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Summary: Not much revelation here...
Review: This book is a disappointment. It is not really an "autobiography" but just minimal anecdotes about fame, life on the road, etc. etc. The type is very large and it can be read in one sitting. The photos are nice, but they are all tour photos and professionally done portraits with the exception of a few childhood photos. Overall, a nicely designed book but I didn't really know anything more about Agnetha Faltskog from what I had previously read in interviews and magazine articles.
Rating:
Summary: Not much revelation here...
Review: This book is a disappointment. It is not really an "autobiography" but just minimal anecdotes about fame, life on the road, etc. etc. The type is very large and it can be read in one sitting. The photos are nice, but they are all tour photos and professionally done portraits with the exception of a few childhood photos. Overall, a nicely designed book but I didn't really know anything more about Agnetha Faltskog from what I had previously read in interviews and magazine articles.
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Summary: Hard to put down
Review: This book traces the Agnetha line of the Abba story, from her musical childhood in Jönköping, to her first band, through her first singles into the Abba days and into today. If your interest in Abba lies mostly in the music and the shows, the fluid narration and the huge, colorful photos on almost every page make the book worth the money. If you love Agnetha, though, the book holds more. You'll learn a lot about her personality, her feelings toward her musical life, and her conservative home-centered values. Though it may take a second read to catch everything about Agnetha's persona, IT IS ALL THERE. Read carefully and you will feel a sort of personal connection with Agnetha, almost as if you knew her well sometime. The emotionally reserved, yet expressive writing style has that special Agnetha quality; this experience cannot be reproduced by reading the liner notes to Abba Gold or any other Abba book. Definitely a must-read for all Abba fans, not just the devotees.
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Summary: Hard to put down
Review: This book traces the Agnetha line of the Abba story, from her musical childhood in Jönköping, to her first band, through her first singles into the Abba days and into today. If your interest in Abba lies mostly in the music and the shows, the fluid narration and the huge, colorful photos on almost every page make the book worth the money. If you love Agnetha, though, the book holds more. You'll learn a lot about her personality, her feelings toward her musical life, and her conservative home-centered values. Though it may take a second read to catch everything about Agnetha's persona, IT IS ALL THERE. Read carefully and you will feel a sort of personal connection with Agnetha, almost as if you knew her well sometime. The emotionally reserved, yet expressive writing style has that special Agnetha quality; this experience cannot be reproduced by reading the liner notes to Abba Gold or any other Abba book. Definitely a must-read for all Abba fans, not just the devotees.
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Summary: Agnetha - why did you bother?
Review: This could have been such a great book. Agnetha's story is one of those success-threaded-with-anguish tales that movie makers often lap up. And yet, all that Agnetha does is tell us that (a) she doesn't like the attention of the tabloid sharks; (b) she didn't have a miscarriage in the 1983 bus crash and (c) there are some ABBA songs she likes better than others. Ho hum.Okay, so she didn't want to dish the dirt on her former colleagues. That's very honourable and understandable. But surely she could have given us some insight to what they were like as people? We hear that she and Frida were close in the early days and that Frida's first album was great. It's not exactly an in-depth profile. There is a frustratingly small hint of Agnetha's own insecurities when she refers to Frida's "more intense" singing and performing style. Why wasn't this explored more, so that we would know something about Agnetha the woman? She doesn't even go into much detail about her own singing and songwriting. Why? The book contains some great photos (even if a few of them have been printed back-to-front) and these are what make the book desirable for fans. To be fair to Agnetha, it's pretty obvious that the book has been translated almost directly from its original Swedish. In which case the finger should be wagged in Virgin's direction - surely someone with a decent command of English could have proofed the text and smartened it up without changing the context? But still the question remains: Agnetha - why did you bother? You might have wanted to set the record straight but, as far as I can see, you did yourself no favours. Just call me a disappointed reader and fan.
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Summary: Agnetha as private as she wants to get!
Review: This is a great book, if you can read between the lines. Agnetha will never speak badly about other people. If that is what you would like to hear, then read a tabloit. Agnetha has matured in a decent and honourable way. She knows her faults and isn't ashamed about it. In this book she tells in detail about her pre-ABBA life. This is very interesiting to read. One gets to know the reason why she wanted to be on stage and sing; not to portay herself, but to let her talent shine! Ofcourse she was always the more interesting singer of ABBA. Her voice was a golden tread through the music of the group. Without her there is no ABBA. One can agrue if the same can be said about Frida. Agnetha is modest about her contribution. This makes her all the more worthy. If you are interested in Agnetha as a person and a singer, this is your book. If you are only interested in Agnetha as a part of ABBA, then maybe you'll end up a little dissapionted, cause Agnetha's carreer is far more than just ABBA.
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Summary: A Small Glimpse Into The Life Of ABBA's Most Private Member!
Review: Though I do agree that her romantic and more personal life are her own business, I wish that Agnetha would have provided a bit more detail about her life during ABBA. That said, the book is the first time that many fans have had the chance to hear from her in her own words. Personally, I respect her tight lipped approach, which enables her to avoid the typical tasteless 'tell all' book syndrome. But again, it would have been nice to here a bit more about specific events during her years with ABBA. The original Swedish version was longer and apparently provided a bit more detail. I wonder why the translations for the English edition were so selective? Still, with pictures spanning the last thirty years of Agnetha's life and text letting us know where Agnetha is in her life, this is an enjoyable book for any ABBA fan.
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Summary: sincere, succesful, beautiful and honorable
Review: without a doubt, she is the greatest star of them all in the music history. it is a guide to those who are willing to launch into international stardom
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