Arrival (album)

Arrival
ABBA studio album
Publication (s)	October 11, 1976
Label (s)	Polydor
Format (s)	LP, MC, CD
Genre (s)	pop
Title (number)	10/12
running time	39 min., Including bonus tracks
occupation	Singing : Agnetha Fältskog , Anni-Frid Lyngstad , Björn Ulvæus Bass : Rutger Gunnarsson Guitars : Janne Schaffer, Anders Glenmark, Lasse Wellander, Björn Ulvaeus Drums : Ola Brunkert , Roger Palm (Dancing Queen) Percussion : Malando Gassama Keyboards : Benny Andersson Streicher : Anders Dahl String arrangement: Sven-Olof Walldoff (Dancing Queen) Saxophone : Lasse Carlsson (Why Did It Have to Be Me)
production	Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
Studio (s)	Metronome Studio (sound engineer: Michael B. Tretow )
chronology Greatest Hits (1975) Arrival ABBA - The Album (1977)
Single releases August 16, 1976 Dancing Queen November 1, 1976 Money, money, money 4th February 1977 Knowing Me, Knowing You

Arrival is the fourth album by the Swedish pop group ABBA . It was released in October 1976 and was the group's first studio album that immediately became an international million seller . With around 9 million copies sold, it is one of the most successful ABBA albums. The single Dancing Queen reached number 1 in the charts in 16 countries, including the only ABBA single in the US charts , and sold over 6 million copies worldwide. The two subsequent singles Money, Money, Money and Knowing Me, Knowing You also became international hits. As part of the promotional tours for the album, the group traveled to Poland, Great Britain, the USA and Canada, among others.

The album is also the first of the group on which the well-known ABBA logo with the mirror-inverted "B" was used. The instrumental title track was covered in 1980 by Mike Oldfield on the album QE2 and released as a single, for which Oldfield also took over the motif of the record cover , a helicopter. The picture for the ABBA cover was taken in 1976 at Stockholm-Barkarby airport .

Recordings

The recordings for the album began on August 4th, 1975, almost a month after ABBA returned from their tour of the Swedish folk parks. Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus , who were also the composers of the group, tried in the first recording sessions to produce a song that had a modern dance rhythm. Under the working title Boogaloo , the two artists developed a piece of music that was based on both George McCrae's disco classic Rock Your Baby from 1974 and Dr. John's 1972 album Gumbo was later named Dancing Queen by ABBA manager Stig Anderson .

After a promotional tour through Australia in March 1976, the band began further recordings for the album. Knowing Me, Knowing You was the first ABBA song to be about separation and divorce. Also, That's Me was recorded in March. At the end of April 1976 there were two more recordings for the songs Happy Hawaii and Why Did It Have To Be Me , with Happy Hawaii initially only being an attempt to Why Did It Have To Be Me , but later as the B-side on the single by Knowing Me, Knowing You was released, while Why Did It Have To Be Me itself appeared on the album. This development phase explains the similarity of the two songs.

Money, Money, Money was taped in May 1976 , followed by When I Kissed the Teacher in June . Dancing Queen was presented on Swedish television for the first time that month . One day before the wedding of the Swedish royal couple, Carl XVI. Gustaf and Silvia , ABBA performed in baroque costumes at the Royal Opera in Stockholm on June 18th . The recordings continued in July with the songs Dum Dum Diddle and Tiger . In August 1976, in addition to My Love, My Life , the eponymous instrumental track Arrival was created . In September various overdubs were added to some titles. The play Fernando , which has also been produced as part of the recording sessions was not on the original release of Arrival contain. It was released as a single and in the Australian and New Zealand pressings on the album, but is now included as a bonus track on all CD editions.

Publication and Success

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Arrival   DE 1 December 15, 1976 (76 weeks)   AT 12 January 15, 1977 (32 weeks)   UK 1 11/27/1976 (93 weeks)   US 20th 01/29/1977 (50 weeks)   SE 1 October 19, 1976 (16 weeks)

Singles

Dancing Queen   DE 1 08/16/1976 (26 weeks)   AT 4th 09/15/1976 (20 weeks)   CH 3 08/13/1976 (34 weeks)   UK 1 08/21/1976 (20 weeks)   US 1 December 11, 1976 (22 weeks)   SE 1 08/24/1976 (20 weeks) Money, money, money   DE 1 11/22/1976 (22 weeks)   AT 3 December 15, 1976 (16 weeks)   CH 2 November 19, 1976 (14 weeks)   UK 3 11/20/1976 (12 weeks)   US 56 10/22/1977 (7 weeks) Knowing Me, Knowing You   DE 1 02/28/1977 (22 weeks)   AT 2 03/15/1977 (20 weeks)   CH 3 02/26/1977 (17 weeks)   UK 1 02/26/1977 (13 weeks)   US 14th 05/14/1977 (15 weeks)

album

Arrival was released on October 11, 1976 and entered the album charts in 18 countries . It reached number 1 in eleven countries and became the most successful album of the year in 1977 in Germany and Great Britain. In Sweden it was number 1 for ten weeks and sold more than 750,000 copies, making it one of the best-selling ABBA albums there. It also held the top position in Great Britain for ten weeks and sold 2.4 million copies, making it the third most successful ABBA album there after ABBA Gold and Greatest Hits . In Germany the album was at the top of the charts for 15 weeks and achieved three gold awards by 1978 . Today, with double platinum and over a million copies sold, it is one of the best-selling music albums in Germany . Arrival held its top position in the Netherlands for seven weeks and sold over 500,000 times. In addition, the album was at the top of the Danish chart for over 20 weeks and sold around 225,000 copies. In Norway , too, it held the top of the album charts for 20 weeks and achieved gold for at least 25,000 units. In Belgium it received a gold record for at least 50,000 copies sold. It reached number 2 in Finland, selling 78,000 times. Another 150,000 units were sold in Ireland.

In Australia, the RCA label partnered with six other record companies to meet pre-orders of 600,000 copies. Arrival was the only album in the 70s that entered the Australian album charts at the top position . It spent eight weeks at # 1 and sold over a million copies. In New Zealand , it received ten platinum awards for at least 150,000 units sold. In South Africa, the LP received a gold award for at least 25,000 copies. In the US, Arrival achieved gold for more than 500,000 units sold. In Japan the LP reached number 3 on the Oricon charts and sold almost 650,000 times together with the music cassette released at the same time. It also reached number 4 in Canada, where it achieved double platinum for over 200,000 copies sold. It also reached number 12 in Italy and number 15 in France, where more than 200,000 copies were sold. In what was then communist Poland, the entire annual budget approved by the Polish state was spent on importing western pop music for Arrival ; a total of 800,000 pieces were delivered to Poland.

Singles

As one of ABBA's most successful albums, Arrival also featured some of their greatest hits. All three single releases as well as Fernando , who was also recorded during the sessions for the album, became international chart successes and entered the single charts in at least 18 countries. After Fernando was released in March 1976 and therefore preferred to Dancing Queen , the single reached the top position in twelve countries and the top ten in ten others. Dancing Queen was released in August 1976 and became the most popular ABBA hit, with number one placements in 16 countries. In November 1976 the album Money, Money, Money followed , which also reached number 1 in eight countries and the top ten in seven others. Knowing Me, Knowing You was released as the last single from Arrival in February 1977 and was again in the top ten of nine countries and first place in five others. All four singles were also among the most successful of the year in several countries, for example in Australia, where Arrival is one of the few albums from which four singles made it into the top ten and three singles reached number 1.

Track list

page 1

1. When I Kissed The Teacher (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvæus) - 3:00 min
2. Dancing Queen (Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvæus) - 3:50 min
3. My Love, My Life (Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvæus) - 3:52 min
4. Dum Dum Diddle (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvæus) - 2:53 min
5. Knowing Me, Knowing You (Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvæus) - 4:02 min

Page 2

1. Money, Money, Money (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvæus) - 3:05 min
2. That's Me (Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvæus) - 3:15 min
3. Why Did It Have to Be Me (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvæus) - 3:20 min
4. Tiger (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvæus) - 2:55 min
5. Arrival (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvæus) (instrumental) - 3:00 min

Bonus title on the Deluxe Edition (2006)

• Fernando (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvæus)
• Happy Hawaii (Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvæus)
• Fernando (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvæus, Buddy McCluskey, Mary McCluskey) (Spanish version)
• La reina del baile (Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvæus, Buddy McCluskey, Mary McCluskey) (Spanish version of Dancing Queen)
• Conociéndome, conociédote (Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvæus, Buddy McCluskey, Mary McCluskey) (Spanish version of Knowing Me, Knowing You)
• Fernando (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvæus) (Swedish solo version by Frida )

See also

• List of the best-selling music albums certified by BVMI in Germany

Web links

• Arrival - The Making Of A Classic Pop Album . Retrieved July 23, 2018
• Arrival at Allmusic (English)
• Arrival at Discogs (English)
• abbaomnibus.net

Individual evidence

• Carl Magnus Palm: Light and Shadow. ABBA - The real story. Bosworth Edition, 2006, paperback edition, 638 pages. ISBN 3-86543-100-3 .

1. ↑ Carl Magnus Palm: Light and Shadow. ABBA - The real story. Pp. 327-355

• Carl Magnus Palm: Abba - Story & Songs compact. Bosworth Edition, 2007, 156 pages. ISBN 978-3-86543-227-8 .

1. ↑ Carl Magnus Palm: ABBA - story and songs compact. Pp. 43-52

• Charts

• “ABBA 5 YEARS” in: Billboard Newspaper - The International Misic-Record-Tape Newsweekly , September 8, 1979 issue

1. ↑ ^{a b} Holland, Finland
2. ↑ Ireland
3. ↑ Australia
4. ↑ Canada

1. ↑ ABBA Gold - The Success Story, p. 58
2. ↑ ^{a b} Abba - Dancing Queen SuperSeventies.com, 1977
3. ↑ ABBA - The Worldwide Chart Lists ( Memento April 6, 2012 on WebCite )
4. ↑ merkur.de: Stockholm - The ABBA city article from March 3, 2011
5. ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US Charts SE
6. ↑ Germany - Additional Information ( Memento from September 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ United Kingdom - Additional Information ( Memento from March 10, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ ^{a b c} Carl Magnus Palm: Superior Pop - Arrival Deluxe Edition Polar Music International AB, 2006, booklet for the edition, p. 21
9. ↑ ABBA Sales: UK Sales ( memento of October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on September 13, 2014
10. ↑ musikindustrie.de Search: ABBA - Arrival
11. ↑ Denmark ( memento from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) at ABBA Charts
12. ↑ Denmark - Additional Information ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
13. ↑ Norway - Additional Information ( Memento of the original dated September 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
14. ↑ Belgium - Additional Information ( Memento of October 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
15. ↑ Finland ( Memento from June 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) at ABBA Charts
16. ↑ ^{a b} Peter Charley: THE ABBA ALBUM Horowitz Publications, January 1977 (?)
17. ^ New Zealand ( memento of October 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) at ABBA Charts
18. ^ South Africa - Additional Information ( Memento from September 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
19. ↑ RIAA.com Search “ABBA” in the Gold & Platinum database, accessed August 8, 2015
20. ↑ Japan Charts ( Memento from April 26, 2012 on WebCite ). Retrieved August 20, 2015
21. ↑ France - Additional Information ( Memento from September 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive )