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ABBA - The Visitors (1981) (Deluxe)


      The Visitors is the eighth and final studio album by Swedish pop group ABBA, released on 30 November 1981.

      With The Visitors, ABBA took several steps away from the "lighter" pop music they had recorded previously and the album is often regarded as a more complex and mature effort.[3] The opening track, "The Visitors", with its ominous synthesizer sounds and the distinctive lead vocal by Frida, announced a change in musical style. With Benny and Frida going their separate ways, the pain of splitting up was explored yet again in "When All Is Said and Done". The major hit single on the album, "One of Us" also depicted the end of a love story. Elsewhere there were current Cold War themes—highly topical at the time—and further songs of isolation and regret.

      The Visitors album was one of the first records ever to be recorded and mixed digitally, and was the first in history to be released on the new CD format in 1982 on Atlantic.[4] The Visitors has been reissued in digitally remastered form three times—first in 1996, then in 2001 and again in 2005 as part of The Complete Studio Recordings box set.

      The Visitors Deluxe Edition was released on 23 April 2012. As with previous releases in the Deluxe Edition series, this version of ABBA’s final album offers a DVD of archive material along with CD bonus tracks – including the demo medley "From a Twinkling Star to a Passing Angel", the first previously-unreleased ABBA recordings since 1994

***Track Listing:
01. The Visitors - 5:48
02. Head Over Heels - 3:49
03. When All Is Said And Done - 3:19
04. Soldiers - 4:41
05. I Let The Music Speak - 5:21
06. One Of Us - 3:57
07. Two For The Price Of One - 3:38
08. Slipping Through My Fingers - 3:54
09. Like An Angel Passing Through My Room - 3:40

Bonus Tracks :
10. Should I Laugh Or Cry - 4:32
11. I Am The City - 4:08
12. You Owe Me One - 3:32
13. Cassandra - 4:55
14. Under Attack - 3:49
15. The Day Before You Came - 5:51

Extra Bonus Tracks :
16. From A Twinkling Star To A Passing Angel (Demos) - 9:08
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ABBA - Super Trouper (1980) (Deluxe)


      Super Trouper is the seventh studio album by Swedish pop group ABBA, first released in 1980. It features the No.1 singles "The Winner Takes It All" and "Super Trouper". The album became the biggest-selling of 1980 in the UK.

      Led by the international hit "The Winner Takes It All", Super Trouper was the group's sixth chart-topping album in the UK. It was also the best-selling album in Britain for 1980. Super Trouper was first released on CD in 1983 by Atlantic Records, again in the 1980s by Polar International, and in the 1990s by Polydor in the US. The album has been reissued in digitally remastered form four times; first in 1996, then in 2001, again in 2005 as part of the The Complete Studio Recordings box set and as a Deluxe Edition (containing a bonus DVD) in 2011. The previous year's divorce between Björn and Agnetha was explored in "The Winner Takes It All", and the members' lives in Stockholm high society circles coloured the lyrics for "On and On and On". Other well-known songs on the album include the hit single title track "Super Trouper", as well as the electro-dance of "Lay All Your Love on Me".

      Probably due to the disco backlash of the time, the album saw ABBA returning to a more straightforward pop sound, as opposed to the preceding (and noticeably more dance-oriented) Voulez-Vous album. The album closed with "The Way Old Friends Do", which was recorded live a year earlier during their 1979 concert tour. Although not released as a single with this album, the song was later released as a single in 1992 to promote the compilation More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits. The song was later covered by The Alexander Brothers, The Kingston Trio, Philomena Begley and Faryl Smith.

***Track Listing:
01. Super Trouper - 4:13
02. The Winner Takes It All - 4:57
03. On And On And On - 3:42
04. Andante, Andante - 4:41
05. Me And I - 4:57
06. Happy New Year - 4:24
07. Our Last Summer - 4:21
08. The Piper - 3:27
09. Lay All Your Love On Me - 4:35
10. The Way Old Friends Do - 3:01
Bonus Tracks :
11. Elaine - 3:46
12. On And On And On (Full Length Version, Stereo Mix) - 4:15
13. Put On Your White Sombrero - 4:28
14. Andante, Andante (Spanish Version) - 4:42
15. Felicidad (Spanish Version Of Happy New Year) - 4:27

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ABBA - Voulez-Vous (1979) (Deluxe)


      Voulez-Vous is the sixth studio album by Swedish group ABBA, released in 1979. It was the first ABBA album to be recorded at Polar Studios in Stockholm, and the only ABBA album to include a studio recording made outside Sweden. Some of the songs were secretly written and demoed at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, and the title track was recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami. Voulez-Vous was first released on CD in 1984. The album has been digitally remastered and reissued four times; first in 1996, then in 2001 and in 2005 as part of the The Complete Studio Recordings box set, and yet again in 2010 for the Voulez-Vous Deluxe Edition.

***Track Listing:

01. As Good As New - 3:24
02. Voulez-Vous - 5:09
03. I Have A Dream - 4:45
04. Angeleyes - 4:23
05. The King Has Lost His Crown - 3:35
06. Does Your Mother Know - 3:15
07. If It Wasn't For The Nights - 5:11
08. Chiquitita - 5:27
09. Lovers (Live A Little Longer) - 3:31
10. Kisses Of Fire - 3:23
Bonus Tracks :
11. Summer Night City [full length version] - 4:21
12. Lovelight - 3:48
13. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) - 4:50
14. Dream World - 3:39
15. Voulez-Vous [extended remix, 1979 promo] - 6:11

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ABBA - The Album (1977) (Remastered 2005)


      ABBA: The Album is the fifth studio album by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released in Scandinavia on 12 December 1977 through Polar Music, but due to the massive pre-orders the UK pressing plants were not able to press sufficient copies before Christmas 1977 and so it was not released in the UK until January 1978. The album was released in conjunction with ABBA: The Movie, with several of the songs featured in the film.

      The album contained two UK number-one singles, "Take a Chance on Me" and "The Name of the Game", as well as European hits "Eagle" and "Thank You for the Music".ABBA: The Album was first released on CD in 1984. The album has been reissued in the format by PolyGram (later Universal Music) four times; first in 1997, then in 2001, in 2005 as part of The Complete Studio Recordings box set and again in 2007 as a two disc 'Deluxe Edition'.

***Track Listing:
01. Eagle - 5:53
02. Take A Chance On Me - 4:07
03. One Man, One Woman - 4:34
04. The Name Of The Game - 4:54
05. Move On - 4:43
06. Hole In Your Soul - 3:43
07. Thank You For The Music - 3:51
08. I Wonder (Departure) - 4:33
09. I'm A Marionette - 4:10
Bonus Tracks :
10. Eagle (Single Edit) - 4:27
11. Take A Chance On Me (Live Version Alternate Mix) - 4:34
12. Thank You For The Music (Doris Day Version) - 4:04
13. Al Andar (Spanish Version Of 'Move On') - 4:45
14. I Wonder (Departure) (Live Version) - 4:33
15. Gracias Por La Musica (Spanish Version Of 'Thank You For The Music') - 3:50

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ABBA - Arrival (1976) (Remastered 2005 - Deluxe)


Arrival is the fourth studio album by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was originally released in Sweden on 11 October 1976 by Polar Records. Recording sessions began in August 1975 and continued until September 1976 at Metronome and Glen studios in Stockholm, Sweden. It became one of ABBA's most successful albums to date, producing three of their biggest hits: "Dancing Queen", "Money, Money, Money" and "Knowing Me, Knowing You". Upon its original 1976 release, "Fernando", released as a single earlier the same year, did not appear on Arrival, but it was included on the Australian and New Zealand versions. Arrival was the best-selling album of 1977 in the United Kingdom and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.

The album was first released on Compact disc in 1984 and then re-issued in digitally remastered form a total of four times; first in 1997, then in 2001, 2005 as part of The Complete Studio Recordings box set, and again in 2006 (as a special Deluxe Edition).

***Track Listing:

01. When I Kissed The Teacher - 3:03
02. Dancing Queen - 3:53
03. My Love, My Life - 3:54
04. Dum Dum Diddle - 2:56
05. Knowing Me, Knowing You - 4:03
06. Money, Money, Money - 3:08
07. That's Me - 3:17
08. Why Did It Have To Be Me - 3:22
09. Tiger - 2:57
10. Arrival - 3:07
Bonus Tracks :
11. Fernando - 4:15
12. Happy Hawaii - 4:25
13. Fernando (Spanish Version) - 4:18
14. La Reina Del Baile (Spanish Version Of Dancing Queen) - 4:03
15. Conociendome, Conociendote (Spanish---------Version Of Knowing Me, Knowing You) - 4:03
16. Fernando (Frida's Swedish Solo Version) - 4:13

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ABBA - ABBA (1975) (Remastered 2005)


ABBA is the eponymously titled third (second internationally) studio album by the Swedish pop group of the same name. It was originally released on 21 April 1975 through Polar Music and featured the hits "Mamma Mia" and "SOS".

ABBA was first released on CD in Japan in 1986, with an alternative mix of "Man in the Middle" not found on any subsequent CD pressing.[2] " ABBA was then released on CD in West Germany in 1987 (later released internationally), with five bonus tracks of songs from Waterloo and Ring Ring, which had not been released on CD at that time. ABBA was released on CD in Sweden in 1988 featuring the original 11 tracks only. The album has been reissued in digitally remastered form several times; first in 1997, then in 2001 and again in 2005 as part of The Complete Studio Recordings box set. In 2012, it was released as a deluxe edition CD / DVD set. On the original UK cassette release of the album "Bang a Boomerang" was split in two parts, being faded during the second verse at the end of side one and continued at the beginning of side two.

***Track Listing:
01. Mamma Mia - 3:34
02. Hey, Hey, Helen - 3:18
03. Tropical Loveland - 3:06
04. SOS - 3:23
05. Man in the Middle - 3:03
06. Bang-A-Boomerang - 3:04
07. I do, I do, I do, I do, I do - 3:15
08. Rock Me - 3:06
09. Intermezzo No 1 - 3:47
10. I.ve Been Waiting For You - 3:42
11. So Long - 3:10
Bonus Tracks :
12. Crazy World - 3:51
13. Medley (Pick a Bale of Cotton - On Top of Old Smokey - Midnight Special) - 4:22
14. Mamma Mia (Spanish version) - 3:37

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ABBA - Waterloo (1974) (Remastered 2014)


      Waterloo is the second studio album by the Swedish pop group ABBA, and the first released internationally. It was originally released in Sweden on 4 March 1974 through Polar Music. The album's title track won ABBA the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest and became a worldwide smash-hit, launching the group's career.

      Waterloo was first released on CD in Sweden in 1988; a West German CD release followed in 1990 (later released internationally). The album has been reissued in digitally remastered form three times; first in 1997, then in 2001 and again in 2005 as part of The Complete Studio Recordings box set. It was also released as a special 30th Anniversary edition in 2004, celebrating 30 years of the group's victory in the Eurovision Song Contest. The album was released yet again in 2014 as 40th anniversary edition with bonus tracks and bonus DVD. This version of the album re-entered the UK album charts.

      The original 1974 Polar Music edition of the album opens with the Swedish version of the title track and closes with the English-language version. The American version of the album, released through Atlantic Records, closes with a 1974 remix of "Ring Ring". In the United Kingdom/Ireland and several other European markets, the original 1973 version of "Ring Ring" was added as track 6 on side 2. The cover features the sub-title "Björn, Benny, Agnetha & Frida" although some editions replaced 'Agnetha' with 'Anna' – by which Agnetha Fältskog was known in some countries.

***Track Listing:

01. Waterloo - 2:46
02. Sitting In The Palmtree - 3:40
03. King Kong Song - 3:15
04. Hasta Manana - 3:09
05. My Mama Said - 3:16
06. Dance (While The Music Still Goes On) - 3:13
07. Honey Honey - 2:56
08. Watch Out - 3:47
09. What About Livingstone - 2:56
10. Gonna Sing You My Lovesong - 3:38
11. Suzy-Hang-Around - 3:16
Bonus Tracks :
12. Ring Ring (US Remix 1974) - 3:07
13. Waterloo (Swedish Version) - 2:46
14. Honey Honey (Swedish Version) - 2:58
15. Waterloo (German Version) - 2:44
16. Hasta Manana (Spanish Version) - 3:09
17. Waterloo (French Version) - 2:42
18. Ring Ring (1974 Remix - Single Version) - 3:11
19. Waterloo (Alternate Mix) - 2:44

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ABBA - Ring Ring (1973) (Remastered 2013)


Ring Ring is the first studio album to feature the Swedish foursome who would later become pop group ABBA. It was released in Scandinavia and a limited number of other territories, including Germany, Australia, South Africa and Mexico, on March 26, 1973 through Polar Music.[2] The album was a chart-topping album in Belgium, and a big success in the Netherlands, Norway and South Africa.[3]

The album was re-released in Australasia in 1975, but was not released in the United Kingdom until 1992, and the United States until three years later. The re-release artwork for the album (see below) uses the name "ABBA", although at the time of the album's original release, the name ABBA had not yet been coined, and instead was awkwardly credited to "Björn Benny & Agnetha Frida".

***Track Listing:

01. Ring Ring - 3:05
02. Another Town, Another Train - 3:12
03. Disillusion - 3:06
04. People Need Love - 2:46
05. I Saw It In The Mirror - 2:35
06. Nina, Pretty Ballerina - 2:52
07. Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough) - 2:57
08. Me And Bobby And Bobby's Brother - 2:51
09. He Is Your Brother - 3:19
10. She's My Kind Of Girl - 2:46
11. I Am Just A Girl - 3:04
12. Rock'n Roll Band - 3:17
Bonus Tracks :
13. Ring, Ring [Bara Du Slog En Signal] [Swedish Version] - 3:09
14. Merry-Go-Round - 3:26
15. Santa Rosa - 3:02
16. Ring Ring [Spanish Version] - 3:02
17. Wer Im Wartesaal Der Liebe Steht [German Version Of 'Another Town... - 3:20
18. Ring Ring [German Version] - 3:11
19. En Halsning Till Vara Parkarrangorer - 2:27
Extra Bonus Tracks – Early Versions :
20. Hej Gamle Man - 3:21
21. There’S A Little Man - 2:45
22. I Saw It In The Mirror - 2:20
23. Jag Ar Blott En Man - 3:04
24. Man Vill Ju Leva Lite Dessemellan - 2:53
25. Valkommen Till Varlden - 3:19

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