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The Munich Philharmonic Orchestra Plays ABBA Classic (Atlantic)

Chuck Eddy, Rolling Stone, 16 April 1992

IT'D BE REAL easy to make fun of this one. But think about it: It was ABBA, after all, that most successfully turned postrock pop into an Old World proposition, roping in ancient melodies not just from its native Scandinavia but from Spain's bullfight rings and Germany's Oktoberfests and Italy's organ-grinder conventions.

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