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'''''The Albums''''' is a [[box set]] of recordings by the Swedish [[Pop music|pop]] group [[ABBA]]. It was released on 11 November 2008 through [[Universal Music]].<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Albums-Amazon-com-Exclusive-Abba/dp/B001F9Y2CM/ The Albums at Amazon.com]</ref><ref>[http://abbaworld.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/abba-the-albums-a-new-box-set/ ABBA-The Albums, a new box set]</ref> The box set includes nine discs, the first eight are all of the original studio albums the way they were originally released between 1973 and 1981 while the ninth disc features all of the singles that were not released on the band's studio albums along with some of the [[A-side and B-side|B-sides]]. The previous box set (The Complete Studio Recordings) included an extra CD with some unreleased ABBA recordings. It also includes a 40 page booklet on ABBA’s history. This version does not include rarities or extras. The box set has charted in several countries.
'''''The Albums''''' is a [[box set]] of recordings by the Swedish [[Pop music|pop]] group [[ABBA]]. It was released on 11 November 2008 through [[Universal Music]].<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Albums-Amazon-com-Exclusive-Abba/dp/B001F9Y2CM/ The Albums at Amazon.com]</ref><ref>[http://abbaworld.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/abba-the-albums-a-new-box-set/ ABBA-The Albums, a new box set]</ref> The box set includes nine discs, the first eight are all of the original studio albums the way they were originally released between 1973 and 1981 while the ninth disc features all of the singles that were not released on the band's studio albums along with some of the [[A-side and B-side|B-sides]]. The previous box set (The Complete Studio Recordings) included an extra CD with non-album singles and B-sides. It also includes a 40 page booklet on ABBA’s history. This version does not include rarities or extras. The box set has charted in several countries.


==Background==
==Background==

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For The Albums 2016 set of five albums recorded by Geordie, see Geordie (band).
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The Albums is a box set of recordings by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released on 11 November 2008 through Universal Music.[2][3] The box set includes nine discs, the first eight are all of the original studio albums the way they were originally released between 1973 and 1981 while the ninth disc features all of the singles that were not released on the band's studio albums along with some of the B-sides. The previous box set (The Complete Studio Recordings) included an extra CD with non-album singles and B-sides. It also includes a 40 page booklet on ABBA’s history. This version does not include rarities or extras. The box set has charted in several countries.

Background

With ABBA's compilation albums re-charting after the release of the movie Mamma Mia! and its soundtrack, The Albums was released, just three years after the 9 CD/2 DVD set The Complete Studio Recordings (in certain territories available without the DVDs). While the latter comprises 133 tracks on its 9 audio discs, including a host of rarities such as recordings in Spanish, French and German as well as studio outtakes, alternate versions and mixes, The Albums only features 99 of these on the same number of discs. The iTunes version includes a 10th 'disc' or group of tracks, identical to the Rarities disc included in The Complete Studio Recordings set.

Track listing

CD 1 - Ring Ring (1973)

  1. "Ring Ring"
  2. "Another Town, Another Train"
  3. "Disillusion"
  4. "People Need Love"
  5. "I Saw It in the Mirror"
  6. "Nina, Pretty Ballerina"
  7. "Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)"
  8. "Me and Bobby and Bobby’s Brother"
  9. "He Is Your Brother"
  10. "She's My Kind of Girl"
  11. "I Am Just a Girl"
  12. "Rock'n Roll Band"

CD 2 - Waterloo (1974)

  1. "Waterloo"
  2. "Sitting in the Palmtree"
  3. "King Kong Song"
  4. "Hasta Mañana"
  5. "My Mama Said"
  6. "Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)"
  7. "Honey, Honey"
  8. "Watch Out"
  9. "What About Livingstone?"
  10. "Gonna Sing You My Lovesong"
  11. "Suzy-Hang-Around"

CD 3 - ABBA (1975)

  1. "Mamma Mia"
  2. "Hey, Hey Helen"
  3. "Tropical Loveland"
  4. "SOS"
  5. "Man in the Middle"
  6. "Bang-A-Boomerang"
  7. "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"
  8. "Rock Me"
  9. "Intermezzo No. 1"
  10. "I've Been Waiting for You"
  11. "So Long"

CD 4 - Arrival (1976)

  1. "When I Kissed the Teacher"
  2. "Dancing Queen"
  3. "My Love, My Life"
  4. "Dum Dum Diddle"
  5. "Knowing Me, Knowing You"
  6. "Money, Money, Money"
  7. "That's Me"
  8. "Why Did It Have to Be Me?"
  9. "Tiger"
  10. "Arrival"

CD 5 - The Album (1977)

  1. "Eagle"
  2. "Take a Chance on Me"
  3. "One Man, One Woman"
  4. "The Name of the Game"
  5. "Move On"
  6. "Hole in Your Soul"

The Girl With the Golden Hair: 3 Scenes From a Mini-Musical

  1. "Thank You for the Music"
  2. "I Wonder (Departure)"
  3. "I'm a Marionette"

CD 6 - Voulez-Vous (1979)

  1. "As Good as New"
  2. "Voulez-Vous"
  3. "I Have a Dream"
  4. "Angeleyes"
  5. "The King Has Lost His Crown"
  6. "Does Your Mother Know"
  7. "If It Wasn't for the Nights"
  8. "Chiquitita"
  9. "Lovers (Live a Little Longer)"
  10. "Kisses of Fire"

CD 7 - Super Trouper (1980)

  1. "Super Trouper"
  2. "The Winner Takes It All"
  3. "On and on and On"
  4. "Andante, Andante"
  5. "Me and I"
  6. "Happy New Year"
  7. "Our Last Summer"
  8. "The Piper"
  9. "Lay All Your Love on Me"
  10. "The Way Old Friends Do"

CD 8 - The Visitors (1981)

  1. "The Visitors"
  2. "Head Over Heels"
  3. "When All Is Said and Done"
  4. "Soldiers"
  5. "I Let the Music Speak"
  6. "One of Us"
  7. "Two for the Price of One"
  8. "Slipping Through My Fingers"
  9. "Like an Angel Passing Through My Room"

CD 9 - Bonus Tracks

  1. "Merry-Go-Round"
  2. "Santa Rosa"
  3. "Ring, Ring (Bara du slog en signal)" (Swedish version)
  4. "Waterloo" (Swedish version)
  5. "Fernando"
  6. "Crazy World"
  7. "Happy Hawaii"
  8. "Summer Night City"
  9. "Medley: Pick a Bale of Cotton - On Top of Old Smokey - Midnight Special"
  10. "Lovelight"
  11. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
  12. "Elaine"
  13. "Should I Laugh or Cry"
  14. "You Owe Me One"
  15. "Cassandra"
  16. "Under Attack"
  17. "The Day Before You Came"


Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[4] Gold 15,000^
Sweden (GLF)[5] Platinum 40,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[6] Silver 60,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1453355
  2. ^ The Albums at Amazon.com
  3. ^ ABBA-The Albums, a new box set
  4. ^ Guld og Platin I August Ifpi.dk. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  5. ^ certweek IS REQUIRED FOR SWEDISH CERTIFICATIONS.
  6. ^ "British album certifications – Abba – The Albums". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2017-04-18. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type The Albums in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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