In this deeply researched analysis, Kay Dickinson approaches Fernando as a rich and complex text, exemplifying tensions between revolution and global commodification. In applying sociopolitical, musicological, and technological lenses to Fernando, Dickinsons book is a deftly woven, insightful, and highly engaging critical appraisal of one of ABBAs greatest hits. - Samantha Bennett, Professor of Music, The Australian National University
ABBAs Fernando winked at legibility, seduced the world with multitracked layers of improbable connection. Kay Dickinsons Fernando sees the song as a marketed revolution in her studys A side, revolutionary marketing on its flip, and without clarifying squat renders each and every one of those layers a semiotic postcard. - Eric Weisbard, author of Songbooks: The Literature of American Popular Music
