ABBAThe Definitive Collection

Label:

Polar – 549 974-2

Format:

2 x CD , Compilation, Remastered , Slipcase

Country:

Europe

Released:

Genre:

Pop

Style:

Soft Rock

Tracklist

1-1 People Need Love 2:45
1-2 He Is Your Brother 3:18
1-3 Ring Ring
Written-ByS. Anderson*
3:04
1-4 Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough) 2:53
1-5 Waterloo
Written-ByS. Anderson*
2:46
1-6 Honey, Honey
Written-ByS. Anderson*
2:55
1-7 So Long 3:05
1-8 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
Written-ByS. Anderson*
3:17
1-9 SOS
Written-ByS. Anderson*
3:20
1-10 Mamma Mia
Written-ByS. Anderson*
3:32
1-11 Fernando
Written-ByS. Anderson*
4:13
1-12 Dancing Queen
Written-ByS. Anderson*
3:51
1-13 Money, Money, Money 3:05
1-14 Knowing Me, Knowing You
Written-ByS. Anderson*
4:01
1-15 The Name Of The Game
Written-ByB. Ulvaeus*
4:52
1-16 Take A Chance On Me 4:05
1-17 Eagle 4:27
1-18 Summer Night City 3:36
1-19 Chiquitita 5:24
1-20 Does Your Mother Know 3:15
2-1 Voulez-Vous 5:09
2-2 Angeleyes 4:19
2-3 Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 4:50
2-4 I Have A Dream 4:42
2-5 The Winner Takes It All 4:56
2-6 Super Trouper 4:13
2-7 On And On And On 3:42
2-8 Lay All Your Love On Me 4:34
2-9 One Of Us 3:56
2-10 When All Is Said And Done 3:17
2-11 Head Over Heels 3:47
2-12 The Visitors (Crackin' Up) 5:46
2-13 The Day Before You Came 5:51
2-14 Under Attack 3:47
2-15 Thank You For The Music 3:51
Bonus Tracks
2-16 Ring Ring (1974 Remix, Single Version)
Written-ByS. Anderson*
3:10
2-17 Voulez-Vous (Extended Remix, 1979 US Promo) 6:09

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Polar Music International AB
  • Copyright ©Polar Music International AB
  • Published ByMusic For Unicef
  • Published ByUniversal/Union Songs AB

Credits

  • EngineerMichael B. Tretow
  • Liner NotesCarl Magnus Palm
  • Photography ByOla Lager
  • ProducerBenny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus*
  • Remastered ByMichael B. Tretow
  • Written-ByBenny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus* (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-4, 1-7, 1-13, 1-16 to 2-15, 2-17)

Notes

24-bit remaster. 16-page booklet with photographs and per-track comments.

Made in the EU.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 7 31454 99742 3
  • Rights Society: BIEM/MS
  • Label Code: LC 00309
  • Other (CD1): 549 975-2
  • Other (CD2): 549 976-2
  • Matrix / Runout (CD1, variant 1): 07314 549 975-2 02 * 51215749
  • Mastering SID Code (CD1, variant 1): IFPI LV26
  • Mould SID Code (CD1, variant 1): IFPI 0131
  • Matrix / Runout (CD2, variant 1): 07314 549 976-2 02 / 51215750
  • Mastering SID Code (CD2, variant 1): IFPI L001
  • Mould SID Code (CD2, variant 1): IFPI 0123
  • Matrix / Runout (CD1, variant 2): 54997420000CD1 1:1:5
  • Mastering SID Code (CD1, variant 2): IFPI L041
  • Mould SID Code (CD1, variant 2): IFPI 7301
  • Matrix / Runout (CD2, variant 2): 54997420000CD2 :1:1:5.
  • Mastering SID Code (CD2, variant 2): IFPI L042
  • Mould SID Code (CD2, variant 2): [illegible]

Other Versions (5 of 85)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Recently Edited
The Definitive Collection (2×CD, Compilation) UM³ 549 974-2 Argentina 2001
Recently Edited
The Definitive Collection (2×CD, Compilation, Remastered) UTV Records 314 549 974-2 US 2001
The Definitive Collection (2×CD, Compilation, Promo, Sampler, Digipak) Polar ABBA01 Europe 2001
Recently Edited
The Definitive Collection (2×CD, Compilation, Unofficial Release) Polydor (2) none Russia 2001
The Definitive Collection (2×CD, Compilation, Misprint, Remastered) Polar 549 974-2 Europe 2001

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Reviews

  • MemberD's avatar
    MemberD
    Mine also has a square colour card (boklet size) with all albums on one side with cat nos. and an advert of Mamma Mia musical on the other side. Was this standard with this issue?
    • Jarren's avatar
      Jarren
      It's quite criminal that ABBA Gold has sold more copies than the combined sales of every other compact disc ever released*, when you consider the fact that The Definitive Collection is ultimately superior.

      ...as I'm sure you've discovered after buying your mum ABBA Gold for her birthday in 1995, only for her to comment on how sad she was that Angeleyes wasn't included. Or The Day Before You Came. Her birthday not quite ruined, but it made you feel like shit all the same.

      So do her a favour and pick up a copy of this, The Definitive Collection, and send that copy of ABBA Gold down to the charity shop, where it belongs.

      Oh who am I kidding, I bought it for myself.

      *a lie

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