Abba's Abba Gold patti smith With this in-depth look at

With this in-depth look at the record

Gould masterfully captures the singular time and place that incubated and nurtured this original music: downtown New York in the 1970s

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Universal Mother was the first recorded work from O'Connor since her duo of protests in 1992 (Saturday Night Live

Abba's Abba Gold patti smith With this in-depth look atPerhaps more than any other Greatest Hits compilation, Abba Gold has come to define a band's career on one disk. More than that, its release in 1992 heralded the critical rehabilitation of a group which had, since its demise a decade earlier, become little more than a memory of trashy costumes and cheesy tunes to many people. Here, Elisabeth Vincentelli charts the circumstances surrounding the birth of Abba Gold, looks at the impact it had on the