Product Overview
ABBA – The Albums / Polar Box Set 9x Audio CD 2008 / 060251774852
UPC 602517748521
ASIN: B001F9Y2CM
Product Details:
Label: Polar – 060251774852
Format: Box Set, Compilation
CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
CD, Compilation, Remastered
CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
CD, Compilation, Remastered
Country: Europe
Released: 27 Oct 2008
Genre: Electronic, Rock, Pop
Style: Pop Rock, Vocal, Disco, Soft Rock, Europop, Synth-pop
Description:
This fantastic Abba box set includes nine CD's which includes all eight of their original albums (1973's Ring Ring, '74's Waterloo, '75'sABBA, '77's Arrival, '78's ABBA The Album, '79's Voulez-Vous, '80's Super Trouper and 1981's The Visitors) plus a ninth CD filled with bonus tracks and rarities. Universal. 2008.
The Albums is a box set of recordings by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released on 11 November 2008 through Universal Music. The box set includes nine discs, the first eight are all of the original studio albums the way they were originally released between 1973 and 1981 while the ninth disc features all of the singles that were not released on the band's studio albums along with some of the B-sides. It includes a 40 page booklet on ABBA’s history. It does not include rarities or extras. The box set has charted in several countries.
Tracklist:
| Ring Ring | ||
| 1-1 | Ring Ring
Written-By – B.Andersson / B. Ulvaeus, N. Sedaka / P. Cody, S. Anderson |
3:04 |
| 1-2 | Another Town, Another Train
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:12 |
| 1-3 | Disillusion
Written-By – A. Fältskog, B. Ulvaeus |
3:04 |
| 1-4 | People Need Love
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
2:44 |
| 1-5 | I Saw It In The Mirror
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
2:33 |
| 1-6 | Nina, Pretty Ballerina
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
2:51 |
| 1-7 | Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
2:54 |
| 1-8 | Me And Bobby And Bobby's Brother
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
2:50 |
| 1-9 | He Is Your Brother
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:17 |
| 1-10 | She's My Kind Of Girl
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
2:46 |
| 1-11 | I Am Just A Girl
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson |
3:02 |
| 1-12 | Rock'n Roll Band
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:09 |
|
Waterloo |
||
| 2-1 | Waterloo
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson |
2:44 |
| 2-2 | Sitting In The Palmtree
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:37 |
| 2-3 | King Kong Song
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:12 |
| 2-4 | Hasta Mañana
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson |
3:09 |
| 2-5 | My Mama Said
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:11 |
| 2-6 | Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:11 |
| 2-7 | Honey, Honey
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson |
2:54 |
| 2-8 | Watch Out
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:45 |
| 2-9 | What About Livingstone
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
2:55 |
| 2-10 | Gonna Sing You My Lovesong
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:37 |
| 2-11 | Suzy-Hang-Around
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:10 |
|
ABBA |
||
| 3-1 | Mamma Mia
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson |
3:31 |
| 3-2 | Hey, Hey Helen
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:16 |
| 3-3 | Tropical Loveland
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson |
3:04 |
| 3-4 | SOS
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson |
3:21 |
| 3-5 | Man In The Middle
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:01 |
| 3-6 | Bang-A-Boomerang
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson |
3:03 |
| 3-7 | I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson |
3:15 |
| 3-8 | Rock Me
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:04 |
| 3-9 | Intermezzo No. 1
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:46 |
| 3-10 | I've Been Waiting For You
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson |
3:40 |
| 3-11 | So Long
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:05 |
|
Arrival |
||
| 4-1 | When I Kissed The Teacher
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:01 |
| 4-2 | Dancing Queen
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson |
3:51 |
| 4-3 | My Love, My Life
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson |
3:52 |
| 4-4 | Dum Dum Diddle
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
2:54 |
| 4-5 | Knowing Me, Knowing You
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson |
4:02 |
| 4-6 | Money, Money, Money
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:06 |
| 4-7 | That's Me
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson |
3:15 |
| 4-8 | Why Did It Have To Be Me
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:20 |
| 4-9 | Tiger
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
2:55 |
| 4-10 | Arrival
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:01 |
|
The Album |
||
| 5-1 | Eagle
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
5:49 |
| 5-2 | Take A Chance On Me
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:58 |
| 5-3 | One Man, One Woman
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
4:32 |
| 5-4 | The Name Of The Game
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson |
4:52 |
| 5-5 | Move On
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson |
4:41 |
| 5-6 | Hole In Your Soul
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:41 |
| "The Girl With The Golden Hair" – 3 Scenes From A Mini-Musical – | ||
| 5-7 | Thank You For The Music
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:48 |
| 5-8 | I Wonder (Departure)
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson |
4:33 |
| 5-9 | I'm A Marionette
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
4:03 |
|
Voulez-Vous |
||
| 6-1 | As Good As New
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:22 |
| 6-2 | Voulez-Vous
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
5:07 |
| 6-3 | I Have A Dream
Vocals [Additional] – The International School of Stockholm Choir, Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
4:43 |
| 6-4 | Angeleyes
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
4:20 |
| 6-5 | The King Has Lost His Crown
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:32 |
| 6-6 | Does Your Mother Know
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:13 |
| 6-7 | If It Wasn't For The Nights
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
5:09 |
| 6-8 | Chiquitita
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
5:25 |
| 6-9 | Lovers (Live A Little Longer)
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:29 |
| 6-10 | Kisses Of Fire
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:16 |
|
Super Trouper |
||
| 7-1 | Super Trouper
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
4:12 |
| 7-2 | The Winner Takes It All
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
4:55 |
| 7-3 | On And On And On
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:40 |
| 7-4 | Andante, Andante
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
4:39 |
| 7-5 | Me And I
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
4:54 |
| 7-6 | Happy New Year
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
4:23 |
| 7-7 | Our Last Summer
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
4:19 |
| 7-8 | The Piper
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:27 |
| 7-9 | Lay All Your Love On Me
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
4:35 |
| 7-10 | The Way Old Friends Do
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
2:54 |
|
The Visitors |
||
| 8-1 | The Visitors
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
5:45 |
| 8-2 | Head Over Heels
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:47 |
| 8-3 | When All Is Said And Done
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:17 |
| 8-4 | Soldiers
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
4:38 |
| 8-5 | I Let The Music Speak
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
5:19 |
| 8-6 | One Of Us
Mandolin – The Three Boys, Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:55 |
| 8-7 | Two For The Price Of One
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:36 |
| 8-8 | Slipping Through My Fingers
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:53 |
| 8-9 | Like An Angel Passing Through My Room
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:34 |
|
Bonus Tracks |
||
| 9-1 | Merry-Go-Round
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson |
3:24 |
| 9-2 | Santa Rosa
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:00 |
| 9-3 | Ring Ring (Bara Du Slog En Signal) (Swedish Version)
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson |
3:06 |
| 9-4 | Waterloo (Swedish Version)
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson |
2:44 |
| 9-5 | Fernando
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson |
4:13 |
| 9-6 | Crazy World
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:45 |
| 9-7 | Happy Hawaii
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson |
4:23 |
| 9-8 | Summer Night City
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:33 |
| 9-9 | Medley: Pick A Bale Of Cotton - On Top Of Old Smokey - Midnight Special
Written-By – Traditional |
4:19 |
| 9-10 |
Lovelight
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:46 |
| 9-11 | Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
4:49 |
| 9-12 | Elaine
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:44 |
| 9-13 | Should I Laugh Or Cry
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
4:25 |
| 9-14 | You Owe Me One
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:26 |
| 9-15 | Cassandra
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
4:52 |
| 9-16 | Under Attack
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
3:48 |
| 9-17 | The Day Before You Came
Written-By – Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus |
5:50 |
More Details:
- Arranged By [Horn, Strings] – Anders Dahl (2), Anders Eljas, Björn J:Son Lindh, Rutger Gunnarsson, Sven-Olof Walldoff
- Banjo, Mandolin – Björn Ulvaeus, Lasse Wellander, Rutger Gunnarsson
- Bass – Arnold Paseiro, Mike Watson, Per Sahlberg, Rutger Gunnarsson, Stefan Brolund
- Brass – Anders Stengård, Arnold Johansson, Bengt Sundberg, Björn Borg, Bosse Persson, Bruno Glenmark, Christer Danielsson, Christer Torgé, Gunn Wennberg, Gunnar Gunrup, Gustavo Bergalli, Gösta Nilsson, Jan Jansson, Jan Kohlin, Jörgen Johansson, Lars Samuelsson, Lars Olofsson, Lennart Axelsson, Lennart Löfgren, Nils Landgren, Torbjörn Kvist, Torgny Nilsson, Walter Brolund, Weine Renliden
- Coordinator [Additional] – Monika Rafalowicz
- Coordinator [Project] – Mia Segolsson
- Design – Niclas Håkansson
- Design [Additional; This Box Set] – Mikael Eriksson
- Design [Original Album] – Peter Wiking, Ron Spaulding, Rune Söderqvist, Sten-Åke Magnusson
- Drums – Derek Skinner, Jan Bandel, Joe Galdo, Kjell Jeppsson, Ola Brunkert, Per Lindvall, Roger Palm, Rolf Alex
- Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Anders Glenmark, Björn Ulvaeus, Bo Dahlman, Finn Sjöberg, George Terry, Hasse Rosén, Ish Ledesma, Janne Schaffer, Lasse Wellander, Michael Areklew
- Engineer – Björn Almstedt, Lennart Karlsmyr, Michael B. Tretow, Rune Persson, Åke Eldsäter
- Guitar [Steel] – Janne Lindgren
- Harp – Gloria Lundell
- Illustration [The Album] – Björn Andersson (5), Rune Söderqvist
- Mastered By – Henrik Jonsson (2)
- Other [Additional Information And Contributions] – Björn Waldenström, Frank Axelsson, Gunnar Moe, Görel Hanser, Jean-Marie Potiez, Matthew Crocker, Philip Muytjens
- Percussion – Malando Gassama, Åke Sundqvist
- Photography By [Book] – Bubi Heilemann, Polar Music International AB, Premium Publishing, Torbjörn Calvero
- Photography By [Original Album Sleeve] – Barry Levine (2), Bengt H. Malmqvist, Lars Falk, Lars Larsson (2), Ola Lager
- Piano, Keyboards, Synthesizer – Anders Eljas, Benny Andersson, Kjell Öhman, Paul Harris (2)
- Producer, Arranged By – Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus
- Remastered By [Original Recordings Digitalized] – Johan Funemyr
- Research, Liner Notes, Other [Timeline] – Carl Magnus Palm
- Saxophone – Christer Eklund, Halldór Pálsson, Håkan Jansson, Johan Stengård, Kajtek Wojciechowski, Lars O. Carlsson, Raphael Ravenscroft, Ulf Andersson
- Strings – Alfred Pisuke, Alm Nils Ersson, Anders Dahl (2), Bengt Ericson, Bengt Svensson, Bernt Nilsson, Bernt Nylund, Bertil Andersson, Bertil Orsin, Birgitta Brigerte, Bo Hellman, Bo Söderström, Claes Nilsson, Eduard van der Kwast, Erik Dybeck, Eva Isaksson, Gert Lundberg, Gideon Roehr, Gunnar Klinge, Gunnar Michols, Gunnar Östling, Gösta Lax, Hans-Göran Eketorp, Harry Damgaard, Harry Teike, Herbert Konvicka, Hubert Reinholdson, Håkan Roos, Inge Boström, Inge Lindstedt, Jan Neander, Kjell Bjurling, Kjell Nilsson, Kristina Andersson, Krzysztof Zdrzalka, Lars Arvinder, Lars Blomberg, Lars Brolin, Lars Stegenberg, Lars Widén, Leandr Pfeiler, Lennart Fredriksson, Magda Fürst, Martin Bylund, Miroslav Jovic, Niels Heie, Olle Gustafsson, Per Sandklef, Per-Erik Olsson, Sixten Strömvall, Snorri Thorvaldsson, Sylvia Starck, Tullo Galli, Ulf Engström, Åke Arvinder, Åke Hedlund, Åke Jelving, Åke Olofsson, Örjan Högberg
- Vocals [All] – Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
- Woodwind – Bo Eriksson, Börje Mårelius, Eje Karlsson, Jan Kling, Jan Risberg, Lars-Erik Rönn, Yngve Sandström
