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ABBA: Welcome to the Palindrome

Nick Hornby, MOJO, June 1997

Reissues: Their entire oeuvre freshly silvered, remastered and mid-priced.

RING RING/ WATERLOO/ ABBA/ ARRIVAL/ THE ALBUM/ VOULEZ VOUS/ SUPER TROOPER/ THE VISITORS/ ABBA LIVE

Agnetha, Björn, Benny and Anni-Frid. Messrs Words and Music, Mrs Perm and Mrs Nice Bum. They bestrode the ‘70s like an eight-legged, satin-flared colossus. With a beard. Meanwhile, tapping a platform at the school disco: Nick Hornby.

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