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ABBA: The Phenomenal Swedes Have Yet to Conquer America

Joel Selvin, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 May 1978

FREQUENTLY dismissed as vapid and sterile, Abba may well be the world's most popular rock band currently, but the Swedish quartet clearly has a ways to go in conquering America.

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