ABBA Live

ABBA Live
Live album from ABBA
Publication (s)	August 18, 1986
Label (s)	Polar Music
Format (s)	CD, LP, MC
Genre (s)	pop
Title (number)	11/14
running time	62:42
occupation	Singing : Agnetha Fältskog , Anni-Frid Lyngstad , Björn Ulvaeus Bass : Rutger Gunnarsson Guitar : Lasse Wellander, Björn Ulvaeus Drums : Ola Brunkert Keyboard & Synthesizers: Benny Andersson Producer = Benny Andersson Bjorn Ulvaeus
chronology The Singles - The First 10 Years (1982) ABBA Live ABBA Gold (1992)

ABBA Live was the only official live album by the pop group ABBA for 28 years, until the release of ABBA Live at Wembley on September 26, 2014 . It was released on August 18, 1986, four years after the band split in late 1982. The release of the live album in 1986 led to speculation around the world at the time about a possible reunification of the pop group.

Emergence

Four years after ABBA split up, Polar Music decided to release a live album . However, neither ABBA nor the audience was interested in this sound carrier. ABBA Live was one of the few flops in ABBA's discography because, contrary to other experiences, the sales numbers were miserable.

Eight of the pieces were recorded during a series of six ABBA concerts at London's Wembley Arena in November 1979 , two from the 1977 tour of Australia and four from the television show Dick Cavett meets Abba in 1981. The album was released by Polydor in 1992 as CD and released again in 1997 as a remastered CD and is currently no longer available.

Reviews

The album was also not received positively by the music critics; The magazine Audio reviewed ABBA hits with a touch of sweat in March 2004 "Live" and only awarded 2 out of 5 stars. The Billboard, on the other hand, sees the live recording as often underrated ( often underestimated ) and apparently superfluous [...] with the various hit compilations on CD , but also states that the title Does Your Mother Know puts the studio playback to shame and the vocals is never less than numbing.

Track list

page 1

1. Dancing Queen (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson) (November 1979, Wembley Arena)
2. Take a Chance on Me (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus) (November 1979, Wembley Arena)
3. I Have a Dream (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus) (November 1979, Wembley Arena)
4. Does Your Mother Know (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus) (November 1979, Wembley Arena)
5. Chiquitita (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus) (November 1979, Wembley Arena)

Page 2

1. Thank You for the Music (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus) (November 1979, Wembley Arena)
2. Two for the Price of One (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus) (April 1981, Dick Cavett)
3. Fernando (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus) (March 1977, Australian tour)
4. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus) (April 1981, Dick Cavett)
5. Super Trouper (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus) (April 1981, Dick Cavett)
6. Waterloo (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson) (November 1979, Wembley Arena)

Bonus pieces on the CD version

1. Money, Money, Money (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus) (March 1977, Australian tour)
2. The Name of the Game (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson) / Eagle (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus) (November 1979, Wembley Arena)
3. On and On and On (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus) (April 1981, Dick Cavett)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Polar Music International AB : ABBA Live. (No longer available online.) In: www.abbasite.com. 2012, archived from the original on May 17, 2017 ; Retrieved May 7, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Germancharts.com ABBA live
3. ↑ audio: review in issue 03-04
4. ↑ Billboard: Page no longer available , search in web archives: ABBA live review