Cassandra', 'Lovelight', 'The Visitors' and 'Our Last Summer' are all ABBA at their very best but the songs weren't given a chance to shine as they should have done in there time. The track listing was similar to the original album, with some added content: a 25-minute documentary produced in 1999, and the 1992 video of "Dancing Queen".

For example, total weeks on UK charts of Frank Sinatra are 1064, as this number includes all his albums, starting from 28. In 2008 the album was re-released with a different disc and back cover to coincide with the release of the film Mamma Mia! The final product ended up with a bit of a split personality, from both the original concept and the idea of a “more greatest hits” album. Remarkably, in 1999 the album hit No 1 in Britain and other territories seven years after its release.

I'll put it this way: if you come away from ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits unmoved, you probably don't like ABBA, and that's fine.

In fact, I have several more (about 10 more that are not on Gold, More Gold or the 8 standard albums. Tretow producer: Benny Andersson ( ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus bass guitar: Rutger Gunnarsson(on 1977-08-02) cello: Hans‐Göran Eketorp ( Swedish cellist)(on 1977-09-08) congas and percussion: Malando Gassama(on 1977-08-02) drums (drum set): Ola Brunkert(on 1977-08-02) guitar [lead guitar]: Lasse Wellander(on 1977-08-02) instruments: Bengt Sundberg ( French horn player)(on 1977-09-08) keyboard: Benny Andersson ( ABBA)(on 1977-08-02) oboe: Bo Eriksson(on 1977-09-08) saxophone: Lars O. While you get the big hits on ABBA Gold, the other option offers a more extensive catalogue of ABBA songs. If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.My faves are 'Knowing Me, Knowing You', 'Voulez Vous', 'One of Us', 'Name of the Game' and 'Lay All Your Love On Me'. I believe that music becomes more intimate if it is based on life's experiences and these two albums always make me think about what might have been. and most recently in 2014 to mark the group's 40th anniversary of winning the Eurovision Song Contest. I know Abba made some happy, joyful music (Dancing Queen, Waterloo etc) but also I think some of it is actually very sad like the divorced themed Knowing Me Knowing You, The Winner Takes It All, Our Last Summer, Slipping Through My Fingers, etc.

S. chart singles, songs like “Eagle,” “Angeleyes,” and “On and On and On” found their greatest success in European markets. Of course, it hasn’t sold anywhere near the number of copies of ABBA GOLD, but it has reportedly sold a healthy 3 million copies worldwide.When this compilation was released it caused alot of excitement because it contained a previously unreleased song, "I Am the City". Their greatest hits collection ABBA Gold is the second best-selling album of all time in the UK, just behind Queen's Greatest Hits. Certain items can take longer to source than the estimated week, particularly during busy trading periods and may take longer to arrive at our warehouse. Plans were to include the two unreleased tracks from ABBA’s final recording sessions in 1982, ‘I Am The City’ and ‘Just Like That’, until the latter was vetoed by Benny and Björn.

Estimates of ABBA's total record sales are around 140 million to 500 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Genius is the ultimate source of music knowledge, created by scholars like you who share facts and insight about the songs and artists they love. Beaten by 3 ABBA Albums - 'Greatest Hits' - 11 Weeks - 1976, 'Arrival' - 10 Weeks - 1977, 'Super Trouper' - 9 Weeks - 1980/1981. The original release included a DVD with 18 of the 19 songs from the CD, excluding "The Name of the Game".Football’s funniest family duo — Jason Kelce from the Philadelphia Eagles and Travis Kelce from the Kansas City Chiefs — team up to provide next-level access to life in the league as it unfolds. Plus, entertaining stories from a combined 21 years in the league, off-field interests, and engaging conversations with special guests. Instead of including the freely-available version from ABBA – The Album, perhaps it could have been replaced by one of the remaining singles that hadn’t been included on MORE ABBA GOLD, such as the first singles ‘People Need Love’ or ‘He Is Your Brother’, some other international hit, another non-album B-side (‘Crazy World’, ‘Happy Hawaii’, ‘Medley’, ‘Elaine’, ‘Should I Laugh Or Cry’, or ‘You Owe Me One’) , or one of the songs that appeared in the accompanying video cassette (‘Bang-A-Boomerang’, ‘One Man, One Woman’, ‘That’s Me’ or ‘Happy New Year’). My first copy of this album became defective so I replaced it, so this is a second listening within a couple of days.