s, and their cult following has transformed them into some of Sweden’s most recognisable figures.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 27^th, 2012.