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ABBA Arrival Polydor ***

Arrival was Abba's final studio album and, despite being one of their best and most mature, it reflected a group falling apart - the tensions between various bandmates are all too apparent. This deluxe rerelease includes the full studio album with bonus tracks, but most will be attracted to the second disc, which contains the famous ABBAdabadoo documentary.This was made by Swedish TV in 1976 and is still considered the most illuminating Abba interview out there. (It's in Swedish, naturally, but you can flick the subtitles on). The other bonus material is interesting and includes the Happy Hawaii cartoon and a BBC Young Nation interview. For a band who only get more fascinating as time goes on, this fleshes out the backstory and, in particular, the making of Arrival. You also get the band performing Dum Dum Diddle, but then you can't have everything. Brian Boyd

CORINNE BAILEY RAE Live in London and New York EMI **

Several things are just plain wrong about music as fawned over by the coffee-set: often the music seems as brand- based and generic as what's being sipped, a routine lifestyle choice as selected by so-called arbiters of taste and marketers. Sadly, it would seem that Leeds singer Corinne Bailey Rae - whose self-titled debut album of last year heralded what one might have thought was quite a muscular soul/pop talent - is going the way of many before her; and it's not necessarily her fault. These are two identical and insipidly shot concerts - one in an atmospheric London church, the other in a beguiling old-school NYC night club.

The settings are fine, as is the accompanying orchestral ensemble. Bailey, however, looks out of sorts as she ponders the dinner-party people chattering away at silver-serviced tables. Not soul, not good. Extras include documentary clips and promo videos for I'd Like To, Trouble Sleeping, Like a Star and Put Your Records On. www.corinnebaileyrae.net Tony Clayton-Lea