Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. People Need Love
2. He Is Your Brother
3. Ring Ring
4. Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)
5. Waterloo
6. Honey, Honey
7. So Long
8. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
9. S.O.S.
10. Mamma Mia
11. Fernando
12. Dancing Queen
13. Money, Money, Money
14. Knowing Me, Knowing You
15. Name of the Game, The
16. Take a Chance on Me
17. Eagle
18. Summer Night City
19. Chiquitita
20. Does Your Mother Know
DISC 2:
1. Voulez-Vous
2. Angeleyes
3. Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (A Man After Midnight)
4. I Have a Dream
5. Winner Takes It All, The
6. Super Trouper
7. On and on and On
8. Lay All Your Love on Me
9. One of Us
10. When All Is Said and Done
11. Head Over Heels
12. Visitors, The (Crackin' Up)
13. Day Before You Came, The
14. Under Attack
15. Thank You For the Music
16. Ring Ring - (1974 single remix)
17. Voulez-Vous - (extended 1979 US promo 12" mix)
| Details | | Playing Time: | 145 min. | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
ABBA: Bjorn Ulvaeus (vocals, guitar); Benny Anderson (vocals, keyboards);
Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Faltskog (vocals).
Producers: Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Anderson
Compilation producer: Marko Soderstrom
Recorded between 1972 and 1982. Includes liner notes by Carl Magnus Palm.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Released to coincide with the arrival on Broadway of Mamma Mia!, (a musical based on the songs of Abba), THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION packs two CDs with every single ever released by this Swedish guilty pleasure between 1972 and 1982. Chronologically arranged and expertly remastered, this package kicks off with the flower-power sentiments of "People Need Love" and "He Is Your Brother." These preceded the breakthrough "Waterloo" that won the 1974 Eurovision competition and proved to be Abba's springboard to international superstardom.
From there, it's an infectious ride overflowing with hooks, harmonies and stellar arrangements that bubble over from much-loved songs like "Fernando," "Dancing Queen," "SOS," Take A Chance On Me," and "Winner Takes It All," chronicling Abba's move from Europop to impressive Wall-of-Sound flavored disco. Capped off with a 1974 remix of "Ring Ring" that's getting its American debut and a 1979 extended dance remix of "Voulez-Vous" that was never commercially available, THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION is pure pop manna for die-hards and novices alike.
Editorial Reviews
Ranked #180 in Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
Rolling Stone (12/11/2003)
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