New thirtieth anniversary model of ‘ABBA Gold’ coming subsequent month

ABBA have introduced a brand new thirtieth anniversary model of their best hits assortment ‘ABBA Gold’.

The gathering is without doubt one of the most profitable releases in recorded music historical past, with greater than 32 million gross sales worldwide.

It’s the second highest promoting album of all time within the UK, spending greater than 1,055 weeks on the Official UK Albums Chart, making it the longest working album within the Official Albums Chart High 100 ever.

Launched on September 21, 1992, ‘ABBA Gold’ comprises a number of the Swedish pop legends’ greatest hits together with ‘Dancing Queen’, ‘Realizing Me, Realizing You’, ‘Take A Likelihood On Me’, ‘Mamma Mia’ and ‘The Winner Takes It All’.

To mark 30 years because it was launched, a model in new codecs is being launched on September 23 [available to pre-order here].

The codecs are as follows: new 2LP Image Disc in heavyweight vinyl, housed in die-cut gatefold sleeve; new gold cassette – additionally accessible in black; and gold 2LP – gold 2 x 180g vinyl. Model new restricted version ABBA merch can even be accessible to pre-order quickly.

It follows the current information that ABBA’s Benny Anderson and Elton John labored collectively on a brand new tune mash-up for TikTok – watch it right here.

The pair remotely carried out a dwell rendition of every of their songs earlier than they had been blended within the TikTok audio app. Anderson performed ABBA’s 1979 hit ‘Chiquitita’ whereas John performed his 1973 smash ‘Bennie And The Jets’.

Elsewhere, NME spoke to ABBA earlier this yr about their ‘Voyage’ live performance residency, which provides followers the chance to observe Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Andersson carry out by way of avatars which are locked to their seems from the Seventies.

The aim-built ABBA Area in Stratford, east London is enjoying host to the bold manufacturing that sees “digital” model of ABBA (or ‘ABBAtars’) carry out alongside a 10-piece dwell band (put along with the assistance of Klaxons’ James Righton).

NME‘s Andrew Trendell chatted to members of ABBA on the purple carpet through the opening evening of their ‘Voyage’ residency in Could.

“It feels implausible,” Lyngstad mentioned when requested what it was wish to be on the premiere.

“Actually wanting ahead to seeing the present once more. I’ve seen it as soon as on Monday night, and it’s simply that feeling, you wish to see it many times as a result of there are such a lot of particulars you'll be able to’t comprehend by simply seeing it as soon as.”

She added: “I additionally wish to see the viewers’s response once more, as a result of they had been standing, clapping, singing alongside, dancing, having an absolute fabulous time.”

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Ulvaeus advised NME that it was “a bit surreal” to see the digital, disco period variations of themselves on stage at first “however you get used to it”.

He added: “In spite of everything, we’ve seen ourselves in footage and movies from the time nearly day-after-day for 40 years.”

When requested if the live performance was a parting reward from the band, Ulvaeus mentioned: “I believe that is it. It’s unhappy to say that however then once more, you'll be able to all the time take it again, can’t you? So the reply is, it might be sure, it might be no.”

‘ABBA Voyage’ is presently scheduled to run in London till Could 28, 2023.

The band launched their first album in 4 many years final November.

In a three-star evaluation, NME‘s Nick Levine wrote: “There are some bumpy moments alongside the best way, however this ‘Voyage’ is a nostalgia journey value taking.