Oro: Grandes Exitos [Remaster]

Performer: ABBA
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Includes reissue liner notes in Spanish and English by John Tobler. Like many European pop stars, ABBA often remade their hits in languages other than English for further penetration into foreign markets. (Remember the Beatles' "Sie Liebt Dich"?) Throughout their eight-year career, ABBA remade many of their biggest hits in Spanish for the enormous Latin music community, and the results were collected in 1994 on ORO and MAS ORO (Spanish for Gold and More Gold), Spanish-language equivalents of the similarly-titled English-language compilations. ORO begins with the Spanish-language versions of ABBA's two most overtly Latin tunes, "Chiquitita" and "Fernando," and goes on to eight of ABBA's other biggest hits, including "Gracias Por La Musica (Thank You for the Music)," "Dame, Dame, Dame (Money Money Money)," and "Conociendome, Conociendote (Knowing Me, Knowing You)." The translations and performances are excellent, and ORO is of interest even to those who don't speak the language.

Not many pop groups end up on postage stamps, as Abba has in its native Sweden; but then again, few groups become their homeland's most identifiable export. The group's stratospheric success was built on a foundation of buoyant, exquisitely arranged and produced pop music. Although they called it a day in the early 1980s, Abba lives on in the form of popular tribute bands and albums, a Broadway musical, and consistent record sales of their voluminous catalog.

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