The Abba Collection

1. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)

2. Winner Takes It All

3. Chiquitita

4. Fernando

5. Mamma Mia

6. Dancing Queen

7. I Have a Dream

8. Super Trouper

9. Name of the Game

10. Lay All Your Love on Me

11. Knowing Me, Knowing You

12. One of Us

13. S.O.S.

14. Money, Money, Money

15. Waterloo

The Abba Collection,Richard Clayderman,Quality Records,Contemporary Instrumental,Easy Listening,Instrumental Pop,Neo-Classical,Pop,Popular Music

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Average customer rating: All the hits, but too many missing album tracks I actually like this ABBA IS THE BEST!!! Mamma Mia Its Abba Excellent Collection

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Tracks:

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. SOS
10. Mamma Mia
11. Fernando
12. Dancing Queen
13. Money, Money, Money
14. Knowing Me, Knowing You
15. The Name Of The Game
16. Take A Chance On Me
17. Eagle
18. Summer Night City
19. Chiquitita
20. Does Your Mother Know

Tracks:

1. Voulez-Vous
2. Angeleyes
3. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
4. I Have A Dream
5. The 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. The Visitors (Crackin' Up)
13. The 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)

Amazon.com

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

Customer Reviews:

All the hits, but too many missing album tracks.......2007-06-24

While The Definitive Collection does have all of the hit singles, it is missing some very good album tracks like "Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)", "Hasta Mañana", "When I Kissed The Teacher", "Kisses Of Fire", and "Happy New Year". Why waste space on remixes of "Ring Ring" and "Voulez-Vous", when there's many more great ABBA tracks that could've been included?

I actually like this.......2007-05-21

I first got some interesed in them by seeing Pracilla Queen of the Desert and i like the songs i heard from them like Ferando, Dancing Queen, and Mama mia. But it took me years to get enough courage to buy a cd of theirs. They are so chessy and kind of embrasing to admit to liking. I deciede to get this over the single disk Abba Gold because it was a good price and i wanted to hear more songs besides the ones that everyone knows. I also have no desire to buy another ABBA cd. The first songs on here are not that great but they get better. People think of them as a disco act but they acutally did some folk, pop, new wave and some songs like The winner takes it All that are very Broadway. This is actually one of the better 2 cds best offs i have ever listen to. I say to the people like me that dont want to admit that they like this band to check this out. I read that this is suppose to come with liner notes but my new copy did not.

ABBA IS THE BEST!!!.......2007-05-05

La mejor recopilacion de uno de los mejores grupos de todos los tiempos, y todas las canciones ordenadas de forma cronologica, y un folleto donde se resume muy bien toda su historia, con muchas fotos de todas sus etapas de modo que uno puede ir siguiendo toda su trayectoria como grupo musical; las canciones, simplemente INCREIBLES, desde la sencilla "RING, RING" hasta canciones mas complicadas como "THE WINNER TAKES IT AT ALL"; sin faltar piezas inolvidables como "CHIQUITITA", "I DO I DO I DO", "WATERLOO", "DANCING QUEEN" y "TAKE A CHANCE ON ME"; incluso hay canciones que yo no conocia, como "HONEY HONEY", "ONE OF US" y "PEOPLE NEED LOVE", muy buenas tambien; SIMPLEMENTE LO MEJOR!!!

Mamma Mia Its Abba.......2007-04-22

I can recall this band when i was a child having alot of hits.Some of the songs i remember from those days were S.O.S. and Waterloo.My mum bought some of their albums and i just loved a heap of their songs.By the late 70's i started ignoring them as they got so much attention by the media.But i still liked alot of their tunes.Radio stations seemed to ignore this band alot in the 80's here.But i heard some of their songs and after so many years of not hearing them they sounded damn good,so i went and got a few albums.This was 1989 and i got right into them again.I always hoped this band would get back together,but the news is that they will not.Thats a shame,but there is so much music to reflect on.Every now and then i play their songs,Some of my favorites are the 2 i mentioned and Honey Honey,I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do ,Mamma Mia ,Fernando ,Ring Ring ,The Winner Takes It All ,Under Attack and Thank You For The Music.There is also a stack of other songs i like.This is a good collection of their songs.

Excellent Collection.......2007-01-11

If you were in Australia in 1977, then you were certainly subject to "Abbamania." Not since the arrival of the Beatles in 1964 had the Land Down Under scene such a phenomenon. It seemed like all of Sydney lined the streets to herald the arrival of the "Super Swedes." I was 12 years old at the time and I quickly fell under their spell, as did most of the nation's youth. Over the next couple of years they soon conquered the rest of the world, America to a much lesser extent, but the group eventually fell victim to over-exposure and by the early 80's it was clear that ABBA was to go down in history as a super group of the 1970's. It's interesting to me now, listening to this well-chosen collection of ABBA hits, to think that many of these songs have had a second-wind with the hit musical "Mamma Mia." Songs that didn't even originally make a splash in the U.S. are now being hummed across the country as a result of this worldwide stage smash. I love this particular collection. I think it will appeal to those of us who were ABBA devotees and those who are only now becoming familar with their evergreen material. The masterminds behind the songs, Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Anderson, are only now being recognized as the great writers that they were/are, and the passage of time only serves as a reminder, at least to me, that once upon a time there used to be GREAT songs on the pop charts.

Average customer rating: Sweet sounds from a super group. love their music Befuddling; There's Already A Boxed Set makes a good present ABBA's biggest American hits back to back..

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Tracks:

1. Waterloo
2. SOS
3. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
4. Mamma Mia
5. Fernando
6. Dancing Queen
7. Knowing Me, Knowing You
8. The Name Of The Game
9. Take A Chance On Me
10. Chiquitita
11. The Winner Takes It All

Customer Reviews:

Sweet sounds from a super group........2007-02-06

Abba is one of the few music groups who's music is always in fashion. There is not a "sour"" note on the whole CD. Abba lives and this CD proves it!

love their music.......2006-06-29

Always loved ABBA. Even though this has nothing to do with jazz, my favorite music, bar none, there is always room for Abba!
ABBA forever! What voices!

Befuddling; There's Already A Boxed Set.......2005-05-14

In my opinion, record companies should stop releasing hits compilations for certain artists once they get a boxed set released. Artists like Billy Joel, Kiss and Stevie Wonder all had comprehensive boxed sets of their material released, yet afterwards many shoddy single disc collections of these artists' work have been released.

The same goes for ABBA. Granted, the Swedish pop group has not been anthologized nowhere near as many times as the previous artists I've mentioned, but when they released the "Thank You For The Music" boxed set in 1994, the hits collections should have been done away with it. Granted, 2002's "The Definitive Collection" was a great way to expose new fans to ABBA without giving them too much all at once, but that was it. Stuff like "Gold" and "More Gold" should have been taken off the market.

Well, now we got "20th Century Masters - The Millenium Collection: The Best Of ABBA", a terrible, 12 track compilation. Now, I'm not saying ABBA's music. I personally think that their music never ranked below a solid 8.5, with the majority of it hitting a 10. However, all you get here is their most popular work, nothing else. Since this is an American collection, it makes sense sicne they only had four big (top ten) stateside hits, but even this is an inexcusable excuse.

Bottom line: skip this.

makes a good present.......2005-04-07

this cd makes a good presence for ur mum. mabey even a raise in allowance :D
i bought this as a present for my mum, cuz i knew she loved ABBA. gotta say, being a Britney spears fan, some of these songs aren't too bad. Now i kinda know why Britney says she was a bit "influenced" by them

ABBA's biggest American hits back to back.........2004-11-20

Many reviewers have given this CD an unsatisfactory review stating the fact that it's several songs short of ABBA Gold. These reviewers are completely missing the point. This CD was intended to showcase the bands American hits and not their International hits.

For the casual listener, this CD is highly recommended as it cuts right down to the chase (but then again, so does ABBA GOLD). For those of you out there who are impatient and can't sit through GOLD's 19 tracks then this CD is a blessing. The CD offers 11 out of ABBA's 20 US Chart entries. All of the 11 songs that are showcased peaked in the Top Forty of the Billboard singles charts. Ranging from their biggest- "Dancing Queen" (US# 1, CAN# 2), "Take a Chance on Me" (US# 3, CAN# 7), "Waterloo" (US# 6), "The Winner Takes It All" (US# 8, CAN #10), "Fernando" (US# 13, CAN# 2), "Knowing Me Knowing You (US# 14, CAN# 2), "SOS" (US# 15, CAN# 9), "I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do" (US# 15, CAN# 12), "The Name of the Game" (US# 12, CAN# 15) to their medium sized American hits- "Chiquitita" (US# 29, CAN# 17) and "Mamma Mia" (US# 32, CAN# 20).

However, even as a North American hits showcase, this CD is incomplete. Missing are the Top Forty Hits "Does Your Mother Know" (US# 19, CAN# 8), "Honey Honey" (US# 27) and "When All Is Said and Done" (US# 27). In my opinion, it should have also included their minor US hits such as "Super Trouper", "Money Money Money", "The Visitors", "Angeleyes", "Voulez-vous" and "On and On and On". But then again, THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION covers all the above and more.

It's very hard for me to give an ABBA greatest hits collection anything less than 5 stars considering all of their hit singles are extraordinary pieces of work with strong singing and excellent vocal harmonies. All of ABBA's hardcore fans probably already own the more condensed (and highly recommended) ABBA GOLD or THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION so this review is obviously not geared towards them. For the casual listener who may just want a sample of those four Swedes who conquered the International music charts bewteen 1974-1982, this CD is the perfect buy. Be warned however, that there is a high percentage that it will leave you wanting more.

Average customer rating: Bought this for Concerto for Clarinet Aaron Copland: Populist and Conductor Tribute to Lincoln A great way to get your dose of Copland.... Well balanced retrospective, -or- Listen to this!

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Tracks:

1. El Salon Mexico
2. An Outdoor Overture
3. Billy The Kid: Introduction: The Open Prairie
4. Billy The Kid: Street In A Frontier Town
5. Billy The Kid: Prairie Night (Card Game At Night)
6. Billy The Kid: Gun Battle
7. Billy The Kid: Celebration (After Billy's Capture)
8. Billy The Kid: Billy's Death
9. Billy The Kid: The Open Prairie Again
10. Quiet City
11. John Henry
12. Our Town
13. Las Agachadas
14. Fanfare For The Common Man

Tracks:

1. Rodeo (Four Dance Episodes): I. Buckaroo Holiday
2. Rodeo (Four Dance Episodes): II. Corral Nocturne
3. Rodeo (Four Dance Episodes): III. Saturday Night Waltz
4. Rodeo (Four Dance Episodes): IV. Hoedown
5. The City: New England Countryside
6. Of Mice And Men: Barley Wagons
7. The City: Sunday Traffic
8. Our Town: Grovers Corners
9. Of Mice And Men: Threshing Machines
10. Appalachian Spring (Suite From The Ballet): Very Slow
11. Appalachian Spring (Suite From The Ballet): Fast
12. Appalachian Spring (Suite From The Ballet): Moderato
13. Appalachian Spring (Suite From The Ballet): Fast
14. Appalachian Spring (Suite From The Ballet): Still Faster
15. Appalachian Spring (Suite From The Ballet): As At First (Slowly)
16. Appalachian Spring (Suite From The Ballet): Calm And flowing
17. Appalachian Spring (Suite From The Ballet): Moderato; Coda
18. Letter From Home
19. Danzon Cubano

Tracks:

1. Lincoln Portrait: Lento
2. Lincoln Portrait: Subito Allegro
3. Lincoln Portrait: 'Fellow Citizens, We Cannot Escape History...'
4. Symphony No. 3: I. Molto Moderato-With Simple Expression
5. Symphony No. 3: II. Allegro Molto
6. Symphony No. 3: III. Andantino Quasi Allegretto
7. Symphony No. 3: IV. Molto Deliberato
8. Concerto For Clarinet, Strings, Harp, & Piano

Amazon.com

Aaron Copland made numerous recordings of his own music, including an extensive series for CBS during the 1960s and '70s, mostly with London orchestras. He was not an especially proficient conductor--consequently, the performances he conducted often lacked pace and rhythmic punch. His last recordings of his most popular scores have been reissued by Sony on an exceptionally well-remastered 3-CD set. These accounts do a good job of conveying the overall shape of the pieces, and they deliver telling characterizations of many episodes. Details emerge that are lost in some other accounts, and there is an appealing gentleness and sweetness to the approach. But the readings do not have as much grip as those of Bernstein and Slatkin, among others, and in spite of the authority they automatically possess, they are not necessarily preferable. --Ted Libbey

Customer Reviews:

Bought this for Concerto for Clarinet.......2007-07-14

The sum is greater than the parts. This is a great Copland collection and shows his diversity. Yet as divers and the three CD are they are all distinctively Copland. Benny Goodman is usually associated with jazz yet he was also diverse in his career. "Concerto for Clarinet, Strings, and Harp & Piano" is a mantra that will carry you to a timeless place.

An added plus is the many other popular pieces that you know you heard but did not realize it was Copland especially the music from movies.

You may have to play the set a few times before being able to recognize the different tracks by name. The down side is many of Copland's works are outside of the date range of this collection.

Aaron Copland: Populist and Conductor.......2005-03-29

If you want a prime collection of Copland's more accessible works, this is it. Yes, it's true that Bernstein's recordings of individual pieces are often bolder and livelier; but this set offers the composer's own authoritative view of his work, and for that reason alone it is priceless. In addition, it includes virtually all the orchestral pieces he composed during his "populist phase," from El Salon Mexico (1936) to the Clarinet Concerto (1948). You won't find some of these lesser-known gems, such as An Outdoor Overture (1938) or Letter from Home (1944, written--like Rhapsody in Blue--for Paul Whiteman), on typical single-disc Copland compilations. I'd even go so far as to claim this as one of the four indispensable compilations of American instrumental music from the first half of the twentieth century (the others on my list--in case anyone cares--are Joshua Rifkin playing Scott Joplin, Oscar Levant playing Gershwin, and the Blanton-Webster band recordings of Duke Ellington).

What amazing riches flowed from Copland's pen during the period covered by these three discs! Billy the Kid (1939), Quiet City (1940), Our Town (1940), Fanfare for the Common Man (1942), Rodeo (1942), Lincoln Portrait (1942), Appalachian Spring (1944), and the Third Symphony (1946)--all are here. Some of this music is so familiar, so deeply ingrained in America's cultural consciousness, that we might be tempted to take it for granted. But imagine how much poorer the American concert repertoire would be without it. It's almost impossible, at this point, to conceive of a time when this wonderful music--which is to America roughly what Mussorgsky's music is to Russia, Grieg's to Norway, and Falla's to Spain--didn't exist. It was during the dozen years covered by this collection that Copland pulled away from the pack of his talented contemporaries (Hanson, Thomson, Harris, etc.) and, in a way, but with greater technical sophistication, filled the void left by the tragically early death of Gershwin, whose heyday, 1924-1935, immediately preceded the composition of the works on this collection.

The ballet music is all presented here in the familiar orchestral suites Copland arranged. Most of the selections are played by the London Symphony Orchestra, although the New Philharmonia and the just-plain Philharmonia get cracks at a few key works. The last-named orchestra, for instance, takes on the biggest piece on the program, Copland's Third, the closest thing American music has to a Beethoven's Ninth (although the work's sublime rhetoric has never completely convinced me--it's neither my personal favorite by Copland nor my favorite American symphony . . . but it sure has its moments). In addition to the fine orchestral playing, another treat is that Henry Fonda narrates the Lincoln Portrait--an almost inevitable pick, given the virtually mythic way his acting style embodied the American spirit and the fact that he had portrayed the sixteenth president in John Ford's classic film Young Mr. Lincoln (1939).

The set concludes with what, over the years, has become my favorite work by Copland, the Concerto for Clarinet, Strings, Harp, & Piano, written for and performed here by surely the last century's greatest clarinetist, Benny Goodman. This work effects a concise synthesis between Copland's mature style and his earlier jazz stylings from the 1920s; in addition, the searing eloquence of the opening slow movement seems to me the most profound lyrical writing Copland ever achieved. Stoltzman's recording, ironically enough, swings harder than the king of swing's, but this collaboration between the composer and the man who commissioned it is for the ages.

The only major "populist" scores written after the period this collection covers are the film scores to The Red Pony (1948) and The Heiress (1949). Both can be acquired on an essential Leonard Slatkin CD for RCA. And since this collection doesn't include chamber music, the great Violin Sonata (1943), a kind of more intimate counterpart to Appalachian Spring, will have to be sought elsewhere. (One good option is Gil Shaham/Andre Previn on DG.) A serious Copland collector will also want to grab the other two volumes of the Copland Collection itself. The early set features important works such as the Organ Symphony (1924), Music for the Theater (1925), and the Short Symphony (1932)--but both of the other collections also include long, thorny pieces like the early Symphonic Ode and the late Connotations that can be rather difficult for the average enthusiast to enjoy.

Most of the essential, universal Copland is to be found on this second installment of the Copland Collection, and I would definitely recommend it as the place to start exploring Copland's magnificent contribution to American music. It has been a wonderful and treasured companion of mine for many years, and it also serves to conjure up a timely and inspiring vision of open prairies, nocturnal cityscapes, and the populist, humane values that America should, ideally, epitomize.

Tribute to Lincoln.......2001-10-28

I purchased this set of Copeland CD's because I wanted the Tribute to Lincoln narrated by Henry Fonda. This is a masterful recording especially for Americans in this time. The Tribute sends chills down my spine whenever I her it. My greatest joy however, was how much I have enjoyed all of the CD's in the set. I tend to be much more of a classical listener. I have heard Copeland but not in any organized fashion. This set has brought a new and delightful experience to my listening options.

A great way to get your dose of Copland...........2000-06-30

The 2nd of this three CD collection is wonderful. My favorite though is the third one. Doesn't mean this isn't good. This Sony Copland Collection set is worth the money for. Copland is sooo much more then Appalachian Spring, Fanfare for the Common Man, Rodeo, etc... But you get a lot of typical Copland on these CDs. Songs we all know and love. But there are some unfamiliar good ones too. Concerto for Clarinet took me by storm. So did Letters from Home. Good quality, good booklet, good recording, good playing (how Copland got the London Symphony to play something right I will never know), good everything. It's not perfect because it doesn't compete with THE best Copland like the third CD set of this collection, or the The Tendeer Land. Oh, these three CD sets don't cover all Copland, but it does for the most part. It doesn't have many chamber works, two choral works, and his two operas. You can cover some of those with the full version of Tender Land and of Second Hurricane (which also comes with the choral work, In the Beginning). But this is a good series. I highly recommend it!

Well balanced retrospective, -or- Listen to this!.......1999-08-11

Mr. Copland's works, as always, are exceptional This album, which consists of his work both as a composer and as a conductor, brings his music to life in a way no other conductor can. This is a well mastered and well produced work and worth the listen. To hear Arron Copland's music as he intended is wonderfull.

Average customer rating:

20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of ABBA (Eco-Friendly Packaging) ABBA Manufacturer: Polydor / Umgd ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Euro Dance | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Sweden | Scandinavia | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Swedish Pop | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ASIN: B000MDH8FA Release Date: 2007-01-30

Tracks:

1. Waterloo
2. S.O.S.
3. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
4. Mamma Mia
5. Fernando
6. Dancing Queen
7. Knowing Me, Knowing You
8. Name of the Game
9. Take a Chance on Me
10. Chiquitita
11. Winner Takes It All

Album Description

The 20th Century Masters series is the best-selling single-artist line in music history and is being re-released by Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) in its ground-breaking, environmentally-friendly packaging format. A first for the music industry, the standard package (both sleeve and tray) will be completely paper-recyclable, continuing the company's long-standing commitment to being "green."

To further reduce the amount of paper in the Eco-Pack, the CD booklet will no longer be offered. Official liner notes are easily accessible on the Internet at http://www.ilovethatsong.com/green.

UMe is the first North American music company to replace the traditional jewel case with recycled paperboard sleeves and the plastic tray with trays made from PaperFoam®, a new packaging technology from Shorewood Packaging, a business of International Paper, that is paper-recyclable and biodegradable. Shorewood Packaging is the first North American packaging supplier to produce disc trays from PaperFoam®.

Average customer rating: Best Place to Start with the Millennium Collection

The Best of Rock & Pop: 20th Century Masters the Millennium Collection Manufacturer: UME ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0007KWRJA

Customer Reviews:

Best Place to Start with the Millennium Collection.......2005-06-05

2004's remastered best of cds under the millenium collection sound better than ever; these are studio mixes the way they are supposed to sound. This particular disc is the sampler; a song from each, a best of the best ofs. It will give you an idea of just how fresh this stuff sounds! Happy collecting!

Average customer rating: no idle boast here... Just had to have this

25th Anniversary Singles Collection ABBA Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Dance Pop | Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Euro Dance | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Sweden | Scandinavia | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Swedish Pop | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00002MI41 Release Date: 1999-12-07

Tracks:

1. People Need Love
2. Merry-Go-Round

Tracks:

1. Ring Ring
2. Rock & Roll Band

Tracks:

1. Waterloo [English Version]
2. Watch Out

Tracks:

1. Honey, Honey
2. Ring Ring

Tracks:

1. So Long
2. I've Been Waiting for You

Tracks:

1. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
2. Rock Me

Tracks:

1. S.O.S.
2. Man in the Middle

Tracks:

1. Mamma Mia
2. Intermezzo No. 1

Tracks:

1. Fernando
2. Tropical Loveland

Tracks:

1. Dancing Queen
2. That's Me

Tracks:

1. Money, Money, Money
2. Crazy World

Tracks:

1. Knowing Me, Knowing You
2. Happy Hawaii

Tracks:

1. Name of the Game
2. I Wonder (Departure)

Tracks:

1. Take a Chance on Me
2. I'm a Marionette

Tracks:

1. Eagle
2. Thank You for the Music

Tracks:

1. Summer Night City
2. Pick a Bale of Cotton/On Top of Old Smokey/Midnight Special

Tracks:

1. Chiquitita
2. Lovelight

Tracks:

1. Does Your Mother Know
2. Kisses of Fire

Tracks:

1. Voulez-Vous
2. Angeleyes

Tracks:

1. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
2. King Has Lost His Crown

Tracks:

1. I Have a Dream
2. Take a Chance on Me [Live]

Tracks:

1. Winner Takes It All
2. Elaine

Tracks:

1. Super Trouper
2. Piper

Tracks:

1. One of Us
2. Should I Laugh or Cry

Tracks:

1. Head Over Heels
2. Visitors

Tracks:

1. Day Before You Came
2. Cassandra

Tracks:

1. Under Attack
2. You Owe Me One

Album Details

Reissue of the Complete 27 CD Singles Collection Now Repackaged in a Cardboard Slipcase.

Customer Reviews:

no idle boast here..........2002-02-03

the 27 singles in this set (29 if you were lucky to get your hands on the ealier edition in the tin box)released to comemorate abba's victory at the eurovision song fest in 1974 are certified hits... 3 hits out of every album (8 in all)an average of five countries per single, covering virtually every territory from australia to zimbabwe, 19 hitting #1 in at least one country, with two justfiable exceptions: communist china and north korea.

not bad for a band whose mother tounge ain't english...ja?

Just had to have this.......2000-11-26

I am a huge ABBA fan, and although I have most of their CD's (& even the old vinyls) I just had to get this collection - although mine also has the German & French versions of Waterloo and comes in a metal box. It is always great to listen to ABBA.

Average customer rating:

The Abba Collection Richard Clayderman Manufacturer: Atv Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000007PIR Release Date: 1998-06-23

Tracks:

1. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
2. Winner Takes It All
3. Chiquitita
4. Fernando
5. Mamma Mia
6. Dancing Queen
7. I Have a Dream
8. Super Trouper
9. Name of the Game
10. Lay All Your Love on Me
11. Knowing Me, Knowing You
12. One of Us
13. S.O.S.
14. Money, Money, Money
15. Waterloo

Average customer rating:

The Definitive Collection ABBA Manufacturer: Universal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Dance Pop | Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Euro Dance | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Swedish Pop | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005R0W5 Release Date: 2002-01-25

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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][*]

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring Two Bonus Tracks: 'ring Ring (1974 Single Remix Version)', and 'voulez-vous (Extended USA Promo Remix)'.

Average customer rating: A guilty pleasure for someone only twenty-two! A nice selection of ABBA tunes Nothing special here A NEW OUTLOOK ON ABBA Awesome CD....

The Collection ABBA Manufacturer: Polydor / Umgd ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Swedish Pop | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Euro Dance | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music ASIN: B000009PO6 Release Date: 1998-08-04

Tracks:

1. Thank You For The Music
2. The Winner Takes It All
3. Fernando
4. One Of Us
5. Angel Eyes
6. The Day Before You Came
7. Eagle
8. So Long
9. Why Did It Have To Be Me
10. Ring Ring
11. The Way Old Friends Do

Amazon.com

A couple of early bubble-gummy tracks ("Ring Ring," "So Long") are the only reminders on The Collection that ABBA were one infectious junk-pop machine. Most of this disc, something of a laidback companion to the two ABBA Gold CDs, is given over to big- production adult-contemporary ballads like "Thank You for the Music," "The Winner Takes It All," and "Fernando." So your buying choice depends on whether you're a fan of the rather stultifyingly "mature" ABBA herein displayed or of the fab outfit that produced "Waterloo," "Dancing Queen" and the (grown-up!) "Knowing Me, Knowing You"--all of them absent here. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

A guilty pleasure for someone only twenty-two! .......2007-07-12

Yeah, I should probably letting out my angst with the latest Kelly Clarkson CD, or pimping my ride with "T.I. vs T.P." but hey, we all have moments where we need to reminisce. And let me say, "Thank YOU, Abba."
Thank YOU Barnes and Noble, for letting me purchase this wonderful CD for only $9.99!

Granted, I was not around when ABBA graced the airwaves across Sweden and the United States, but that does not mean I cannot appreciate them. After all, without them, would we have had the A*Teens? Probably, but with so many covers being done by other groups such as the dance act Sylver and E-Rotic, there is reason why they are being covered.

Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus are nothing short of genius when it comes to writing and composing. Regardless of any age group, these songs are extremely easy to pick up and listen to. Granted some songs may deal with divorce and things that most teenagers have yet to experience, but they can be related in some way. The piano flourishes beautifully in each of these tracks with a tiny hint of disco lingering around the background.

"Fernando" is stunning, with its marching band drums and battle cry like whistling in the beginning of the song. "Angel Eyes," is a delictable and danceable treat with some of the most creative lyrics "The look that he gave her made me shiver / cos he always used to look at me that way/ and I thought/ maybe I should walk right up to her and say / it's a game he likes to play." Before we had the tell off songs of Beyonce and Kelly Clarkson, we had ABBA!

"So Long" and "Ring, Ring" are extremely infectious, and bring a sense of light rock pop to the album. "Ring, Ring," is definitely my favorite out of the two, as it seems more upbeat and the lyrics are ace. "Ring, ring, why don't you give me a call? / Ring, ring, I stare at the phone on the wall / And I sit all alone impatiently..."

However, kudos and my favorite track on the album is the closer, "The Way Old Friends Do." It starts off with a French like beat, which fades into the background while the quartet's vocals shine! The song definitely has more mature lyrics than the rest of the tracks and it is one of the shortest tracks on the album. "I don't care / what comes tomorrow / we can face it together / the way old friends do." Immediately after that part, I get chills from the orchestral background that seeps together with the vocals, not overpowering the vocals, but definitely adding much needed emphasis.

All in all, I am kinda blue that I wasn't around when ABBA was at their prime, but with bands paying tribute to them around the clock, I can find solace knowing that ABBA will always be around, "the way old friends" are.

A nice selection of ABBA tunes.......2004-04-27

ABBA was formed in 1972 by four great Swedish musicians (Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad - ABBA, get it?). Featuring wonderful vocals and bouncing instrumentation, plus enjoyable (if somewhat lightweight) lyrics, the group shot to international stardom, dominating charts around the world until their final breakup in 1982. This album was put together in 1998, and contains a nice selection of ABBA tunes.

Yes, considering the group broke up some sixteen years before this album came out there is nothing new here. But, that said, it is a nice album with lots of great ABBA tunes. Heck, I do not have a large CD collection, and as such was very glad to have access to tunes that I did not have before. In particular, I found the album's ending with The Way Old Friends Do to be quite poignant.

My thirteen-year-old daughter has now become an ABBA fan, and she enjoys this album as much as I do. We both recommend this CD to you!

Nothing special here.......2002-08-14

A nice collection, but, as the editorial review says, it skews toward to the serious, big-production ballads, making for a rather one-dimensional picture of the group. I also judge the sound quality to be not as crisp and clear as it is on the recently-remastered individual albums. Finally, the booklet is blank except for song titles. Since there is nothing here even the most casual Abba fan probably doesn't already have in triplicate, this collection is easily passed over.

A NEW OUTLOOK ON ABBA.......2001-12-30

This was the first of many ABBA cd's that I have boughten and is truthfully the best, in my opinion. It is a "collection" of some of their best stuff...their best songs. I really enjoyed the simplisity of this album.

Awesome CD...........1999-05-09

If you have to choose between ABBA cd's to get, choice #1 should be "ABBA The Album", and choice #2 is this one...Both 5 Starz!

Average customer rating: more than just a bunch of singles... Limited Edition: 20,000 Worldwide A must for the dyed in the wool abba fan!

Singles Collection 1972-82 ABBA Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Dance Pop | Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Euro Dance | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Sweden | Scandinavia | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Swedish Pop | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000IR1R Release Date: 1999-04-13

Tracks:

1. People Need Love
2. Merry-Go-Round

Tracks:

1. Ring Ring
2. Rock & Roll Band

Tracks:

1. Waterloo [English Version]
2. Watch Out

Tracks:

1. Waterloo [German Version]
2. Waterloo [French Version]
3. Waterloo [Swedish Version][*]

Tracks:

1. Honey, Honey
2. Ring Ring

Tracks:

1. So Long
2. I've Been Waiting for You

Tracks:

1. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
2. Rock Me

Tracks:

1. S.O.S.
2. Man in the Middle

Tracks:

1. Mamma Mia
2. Intermezzo No. 1

Tracks:

1. Fernando
2. Tropical Loveland

Tracks:

1. Dancing Queen
2. That's Me

Tracks:

1. Money, Money, Money
2. Crazy World

Tracks:

1. Knowing Me, Knowing You
2. Happy Hawaii

Tracks:

1. Name of the Game
2. I Wonder (Departure) [Live]

Tracks:

1. Take a Chance on Me
2. I'm a Marionette

Tracks:

1. Eagle
2. Thank You for the Music

Tracks:

1. Summer Night City
2. Medley: Pick a Bale of Cotton/On Top of Old Smokey/Midnight Special

Tracks:

1. Chiquitita [English Version]
2. Lovelight

Tracks:

1. Does Your Mother Know
2. Kisses of Fire

Tracks:

1. Voulez-Vous
2. Angeleyes

Tracks:

1. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
2. King Has Lost His Crown

Tracks:

1. I Have a Dream
2. Take a Chance on Me [Live]

Tracks:

1. Winner Takes It All
2. Elaine

Tracks:

1. Super Trouper
2. Piper

Tracks:

1. One of Us
2. Should I Laugh or Cry

Tracks:

1. Head Over Heels
2. Visitors

Tracks:

1. Day Before You Came
2. Cassandra

Tracks:

1. Under Attack
2. You Owe Me One

Album Description

Available once again & for $25 less! This is a limited edition box set (20,000 copies worldwide, each individually numbered) with all 28 singles they released during this period, plus a bonus CD single with 'Waterloo' (Swedish Version) to commemorate that

Album Details

Very Limited Edition Only 20,000 Worldwide. 29 Original Singles a and B Sides in an Embossed Tin Can. Digitally Remastered with 16 Page Booklet.

Customer Reviews:

more than just a bunch of singles..........1999-12-23

more than just a bunch of singles lumped in one tin box, this set chronicles how the songwriting of benny and bjorn evolved from the carefree people need love to the funereal the day before you came. from its tacky costumes (check out the sleeves) in the beginning to the ultra chic look in the end. how love brought about the group's spectular rise and how the end of it led to,what a lot say, a untimely demise. trivia aside,the singles contained herein ARE HITS! charting an average of 2 countries per single...from the first to the very last.not bad for a group whose mother tounge IS NOT english!

Limited Edition: 20,000 Worldwide.......1999-07-07

This is a rerelease of a box set issued in Germany in 1982, I think. At least that is where the idea came from. This is as much a collectable as anything else. But it's a kick to look back at the single covers and see how much we (and Abba) changed over the years. If you buy this, do me (and you) a favor and also invest in the "From Waterloo to Dumela" CD of the tribute concert in Sweden. It's a great album and will give you an appreciation for how the music holds up over time as well as what Benny and Bjorn have been up to since.

A must for the dyed in the wool abba fan!.......1999-05-28

Those familiar with the critical travails of this platform wearing foursome are aware that one of those unfounded comments about them was that they were just a "singles band".So, you might ask, why are they releasing a (lavish) boxed set of their SINGLES ??!!?? won't it reinforce this fallacy? For those who are old enough to remember, it's the 25th anniversary of their Eurovision Song Contest victory. Very keen listeners might notice some re-editing on "Dancing Queen" and "Knowing Me, Knowing You" whose previously available editions have slight mixing flaws. Personally, i think the re-editing was unecessary since I never noticed them in all the 2 decades that i've been enjoying these gems. Some things are simply better left alone -warts and all. I mean, "Waterloo" had more editing flaws than these two tracks...why wasn't that corrected? Anyway, this collection was still worthing saving for. Get it while it's not too late...I already have the 1481st box.

Meditation Music:

1. The Ancient and the Infant
2. The Enchanted Forest
3. The Hidden Rift
4. The Journey: Places, Real and Imagined
5. The Lost Chord
6. The New World Opera
7. The Pond: The Ultimate in Relaxation and Meditation
8. Tranquil Harbor
9. Tun Huang (Silk Road 3)
10. Upslide

Meditation Music

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Opera for Pleasure: Puccini's Turandot (Highlights)

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R&B 2 Rue [Import]

Rewind!, Vol. 4

Les Meilleurs [Import]

Return of the West

On a Mission

Nicolò Paganini: Quartets Nos. 1, 9-13 for Violin, Viola, Guitar & Cello - Quartetto Paganini

On and Out

Serie Focus [Import]

O.G. Style [Explicit Lyrics]

Talkin' to Myself

Well-Matched: The Best of Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia