ABBAThe Album

Label:

Polydor – 2344 098

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album

Country:

Netherlands

Released:

Genre:

Pop

Style:

Disco

Tracklist

A1 Eagle
DrumsOla Brunkert
Lead GuitarJanne Schaffer
5:51
A2 Take A Chance On Me
DrumsRoger Palm
4:05
A3 One Man, One Woman
DrumsRoger Palm
4:25
A4 The Name Of The Game
DrumsOla Brunkert
Lyrics ByStig Anderson
4:54
B1 Move On
Lyrics ByStig Anderson
4:42
B2 Hole In Your Soul
DrumsOla Brunkert
3:41
The Girl With The Golden Hair
B3.a Thank You For The Music
DrumsRoger Palm
3:48
B3.b I Wonder (Departure)
DrumsOla Brunkert
Lyrics ByStig Anderson
4:33
B3.c I'm A Marionette
DrumsOla Brunkert
3:54

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Polar Music International AB
  • Recorded AtMarcus Music
  • Recorded AtMetronome Studio, Stockholm
  • Overdubbed AtGlen Studio
  • Mixed AtMarcus Music
  • Mixed AtMetronome Studio, Stockholm
  • Mixed AtStudio Bohus
  • Lacquer Cut AtRosenborg Studio
  • Pressed ByMusikkindustri A/S
  • Published ByUnion Songs AB
  • Published ByPolar Music AB

Credits

  • Arranged By [Strings]Rutger Gunnarsson
  • Arranged By, Producer, Written-ByBenny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus*
  • BassRutger Gunnarsson
  • DesignRune Söderqvist
  • EngineerMichael B. Tretow
  • Guitar [Other]Lasse Wellander
  • IllustrationRune Söderqvist
  • KeyboardsBenny Andersson
  • Lacquer Cut ByF*
  • Lead GuitarLasse Wellander
  • PercussionMalando Gassama
  • Photography ByBarry Levine
  • Saxophone, FluteLars O. Carlsson

Notes

Recorded and mixed at Marcus Music & Metronome Studio.
"The Name Of The Game" mixed at Bohus Studio.
Additional overdubs recorded at Glen Studio.

Comes with lyrics on inner sleeve.

Different in having a bold printed label ring instead of a faint white print.

The runouts are stamped.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: STEMRA
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): POLS 282 A 11 P 77 F 710
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): POLS 282 B 11 P 77 F 710
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): POLS 282 A1 11 P 77 F 710
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): POLS 282 B 11 P 77 F 710

Other Versions (5 of 325)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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The Album (LP, Album, Stereo) Polar POLS 282 Sweden 1977
The Album (LP, Album, Stereo) Melba LDA. 20318 1977
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The Album (LP, Album, Stereo, RCA Records Pressing) Atlantic KSD 19164 Canada 1977
The Album (Cassette, Album) Polydor 3100 429 Netherlands 1977
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The Album (LP, Album) Polar VPL1 4060 Australia & New Zealand 1977

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  • sathvyre's avatar
    sathvyre
    The 710 number (included in the matrix engravings) indicates either an export pressing for Norway, made in Holland or vice versa.

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