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Is there anything that simply screams the 1970s' most indelible pop cultural clichés--the sunny romanticism, perfect vocal hooks, feathered hair, stacked heels, and flared sateen britches--more than the Swedish pop phenomenon Abba? And while many a pundit snootily dismissed them during their prime as some sort of prefabricated aberration, their worldwide popularity peaked somewhere just south of Beatlesmania. Indeed, Abba's music was as finely tooled and crafted as anything to come from a Volvo or IKEA factory--if occasionally more economically potent. This double-disc, 37-track anthology comes neatly on the heels of Mama Mia!, the smash, if unlikely, Broadway show based on the band's hits, and documents every single released by the band's Polar label in their home country as well as key tracks released internationally.
This is the canon from whence the term "Europop" sprang. With a continental sense of vocal neoclassicism, informed by just the right ethnic clichés (and oft wed to the era's insistent 4/4 disco beat) to make songs like "Mama Mia," "Fernando," "Chiquitita," and "Voulez-Vous" work on a global scale, the writing team of Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson and their respective partners in music and life, Agnetha Faltskog and Frida Lyngstad, developed the seamless, wall-of-sound productions contained herein. The Definitive Collection features a rare single remix of "Ring, Ring" and a 1979 promo-only extended mix of "Voulez-Vous" as bonus tracks, as well as a concise, illustrated history of the band and each track. --Jerry McCulley
Tracklisting:
Disc 1:
1. People Need Love
2. He Is Your Brother
3. Ring Ring
4. Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)
5. Waterloo
6. Honey, Honey
7. So Long
8. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
9. S.O.S.
10. Mamma Mia
11. Fernando
12. Dancing Queen
13. Money, Money, Money
14. Knowing Me, Knowing You
15. Name of the Game
16. Take a Chance on Me
17. Eagle
18. Summer Night City
19. Chiquitita
20. Does Your Mother Know
Disc 2:
1. Voulez-Vous
2. Angeleyes
3. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
4. I Have a Dream
5. Winner Takes It All
6. Super Trouper
7. On and on and On
8. Lay All Your Love on Me
9. One of Us
10. When All Is Said and Done
11. Head Over Heels
12. Visitors (Crackin' Up)
13. Day Before You Came
14. Under Attack
15. Thank You for the Music
16. Ring Ring [1974 Remix, Single Version][*]
17. Voulez-Vous [Extended Remix, 1979 US Promo][*]
Customer Reviews:
Great ABBA CD
This CD has 30+ of ABBA's greatest hits. Two of the songs are repeated in french.
Abba's best songs 
This is definitly the best collection of songs on Cd...it has everything and is deffinitly worth getting,,the remastering is not as good on this collection as it is on Abba Gold...
Passion from the so-called phlegmatic Swedes
A revelation! Cotton candy for the ear, true, but expertly spun. I dismissed them thirty years ago as bubble gum disco camp, but after a recent listen I knew I was hearing something very special. There is a reason for the enduring appeal of this group. Call it the inevitabilty of chord progressions, or the perfect crafting of voices and technology, Abba is FAR better than I thought they would be.
all the best songs
this is a great deal, and great music! all my favorites plus a number of their songs I had forgotten about. I am extremely pleased with this CD set.
fabulous!
This is ABBA, complete and on 2 cd's. If your an ABBA fan, it's all here and then some. Over 40 songs. Awesome!
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