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ABBA FOREVER !

Pee-Wee | Paris | 07/13/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Bjorn Again look, play, sing and dance like ABBA, humour in bonus. This album is simply fabulous because for the very first time, you can hear this cover-band at home ! In the past, the only way to hear them was to see them live. And this concert recorded in the Royal Albert Hall is one of the 1850 performed all around the world. I can't forget their performance in Paris, because it was simply the best live show I've ever seen : perfect, funny and very stirring. When you're listening "Mama Mia" and "Dancing Queen", 2 big hits featuring on this album, you won't stop remember the magical "Priscilla" and "Muriel" ! Enjoy !"

Bjorn Again - RAH CD

Jade | Bristol, UK | 03/13/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is the most recent BA release and is taken from a live show performed at London's Royal Albert Hall. The CD contains all the live songs from the gig and is also interspersed with live dialogue between band members in their traditional 'cockney swedish' method of working the crowd. The songs are fab and you cannot listen to the whole show without breaking into a smile! All the hits are there, and Robin (aka 'Benny')'s cover of Black Sabbath's 'Paranoid' is amazing! Listening to the CD will make you want to see them live and find out exactly why the audience are so obviously having a great time! If you want to see the hit songs then look out for the video of the same name as the CD - this has extra music to the CD eg 'Arrival' and a wonderful intro to 'Thank you for the Music', plus backstage footage. Also look out for the original live album as part of the "Flashback/Live" double album.
...And may BA continue to spread Love, Peace, Fun and Glitter for many years yet!"

ABBA reincarnated for the 21st century

Scott C. Smith | Beaverton, OR United States | 06/13/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The members of ABBA have stated they will never reunite (then again, so did the Eagles), and until they do, Bjorn Again nicely fills in the gap. "Live at the Royal Albert Hall," recorded in 1998, offers up flawlessly performed ABBA tunes, as well as an ingenious rendetion of "SOS" and the Police's "Message in a Bottle," as well as a rocking cover of Black Sabbath's "Paranoid." Yes, Black Sabbath.
The two female leads -- Agnetha Falstart and Frida Longstokin (that's the wacky Ausie humor) come close to matching the famous harmonies of the real Agnetha and Frida, and the music is handled by very talented musicians. All of this is done very much with tongue firmly planted in cheek, as evidenced by the on-stage banter of the band (complete with phony Swedish accents). The ABBA songs covered -- from "Waterloo" to "Dancing Queen" are done so very much in keeping with the spirit of the real ABBA. Closing out the CD is an awesome rendition of "Thank you for the Music," which sounds like it was lifted directly from "ABBA Live." I suppose ABBA is something of a guilty pleasure, but one that is enjoyed the world over, whether it's via Erasure's famous covers, to U2's inclusion of "Dancing Queen" on the set list. Other acts -- such as the A*Teens -- do not come close to capturing the ABBA experience in the same way Bjorn Again does. As Benny himself said in 1999, "Fans had better make the most out of Björn Again because that's the closest they are going to get to seeing ABBA." It's advice well taken."