Once derided by the music press,the Swedes are nowadays regarded as masters of their art. Now, their story is being retold in a current exhibition
• See a gallery of images from the Abba: Super Troupers exhibitionOnce upon a time, and Abba’s story was lost in the mists of pop’s past. The mere mention of their name would raise a smirk. The satin jodhpurs. The shiny teeth. That glistening,wedding-disco sheen. Those catchy tunes full of hooks, those huge No 1s. How dare those four Swedes come over here and grasp over our charts?Then everyone woke up. But of course: Abba were huge because they were one of the greatest groups in the world.
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Source: guardian.co.uk