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Super Trouper (album)

Super Trouper is the seventh studio album by the Swedish pop group ABBA, released on 3 November 1980. It features the No.1 singles "The Winner Takes It All" and "Super Trouper". The album became the biggest-selling album of 1980 in the UK.[1]

Super Trouper
Studio album by
Released3 November 1980
Recorded4 February – 15 October 1980
StudioPolar Studios, Stockholm
GenrePop
Length41:53 (Swedish original release)
Label
Producer
ABBA chronology
Gracias Por La Música
(1980)
Super Trouper
(1980)
The Visitors
(1981)
Singles from Super Trouper
  1. "The Winner Takes It All"
    Released: 21 July 1980
  2. "On and On and On"
    Released: September 1980
  3. "Super Trouper"
    Released: 3 November 1980
  4. "Happy New Year"
    Released: 15 December 1980
  5. "Andante, Andante"
    Released: February 1981
  6. "Lay All Your Love on Me"
    Released: 3 July 1981

Overview Edit

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 Polar Music International, in the early 1980s by Polydor, and in the late 1980s by Atlantic Records for the US. The album has been reissued in digitally remastered form four times; first in 1997, then in 2001, again in 2005 as part of 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 at that time, the album saw ABBA returning to a more straightforward pop sound,[2] 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.[3] The song was later covered by The Alexander Brothers, The Kingston Trio, Philomena Begley and Faryl Smith. On some European vinyl issues, the cheering and applause at the end of "The Way Old Friends Do" is recorded up to the run-out groove, playing in an endless loop on manual turntables.

Album cover and title Edit

Super Trouper is a registered trademark owned by Strong Entertainment Lighting, for their brand of followspots, i.e., directional spotlights used to follow a performer on stage. Album cover designer, Rune Söderqvist, decided to use the spotlight theme and photograph the group, surrounded by circus performers, at Piccadilly Circus, London. After discovering that there was a law preventing any entertainers or animals appearing in central London, they instead invited the members of two local circuses to Europa Film Studios, Stockholm to take the photograph there. Several of ABBA's friends were also invited to take part and the following also appear on the cover: Görel Hanser (vice-president of Polar Music who subsequently married the band's photographer Anders Hanser), Berka Bergkvist (another Polar Music employee), Tomas Ledin, and Anders Anderson (ABBA's manager's son).[4] At the same time, Lasse Hallström also filmed scenes that were eventually used in the videos for "Happy New Year", "Felicidad" and "Super Trouper" even though the latter had not even been composed at the time.

Critical reception Edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]
Blender     [5]
The Daily VaultA−[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music     [7]
rollingstone.de     [8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide     [9]
Smash Hits5/10[10]

The album received favorable reviews from music critics. William Ruhlmann from AllMusic website, gave the album four out of five stars and noted that "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" and that it includes "an unusual amount of what sounded like real unhappiness into their pop music".[2]

Douglas Wolk from Blender gave the album four out of five stars and wrote that although it shows some "dark side" of the group like "being sick of show business", the Agnetha and Björn divorce, it has a "lot of joy" like the song "Lay All Your Love On Me".[5]

Christopher Thelen, from The Daily Vault gave the album an A- and wrote that "whatever was happening to the band, internally or externally, they were able to take it and put the best creative spin on it. The result was possibly their best album".[6]

The German counterpart of Rolling Stone magazine and The Rolling Stone Album Guide both gave four out of five stars, while Smash Hits magazine and The Encyclopedia of Popular Music gave the album mixed reviews.

Track listing Edit

All tracks written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Super Trouper"4:13
2."The Winner Takes It All"4:55
3."On and On and On"3:41
4."Andante, Andante"4:38
5."Me and I"4:53
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Happy New Year"4:37
2."Our Last Summer"4:18
3."The Piper"3:25
4."Lay All Your Love on Me"4:33
5."The Way Old Friends Do" (Recorded live at the Wembley Arena, London, November 1979)2:53
Total length:41:53
1997 CD edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"4:53
12."Elaine"3:44
13."Put On Your White Sombrero"4:34
2001 CD edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Elaine"3:44
12."Put On Your White Sombrero"4:34
The Complete Studio Recordings bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Elaine" 3:45
12."Andante, Andante" (Spanish version)
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
  • Buddy McCluskey
  • Mary McCluskey
4:40
13."Felicidad" (Spanish version of Happy New Year)
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
  • B. McCluskey
  • M. McCluskey
4:24
2011 deluxe edition (The Superlative Album) bonus tracks[11]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Elaine" 3:45
12."On and On and On" (full length version; stereo mix) 4:15
13."Put On Your White Sombrero" 4:34
14."Andante, Andante" (Spanish version)
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
  • B. McCluskey
  • M. McCluskey
4:40
15."Felicidad" (Spanish version of Happy New Year)
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
  • B. McCluskey
  • M. McCluskey
4:24
2011 deluxe edition DVD[11]
No.TitleLength
1."ABBA on German TV" (Show Express, ZDF) 
2."Happy New Year" (SVT) 
3."Words and Music" (documentary) 
4."Somewhere in the Crowd There's You – On Location with ABBA" (Featurette: Making of Super Trouper Album Sleeve) 
5."Super Trouper" (remastered promo clip) 
6."Happy New Year" (remastered promo clip) 
7."Super Trouper TV Commercial I" (UK) 
8."Super Trouper TV Commercial II" (UK) 
9."International Sleeve Gallery" 

Non-album tracks Edit

  • "Elaine"

A song recorded in 1980 and released as B-side "The Winner Takes It All" single.

  • "Put On Your White Sombrero"

A song based on waltz with a Latin American sound recorded in 1980 with lead vocal by Lyngstad. The track was replaced at a late stage by this album's title track, "Super Trouper". The arrangement of "Put On Your White Sombrero" was later remodelled into a new ABBA song, "Cassandra", which became the B-Side to "The Day Before You Came". The song remained unreleased until 1994.

Personnel Edit

ABBA

Additional personnel

  • Ola Brunkert – drums (2-9)
  • Lars Carlsson – horn (3)
  • Rutger Gunnarsson – bass (3-9), guitar
  • Janne Kling – flute (8), saxophone (3)
  • Per Lindvall – drums (1)
  • Janne Schaffer – guitar
  • Åke Sundqvist – percussion
  • Mike Watson – bass (1, 2)
  • Lasse Wellander – guitar
  • Kajtek Wojciechowski – saxophone (3)
  • Producers: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
  • Engineer: Michael B. Tretow
  • Arranger: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
  • Design: Rune Söderqvist
  • Mastering for 1980's USA Atlantic CD version by Zal Schreiber of Atlantic Studios, NYC
  • Remastered for the 1997 Remasters by Jon Astley and Tim Young with Michael B. Tretow
  • Remastered for the 2001 Remasters by Jon Astley with Michael B. Tretow
  • Remastered for the 2005 Complete Studio Recordings Box Set by Henrik Jonsson

Charts Edit

Certifications and sales Edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Argentina 170,000[37]
Australia (ARIA)[38] Platinum 50,000^
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[39] Gold 100,000*
Canada 400,000[40]
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[41] Gold 10,000
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[42] Diamond 50,552[42]
France 250,000[43]
Germany (BVMI)[45] 2× Platinum 1,000,000[44]
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[46] Platinum 20,000*
Japan (Oricon Charts) 219,000[20]
South Africa 50,000[47]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[48] Platinum 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[50] Platinum 1,250,000[49]
United Kingdom (BPI)[51]
video
Gold 25,000^
United States (RIAA)[52] Gold 500,000^
Summaries
Worldwide 8,000,000[53]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References Edit

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External links Edit

  • abba4therecord.com – webpage showing Voulez-Vous releases worldwide

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Super Trouper is the seventh studio album by the Swedish pop group ABBA released on 3 November 1980 It features the No 1 singles The Winner Takes It All and Super Trouper The album became the biggest selling album of 1980 in the UK 1 Super TrouperStudio album by ABBAReleased3 November 1980Recorded4 February 15 October 1980StudioPolar Studios StockholmGenrePopLength41 53 Swedish original release LabelPolar Epic UK Atlantic US original release ProducerBenny Andersson Bjorn UlvaeusABBA chronologyGracias Por La Musica 1980 Super Trouper 1980 The Visitors 1981 Singles from Super Trouper The Winner Takes It All Released 21 July 1980 On and On and On Released September 1980 Super Trouper Released 3 November 1980 Happy New Year Released 15 December 1980 Andante Andante Released February 1981 Lay All Your Love on Me Released 3 July 1981 Contents 1 Overview 2 Album cover and title 3 Critical reception 4 Track listing 5 Non album tracks 6 Personnel 7 Charts 7 1 Weekly charts 7 2 Year end charts 7 3 Decade end charts 8 Certifications and sales 9 References 10 External linksOverview EditLed 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 Polar Music International in the early 1980s by Polydor and in the late 1980s by Atlantic Records for the US The album has been reissued in digitally remastered form four times first in 1997 then in 2001 again in 2005 as part of The Complete Studio Recordings box set and as a Deluxe Edition containing a bonus DVD in 2011 The previous year s divorce between Bjorn 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 at that time the album saw ABBA returning to a more straightforward pop sound 2 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 3 The song was later covered by The Alexander Brothers The Kingston Trio Philomena Begley and Faryl Smith On some European vinyl issues the cheering and applause at the end of The Way Old Friends Do is recorded up to the run out groove playing in an endless loop on manual turntables Album cover and title EditSuper Trouper is a registered trademark owned by Strong Entertainment Lighting for their brand of followspots i e directional spotlights used to follow a performer on stage Album cover designer Rune Soderqvist decided to use the spotlight theme and photograph the group surrounded by circus performers at Piccadilly Circus London After discovering that there was a law preventing any entertainers or animals appearing in central London they instead invited the members of two local circuses to Europa Film Studios Stockholm to take the photograph there Several of ABBA s friends were also invited to take part and the following also appear on the cover Gorel Hanser vice president of Polar Music who subsequently married the band s photographer Anders Hanser Berka Bergkvist another Polar Music employee Tomas Ledin and Anders Anderson ABBA s manager s son 4 At the same time Lasse Hallstrom also filmed scenes that were eventually used in the videos for Happy New Year Felicidad and Super Trouper even though the latter had not even been composed at the time Critical reception EditProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2 Blender nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 5 The Daily VaultA 6 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 7 rollingstone de nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 8 The Rolling Stone Album Guide nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 9 Smash Hits5 10 10 The album received favorable reviews from music critics William Ruhlmann from AllMusic website gave the album four out of five stars and noted that 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 and that it includes an unusual amount of what sounded like real unhappiness into their pop music 2 Douglas Wolk from Blender gave the album four out of five stars and wrote that although it shows some dark side of the group like being sick of show business the Agnetha and Bjorn divorce it has a lot of joy like the song Lay All Your Love On Me 5 Christopher Thelen from The Daily Vault gave the album an A and wrote that whatever was happening to the band internally or externally they were able to take it and put the best creative spin on it The result was possibly their best album 6 The German counterpart of Rolling Stone magazine and The Rolling Stone Album Guide both gave four out of five stars while Smash Hits magazine and The Encyclopedia of Popular Music gave the album mixed reviews Track listing EditAll tracks written by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus except where noted Side oneNo TitleLength1 Super Trouper 4 132 The Winner Takes It All 4 553 On and On and On 3 414 Andante Andante 4 385 Me and I 4 53 Side twoNo TitleLength1 Happy New Year 4 372 Our Last Summer 4 183 The Piper 3 254 Lay All Your Love on Me 4 335 The Way Old Friends Do Recorded live at the Wembley Arena London November 1979 2 53Total length 41 53 1997 CD edition bonus tracksNo TitleLength11 Gimme Gimme Gimme A Man After Midnight 4 5312 Elaine 3 4413 Put On Your White Sombrero 4 34 2001 CD edition bonus tracksNo TitleLength11 Elaine 3 4412 Put On Your White Sombrero 4 34 The Complete Studio Recordings bonus tracksNo TitleWriter s Length11 Elaine 3 4512 Andante Andante Spanish version AnderssonUlvaeusBuddy McCluskeyMary McCluskey4 4013 Felicidad Spanish version of Happy New Year AnderssonUlvaeusB McCluskeyM McCluskey4 24 2011 deluxe edition The Superlative Album bonus tracks 11 No TitleWriter s Length11 Elaine 3 4512 On and On and On full length version stereo mix 4 1513 Put On Your White Sombrero 4 3414 Andante Andante Spanish version AnderssonUlvaeusB McCluskeyM McCluskey4 4015 Felicidad Spanish version of Happy New Year AnderssonUlvaeusB McCluskeyM McCluskey4 24 2011 deluxe edition DVD 11 No TitleLength1 ABBA on German TV Show Express ZDF 2 Happy New Year SVT 3 Words and Music documentary 4 Somewhere in the Crowd There s You On Location with ABBA Featurette Making of Super Trouper Album Sleeve 5 Super Trouper remastered promo clip 6 Happy New Year remastered promo clip 7 Super Trouper TV Commercial I UK 8 Super Trouper TV Commercial II UK 9 International Sleeve Gallery Non album tracks Edit Elaine A song recorded in 1980 and released as B side The Winner Takes It All single Put On Your White Sombrero A song based on waltz with a Latin American sound recorded in 1980 with lead vocal by Lyngstad The track was replaced at a late stage by this album s title track Super Trouper The arrangement of Put On Your White Sombrero was later remodelled into a new ABBA song Cassandra which became the B Side to The Day Before You Came The song remained unreleased until 1994 Personnel EditABBA Anni Frid Lyngstad Lead vocals 1 4 5 7 Co Lead Vocals 3 8 10 Agnetha Faltskog Lead vocals 2 6 9 Co Lead Vocals 3 8 10 Bjorn Ulvaeus acoustic guitar Backing vocals Benny Andersson synthesizers keyboards Backing vocalsAdditional personnel Ola Brunkert drums 2 9 Lars Carlsson horn 3 Rutger Gunnarsson bass 3 9 guitar Janne Kling flute 8 saxophone 3 Per Lindvall drums 1 Janne Schaffer guitar Ake Sundqvist percussion Mike Watson bass 1 2 Lasse Wellander guitar Kajtek Wojciechowski saxophone 3 Producers Benny Andersson Bjorn Ulvaeus Engineer Michael B Tretow Arranger Benny Andersson Bjorn Ulvaeus Design Rune Soderqvist Mastering for 1980 s USA Atlantic CD version by Zal Schreiber of Atlantic Studios NYC Remastered for the 1997 Remasters by Jon Astley and Tim Young with Michael B Tretow Remastered for the 2001 Remasters by Jon Astley with Michael B Tretow Remastered for the 2005 Complete Studio Recordings Box Set by Henrik JonssonCharts EditWeekly charts Edit Chart 1980 81 PeakpositionArgentinian Albums CAPIF 12 2Australian Albums Kent Music Report 13 5Austrian Albums O3 Austria 14 3Belgian Albums HUMO 15 1Canada Top Albums CDs RPM 16 8Dutch Albums Album Top 100 17 1Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 18 1German Albums Offizielle Top 100 19 1Japanese Albums Oricon 20 8New Zealand Albums RMNZ 21 5Norwegian Albums VG lista 22 1Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 23 1UK Albums OCC 24 1US Billboard 200 25 17Chart 2018 21 PeakpositionBelgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 26 52Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 27 178Dutch Albums Album Top 100 17 52German Albums Offizielle Top 100 19 32Norwegian Albums VG lista 22 38Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 23 12 Year end charts Edit Chart 1980 PositionDutch Albums Album Top 100 28 5UK Albums OCC 29 1Chart 1981 PositionAustralian Albums Kent Music Report 13 43Austrian Albums O3 Austria 30 4Canada Top Albums CDs RPM 31 30Dutch Albums Album Top 100 32 29German Albums Offizielle Top 100 33 2Japanese Albums Oricon 34 41US Billboard 200 35 33Decade end charts Edit Chart 1980s PositionAustrian Albums O3 Austria 36 45Certifications and sales EditRegion Certification Certified units salesArgentina 170 000 37 Australia ARIA 38 Platinum 50 000 Brazil Pro Musica Brasil 39 Gold 100 000 Canada 400 000 40 Denmark IFPI Danmark 41 Gold 10 000 Finland Musiikkituottajat 42 Diamond 50 552 42 France 250 000 43 Germany BVMI 45 2 Platinum 1 000 000 44 Hong Kong IFPI Hong Kong 46 Platinum 20 000 Japan Oricon Charts 219 000 20 South Africa 50 000 47 Spain PROMUSICAE 48 Platinum 100 000 United Kingdom BPI 50 Platinum 1 250 000 49 United Kingdom BPI 51 video Gold 25 000 United States RIAA 52 Gold 500 000 SummariesWorldwide 8 000 000 53 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone References Edit Year by year the best selling albums of the past 50 years NME NME 15 November 2011 Retrieved 31 December 2019 a b c Ruhlmann William Super Trouper AllMusic Retrieved 7 January 2012 Oldham A Calder T amp Irvin C ABBA The Name of the Game page 75 Sidgwick amp Jackson 1995 Magnus Palm C Bright Lights Dark shadows page 432 433 Omnibus Press 2001 a b Wolk Douglas 21 December 2004 ABBA Super Trouper Blender Archived from the original on 9 August 2007 Retrieved 1 August 2021 a b Thelen Christopher 2019 The Daily Vault Music Reviews Super Trouper dailyvault com Retrieved 17 February 2019 Larkin Colin 2007 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 5th Concise ed United Kingdom Omnibus Press p 31 ISBN 978 1 84609 856 7 Abba Super Trouper Rolling Stone Retrieved 23 March 2017 Berger Arion 2004 ABBA In Brackett Nathan Hoard Christian eds The New Rolling Stone Album Guide 4th ed Simon amp Schuster pp 1 2 ISBN 0 7432 0169 8 Hillier Beverly 27 November 10 December 1980 Albums Smash Hits 29 a b Ice 23 February 2011 Super Trouper Deluxe Edition CD DVD Updated with tracklist icethesite Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus news site icethesite Retrieved 7 January 2012 Cash Box International Best Sellers PDF Cashbox 10 January 1981 p 36 Retrieved 26 July 2023 a b Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 St Ives N S W Australian Chart Book ISBN 0 646 11917 6 Austriancharts at ABBA Super Trouper in German Hung Medien Retrieved 20 October 2021 Hits of the World PDF Billboard 24 January 1981 p 98 Retrieved 2 April 2022 Top RPM Albums Issue 0318 RPM Library and Archives Canada Retrieved 20 October 2021 a b Dutchcharts nl ABBA Super Trouper in Dutch Hung Medien Retrieved 20 October 2021 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Bronkhorst Joe 28 February 1981 EMI honours top girls PDF Music Week p 10 Retrieved 10 May 2022 via World Radio History Salaverri Fernando September 2005 Solo exitos ano a ano 1959 2002 1st ed Spain Fundacion Autor SGAE ISBN 84 8048 639 2 International ABBA Album Reaches 1 Spot In 10 Countries PDF Cash Box 15 November 1980 p 36 Retrieved 10 May 2022 via World Radio History British album certifications ABBA Super Trouper British Phonographic Industry British video certifications ABBA Super Trouper British Phonographic Industry Retrieved 6 May 2020 American album certifications ABBA Super Trouper Recording Industry Association of America Retrieved 3 March 2013 Palm Carl Magnus 2017 ABBA The Complete Recording Sessions 2nd Revised and Expanded ed United Kingdom CPI Group p 400 ISBN 978 91 639 2656 3 External links Editabba4therecord com webpage showing Voulez Vous releases worldwide Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Super Trouper album amp oldid 1171178912, 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