This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
I wish I were making up the following, but sadly, it’s all true.
Yes, the A in A*Teens apparently stands for Abba, and yes, they are teens. Marie, Sara, Dhani and Amit are all 15 or 16-year-old Swedes whose act consists of covering their famous Swedish predecessors’ greatest hits — Dancing Queen, Mamma Mia, S.O.S. and so on — and dressing them up in contemporary disco duds, right down to the thumping bass drums and cheap synths. Admittedly, they do a fair job of it; these songs are brimming with peppy harmonies and fresh-faced pop sunshine. That leaves me (and perhaps you) with just one question: Why?
