This is the ultimate critical review of the music of Abba on record, on film and on stage. Abba were hugely successful during the seventies and eighties, selling over 400 million records worldwide, and their music is still incredibly influential today, enjoying a massive popular renaissance through the worldwide influence of the stage phenomenon Mamma Mia. Drawing on rare archive footage much of it unavailable on DVD, a leading team of music critics and working musicians revisit and review every Abba album from the pre-Waterloo era through to The Visitors.
The 1970s Swedish group ABBA built their stratospheric success on a foundation of buoyant, exquisitely produced pop music that lives on in the form of tribute bands, posthumous album sales, and even a Broadway musical. This program offers a critical review of the band's recorded output through rare archival material, interviews with rock critics and musicologists, and previously unreleased live performances.

DISC 1
ABBA:
A Critical Review
1973-1976
1. Introduction
Waterloo (Eurovision Song Contest 1974, ABBA Special in Japan 1978 and Starparade 1974)
Ring Ring (performed by Waterloo)
2. Waterloo
Honey, Honey (Musikladen 1976)
3. ABBA
Mamma Mia (Musikladen 1976)
Hey, Hey Helen (performed by Waterloo)
So Long (Musikladen 1976)
4. Arrival
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (Sylvester Tanzparty 1975)
Fernando (ABBA Special In Japan 1978, ABBA in Studio 2 1976, Musikladen 1976)
SOS (Musikladen 1976)
Dancing Queen (Disco 1976, Musikladen 1976, Royal Swedish Opera 1976 and ABBA Special in Japan 1978)
My Love, My Life (ABBAdabadoo 1976, ABBA in Studio 2 1976)
Money, Money, Money (ABBA Special in Japan 1978, ABBAdabado 1976, ABBA in Studio 2 1976, Disco 1976)
Knowing Me, Knowing You (ABBAdabadoo 1976, ABBA Special in Japan 1978)
When I Kissed The Teacher (ABBA in Studio 2 1976)
6. The Album
The Name Of The Game (montage with ABBA in Studio 2 extract)
Eagle (Starparade 1978)
Take A Chance On Me (Starparade 1978)
Thank You For The Music (Mike Yarwood Show 1978, ABBA Special in Japan 1978 and Dick Cavett Meets ABBA 1981)