The Singles: The First Ten Years
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| The Singles: The First Ten Years | ||
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| Studio album by ABBA | ||
| Released | November 8, 1982 | |
| Recorded | March 1972- August 1982 |
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| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 93:43 | |
| Label | Polar (Sweden) Epic (UK) Atlantic (US) |
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| Producer(s) | Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| ABBA chronology | ||
| The Visitors (1981) |
The Singles: The First Ten Years (1982) |
ABBA Live (1986) |
The Singles: The First Ten Years was a double album by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in 1982. It chronicled their first ten years as recording artists, and included two new tracks: "The Day Before You Came" and "Under Attack." Another release years later was similar to this it was the 2001 double-CD release The Definitive Collection. Nowadays, The Singles: The First Ten Years is becoming somewhat of a rarity and a collector's item.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Side A
- "Ring Ring" (Anderson, Andersson, Cody, Sedaka, Ulvaeus) – 3:04 Listen
- "Waterloo" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 2:42 Listen
- "So Long" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:05
- "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:15
- "SOS" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:20 Listen
- "Mamma Mia" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:32 Listen
- "Fernando" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 4:13
[edit] Side B
- "Dancing Queen" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:51 Listen
- "Money, Money, Money" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:05
- "Knowing Me, Knowing You" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 4:01 Listen
- "The Name Of The Game" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:59 Listen
- "Take A Chance On Me" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 4:05 Listen
- "Summer Night City" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:34
[edit] Side C
- "Chiquitita" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 5:24 Listen
- "Does Your Mother Know" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:13
- "Voulez-Vous" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 5:07 Listen
- "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 4:50
- "I Have A Dream" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 4:42
[edit] Side D
- "The Winner Takes It All" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 4:54 Listen
- "Super Trouper" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 4:12 Listen
- "One Of Us" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:56 Listen
- "The Day Before You Came" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 5:50
- "Under Attack" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:46 Listen
[edit] Personnel
ABBA
- Benny Andersson - synthesizer, keyboards, vocals
- Agnetha Fältskog - vocals
- Anni-Frid Lyngstad - vocals
- Björn Ulvaeus - acoustic guitar, guitar, vocals
Additional Personnel
- Ulf Andersson - saxophone
- Ola Brunkert - drums
- Lars Carlsson - horn
- Christer Ecklund - saxophone
- Malando Gassama - percussion
- Anders Glenmark - guitar
- Rutger Gunnarsson - bass
- Roger Palm - drums
- Janne Schaffer - guitar
- Ake Sundqvist - percussion
- Mike Watson - bass
- Lasse Wellander - guitar
[edit] Production
- Producers: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
- Arrangers: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
- Engineer: Michael Tretow
- Design: ???
[edit] Charts
Album - UK Album Chart
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1982 | UK Album Chart | 1 |
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1982 | The Billboard 200 | 62 |
Album - Australian ARIA Album Chart
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1982 | ARIA Album Chart | 18 |
Singles - UK Singles Chart
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1982 | "The Day Before You Came" | UK Singles Chart | 32 |
| 1982 | "Under Attack" | UK Singles Chart | 26 |
