Following the Eurovision success of "Waterloo", ABBA saw the band gaining worldwide recognition. "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" topped the charts in Australia, as did "Mamma Mia" shortly after. "SOS" and "Mamma Mia" became hits in both the United States and the United Kingdom.[2] The album saw ABBA dabble with reggae on "Tropical Loveland" and includes a grand, pseudo-classical keyboard instrumental in the traditions of Keith Emerson and Rick Wakeman with "Intermezzo No. 1" (early working title: "Mama").[3]
ABBA was first released on CD in Japan in 1986 by Polydor Records.[4] This release contains a slightly different mix of "Man in the Middle" not found on any subsequent CD pressing and thus is highly sought after by collectors.[5]ABBA was released on CD throughout Europe in 1987 also by Polydor, with five songs added from the Waterloo and Ring Ring albums, which were not available on CD until 1990. ABBA was released on CD in Sweden by Polar Music in 1988,[6] featuring the original 11 tracks only. The album has been reissued in digitally remastered form several times: in 1997 as part of "The ABBA Remasters" series with two bonus tracks,[7] in 2001 with an updated cover artwork,[8] in 2005 as part of The Complete Studio Recordingsbox set, and most recently in 2012 as a "Deluxe Edition".[9] 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.[10]
Recorded 18 October 1974 at Glen Studio. The lyrics for the song were later re-written and became "Rock Me". "Baby" was first released on CD on the box set Thank You for the Music as part of the ABBA Undeleted section.
"Crazy World"
"Crazy World" was recorded on 16 October 1974 at Glen Studio during sessions for this album. The track was left unreleased until it surfaced again during the Arrival sessions, and was eventually released as the b-side to the "Money, Money, Money" single in November 1976. "Crazy World" was first released on CD on the box set Thank You for the Music, and then appeared as a bonus track on the CD re-issue of the album ABBA.[14]
"Here Comes Ruby Jamie"
"Here Comes Ruby Jamie" was recorded on 16 September 1974 at Glen Studio, and is one of the rare occasions where Benny Andersson sings the lead vocals. The song was first released on CD on the box set "Thank You for the Music" as part of the ABBA Undeleted section.
"Medley: Pick a Bale of Cotton/On Top of Old Smokey/Midnight Special"
Recording began on 6 May 1975 at Glen Studio. It remains ABBA's only studio recorded release of material not written by themselves, and was originally released on the 1975 German charity album "Stars Im Zeichen Eines Guten Sterns". In 1978, it featured (with a slight audio tweak, for many years mistakenly referred to as a 'remix') as the B-side of the "Summer Night City" single. The song was first released on CD on the box set Thank You for the Music, then the 1978 version appeared as a bonus track on the CD re-issue of the album ABBA.[14]
"Rikky Rock 'N' Roller"
"Rikky Rock 'N' Roller" was recorded on 15 September 1974 at Glen Studio, and was first released on CD on the box set Thank You for the Music as part of the ABBA Undeleted section. Later released by Jerry Williams on the album Kick Down in 1976.
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^Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019 (in Italian). ISBN978-1094705002.
^Murrells, Joseph (1985). Million selling records from the 1900s to the 1980s : an illustrated directory. Arco Pub. p. 393. ISBN0668064595. ABBA's album ws a colossal success throughout Europe in 1975, selling four million before release in Britain
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This article is about the 1975 album Not to be confused with ABBA The Album released in 1977 ABBA is the third studio album by the Swedish pop group ABBA It was originally released on 21 April 1975 through Polar Music and featured the hits SOS I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do and Mamma Mia 2 ABBAStudio album by ABBAReleased21 April 1975Recorded22 August 1974 16 March 1975StudioGlen Metronome and Ljudkopia Studios in Stockholm SwedenGenrePoppop rockLength36 09LabelPolarEpicAtlanticProducerBenny Andersson Bjorn UlvaeusABBA chronologyWaterloo 1974 ABBA 1975 The Best of ABBA 1975 Singles from ABBA So Long Released 18 November 1974 I ve Been Waiting for You Released December 1974 I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do Released April 1975 Bang A Boomerang Released April 1975 SOS Released June 1975 Mamma Mia Released September 1975 Rock Me Released April 1976Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusiclinkThe Encyclopedia of Popular Music 1 Contents 1 Overview 2 Track listing 3 Non album tracks 4 Personnel 5 Charts 5 1 Weekly charts 5 2 Monthly charts 5 3 Year end charts 6 Sales and Certifications 7 References 8 External linksOverview EditFollowing the Eurovision success of Waterloo ABBA saw the band gaining worldwide recognition I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do topped the charts in Australia as did Mamma Mia shortly after SOS and Mamma Mia became hits in both the United States and the United Kingdom 2 The album saw ABBA dabble with reggae on Tropical Loveland and includes a grand pseudo classical keyboard instrumental in the traditions of Keith Emerson and Rick Wakeman with Intermezzo No 1 early working title Mama 3 ABBA was first released on CD in Japan in 1986 by Polydor Records 4 This release contains a slightly different mix of Man in the Middle not found on any subsequent CD pressing and thus is highly sought after by collectors 5 ABBA was released on CD throughout Europe in 1987 also by Polydor with five songs added from the Waterloo and Ring Ring albums which were not available on CD until 1990 ABBA was released on CD in Sweden by Polar Music in 1988 6 featuring the original 11 tracks only The album has been reissued in digitally remastered form several times in 1997 as part of The ABBA Remasters series with two bonus tracks 7 in 2001 with an updated cover artwork 8 in 2005 as part of The Complete Studio Recordings box set and most recently in 2012 as a Deluxe Edition 9 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 10 Track listing EditSource 11 Side oneNo TitleWriter s Length1 Mamma Mia AnderssonUlvaeusStig Anderson3 322 Hey Hey Helen AnderssonUlvaeus3 163 Tropical Loveland AnderssonUlvaeusAnderson3 054 SOS AnderssonUlvaeusAnderson3 225 Man in the Middle AnderssonUlvaeus3 046 Bang A Boomerang AnderssonUlvaeusAnderson3 05 12 Side twoNo TitleWriter s Length1 I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do AnderssonUlvaeusAnderson3 152 Rock Me AnderssonUlvaeus3 033 Intermezzo No 1 AnderssonUlvaeus3 484 I ve Been Waiting for You AnderssonUlvaeusAnderson3 395 So Long AnderssonUlvaeus3 06Total length 35 56 13 1987 CD edition bonus tracksNo TitleWriter s Length12 Waterloo AnderssonUlvaeusAnderson2 4413 Hasta Manana AnderssonUlvaeusAnderson3 0914 Honey Honey AnderssonUlvaeusAnderson2 5515 Ring Ring AnderssonUlvaeusAndersonNeil SedakaPhil Cody3 0616 Nina Pretty Ballerina 2 53 1997 CD edition bonus tracksNo TitleWriter s Length17 Crazy World 3 4818 Pick a Bale of Cotton On Top of Old Smokey Midnight Special medley TraditionalAndersson a Ulvaeus a 4 21 2001 CD edition bonus tracksNo TitleWriter s Length12 Crazy World 3 4813 Pick a Bale of Cotton On Top of Old Smokey Midnight Special medley TraditionalAndersson a Ulvaeus a 4 21 The Complete Studio Recordings 2012 deluxe The Breakthrough Album edition bonus tracksNo TitleWriter s Length12 Crazy World 3 4613 Pick a Bale of Cotton On Top of Old Smokey Midnight Special medley TraditionalAndersson a Ulvaeus a 4 2114 Mamma Mia Spanish version AnderssonAndersonUlvaeusBuddy McCluskeyMary McCluskey3 34 2012 deluxe edition DVDNo TitleLength1 ABBA in Australia television special 40 592 Made in Sweden For Export SVT 10 543 SOS Seaside Special BBC 3 214 Mamma Mia Top of the Pops BBC 3 215 The Best of ABBA TV Commercial 0 586 Greatest Hits TV Commercial 0 337 International Sleeve Gallery 3 35 Notes a signifies arranged byNon album tracks Edit Baby Recorded 18 October 1974 at Glen Studio The lyrics for the song were later re written and became Rock Me Baby was first released on CD on the box set Thank You for the Music as part of the ABBA Undeleted section Crazy World Crazy World was recorded on 16 October 1974 at Glen Studio during sessions for this album The track was left unreleased until it surfaced again during the Arrival sessions and was eventually released as the b side to the Money Money Money single in November 1976 Crazy World was first released on CD on the box set Thank You for the Music and then appeared as a bonus track on the CD re issue of the album ABBA 14 Here Comes Ruby Jamie Here Comes Ruby Jamie was recorded on 16 September 1974 at Glen Studio and is one of the rare occasions where Benny Andersson sings the lead vocals The song was first released on CD on the box set Thank You for the Music as part of the ABBA Undeleted section Medley Pick a Bale of Cotton On Top of Old Smokey Midnight Special Recording began on 6 May 1975 at Glen Studio It remains ABBA s only studio recorded release of material not written by themselves and was originally released on the 1975 German charity album Stars Im Zeichen Eines Guten Sterns In 1978 it featured with a slight audio tweak for many years mistakenly referred to as a remix as the B side of the Summer Night City single The song was first released on CD on the box set Thank You for the Music then the 1978 version appeared as a bonus track on the CD re issue of the album ABBA 14 Rikky Rock N Roller Rikky Rock N Roller was recorded on 15 September 1974 at Glen Studio and was first released on CD on the box set Thank You for the Music as part of the ABBA Undeleted section Later released by Jerry Williams on the album Kick Down in 1976 Personnel EditABBA Agnetha Faltskog vocals Anni Frid Lyngstad vocals Bjorn Ulvaeus guitars vocals Benny Andersson piano marimba accordion organ clavinet synthesizers vocalsAdditional musicians Roger Palm drums tambourine timpani Ola Brunkert drums on SOS Man in the Middle and So Long Rutger Gunnarsson bass Mike Watson bass on Mamma Mia Tropical Loveland SOS Man in the Middle I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do and So Long Janne Schaffer guitar on Mamma Mia Hey Hey Helen SOS Man in the Middle Bang A Boomerang and So Long Finn Sjoberg guitar on Mamma Mia Rock Me Intermezzo No 1 and I ve Been Waiting For You Lasse Wellander guitar on Tropical Loveland I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do Rock Me and Intermezzo No 1 Ulf Andersson alto saxophone tenor saxophone Bruno Glenmark trumpet Bjorn J son Lindh Sven Olof Walldoff string arrangements Bjorn J son Lindh horn arrangementsProduction Benny Andersson Bjorn Ulvaeus producers arrangers Michael B Tretow engineer Ola Lager photography Sten Ake Magnusson original album design Jon Astley Tim Young Michael B Tretow remastering for the 1997 Remasters Jon Astley Michael B Tretow remastering for the 2001 Remasters Henrik Jonsson Remastered for The Complete Studio Recordings box setCharts EditWeekly charts Edit Initial weekly chart performance for ABBA Chart 1975 77 PeakpositionAustralian Albums Kent Music Report 15 1Canada Top Albums CDs RPM 16 55Dutch Albums Album Top 100 17 3Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 18 5German Albums Offizielle Top 100 19 31Italian Albums Musica e dischi 20 9New Zealand Albums RMNZ 21 3Norwegian Albums VG lista 22 1Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 23 1UK Albums OCC 24 13US Billboard 200 25 1742013 weekly chart performance for ABBA Chart 2013 PeakpositionSwedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 23 392021 weekly chart performance for ABBA Chart 2021 PeakpositionSwedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 23 26 Monthly charts Edit Monthly chart performance for ABBA Chart 1978 PositionSoviet Albums Moskovskij Komsomolets 26 1Year end charts Edit 1975 year end chart performance for ABBA Chart 1975 PositionAustralian Albums Kent Music Report 27 19Dutch Albums Album Top 100 28 18New Zealand Albums RMNZ 29 101976 year end chart performance for ABBA Chart 1976 PositionAustralian Albums Kent Music Report 30 3New Zealand Albums RMNZ 31 231977 year end chart performance for ABBA Chart 1977 PositionNew Zealand Albums RMNZ 32 341978 year end chart performance for ABBA Chart 1978 PositionSoviet Albums Moskovskij Komsomolets 33 1Sales and Certifications EditRegion Certification Certified units salesAustralia 570 000 34 Finland Musiikkituottajat 35 Gold 25 358 35 Hong Kong IFPI Hong Kong 36 Gold 10 000 Japan 220 000 37 Norway 120 000 38 Sweden 474 642 39 United Kingdom BPI 40 Gold 100 000 SummariesEurope 4 000 000 41 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone References Edit Larkin Colin 2007 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 5th Concise ed United Kingdom Omnibus Press p 31 ISBN 978 1 84609 856 7 a b Rees Dafydd Crampton Luke 1991 Guinness Book of Rock Stars Enfield Guinness Publishing Ltd p 1 ISBN 0 85112 971 4 Scott Robert 2002 ABBA Thank You for the Music The Stories Behind Every Song Carlton Books Limited Great Britain p 67 ABBA ABBA 1986 CD retrieved 4 May 2021 Polydor P33P series 1986 Abba on CD Abbaoncd wordpress com Retrieved 10 September 2011 ABBA ABBA 1988 CD retrieved 4 May 2021 ABBA ABBA 1997 CD retrieved 4 May 2021 ABBA ABBA 2001 CD retrieved 4 May 2021 ABBA ABBA 2012 CD retrieved 4 May 2021 Discogs ABBA Epic Records cassette version Album abba ABBA Albums ABBA Abbasite com Archived from the original on 21 May 2017 Retrieved 4 March 2017 RCA Victor VPL1 4013A 1975 Polar Music AB RCA Victor VPL1 4013B 1975 Polar Music AB a b Scott Robert 2002 ABBA Thank You for the Music The Stories Behind Every Song Carlton Books Limited Great Britain p 69 Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 Australian Chart Book St Ives N S W ISBN 0 646 11917 6 Top RPM Albums Issue 4163b RPM Library and Archives Canada Retrieved 8 November 2021 Dutchcharts nl ABBA ABBA in Dutch Hung Medien Retrieved 8 November 2021 Pennanen Timo 2021 ABBA Sisaltaa hitin 2 laitos Levyt ja esittajat Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1 1 1960 30 6 2021 PDF in Finnish Helsinki Kustannusosakeyhtio Otava p 8 Retrieved 24 August 2022 Offiziellecharts de ABBA Mamma Mia in German GfK Entertainment Charts Retrieved 27 November 2021 Racca Guido 2019 M amp D Borsa Album 1964 2019 in Italian ISBN 978 1094705002 Charts nz ABBA ABBA Hung Medien Retrieved 8 November 2021 Norwegiancharts com ABBA ABBA Hung Medien Retrieved 8 November 2021 a b c Swedishcharts com ABBA ABBA Hung Medien Retrieved 8 November 2021 Official Albums Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved 8 November 2021 ABBA Chart History Billboard 200 Billboard Retrieved 8 November 2021 Muzykalnyj parad Mart 78 Moskovskij komsomolec in Russian No 89 15 April 1978 p 4 Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 illustrated ed St Ives N S W Australian Chart Book p 427 ISBN 0 646 11917 6 Jaaroverzichten Album 1975 Dutch Charts Retrieved 7 November 2021 Top Selling Albums of 1975 The Official New Zealand Music Chart Recorded Music New Zealand Retrieved 8 November 2021 Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 illustrated ed St Ives N S W Australian Chart Book p 428 ISBN 0 646 11917 6 Top Selling Albums of 1976 The Official New Zealand Music Chart Recorded Music New Zealand Retrieved 8 November 2021 Top Selling Albums of 1977 The Official New Zealand Music Chart Recorded Music New Zealand Retrieved 9 November 2021 Zvukovaya dorozhka 78 Moskovskij komsomolec in Russian No 1 1 January 1979 p 4 ABBA Success Story RCA Australia 1976 Billboard 22 January 1977 a b Abba in Finnish Musiikkituottajat IFPI Finland Retrieved 28 August 2013 IFPIHK Gold Disc Award 1978 IFPI Hong Kong Retrieved 8 January 2016 ABBA Cracks Japan Mart Sales Surge Billboard 10 March 1979 p 76 Bakkemoen Kurt 19 March 1980 Biggest Norwegian Sellers PDF Billboard p 113 Schulman Leif 8 September 1979 Abba The World Billboard British album certifications Abba Abba British Phonographic Industry Retrieved 8 January 2016 Murrells Joseph 1985 Million selling records from the 1900s to the 1980s an illustrated directory Arco Pub p 393 ISBN 0668064595 ABBA s album ws a colossal success throughout Europe in 1975 selling four million before release in BritainExternal links EditABBA at Discogs list of releases Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title ABBA album amp oldid 1132683513, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
