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| Allmusic Biography : The most commercially successful pop group of the 1970s, the origins of the Swedish superstars ABBA dated back to 1966, when keyboardist and vocalist Benny Andersson, a onetime member of the popular beat outfit the Hep Stars, first teamed with guitarist and vocalist Bjorn Ulvaeus, the leader of the folk-rock unit the Hootenanny Singers. The two performers began composing songs together and handling session and production work for Polar Music/Union Songs, a publishing company owned by Stig Anderson, himself a prolific songwriter throughout the 1950s and 1960s. At the same time, both Andersson and Ulvaeus worked on projects with their respective girlfriends: Ulvaeus had become involved with vocalist Agnetha Faltskog, a performer with a recent number one Swedish hit, "I Was So in Love," under her belt, while Andersson began seeing Anni-Frid Lyngstad, a one-time jazz singer who rose to fame by winning a national talent contest. In 1971, Faltskog ventured into theatrical work, accepting the role of Mary Magdalene in a Swedish production of Andrew Lloyd Webbers Jesus Christ Superstar; her cover of the musicals "Dont Know How to Love Him" became a significant hit. The following year, the duo of Andersson and Ulvaeus scored a massive international hit with "People Need Love," which featured Faltskog and Lyngstad on backing vocals. The records success earned them an invitation to enter the Swedish leg of the 1973 Eurovision song contest, where, under the unwieldy name of Bjorn, Benny, Agnetha & Frida, they submitted "Ring Ring," which proved extremely popular with audiences but placed only third in the judges ballots. The next year, rechristened ABBA (a suggestion from Stig Anderson and an acronym of the members first names), the quartet submitted the single "Waterloo," and became the first Swedish act to win the Eurovision competition. The record proved to be the first of many international hits, although the group hit a slump after their initial success as subsequent singles failed to chart. In 1975, however, ABBA issued "S.O.S.," a smash not only in America and Britain but also in non-English speaking countries such as Spain, Germany and the Benelux nations, where the groups success was fairly unprecedented. A string of hits followed, including "Mamma Mia," "Fernando," and "Dancing Queen" (ABBAs sole U.S. chart-topper), further honing their lush, buoyant sound; by the spring of 1976, they were already in position to issue their first Greatest Hits collection. ABBAs popularity continued in 1977, when both "Knowing Me, Knowing You" and "The Name of the Game" dominated airwaves. The group also starred in the feature film ABBA -- The Movie, which was released in 1978. That year Andersson and Lyngstad married, as had Ulvaeus and Faltskog in 1971, although the latter couple separated a few months later; in fact, romantic suffering was the subject of many songs on the quartets next LP, 1979s Voulez-Vous. Shortly after the release of 1980s Super Trouper, Andersson and Lyngstad divorced as well, further straining the group dynamic; The Visitors, issued the following year, was the final LP of new ABBA material, and the foursome officially disbanded after the December 1982 release of their single "Under Attack." Although all of the groups members soon embarked on new projects -- both Lyngstad and Faltskog issued solo LPs, while Andersson and Ulvaeus collaborated with Tim Rice on the musical Chess -- none proved as successful as the groups earlier work, largely because throughout much of the world, especially Europe and Australia, the ABBA phenomenon never went away. Repackaged hits compilations and live collections continued hitting the charts long after the groups demise, and new artists regularly pointed to the quartets inspiration: while the British dance duo Erasure released a covers collection, ABBA-esque, an Australian group called Bjorn Again found success as ABBA impersonators. In 1993, "Dancing Queen" became a staple of U2s "Zoo TV" tour -- Andersson and Ulvaeus even joined the Irish superstars on-stage in Stockholm -- while the 1995 feature Muriels Wedding, which won acclaim for its depiction of a lonely Australian girl who seeks refuge in ABBAs music, helped bring the groups work to the attention of a new generation of moviegoers and music fans. | ||
 | Album: 1 of 45 Title: Ring Ring Released: 1973-03-26 Tracks: 12 Duration: 35:49 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Ring Ring (03:05) 2 Another Town, Another Train (03:13) 3 Disillusion (03:08) 4 People Need Love (02:46) 5 She’s My Kind of Girl (02:45) 6 Nina, Pretty Ballerina (02:53) 7 Love Isn’t Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough) (02:55) 8 Me and Bobby and Bobby’s Brother (02:52) 9 He Is Your Brother (03:20) 10 I Saw It in the Mirror (02:35) 11 I Am Just a Girl (03:03) 12 Rock ’n’ Roll Band (03:10) |
 | Album: 2 of 45 Title: Waterloo Released: 1974-03-04 Tracks: 12 Duration: 38:34 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Waterloo (02:46) 2 Sitting in the Palmtree (03:38) 3 King Kong Song (03:14) 4 Hasta mañana (03:10) 5 My Mama Said (03:14) 6 Dance (While the Music Still Goes On) (03:13) 7 Honey, Honey (02:56) 8 Watch Out (03:47) 9 What About Livingstone (02:56) 10 Gonna Sing You My Lovesong (03:39) 11 Suzy‐Hang‐Around (03:11) 12 Waterloo (02:46) |
| Waterloo : Allmusic album Review : ABBAs second (and U.S. debut) album contains the American Top Ten title track, as well as "Honey, Honey," a minor U.S. hit that deserved better. This album is rather unusual in the groups output, however, for the fact that the guys are still featured fairly prominently in some of the vocals, and for the variety of sounds -- including reggae, folk-rock, and hard rock -- embraced by its songs. The reggae number "Sitting in the Palmtree" is quite remarkable to hear, with its perfect Caribbean beat and those radiant female voices carrying the chorus behind the beat. "King Kong Song" is a good example of hard rock by rote, going through the motions of screaming vocals and over-amplified guitar (courtesy of Janne Schaffer), although even here, when the womens voices jump in on the choruses, its hard not to listen attentively; the quartet knew what a powerful weapon they had, but not quite how to use it. They get a little closer to their winning formula on the catchy, folky-textured pop song "Hasta Mañana," which sounds like a lost Mary Hopkin number. "Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)" is on the money as the embodiment of the Euro-disco sound that the group would embrace on their future albums, although it also hints at a vague oldies sound, with a melody that somehow reminds this listener of both the Four Seasons "Dawn" and the Beach Boys "Dont Worry Baby." | ||
 | Album: 3 of 45 Title: ABBA Released: 1975-04-21 Tracks: 11 Duration: 36:25 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify TrackSamples Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Mamma Mia (03:33) 2 Hey, Hey Helen (03:18) 3 Tropical Loveland (03:06) 4 SOS (03:22) 5 Man in the Middle (03:03) 6 Bang‐a‐Boomerang (03:04) 7 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (03:17) 8 Rock Me (03:05) 9 Intermezzo no. 1 (03:47) 10 I’ve Been Waiting for You (03:41) 11 So Long (03:06) |
| ABBA : Allmusic album Review : ABBAs self-titled third album was the one that really broke the group on a worldwide basis. The Eurovision Song Contest winner "Waterloo" had been a major international hit and "Honey, Honey" a more modest one, but ABBA was still an exotic novelty to most of those outside Scandinavia until the release of ABBA in the spring of 1975. "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do," a schmaltzy tribute to the sound of 50s orchestra leader Billy Vaughn, seemed an unlikely first single, and indeed it barely scraped into the Top 40 in the U.K. But in Australia, it topped the charts, causing the Australian record company to pull its own second single, "Mamma Mia," off the album. This far more appealing pop/rock number followed its predecessor into the pole position Down Under and also topped the charts throughout Europe. "Bang-A-Boomerang," another big production, was less memorable and had less of an impact, but "S.O.S." brought ABBA back to big success in the U.S. and the U.K., pulling along the first two singles. Beyond these tracks, the LP-only songs showed off the groups eclecticism, from the crunchy hard rock guitar riff that propelled "Hey, Hey Helen" to the ambitious instrumental "Intermezzo No. 1," which showed off Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus classical leanings and foreshadowed their bigger composing projects of the 1980s. ABBA was a surprisingly effective synthesis of pop and rock styles, surprising because the non-English-speaking world had not produced such effective Anglo-American-style contemporary music before, at least for more than a song or two. (The 2001 reissue of ABBA, first released internationally and finally in the U.S., contains "Crazy World," a song from the sessions for the album later released as a B-side, and a medley of folk songs first heard on a charity album.) | ||
 | Album: 4 of 45 Title: Greatest Hits Released: 1975-11-17 Tracks: 14 Duration: 44:33 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 SOS (03:22) 2 He Is Your Brother (03:20) 3 Ring Ring (03:00) 4 Another Town, Another Train (03:13) 5 Honey, Honey (02:56) 6 So Long (03:06) 7 Mamma Mia (03:33) 8 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (03:17) 9 People Need Love (02:46) 10 Waterloo (02:46) 11 Nina, Pretty Ballerina (02:53) 12 Bang-a-Boomerang (02:50) 13 Dance (While the Music Still Goes On) (03:13) 14 Fernando (04:14) |
 | Album: 5 of 45 Title: Golden Double Album Released: 1976 Tracks: 24 Duration: 1:17:49 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Fernando (04:14) 2 My Mama Said (03:14) 3 What About Livingstone (02:56) 4 Hey, Hey Helen (03:18) 5 Honey, Honey (02:56) 6 Bang-a-Boomerang (02:50) 7 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (03:17) 8 Nina, Pretty Ballerina (02:53) 9 Dance (While the Music Still Goes On) (03:13) 10 Gonna Sing You My Lovesong (03:39) 11 I’ve Been Waiting for You (03:41) 12 Waterloo (02:46) 1 Mamma Mia (03:33) 2 Tropical Loveland (03:06) 3 Rock Me (03:05) 4 Love Isn’t Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough) (02:55) 5 People Need Love (02:46) 6 Intermezzo no. 1 (03:47) 7 Ring Ring (03:05) 8 So Long (03:06) 9 Sitting in the Palmtree (03:38) 10 Suzy‐Hang‐Around (03:11) 11 Hasta mañana (03:10) 12 SOS (03:22) |
 | Album: 6 of 45 Title: All About ABBA Released: 1976 Tracks: 14 Duration: 43:56 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Mamma Mia (03:33) 2 Honey, Honey (02:56) 3 Another Town, Another Train (03:13) 4 Waterloo (02:46) 5 Ring Ring (03:05) 6 Hasta mañana (03:10) 7 Dance (While the Music Still Goes On) (03:13) 8 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (03:17) 9 Gonna Sing You My Lovesong (03:39) 10 What About Livingstone (02:56) 11 SOS (03:22) 12 I Am Just a Girl (03:03) 13 Me and Bobby and Bobby’s Brother (02:52) 14 People Need Love (02:46) |
 | Album: 7 of 45 Title: Arrival Released: 1976-10-11 Tracks: 10 Duration: 33:29 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 When I Kissed the Teacher (03:03) 2 Dancing Queen (03:51) 3 My Love, My Life (03:53) 4 Dum Dum Diddle (02:54) 5 Knowing Me, Knowing You (04:02) 6 Money, Money, Money (03:07) 7 That’s Me (03:16) 8 Why Did It Have to Be Me (03:22) 9 Tiger (02:56) 10 Arrival (03:02) |
| Arrival : Allmusic album Review : Widely considered the Swedish foursomes first classic album -- and historically important as the first to use the now-famous mirror-B logo -- 1976s Arrival contains three huge hit singles, the dramatic "Money Money Money," the downcast "Knowing Me, Knowing You," and quite possibly the bands finest four minutes, the absolutely perfect pop classic "Dancing Queen," a combination of Spector-ian grandeur, McCartney-esque melody, and the indescribable vocals of Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The rest of ABBAs fourth album is strikingly consistent and accomplished, from the sly, bouncy "When I Kissed the Teacher" to the atmospheric title track, making room in between for the three excellent singles and five other substantial pop tunes. Although three LPs and a greatest-hits compilation preceded it, Arrival is aptly titled, as this album announces the bands move beyond bubblegum. | ||
 | Album: 8 of 45 Title: ABBAs Greatest Hits 24 Released: 1977-10 Tracks: 24 Duration: 1:18:53 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Dancing Queen (03:52) 2 What About Livingstone (02:56) 3 Hey, Hey Helen (03:18) 4 Honey, Honey (02:56) 5 Mamma Mia (03:33) 6 Waterloo (02:55) 7 Gonna Sing You My Lovesong (03:39) 8 Another Town, Another Train (03:13) 9 Nina, Pretty Ballerina (02:53) 10 Ring Ring (03:05) 11 Suzy‐Hang‐Around (03:11) 12 Bang‐a‐Boomerang (03:04) 1 That’s Me (03:16) 2 Hasta mañana (03:10) 3 My Mama Said (03:14) 4 I Am Just a Girl (03:03) 5 Dance (While the Music Still Goes On) (03:13) 6 Intermezzo no. 1 (03:47) 7 Fernando (04:14) 8 SOS (03:22) 9 Rock Me (03:05) 10 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (03:17) 11 People Need Love (02:46) 12 I’ve Been Waiting for You (03:41) |
 | Album: 9 of 45 Title: The Album Released: 1977-12-12 Tracks: 15 Duration: 1:06:26 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Eagle (05:49) 2 Take a Chance on Me (04:04) 3 One Man, One Woman (04:35) 4 The Name of the Game (04:53) 5 Move On (04:43) 6 Hole in Your Soul (03:43) 7 Thank You for the Music (03:50) 8 I Wonder (Departure) (04:33) 9 I’m a Marionette (04:04) 10 Eagle (04:26) 11 Take a Chance on Me (04:34) 12 Thank You for the Music (Doris Day version) (04:03) 13 Al andar (04:43) 14 I Wonder (Departure) (04:42) 15 Gracias por la música (03:39) |
| The Album : Allmusic album Review : ABBAs fifth album was a marked step forward for the group, having evolved out of Europop music into a world-class rock act over their previous two albums, they now proceeded to absorb and assimilate some of the influences around them, particularly the laid-back California sound of Fleetwood Mac (curiously, like ABBA, then a band with two couples at its center), as well as some of the attributes of progressive rock. That they did this without compromising their essential virtues as a pop ensemble makes this album seem even more extraordinary, though at the time nobody bothered to analyze it -- The Album was simply an incredibly popular release, yielding two British number one singles in "The Name of the Game" and "Take a Chance on Me" (which made the Top Five in America, their second-best showing after "Dancing Queen"), and achieving the quartets highest-ever showing on the U.S. LP charts, reaching the Top 20 and selling a million copies in six months. The opening number, "Eagle," dominated by synthesizers and soaring larger-than-life vocal flourishes, is followed by the more lyrical "Take a Chance on Me," with its luminous a cappella opening. The whole album is like that, effortlessly straddling hard rock, pop/rock, dance-rock, and progressive rock -- though the hits tend to stand out in highest relief, there are superb album tracks here, including the driving, lushly harmonized "Move On" and "Hole in Your Soul," which provides guitarist Lasse Wellander with a beautiful showcase for his lead electric playing. The second side of the album is dominated by material from a "mini-musical" called Girl with the Golden Hair that Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus wrote for the concerts on their just-ended tour intended to be used in a dramatically coherent storytelling context. Two of its songs, "Thank You for the Music" and "I Wonder (Devotion)," are less exciting than the straight rock material found elsewhere on the album, though the former became a popular concert number for the quartet, while the latter is the kind of lushly melodic, moodily reflective song that could easily have graced a Barbra Streisand album of the era. The closer, "Im a Marionette," however, is a startlingly bold attempt to recast the influence of Kurt Weill in a hard rock mode, ending The Album on a high note, musically and artistically. | ||
 | Album: 10 of 45 Title: Voulez‐Vous Released: 1979-04-23 Tracks: 13 Duration: 54:06 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 As Good as New (03:25) 2 Voulez‐Vous (05:08) 3 I Have a Dream (04:43) 4 Angeleyes (04:20) 5 The King Has Lost His Crown (03:34) 6 Does Your Mother Know (03:15) 7 If It Wasn’t for the Nights (05:11) 8 Chiquitita (05:26) 9 Lovers (Live a Little Longer) (03:30) 10 Kisses of Fire (03:17) 11 Summer Night City (03:34) 12 Lovelight (03:49) 13 Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (04:50) |
| Voulez‐Vous : Allmusic album Review : That it took nearly a year to record Voulez-Vous is an indicator of the creative and personal constraints in which the four members of ABBA found themselves at the end of the 70s. Their sixth album coincided with the marital split between Agnetha Fältskog and Björn Ulvaeus and the massively shifting currents in popular music, with disco, which had been on the wane, suddenly undergoing a renaissance thanks to the 1977 movie Saturday Night Fever. Thus, about half of Voulez-Vous shows the heavy influence of the Bee Gees from their megahit disco era. This is shown not just in the fact that the backing track for the title song was cut at Criteria Studios in Miami, where the Bee Gees had cut Main Course, Children of the World, and most of the rest of their disco-era music, but through the funky beat that ran through much of the material; yet the album still had a pair of soft, lyrical Europop-style ballads, "I Have a Dream" and "Chiquitita," both of which proved as popular as any of the more dance-oriented songs, and were reminders of Fältskogs and Ulvaeus roots, in particular, in popular folk music during the mid- to late 60s. Those two songs, plus "Angeleyes," "Does Your Mother Know," and the title cut, were all Top Five singles in England, although only "Chiquitita" and "Does Your Mother Know" were Top 40 hits in America, where the albums sales peaked at a modest 500,000 or so. | ||
 | Album: 11 of 45 Title: Greatest Hits, Volume 2 Released: 1979-10-29 Tracks: 14 Duration: 58:43 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (04:50) 2 Knowing Me, Knowing You (04:02) 3 Take a Chance on Me (04:04) 4 Money, Money, Money (03:07) 5 Rock Me (03:05) 6 Eagle (05:49) 7 Angeleyes (04:20) 8 Dancing Queen (03:51) 9 Does Your Mother Know (03:15) 10 Chiquitita (05:26) 11 Summer Night City (03:34) 12 I Wonder (Departure) (04:33) 13 The Name of the Game (04:53) 14 Thank You for the Music (03:50) |
 | Album: 12 of 45 Title: The Magic of ABBA Released: 1980 Tracks: 16 Duration: 36:13 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Dancing Queen (03:48) 2 Take a Chance on Me (04:04) 3 The Name of the Game (?) 4 Waterloo (02:46) 5 Ring Ring (?) 6 Does Your Mother Know (03:15) 7 Angeleyes (?) 8 SOS (?) 9 Fernando (?) 10 Knowing Me, Knowing You (04:02) 11 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (03:17) 12 Mamma Mia (03:33) 13 Honey Honey (?) 14 Money, Money, Money (03:07) 15 Voulez-Vous (03:42) 16 Chiquitita (04:37) |
 | Album: 13 of 45 Title: A Wie ABBA: Die größten Erfolge von »Waterloo« bis »Super Trouper« Released: 1980 Tracks: 16 Duration: 1:04:54 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Super Trouper (04:13) 2 Knowing Me, Knowing You (04:02) 3 Waterloo (02:46) 4 Take a Chance on Me (04:04) 5 Mamma Mia (03:32) 6 I Have a Dream (04:43) 7 The Name of the Game (04:53) 8 Fernando (04:14) 9 The Winner Takes It All (04:55) 10 Dancing Queen (03:51) 11 SOS (03:22) 12 Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (04:50) 13 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (03:17) 14 Money, Money, Money (03:07) 15 Summer Night City (03:34) 16 Chiquitita (05:26) |
 | Album: 14 of 45 Title: Gracias por la música Released: 1980-06-23 Tracks: 10 Duration: 42:42 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Gracias por la música (03:49) 2 La reina del baile (04:03) 3 Al andar (04:43) 4 ¡Dame! ¡Dame! ¡Dame! (04:51) 5 Fernando (04:17) 6 Estoy soñando (04:38) 7 Mamma mia (03:34) 8 Hasta mañana (03:09) 9 Conociéndome, conociéndote (04:04) 10 Chiquitita (05:30) |
 | Album: 15 of 45 Title: Super Trouper Released: 1980-11-03 Tracks: 10 Duration: 42:06 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Super Trouper (04:13) 2 The Winner Takes It All (04:55) 3 On and On and On (03:40) 4 Andante, andante (04:39) 5 Me and I (04:55) 6 Happy New Year (04:23) 7 Our Last Summer (04:20) 8 The Piper (03:26) 9 Lay All Your Love on Me (04:35) 10 The Way Old Friends Do (02:57) |
| Super Trouper : Allmusic album Review : Commercially, Super Trouper, ABBAs seventh album, was another worldwide blockbuster. "The Winner Takes It All," its lead-off single, released several months in advance of the album in most territories, was a smash; for example, it was the groups 14th consecutive Top Five hit in the U.K. and their eighth number one there. The title track was also a British chart-topper (their last), as was the album, their sixth. "Lay All Your Love on Me" made the U.K. Top Ten, and "On and on and On" was released as a single in some countries, hitting the Top Ten in Australia. (Typically, American success was more modest, though the album went gold, and "The Winner Takes It All" was a number one adult contemporary and Top Ten pop hit.) Musically, Super Trouper found ABBA, always trend-conscious, taking account of the passing of disco and returning to the pop/rock sound typical of their early albums. Only "Lay All Your Love on Me" employed a dance approach. The title song had the kind of martial beat and pop sound more in keeping with the group that had broken through with "Mamma Mia" and "S.O.S.," and "On and on and On" paid homage to one of their chief influences, the Beach Boys, with an arrangement reminiscent of "Do It Again." Lyrically, there was a distinct sense of world weariness and melancholy, from the divorce lamentations of "The Winner Takes It All" to the dissatisfaction with touring expressed in "Super Trouper" and even the nostalgia for a simpler time in "Our Last Summer." For performers on top of the world, the members of ABBA were putting an unusual amount of what sounded like real unhappiness into their pop music. [The 2001 reissue added "Elaine," a non-LP B-side, and "Put on Your White Sombrero," an outtake. Both were excellent songs.] | ||
 | Album: 16 of 45 Title: The Visitors Released: 1981-11-30 Tracks: 9 Duration: 37:59 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 The Visitors (05:47) 2 Head Over Heels (03:48) 3 When All Is Said and Done (03:18) 4 Soldiers (04:40) 5 I Let the Music Speak (05:21) 6 One of Us (03:57) 7 Two for the Price of One (03:38) 8 Slipping Through My Fingers (03:53) 9 Like an Angel Passing Through My Room (03:34) |
| The Visitors : Allmusic album Review : ABBAs final album was recorded during a period of major personal shakeups, principally in the decision by Benny Andersson and Frida to follow the same route to divorce that had already been taken by Björn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Faltskog. Both male members of the group would soon remarry, but at the time, despite all of these changes in their circumstances, The Visitors was never intended as ABBAs swan song -- they were to go on recording together. That may explain why, rather than a threadbare, thrown-together feel, The Visitors is a beautifully made, very sophisticated album, filled with serious but never downbeat songs, all beautifully sung and showing off some of the bold songwriting efforts. The title track is a topical song about Soviet dissidents that also manages to be very catchy, while "I Let the Music Speak" sounds like a Broadway number (and a very good one, at that) in search of a musical to be part of, and "When All Is Said and Done" is a serious, achingly beautiful ballad with a lot to say about their personal situations -- even "Two for the Price of One," a lighthearted song sung by Björn Ulvaeus about answering a personal advertisement, offered several catchy hooks and beautiful backup singing. "Like an Angel Passing Through My Room" ended the original album on a hauntingly ethereal note, but not as any kind of larger statement about the quartets fate. The intention was to keep working together, but Andersson and Ulvaeus growing involvement with their stage project, Chess, prevented any further work together by the group beyond three songs, "The Day Before You Came," "Cassandra," and "Under Attack" -- theyre all present as bonus tracks on the 2001 remastered edition (in gatefold packaging), along with the orphaned B-side "Should I Laugh or Cry" from the same sessions as The Visitors, and only add to the appeal of the original album. | ||
 | Album: 17 of 45 Title: The Singles: The First Ten Years Released: 1982 Tracks: 23 Duration: 1:32:05 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Ring Ring (03:05) 2 Waterloo (02:46) 3 So Long (03:06) 4 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (03:17) 5 SOS (03:22) 6 Mamma Mia (03:33) 7 Fernando (04:14) 8 Dancing Queen (03:51) 9 Money, Money, Money (03:07) 10 Knowing Me, Knowing You (04:02) 11 The Name of the Game (04:00) 12 Take a Chance on Me (04:04) 13 Summer Night City (03:34) 1 Chiquitita (05:26) 2 Does Your Mother Know (03:15) 3 Voulez‐Vous (05:08) 4 Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (04:50) 5 I Have a Dream (04:43) 6 The Winner Takes It All (04:55) 7 Super Trouper (04:13) 8 One of Us (03:57) 9 The Day Before You Came (05:51) 10 Under Attack (03:40) |
 | Album: 18 of 45 Title: Dancing Special Released: 1982-06 Tracks: 10 Duration: 35:21 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Dancing Queen (03:51) 2 Mamma Mia (03:33) 3 What About Livingstone (02:56) 4 He Is Your Brother (03:20) 5 The King Has Lost His Crown (03:23) 6 If It Wasn’t for the Nights (05:11) 7 That’s Me (03:16) 8 Does Your Mother Know (03:15) 9 SOS (03:22) 10 Dance (While the Music Still Goes On) (03:13) |
 | Album: 19 of 45 Title: International Released: 1983 Tracks: 18 Duration: 1:10:40 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Ring Ring (German version) (03:10) 2 Intermezzo no. 1 (03:47) 3 Waterloo (French version) (02:41) 4 Take a Chance on Me (04:22) 5 Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (04:50) 6 I’ve Been Waiting for You (03:41) 7 Happy Hawaii (04:25) 8 SOS (03:22) 9 Rock ’n’ Roll Band (03:10) 10 People Need Love (02:46) 11 Wer im Wartesaal der Liebe steht (03:19) 12 Rock Me (03:05) 13 The Winner Takes It All (04:55) 14 Chiquitita (05:30) 15 I Wonder (Departure) (04:30) 16 Eagle (04:26) 17 Dancing Queen (03:51) 18 I Have a Dream (04:43) |
 | Album: 20 of 45 Title: Thank You for the Music Released: 1983 Tracks: 14 Duration: 1:03:04 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 My Love, My Life (03:53) 2 I Wonder (Departure) (04:33) 3 Happy New Year (04:23) 4 Slipping Through My Fingers (03:53) 5 Fernando (04:17) 6 One Man, One Woman (04:35) 7 Eagle (05:49) 8 I Have a Dream (04:43) 9 Our Last Summer (04:20) 10 The Day Before You Came (05:51) 11 Chiquitita (05:26) 12 Should I Laugh or Cry (04:29) 13 The Way Old Friends Do (02:57) 14 Thank You for the Music (03:50) |
 | Album: 21 of 45 Title: From ABBA With Love Released: 1984 Tracks: 14 Duration: 1:00:16 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 One of Us (03:57) 2 Lay All Your Love on Me (04:35) 3 Eagle (04:26) 4 The Winner Takes It All (04:55) 5 Head Over Heels (03:48) 6 To Turn the Stone (03:26) 7 Voulez‐Vous (05:08) 8 My Love, My Life (03:53) 9 Wrap Your Arms Around Me (03:52) 10 Cassandra (04:52) 11 The Day Before You Came (05:51) 12 Elaine (03:46) 13 Slipping Through My Fingers (03:53) 14 Thank You for the Music (03:50) |
 | Album: 22 of 45 Title: The Hits Released: 1986 Tracks: 12 Duration: 45:39 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Waterloo (02:46) 2 SOS (03:22) 3 Dancing Queen (03:51) 4 Knowing Me, Knowing You (04:02) 5 Lay All Your Love on Me (04:35) 6 Super Trouper (04:13) 7 Take a Chance on Me (04:04) 8 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (03:17) 9 Honey, Honey (02:56) 10 Hasta mañana (03:10) 11 The Visitors (05:47) 12 Mamma Mia (03:33) |
 | Album: 23 of 45 Title: ABBA: The Collection, Volume 2 Released: 1988 Tracks: 21 Duration: 1:15:58 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Dancing Queen (03:43) 2 Take a Chance on Me (04:22) 3 I Have a Dream (live) (04:23) 4 Does Your Mother Know (live) (04:09) 5 Chiquitita (05:25) 6 Another Town, Another Train (03:13) 7 Disillusion (03:08) 8 People Need Love (02:46) 9 I Saw It in the Mirror (02:35) 10 Nina, Pretty Ballerina (02:53) 11 Thank You for the Music (03:44) 12 Two for the Price of One (03:31) 13 Fernando (05:24) 14 Gimme Gimme Gimme (03:17) 15 Super Trouper (04:15) 16 Waterloo (03:47) 17 Love Isn’t Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough) (02:55) 18 Me and Bobby and Bobby’s Brother (02:52) 19 He Is Your Brother (03:20) 20 Ring Ring (03:05) 21 I Am Just a Girl (03:03) |
 | Album: 24 of 45 Title: The Best of ABBA Released: 1988 Tracks: 16 Duration: 1:01:40 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify AlbumCover | 1 Dancing Queen (03:51) 2 Take a Chance on Me (04:04) 3 The Name of the Game (04:53) 4 Waterloo (02:46) 5 Knowing Me, Knowing You (04:02) 6 SOS (03:22) 7 Super Trouper (04:13) 8 Fernando (04:14) 9 Does Your Mother Know (03:15) 10 Voulez-Vous (03:43) 11 Chiquitita (04:37) 12 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (03:17) 13 Honey, Honey (02:56) 14 The Winner Takes It All (04:55) 15 Money, Money, Money (03:07) 16 Angeleyes (04:20) |
 | Album: 25 of 45 Title: The Hits, Volume 2 Released: 1988 Tracks: 14 Duration: 57:37 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 The Name of the Game (04:00) 2 Arrival (03:02) 3 Ring Ring (03:05) 4 Eagle (05:49) 5 Summer Night City (03:34) 6 Happy New Year (04:23) 7 Angeleyes (04:20) 8 Money, Money, Money (03:07) 9 Andante, andante (04:39) 10 Voulez‐Vous (05:08) 11 Kisses of Fire (03:17) 12 The Day Before You Came (05:51) 13 When I Kissed the Teacher (03:03) 14 Fernando (04:14) |
 | Album: 26 of 45 Title: The Hits, Volume 3 Released: 1988 Tracks: 14 Duration: 56:05 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 The Winner Takes It All (04:55) 2 The King Has Lost His Crown (03:34) 3 Dance (While the Music Still Goes On) (03:13) 4 Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (04:50) 5 Head Over Heels (03:48) 6 Rock Me (03:05) 7 I Have a Dream (04:43) 8 Chiquitita (05:26) 9 The Piper (03:26) 10 On and On and On (03:40) 11 One of Us (03:57) 12 Our Last Summer (04:20) 13 Does Your Mother Know (03:15) 14 Thank You for the Music (03:50) |
 | Album: 27 of 45 Title: Absolute ABBA Released: 1988-11 Tracks: 24 Duration: 1:35:23 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Fernando (04:14) 2 The Name of the Game (03:32) 3 Chiquitita (05:26) 4 Thank You for the Music (03:50) 5 Angeleyes (04:20) 6 Waterloo (02:46) 7 Knowing Me, Knowing You (04:02) 8 One of Us (03:57) 9 Does Your Mother Know (03:03) 10 Summer Night City (03:34) 11 Lay All Your Love on Me (04:35) 12 The Winner Takes It All (04:55) 1 Super Trouper (04:13) 2 Money, Money, Money (03:07) 3 Voulez‐Vous (05:08) 4 Ring Ring (03:05) 5 Head Over Heels (03:48) 6 Take a Chance on Me (04:04) 7 Dancing Queen (03:51) 8 Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (04:50) 9 Mamma Mia (03:33) 10 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (03:17) 11 SOS (03:22) 12 I Have a Dream (04:43) |
 | Album: 28 of 45 Title: The Love Songs Released: 1989 Tracks: 14 Duration: 53:15 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Under Attack (03:47) 2 Slipping Through My Fingers (03:53) 3 Should I Laugh or Cry (04:29) 4 Gonna Sing You My Lovesong (03:39) 5 Lovers (Live a Little Longer) (03:30) 6 Lovelight (03:49) 7 I’ve Been Waiting for You (03:41) 8 My Love, My Life (03:53) 9 One Man, One Woman (04:35) 10 Tropical Loveland (03:06) 11 Another Town, Another Train (03:13) 12 When All Is Said and Done (03:18) 13 If It Wasn’t for the Nights (05:11) 14 So Long (03:06) |
 | Album: 29 of 45 Title: The Hits Box Released: 1990 Tracks: 40 Duration: 2:39:22 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Waterloo (02:46) 2 SOS (03:22) 3 Dancing Queen (03:51) 4 Knowing Me, Knowing You (04:02) 5 Lay All Your Love on Me (04:35) 6 Super Trouper (04:13) 7 Take a Chance on Me (04:04) 8 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (03:17) 9 Honey, Honey (02:56) 10 Hasta mañana (03:10) 11 The Visitors (05:47) 12 Mamma Mia (03:33) 1 The Name of the Game (04:00) 2 Arrival (03:02) 3 Ring Ring (03:05) 4 Eagle (05:49) 5 Summer Night City (03:34) 6 Happy New Year (04:23) 7 Angeleyes (04:20) 8 Money, Money, Money (03:07) 9 Andante, andante (04:39) 10 Voulez‐Vous (05:08) 11 Kisses of Fire (03:17) 12 The Day Before You Came (05:51) 13 When I Kissed the Teacher (03:03) 14 Fernando (04:14) 1 The Winner Takes It All (04:55) 2 The King Has Lost His Crown (03:34) 3 Dance (While the Music Still Goes On) (03:13) 4 Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (04:50) 5 Head Over Heels (03:48) 6 Rock Me (03:05) 7 I Have a Dream (04:43) 8 Chiquitita (05:26) 9 The Piper (03:26) 10 On and On and On (03:40) 11 One of Us (03:57) 12 Our Last Summer (04:20) 13 Does Your Mother Know (03:15) 14 Thank You for the Music (03:50) |
 | Album: 30 of 45 Title: Story Released: 1991-06-21 Tracks: 25 Duration: 1:41:57 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Waterloo (02:46) 2 Mamma Mia (03:33) 3 Fernando (04:14) 4 Dancing Queen (03:51) 5 Money, Money, Money (03:07) 6 Knowing Me, Knowing You (04:02) 7 The Name of the Game (04:53) 8 Take a Chance on Me (04:04) 9 Chiquitita (05:26) 10 Voulez‐Vous (05:08) 11 I Have a Dream (04:43) 12 The Winner Takes It All (04:55) 13 Thank You for the Music (03:50) 1 Ring Ring (03:05) 2 Super Trouper (04:13) 3 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (03:17) 4 SOS (03:22) 5 Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (04:50) 6 Happy New Year (04:23) 7 Rock Me (03:05) 8 Summer Night City (03:34) 9 Eagle (05:49) 10 One of Us (03:57) 11 One Man, One Woman (04:35) 12 So Long (03:06) |
 | Album: 31 of 45 Title: Die Story Released: 1992 Tracks: 82 Duration: 5:13:11 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Waterloo (02:46) 2 Ring Ring (03:05) 3 Honey, Honey (02:56) 4 So Long (03:06) 5 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (03:17) 6 SOS (03:22) 7 Mamma Mia (03:33) 8 Fernando (04:14) 9 Dancing Queen (03:51) 10 Money, Money, Money (03:07) 11 Knowing Me, Knowing You (04:02) 12 The Name of the Game (04:00) 13 Take a Chance on Me (04:04) 14 Eagle (05:49) 15 Summer Night City (03:34) 16 Chiquitita (05:26) 1 Does Your Mother Know (03:15) 2 Voulez‐Vous (05:08) 3 Angeleyes (04:20) 4 Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (04:50) 5 I Have a Dream (04:43) 6 The Winner Takes It All (04:55) 7 Super Trouper (04:13) 8 On and On and On (03:40) 9 Lay All Your Love on Me (04:35) 10 One of Us (03:57) 11 Head Over Heels (03:48) 12 When All Is Said and Done (03:18) 13 The Visitors (05:47) 14 The Day Before You Came (05:51) 15 Under Attack (03:47) 16 Thank You for the Music (03:50) 1 My Love, My Life (03:53) 2 Gonna Sing You My Lovesong (03:39) 3 I Am Just a Girl (03:03) 4 I’ve Been Waiting for You (03:41) 5 Lovelight (03:32) 6 One Man, One Woman (04:35) 7 Our Last Summer (04:20) 8 The Way Old Friends Do (02:57) 9 Lovers (Live a Little Longer) (03:30) 10 Love Isn’t Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough) (02:55) 11 Disillusion (03:08) 12 Slipping Through My Fingers (03:53) 13 Elaine (03:46) 14 I Wonder (Departure) (04:33) 15 Should I Laugh or Cry (04:29) 16 People Need Love (02:46) 1 Arrival (03:02) 2 When I Kissed the Teacher (03:03) 3 That’s Me (03:16) 4 Man in the Middle (03:03) 5 Happy New Year (04:23) 6 Intermezzo no. 1 (03:47) 7 Soldiers (04:40) 8 Nina, Pretty Ballerina (02:53) 9 Rock Me (03:05) 10 Hey, Hey Helen (03:18) 11 Bang‐a‐Boomerang (03:04) 12 Dance (While the Music Still Goes On) (03:13) 13 Kisses of Fire (03:17) 14 Dum Dum Diddle (02:54) 15 Hole in Your Soul (03:43) 16 Like an Angel Passing Through My Room (03:34) 17 The King Has Lost His Crown (03:34) 1 Move On (04:43) 2 Another Town, Another Train (03:13) 3 Hasta mañana (03:10) 4 The Piper (03:26) 5 Happy Hawaii (04:25) 6 Tropical Loveland (03:06) 7 Andante, andante (04:39) 8 Cassandra (04:52) 9 She’s My Kind of Girl (02:45) 10 Rock ’n’ Roll Band (03:10) 11 My Mama Said (03:14) 12 Sitting in the Palmtree (03:38) 13 Me and I (04:55) 14 As Good as New (03:25) 15 If It Wasn’t for the Nights (05:11) 16 Me and Bobby and Bobby’s Brother (02:52) 17 I Let the Music Speak (05:21) |
 | Album: 32 of 45 Title: Karaoke Released: 1992 Tracks: 14 Duration: 54:59 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Waterloo (02:37) 2 S.O.S. (03:18) 3 Thank You for the Music (03:50) 4 Fernando (04:20) 5 Dancing Queen (03:47) 6 Money, Money, Money (03:04) 7 Super Trouper (04:06) 8 Chiquitita (05:08) 9 Mamma Mia (03:29) 10 Take a Chance on Me (03:39) 11 Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (04:33) 12 I Have a Dream (04:31) 13 The Winner Takes It All (04:41) 14 Knowing Me, Knowing You (03:51) |
 | Album: 33 of 45 Title: Oro: grandes éxitos Released: 1992 Tracks: 15 Duration: 1:01:58 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Fernando (04:17) 2 Chiquitita (05:30) 3 Gracias por la música (03:49) 4 La reina del baile (04:03) 5 Al andar (04:43) 6 ¡Dame! ¡Dame! ¡Dame! (04:51) 7 Estoy soñando (04:38) 8 Mamma mia (03:34) 9 Hasta mañana (03:09) 10 Conociéndome, conociéndote (04:04) 11 Felicidad (04:25) 12 Andante, andante (04:40) 13 Se me está escapando (03:54) 14 No hay a quien culpar (03:14) 15 Ring, ring (03:00) |
| Oro: grandes éxitos : Allmusic album Review : This unusual collection has a somewhat convoluted history, growing out of ABBAs distinctly international appeal. Originally released at ten songs and then expanded to 15, ABBA Oro was a repackaging of Gracias Por La Musica, a ten-song LP that, in turn, grew out of the groups long-delayed cracking of the South American market in 1979, with a Spanish-language version of "Chiquitita." The latter song was recut in Spanish two months after the January 1979 release of the English-language version, and became a huge hit throughout South America, topping most of the national charts there and leading to a television special in Madrid and the release of a Spanish version of "I Have a Dream" ("Estoy Sonando") that also sold extremely well. In January 1980, the latters success resulted in the preparation of the Gracias Por La Musica LP (released on Atlantic in America), a collection of the groups biggest hits with re-recorded vocals, done with pronunciation help from journalist Ana Martinez. Although Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus had little interest in the project beyond its commercial aspects, to judge from the results here, Agnetha Faltskog and Frida Lyngstad both evidently enjoyed singing in Spanish, as well as getting a second crack at several older songs from their repertory, and Michael Tretow did an excellent remixing job, both at the time and on the 1999 digital remix, in 24-bit sound. As opposed to the 1992 CD version, the 1999 remastering features a rich, wide sound profile that brings out the elegance of the groups sound and arrangements, not just for the voices but the instruments as well. For the 1999 remastering, the ten songs off of Gracias Por La Musica and the original ABBA Oro have been augmented by five more tracks: "Felicidad" (aka "Happy New Year") and "Andante Andante" from the next official album, Super Trouper, and "Se Me Esta Escapando" (aka "Slipping Through My Fingers") and "No Hay A Quien Culpar" (aka "When All Is Said and Done") from The Visitors, plus "Ring Ring." As for the music, Spanish-speaking listeners obviously will have a special appreciation of the material, but Lyngstad and Faltskog sing so stunningly, and perhaps with more emotion here than on some of the original lyrics, that these variant takes will also prove attractive to non-Spanish speakers. | ||
 | Album: 34 of 45 Title: The ABBA Collection Released: 1992 Tracks: 80 Duration: 5:04:08 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify AlbumCover | 1 Waterloo (02:46) 2 Ring Ring (03:05) 3 Honey, Honey (02:56) 4 Bang‐a‐Boomerang (03:04) 5 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (03:17) 6 When I Kissed the Teacher (03:03) 7 Mamma Mia (03:33) 8 Dum Dum Diddle (02:54) 9 King Kong Song (03:10) 10 My Mama Said (03:14) 11 Money, Money, Money (03:07) 12 Hey, Hey Helen (03:18) 13 As Good as New (03:25) 14 Angeleyes (04:20) 15 Nina, Pretty Ballerina (02:53) 16 Elaine (03:46) 17 The Piper (03:26) 18 Love Isn’t Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough) (02:55) 19 The Way Old Friends Do (02:57) 20 SOS (03:22) 21 Hasta mañana (03:10) 22 The Visitors (05:47) 23 Intermezzo no. 1 (03:47) 1 Gonna Sing You My Lovesong (03:39) 2 Take a Chance on Me (04:04) 3 My Love, My Life (03:53) 4 Andante, andante (04:39) 5 I’ve Been Waiting for You (03:41) 6 Lay All Your Love on Me (04:35) 7 One Man, One Woman (04:35) 8 Kisses of Fire (03:17) 9 Like an Angel Passing Through My Room (03:34) 10 Knowing Me, Knowing You (04:02) 11 The Name of the Game (04:53) 12 Move On (04:43) 13 Our Last Summer (04:20) 14 One of Us (03:57) 15 The Winner Takes It All (04:55) 16 The Day Before You Came (05:51) 17 When All Is Said and Done (03:18) 18 I Wonder (Departure) (04:33) 1 Dancing Queen (03:51) 2 Summer Night City (03:34) 3 Dance (While the Music Still Goes On) (03:13) 4 Does Your Mother Know (03:15) 5 If It Wasn’t for the Nights (05:11) 6 Watch Out (03:47) 7 Voulez‐Vous (05:08) 8 He Is Your Brother (03:20) 9 Hole in Your Soul (03:43) 10 Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (04:50) 11 Rock Me (03:05) 12 So Long (03:06) 13 That’s Me (03:16) 14 Lovelight (03:23) 15 Why Did It Have to Be Me (03:22) 16 Tiger (02:56) 17 People Need Love (02:46) 18 On and On and On (03:40) 19 Head Over Heels (03:48) 20 Under Attack (03:47) 1 Fernando (04:14) 2 I Let the Music Speak (05:21) 3 Chiquitita (05:26) 4 Eagle (05:49) 5 Arrival (03:02) 6 Another Town, Another Train (03:13) 7 I Have a Dream (04:43) 8 Tropical Loveland (03:06) 9 I’m a Marionette (04:04) 10 Super Trouper (04:13) 11 The King Has Lost His Crown (03:34) 12 Slipping Through My Fingers (03:53) 13 Soldiers (04:40) 14 What About Livingstone (02:56) 15 Sitting in the Palmtree (03:38) 16 Suzy‐Hang‐Around (03:11) 17 Two for the Price of One (03:38) 18 Happy New Year (04:23) 19 Thank You for the Music (03:50) |
 | Album: 35 of 45 Title: Gold: Greatest Hits Released: 1992-09-21 Tracks: 19 Duration: 1:18:49 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Dancing Queen (03:51) 2 Knowing Me, Knowing You (04:02) 3 Take a Chance on Me (04:04) 4 Mamma Mia (03:33) 5 Lay All Your Love on Me (04:35) 6 Super Trouper (04:13) 7 I Have a Dream (04:43) 8 The Winner Takes It All (04:55) 9 Money, Money, Money (03:07) 10 SOS (03:22) 11 Chiquitita (05:26) 12 Fernando (04:14) 13 Voulez‐Vous (05:08) 14 Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (04:50) 15 Does Your Mother Know (03:15) 16 One of Us (03:57) 17 The Name of the Game (04:53) 18 Thank You for the Music (03:50) 19 Waterloo (02:46) |
| Gold: Greatest Hits : Allmusic album Review : ABBAs 19-song Gold collection was the first hits compilation prepared specifically for the CD format by the 1970s supergroup, and, appearing after a period of several years in which their music had been off the market, was a welcome addition to the catalog. It is still the simplest and most straightforward collection of the groups material that it is possible to buy. | ||
 | Album: 36 of 45 Title: Mas Oro Released: 1993 Tracks: 10 Duration: 40:23 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Chiquitita (05:26) 2 Fernando (04:14) 3 Dancing Queen (03:51) 4 Knowing Me, Knowing You (04:02) 5 Mamma Mia (03:33) 6 Felicidad (04:25) 7 Andante, andante (04:40) 8 Se me está escapando (03:54) 9 No hay a quien culpar (03:14) 10 Ring, ring (03:00) |
| Mas Oro : Allmusic album Review : 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, 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. MAS ORO actually contains the English-language versions of ABBAs two most overtly Latin tunes, "Chiquitita" and "Fernando," along with the English version of 1975s "Mamma Mia." The CDs other seven tracks include excellent Spanish renditions of "Dancing Queen," "Knowing Me, Knowing You," and their first single, "Ring Ring," along with "Felicidad (Happy New Year)," "Andate," "Se me Esta Escapando (Slipping Through My Fingers)" and "No Hay A Quien Culpar (When All Is Said And Done)." | ||
 | Album: 37 of 45 Title: More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits Released: 1993-05-24 Tracks: 20 Duration: 1:16:52 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Summer Night City (03:34) 2 Angeleyes (04:20) 3 The Day Before You Came (05:51) 4 Eagle (04:26) 5 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (03:17) 6 So Long (03:06) 7 Honey, Honey (02:56) 8 The Visitors (04:29) 9 Our Last Summer (04:20) 10 On and On and On (03:40) 11 Ring Ring (03:05) 12 I Wonder (Departure) (04:33) 13 Lovelight (03:20) 14 Head Over Heels (03:48) 15 When I Kissed the Teacher (03:03) 16 I Am the City (04:02) 17 Cassandra (04:52) 18 Under Attack (03:47) 19 When All Is Said and Done (03:18) 20 The Way Old Friends Do (02:57) |
| More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits : Allmusic album Review : The multi-million unit sales of ABBA Gold led to the creation of this 20-song compilation, containing the remaining singles from the group plus other notable tracks. None of whats here is as tuneful or compelling as the groups most successful recordings -- though the arrangements and, especially, the vocals are, as always, almost idealized in their crystalline purity -- and most of the tracks wont be familiar to listeners in all countries, since a number were hits in specific limited national markets. At the time, in 1993, the sound was an improvement over the existing CDs on which the tracks appeared, although, like ABBA Gold, this collection is crying for fresh remastering in 24-bit audio. | ||
 | Album: 38 of 45 Title: Gold: Ballads Released: 1995 Tracks: 16 Duration: 1:10:32 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 I Have a Dream (04:43) 2 Andante, andante (04:39) 3 Hasta mañana (03:10) 4 My Love, My Life (03:53) 5 Eagle (05:49) 6 Soldiers (04:40) 7 I Am Just a Girl (03:03) 8 Chiquitita (05:26) 9 Cassandra (04:52) 10 One Man, One Woman (04:35) 11 Tropical Loveland (03:06) 12 The Day Before You Came (05:51) 13 I’ve Been Waiting for You (03:41) 14 Happy New Year (04:23) 15 I Let the Music Speak (05:21) 16 Dance (While the Music Still Goes On) (03:13) |
 | Album: 39 of 45 Title: Golden Stars International Released: 1996 Tracks: 16 Duration: 1:01:27 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Waterloo (02:46) 2 Honey, Honey (02:56) 3 So Long (03:06) 4 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (03:17) 5 SOS (03:22) 6 Mamma Mia (03:33) 7 Fernando (04:14) 8 Dancing Queen (03:51) 9 Money, Money, Money (03:07) 10 The Name of the Game (04:00) 11 Take a Chance on Me (04:04) 12 Chiquitita (05:26) 13 I Have a Dream (04:43) 14 The Winner Takes It All (04:55) 15 Super Trouper (04:13) 16 Thank You for the Music (03:50) |
 | Album: 40 of 45 Title: The Music Still Goes On Released: 1996-03 Tracks: 16 Duration: 1:02:20 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Does Your Mother Know (03:15) 2 Ring Ring (03:05) 3 On and On and On (03:40) 4 When I Kissed the Teacher (03:03) 5 If It Wasn’t for the Nights (05:11) 6 As Good as New (03:25) 7 Eagle (05:49) 8 Dance (While the Music Still Goes On) (03:13) 9 The Visitors (05:47) 10 When All Is Said and Done (03:18) 11 So Long (03:06) 12 Bang‐a‐Boomerang (03:04) 13 Me and I (04:55) 14 Move On (04:43) 15 Gonna Sing You My Lovesong (03:39) 16 Arrival (03:02) |
 | Album: 41 of 45 Title: Master Series: ABBA Released: 1996-08-01 Tracks: 18 Duration: 1:12:01 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Thank You for the Music (03:50) 2 The Winner Takes It All (04:55) 3 Fernando (04:14) 4 One of Us (03:57) 5 Angeleyes (04:20) 6 The Day Before You Came (05:51) 7 Eagle (04:26) 8 So Long (03:06) 9 Why Did It Have to Be Me (03:22) 10 Ring Ring (03:05) 11 The Way Old Friends Do (02:57) 12 Slipping Through My Fingers (03:53) 13 Hasta mañana (03:10) 14 Our Last Summer (04:20) 15 My Love, My Life (03:53) 16 If It Wasn’t for the Nights (05:11) 17 People Need Love (02:46) 18 Andante, andante (04:39) |
 | Album: 42 of 45 Title: Forever Gold Released: 1996-10-07 Tracks: 39 Duration: 2:34:02 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Dancing Queen (03:51) 2 Knowing Me, Knowing You (04:02) 3 Take a Chance on Me (04:04) 4 Mamma Mia (03:33) 5 Lay All Your Love on Me (04:35) 6 Super Trouper (04:13) 7 I Have a Dream (04:43) 8 The Winner Takes It All (04:55) 9 Money, Money, Money (03:07) 10 SOS (03:22) 11 Chiquitita (05:26) 12 Fernando (04:14) 13 Voulez-vous (04:22) 14 Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (04:50) 15 Does Your Mother Know (03:15) 16 One of Us (03:57) 17 The Name of the Game (04:00) 18 Thank You for the Music (03:50) 19 Waterloo (02:46) 1 Summer Night City (03:34) 2 Angeleyes (04:20) 3 The Day Before You Came (05:51) 4 Eagle (04:26) 5 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (03:17) 6 So Long (03:06) 7 Honey, Honey (02:56) 8 The Visitors (04:29) 9 Our Last Summer (04:20) 10 On and On and On (03:40) 11 Ring Ring (03:05) 12 I Wonder (Departure) (04:33) 13 Lovelight (03:20) 14 Head Over Heels (03:48) 15 When I Kissed the Teacher (03:03) 16 I Am the City (04:02) 17 Cassandra (04:52) 18 Under Attack (03:47) 19 When All Is Said and Done (03:18) 20 The Way Old Friends Do (02:57) |
 | Album: 43 of 45 Title: Love Stories Released: 1998 Tracks: 17 Duration: 1:17:39 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Fernando (04:14) 2 The Name of the Game (04:53) 3 Chiquitita (05:26) 4 The Winner Takes It All (04:55) 5 I Have a Dream (04:43) 6 The Day Before You Came (05:51) 7 One of Us (03:57) 8 Andante, andante (04:39) 9 One Man, One Woman (04:35) 10 Eagle (05:49) 11 Slipping Through My Fingers (03:53) 12 My Love, My Life (03:53) 13 Our Last Summer (04:20) 14 Like an Angel Passing Through My Room (03:34) 15 I Wonder (Departure) (04:33) 16 I Let the Music Speak (05:21) 17 The Way Old Friends Do (02:57) |
 | Album: 44 of 45 Title: The Collection Released: 1998-08-04 Tracks: 11 Duration: 45:29 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify AlbumCover | 1 Thank You for the Music (03:50) 2 The Winner Takes It All (04:55) 3 Fernando (04:14) 4 One of Us (03:57) 5 Angeleyes (04:20) 6 The Day Before You Came (05:51) 7 Eagle (05:49) 8 So Long (03:06) 9 Why Did It Have to Be Me (03:22) 10 Ring Ring (03:05) 11 The Way Old Friends Do (02:57) |
 | Album: 45 of 45 Title: 25 jaar na Waterloo: De grootste hits in Nederland Released: 1999-04-05 Tracks: 19 Duration: 1:19:24 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Waterloo (02:46) 2 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (03:17) 3 SOS (03:22) 4 Fernando (04:14) 5 Dancing Queen (03:51) 6 Money, Money, Money (03:07) 7 Knowing Me, Knowing You (04:02) 8 The Name of the Game (04:53) 9 Take a Chance on Me (04:04) 10 Thank You for the Music (03:50) 11 Summer Night City (03:34) 12 Chiquitita (05:26) 13 Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (04:50) 14 I Have a Dream (04:43) 15 The Winner Takes It All (04:55) 16 Happy New Year (04:23) 17 Super Trouper (04:13) 18 One of Us (03:57) 19 The Day Before You Came (05:51) |