ABBA – The Complete Studio Recordings

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Label:

 Polar – 987 232-7

Format:
Box Set , Compilation, Limited Edition
CD , Album, Reissue, Remastered , Black
CD , Album, Reissue, Remastered , Black
CD , Album, Reissue, Remastered , Black
CD , Album, Reissue, Remastered , Black
CD , Album, Reissue, Remastered , Black
CD , Album, Reissue, Remastered , Black
CD , Album, Reissue, Remastered , Black
CD , Album, Reissue, Remastered , Black
CD , Compilation, Remastered , Black
DVD , DVD-Video, NTSC, Compilation
DVD , DVD-Video, NTSC

Country:

 Europe

Released:

Genre:

 Pop

Style:

 Synth-pop

Tracklist

Ring Ring
CD1-1 Ring Ring
Written-By – S. Anderson*
3:04
CD1-2 Another Town, Another Train
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:12
CD1-3 Disillusion
Written-By – B. Ulvaeus*
3:04
CD1-4 People Need Love
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
2:44
CD1-5 I Saw It In The Mirror
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
2:33
CD1-6 Nina, Pretty Ballerina
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
2:51
CD1-7 Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
2:54
CD1-8 Me And Bobby And Bobby's Brother
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
2:50
CD1-9 He Is Your Brother
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:17
CD1-10 She's My Kind Of Girl
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
2:46
CD1-11 I Am Just A Girl
Written-By – S. Anderson*
3:02
CD1-12 Rock'n Roll Band
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:09
Bonus Tracks
CD1-13 Ring Ring (Bara Du Slog En Signal) (Swedish Version)
Written-By – S. Anderson*
3:07
CD1-14 Åh, Vilka Tider
Written-By – S. Anderson*
2:31
CD1-15 Merry-Go-Round
Written-By – S. Anderson*
3:24
CD1-16 Santa Rosa
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
2:59
CD1-17 Ring Ring (Spanish Version)
Written-By – S. Anderson*
3:00
CD1-18 Wer Im Wartesaal Der Liebe Steht (German Version Of Another Town, Another Train)
Written-By – F. Jay*
3:19
CD1-19 Ring Ring (German Version)
Written-By – S. Anderson*
3:09
Waterloo
CD2-1 Waterloo
Written-By – S. Anderson*
2:44
CD2-2 Sitting In The Palmtree
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:37
CD2-3 King Kong Song
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:12
CD2-4 Hasta Mañana
Written-By – S. Anderson*
3:09
CD2-5 My Mama Said
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:11
CD2-6 Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:11
CD2-7 Honey, Honey
Written-By – S. Anderson*
2:54
CD2-8 Watch Out
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:45
CD2-9 What About Livingstone
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
2:55
CD2-10 Gonna Sing You My Lovesong
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:37
CD2-11 Suzy-Hang-Around
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:10
Bonus Tracks
CD2-12 Ring Ring (US Remix 1974)
Written-By – S. Anderson*
3:04
CD2-13 Waterloo (Swedish Version)
Written-By – S. Anderson*
2:44
CD2-14 Honey, Honey (Swedish Version)
Written-By – S. Anderson*
2:57
CD2-15 Waterloo (German Version)
Written-By – S. Anderson*
2:43
CD2-16 Hasta Mañana (Spanish Version)
Written-By – S. Anderson*
3:08
CD2-17 Ring Ring (1974 Remix, Single Version)
Written-By – S. Anderson*
3:08
CD2-18 Waterloo (French Version)
Written-By – S. Anderson*
2:42
ABBA
CD3-1 Mamma Mia
Written-By – S. Anderson*
3:31
CD3-2 Hey, Hey Helen
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:16
CD3-3 Tropical Loveland
Written-By – S. Anderson*
3:04
CD3-4 SOS
Written-By – S. Anderson*
3:21
CD3-5 Man In The Middle
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:01
CD3-6 Bang-A-Boomerang
Written-By – S. Anderson*
3:03
CD3-7 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
Written-By – S. Anderson*
3:15
CD3-8 Rock Me
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:04
CD3-9 Intermezzo No 1
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:46
CD3-10 I've Been Waiting For You
Written-By – S. Anderson*
3:40
CD3-11 So Long
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:05
Bonus Tracks
CD3-12 Crazy World
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:45
Medley (1978 Mix)
Written-By – Traditional
(4:19)
CD3-13a Pick A Bale Of Cotton
CD3-13b On Top Of Old Smokey
CD3-13c Midnight Special
CD3-14 Mamma Mia (Spanish Version)
Written-By – S. Anderson*
3:34
Arrival
CD4-1 When I Kissed The Teacher
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:01
CD4-2 Dancing Queen
Written-By – S. Anderson*
3:51
CD4-3 My Love, My Life
Written-By – S. Anderson*
3:52
CD4-4 Dum Dum Diddle
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
2:54
CD4-5 Knowing Me, Knowing You
Written-By – S. Anderson*
4:02
CD4-6 Money, Money, Money
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:06
CD4-7 That's Me
Written-By – S. Anderson*
3:15
CD4-8 Why Did It Have To Be Me
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:20
CD4-9 Tiger
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
2:55
CD4-10 Arrival
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:01
Bonus Tracks
CD4-11 Fernando
Written-By – S. Anderson*
4:12
CD4-12 Happy Hawaii
Written-By – S. Anderson*
4:23
CD4-13 La Reina Del Baile (Spanish Version Of Dancing Queen)
Written-By – S. Anderson*
4:02
CD4-14 Conociéndome, Conociéndote (Spanish Version Of Knowing Me, Knowing You)
Written-By – S. Anderson*
4:02
CD4-15 Fernando (Spanish Version)
Written-By – S. Anderson*
4:17
The Album
CD5-1 Eagle
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
5:49
CD5-2 Take A Chance On Me
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:58
CD5-3 One Man, One Woman
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
4:32
CD5-4 The Name Of The Game
Written-By – S. Anderson*
4:52
CD5-5 Move On
Written-By – S. Anderson*
4:41
CD5-6 Hole In Your Soul
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:41
"The Girl With The Golden Hair" ‎– 3 Scenes From A Mini-Musical ‎–
CD5-7 Thank You For The Music
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:48
CD5-8 I Wonder (Departure)
Written-By – S. Anderson*
4:33
CD5-9 I'm A Marionette
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
4:03
Bonus Tracks
CD5-10 Al Andar (Spanish Version Of Move On)
Written-By – S. Anderson*
4:41
CD5-11 Gracias Por La Música (Spanish Version Of Thank You For The Music)
Written-By – B. McCluskey / M. McCluskey*
3:49
Voulez-Vous
CD6-1 As Good As New
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:22
CD6-2 Voulez-Vous
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
5:07
CD6-3 I Have A Dream
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
4:43
CD6-4 Angeleyes
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
4:20
CD6-5 The King Has Lost His Crown
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:32
CD6-6 Does Your Mother Know
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:13
CD6-7 If It Wasn't For The Nights
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
5:09
CD6-8 Chiquitita
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
5:25
CD6-9 Lovers (Live A Little Longer)
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:29
CD6-10 Kisses Of Fire
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:16
Bonus Tracks
CD6-11 Summer Night City
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:34
CD6-12 Lovelight
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:47
CD6-13 Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
4:48
CD6-14 Estoy Soñando (Spanish Version Of I Have A Dream)
Written-By – B. McCluskey / M. McCluskey*
4:38
CD6-15 Chiquitita (Spanish Version)
Written-By – B. McCluskey / M. McCluskey*
5:33
CD6-16 ¡Dame! ¡Dame! ¡Dame! (Spanish Version Of Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight))
Written-By – B. McCluskey / M. McCluskey*
4:49
Super Trouper
CD7-1 Super Trouper
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
4:12
CD7-2 The Winner Takes It All
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
4:55
CD7-3 On And On And On
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:40
CD7-4 Andante, Andante
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
4:39
CD7-5 Me And I
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
4:54
CD7-6 Happy New Year
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
4:23
CD7-7 Our Last Summer
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
4:19
CD7-8 The Piper
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:27
CD7-9 Lay All Your Love On Me
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
4:35
CD7-10 The Way Old Friends Do
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
2:54
Bonus Tracks
CD7-11 Elaine
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:44
CD7-12 Andante, Andante (Spanish Version)
Written-By – B. McCluskey / M. McCluskey*
4:39
CD7-13 Felicidad (Spanish Version Of Happy New Year)
Written-By – B. McCluskey / M. McCluskey*
4:24
The Visitors
CD8-1 The Visitors
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
5:45
CD8-2 Head Over Heels
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:47
CD8-3 When All Is Said And Done
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:17
CD8-4 Soldiers
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
4:38
CD8-5 I Let The Music Speak
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
5:19
CD8-6 One Of Us
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:55
CD8-7 Two For The Price Of One
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:36
CD8-8 Slipping Through My Fingers
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:53
CD8-9 Like An Angel ing Through My Room
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:34
Bonus Tracks
CD8-10 Should I Laugh Or Cry
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
4:30
CD8-11 No Hay A Quien Culpar (Spanish Version Of When All Is Said And Done)
Written-By – B. McCluskey / M. McCluskey*
3:12
CD8-12 Se Me Està Escapando (Spanish Version Of Slipping Through My Fingers)
Written-By – B. McCluskey / M. McCluskey*
3:52
CD8-13 The Day Before You Came
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
5:50
CD8-14 Cassandra
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
4:52
CD8-15 Under Attack
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:45
CD8-16 You Owe Me One
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:26
Rarities
CD9-1 Waterloo (Alternate Mix)
Written-By – S. Anderson*
2:45
Medley (Original German Charity Album Mix)
Written-By – Traditional
(4:21)
CD9-2a Pick A Bale Of Cotton
CD9-2b On Top Of Old Smokey
CD9-2c Midnight Special
CD9-3 Thank You For The Music (Doris Day Version)
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
4:03
CD9-4 Summer Night City (Full Length Version)
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
4:18
CD9-5 Lovelight (Alternate Mix)
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:24
CD9-6 Dream World (Outtake From Voulez-Vous Sessions)
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
3:36
CD9-7 Voulez-Vous (Extended Remix)
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
6:10
CD9-8 On And On And On (Full Length Version)
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
4:13
CD9-9 Put On Your White Sombrero (Outtake From Super Trouper Sessions)
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
4:28
CD9-10 I Am The City (Outtake From 1982 Album Sessions)
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
4:02
ABBA Undeleted (Medley Of Outtakes) (23:28)
CD9-11.1 Scaramouche
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
CD9-11.2 Summer Night City
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
CD9-11.3 Take A Chance On Me
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
CD9-11.4 Baby
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
CD9-11.5 Just A Notion
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
CD9-11.6 Rikky Rock 'n' Roller
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
CD9-11.7 Burning My Bridges
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
CD9-11.8 Fernando
Written-By – S. Anderson*
CD9-11.9 Here Comes Rubie Jamie
Written-By – S. Anderson*
CD9-11.10 Hamlet III Parts 1&2
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
CD9-11.11 Free As A Bumble Bee
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
CD9-11.12 Rubber Ball Man
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
CD9-11.13 Crying Over You
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
CD9-11.14 Just Like That
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
CD9-11.15 Givin' A Little Bit More
Written-By – B. Andersson / B. Ulvaeus*
The Videos
DVD1-1 Waterloo
DVD1-2 Ring Ring
DVD1-3 Mamma Mia
DVD1-4 SOS
DVD1-5 Bang-A-Boomerang
DVD1-6 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
DVD1-7 Fernando
DVD1-8 Dancing Queen
DVD1-9 Money, Money, Money
DVD1-10 Knowing Me, Knowing You
DVD1-11 That's Me
DVD1-12 The Name Of The Game
DVD1-13 Take A Chance On Me
DVD1-14 Eagle
DVD1-15 One Man, One Woman
DVD1-16 Thank You For The Music
DVD1-17 Summer Night City
DVD1-18 Chiquitita
DVD1-19 Does Your Mother Know
DVD1-20 Voulez-Vous
DVD1-21 Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
DVD1-22 I Have A Dream
DVD1-23 On And On And On
DVD1-24 The Winner Takes It All
DVD1-25 Super Trouper
DVD1-26 Happy New Year
DVD1-27 Lay All Your Love On Me
DVD1-28 When All Is Said And Done
DVD1-29 One Of Us
DVD1-30 Head Over Heels
DVD1-31 The Day Before You Came
DVD1-32 Under Attack
Bonus Tracks
DVD1-33 Estoy Soñando
DVD1-34 Felicidad
DVD1-35 No Hay A Quien Culpar
DVD1-36 Dancing Queen (1992 Version)
DVD1-37 The Last Video
The History · Live In April 1981
DVD2-1 The History
Live In April 1981
DVD2-2 Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
DVD2-3 Super Trouper
DVD2-4 Two For The Price Of One
DVD2-5 Slipping Through My Fingers
DVD2-6 On And On And On

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Polar Music International AB
  • Copyright © – Polar Music International AB
  • Published By – Universal/Union Songs AB
  • Published By – Starton Musikförlag AB
  • Published By – Music For Unicef
  • Mastered At – Masters Of Audio
  • Mastered At – DCM (3)
  • Remastered At – Atlantis Studio
  • Mixed At – Mono Music Studio
  • Designed At – Ogilvy Design

Credits

  • Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Michael Areklew
  • Banjo, Mandolin – Rutger Gunnarsson
  • Bass – Stefan Brolund
  • Brass – Weine Renliden
  • Coordinator [Project] – Mia Segolsson
  • Design – Niclas Håkansson
  • Design [Orignal Album] – Sten-Åke Magnusson
  • Drums – Rolf Alex
  • Engineer – Åke Eldsäter
  • Film Producer [DVD Production] – Mpeg Production AB Stockholm*
  • Harp – Gloria Lundell
  • Illustration [The Album] – Rune Söderqvist
  • Mastered By [CDs] – Henrik Jonsson (2)
  • Mastered By [Original Recordings Digitalized By] – Johan Funemyr
  • Mixed By [5.1 Surround Sound] – Bernard Löhr
  • Percussion – Åke Sundqvist
  • Photography By [Book] – Torbjörn Calvero
  • Photography By [Original Album Sleeve] – Ola Lager
  • Piano, Keyboards, Synthesizer – Paul Harris (2)
  • Producer, Arranged By – Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus*
  • Remastered By [Live In April 1981 Soundtrack] – Janne Hansson
  • Remastered By [The Videos Soundtrack; Previously Available] – Jon Astley
  • Research, Liner Notes, Other [Timeline] – Carl Magnus Palm
  • Saxophone – Ulf Andersson
  • Steel Guitar – Janne Lindgren
  • Strings – Örjan Högberg
  • Supervised By [5.1 Surround Sound Mix] – Benny Andersson
  • Vocals – Björn Ulvaeus
  • Woodwind – Yngve Sandström

Notes

133 Track Collection – every piece of studio-recorded music commercially released by ABBA
- The 8 Original Studio Albums (plus bonus tracks)
- 1 Rarities CD
- 1 Video DVD
- 1 Documentary & Live Concert DVD
- 108 Page Lyrics Booklet
- 48 Page Timeline Booklet

Hardback light blue velvet box set with silver lettering and lift-off lid.
Tracing paper on back listing box contents. Sticker on front cellophane.
Individual slots for the sleeves and booklets to slide into.
Discs in spined card sleeves, CD1 to CD8 (the albums) with card inner sleeves.
Hardback booklets. Booklets and sleeves of CD9 and DVDs are silver foiled on fronts.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 6 02498 72327 2
  • Rights Society: BIEM/SABAM
  • Label Code: LC00309
  • Other (Cat# CD1): 0602498723128
  • Other (Cat# CD2): 0602498723135
  • Other (Cat# CD3): 0602498723142
  • Other (Cat# CD4): 0602498723159
  • Other (Cat# CD5): 0602498723166
  • Other (Cat# CD6): 0602498723173
  • Other (Cat# CD7): 0602498723180
  • Other (Cat# CD8): 0602498723197
  • Other (Cat# CD9): 0602498723203
  • Other (Cat# DVD1): 982232-8
  • Other (Cat# DVD2): 982232-9

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The Complete Studio Recordings (Box Set, Compilation, Limited Edition, CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Black, CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Black, CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Black, CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Black, CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Black, CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Black, CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Black, CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Black, CD, Compilation, Remastered, Black, DVD, DVD-Video, NTSC, Compilation, DVD, DVD-Video, NTSC) Polar 987 232-7 Japan 2005
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Reviews

  • mas.david's avatar
    mas.david
    The producers went back to the original analog tapes for a fresh -- the sound here is often downright glowing. Best sounding ABBA I have heard.
    • JW1999Bu55's avatar
      JW1999Bu55
      This is a collectors item through and through. I am happy to finally own it and get the rarities I have not previously owned, along with the music videos and documentary. The amount of effort put into this box set is impressive but the content included relies on a good amount of nostalgia as well. The mastering for each album is good and the bonus tracks are a nice little bonus. If you are serious about ABBA this is a holy grail but for any recent fans, there are better options to get the albums.
      • discoballs78's avatar
        discoballs78
        Of course the video for When I Kissed the Teacher HAD to be missing *smh*
        • pueblofunky's avatar
          pueblofunky
          Argh .. I can not listen to this compressed mastering quality without any dynamics. I can not enjoy. Not loud and not with headphones. Money & Work for NOTHING.
          • grantc's avatar
            grantc
            This massive (in of music quantity, not physical size) box set could only ever be considered as the ultimate ABBA fan's collector's item. As such, it's a bit of a letdown. The design of the box is merely okay, and the finish on the individual cardboard sleeves is very rough, although the artwork reproduction is generally very good. The 2 hardcover books of lyrics and timeline are attractive and informative. The dvd component feels like an afterthought, especially the incomplete final tv concert; "The History" documentary was already redundant at the time of the set's release, superseded by the more thorough "The Winner Takes It All" and "Super Troupers". Probably the most enticing aspect of the band's complete videos on 1 dvd is the inclusion of the truly odd "The Last Video". No real attempt was made to create anything new. The best aspect of the set is the truly superlative sound, remastered yet again. If you're a big ABBA fan and find this at a discounted price (it's supposedly a limited edition, but 3 years after release it's still readily available) it's worth your money.

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