Swedish pop-rock group ABBA on Thursday night announced that they had re-united to release their first album, Voyage, 40 years after their last venture, Visitors, came out in 1981 before the group disbanded the following year.
The band, which was established in 1972 by Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad (the first letters of their first names form the acronym ABBA), would have celebrated its golden jubilee next year, had it been together.
Perhaps eyeing the milestone year ahead, and the vibrant nostalgia market, the four have announced that they are releasing Voyage on November 2. Along with the announcement, the reunited band, which in its heyday made the world groove to unforgettable numbers, released two songs from its 10-track revival album.
After selling a record 385 million albums in the days when vinyl ruled the music market, ABBA broke the heart of millions of their fans when they decided to stop their music in 1982 so that each one of four members of the band could chart out his or her individual career. (IANS)
