ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits

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Anyone looking for the key to Abba's enduring appeal should look no further than "Voulez Vous" and "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" for their answer. There was an innocence to the Swedish quartet, even when they were singing about one-night stands and the invitations to them. Gold establishes that the band, while appreciated as campy, were actually multifaceted in their execution. "S.O.S." has a raw urgency in its chorus, and "Does Your Mother Know" draws its energy from classic '50s rock & roll. Likewise, you don't have to be Priscilla to swoon over "Mamma Mia" or "Dancing Queen." And when it comes to drama, those soaring vocals on "The Winner Takes It All" turn the song into a bitter anthem of every relationship that has ever fallen apart. The much-covered "Lay All Your Love on Me" is practically epic. --Steve Gdula

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Average customer rating: ABBA was/is Top of the Pops. But did you know these? Better music One of the best Swedish imports Make sure this is what you're looking for. Awesome

ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits ABBA Manufacturer: Polydor / Umgd ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Disco | 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 | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Dance & DJ | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music International | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Mamma Mia! The Musical Based on the Songs of ABBA: A Decca Broadway Original Cast Recording (1999 London Cast) The Definitive Collection The Mamas & the Papas - Greatest Hits The Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits: The Record The Best of Simon & Garfunkel ASIN: B000001DZO Release Date: 1993-09-21

Tracks:

1. Dancing Queen
2. Knowing Me, Knowing You
3. Take A Chance On Me
4. Mamma Mia
5. Lay All Your Love On Me
6. Super Trouper
7. I Have A Dream
8. The Winner Takes It All
9. Money, Money, Money
10. S.O.S.
11. Chiquitita
12. Fernando
13. Voulez Vous
14. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
15. Does Your Mother Know
16. One Of Us
17. The Name Of The Game
18. Thank You For The Music
19. Waterloo

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Anyone looking for the key to Abba's enduring appeal should look no further than "Voulez Vous" and "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" for their answer. There was an innocence to the Swedish quartet, even when they were singing about one-night stands and the invitations to them. Gold establishes that the band, while appreciated as campy, were actually multifaceted in their execution. "S.O.S." has a raw urgency in its chorus, and "Does Your Mother Know" draws its energy from classic '50s rock & roll. Likewise, you don't have to be Priscilla to swoon over "Mamma Mia" or "Dancing Queen." And when it comes to drama, those soaring vocals on "The Winner Takes It All" turn the song into a bitter anthem of every relationship that has ever fallen apart. The much-covered "Lay All Your Love on Me" is practically epic. --Steve Gdula

Customer Reviews:

ABBA was/is Top of the Pops. But did you know these?.......2007-07-05

Nothing in this life has brought me more joy that ABBA. From the first time I heard Waterloo, until the fanatic state began with Fernando, they have had my heart like no other group. GOLD is the best essence of ABBA. It has the best of the best sans Summer Night City, which is on the subsequent More Gold. Their only pop rivals in sales were The Bee Gees and the enormously huge pop/disco group Boney M. Relative unknowns in the US. Check them out. Not so much Abba sounding, but if you like good melodies and irresistable hooks, great purchase. Another big, but short-lived pop group was Clout. Much more like Abba. Highly recommended.

Better music.......2007-06-27

I have tried to get some of thier CDs for some time but this CD was worth the wait, sounds are great and are a "sing along with" mode, great CD.

One of the best Swedish imports.......2007-05-24

Abba's Greatest Hits lives up to its title. This is an excellent comp album. All of the hits are here [I am just old enough to remember Abba's heyday]. This is a very good, very well-rounded collection of Abba's recordings. There's not a lame song on here. The album can be listened to straight through without ever being tempted to hit the skip button. Simply some of the best pop music ever, not just from the 70s. Abba was a bright spot of the 70s, countering a bad presidency and wicked gas prices. Hmmmm, we have those back again, come to think of it. Where's our Abba?

Make sure this is what you're looking for........2007-05-16

Abba was a pretty prolific and popular group in the 70s. For those of us familiar with ABBA, this album is great. Those who aren't might want to give this a try. You've probably heard some of their tunes before without even realizing it was ABBA. Note that there is another greatest hits collection called the Definitive Collection. It's a 2 disc set that contains everything on this album, some lesser hits and a remix or two as well. For the die hard fan you might want to check into the Definitive Collection (or the Complete Studio Collection for you ABBA freaks out there). For the passing fan like myself, all of the great stuff is here.

Awesome.......2007-04-12

This compilation contains all of the biggest hits by ABBA. It starts off with a great 1-2 punch of "Dancing Queen" and "Knowing Me, Knowing You". The hits just keep on coming, "Waterloo", "Gimmie a Man After Midnight", "Voules Vouz", "Fernando", "SOS", "I Had a Dream". There are a couple songs I wish were on here like "People Need Love", "If It Wasn't for the Night" and Frida's solo hit "I Know There's Something Going On".

Average customer rating: a VERY FINE SET. Another Recopilation More And Nothing NEW!!! :-(

Gold: Greatest Hits - Sound+Vision 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 Euro Dance | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: ABBA The Movie The Definitive Collection Their Greatest Hits: The Record Confessions on a Dance Floor Peter Pan (2-Disc Platinum Edition) ASIN: B0000YE462 Release Date: 2004-03-02

Tracks:

1. Dancing Queen
2. Knowing Me, Knowing You
3. Take A Chance On Me
4. Mamma Mia
5. Lay All Your Love On Me
6. Super Trouper
7. I Have A Dream
8. Winner Takes It All
9. Money, Money, Money
10. S.O.S.
11. Chiqutita
12. Fernando
13. Voulez Vous
14. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
15. Does Your Mother Know
16. One Of Us
17. Name Of The Game
18. Thank You For The Music
19. Waterloo
20. Summer Night City
21. Angel Eyes
22. Day Before You Came
23. Eagle
24. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
25. So Long
26. Honey, Honey
27. Visitors
28. Our Last Summer
29. On & On & On
30. Ring Ring
31. I Wonder (Departure)
32. Lovelight
33. Head Over Heels
34. When I Kissed The Teacher
35. I Am The City
36. Cassandra
37. Under Attack
38. When All Is Said & Done
39. Way Old Friends Do
40. Dancing Queen
41. Knowing Me, Knowing You
42. Take A Chance On Me
43. Mamma Mia
44. Lay All Your Love On Me
45. Super Trouper
46. I Have A Dream
47. Winner Takes It All
48. Money, Money, Money
49. S.O.S.
50. Chiquitita
51. Fernando
52. Voulez Vous
53. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
54. Does Your Mother Know
55. One Of Us
56. Thank You For The Music
57. Waterloo
58. Abba: The History (Documentary)
59. Dancing Queen (1992 Version)

Album Details

Special Deluxe Package that Includes the Albums "Abba Gold" and "More Abba Gold" with the Dvd Edition of "Abba Gold" (Ntsc/All Regions). Includes Exclusive Liner Notes in an Eight Panel Dvd-sized Digipack Housed in a Slipcase.

Customer Reviews:

a VERY FINE SET........2006-06-19

I don't understand the only other review here or why this set doesn't have more reviews; but this is a nice way to repackage material.

Here is ABBA Gold (disc 1) and More ABBA Gold (disc 2) and every (??) ABBA video ever made. If it's not every video it has to be very close to it. Plus there are some Extras on the DVD giving the history of ABBA.

The packaging is very nice and all my friends like it enough to buy their own.

While the "Thank You For The Music" 4 disc set is great; it has filler and non-hits that may annoy the casual fan wanting only the big hits they know from radio.

This set is the HITS and you can play the DVD at parties and watch the Justice League of Disco in their funky clothes fight bad melodies with superb pop music.

Another Recopilation More And Nothing NEW!!! :-(.......2004-02-13

This Recopilation is another for many Abba CDs come on Universal please released One Cd with NEW materila Just Like That, Just A Notion ETC OK this CD set the only great is MORE ABBA GOLD CD this CD is now Out of market great idea for Buy this combo pack I Like the Packet is great POLARWORKS recommiend this ithem for new ABBA FANS !!!

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Gold: Greatest Hits ABBA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Dance Pop | Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | 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 | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Swedish Pop | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000DCXT2

Tracks:

1. Dancing Queen
2. Knowing Me, Knowing You
3. Take a Chance on Me
4. Mamma Mia
5. Lay All Your Love on Me
6. Super Trouper
7. I Have a Dream
8. Winner Takes It All
9. Money, Money, Money
10. S.O.S.
11. Chiquitita
12. Fernando
13. Voulez-Vous
14. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
15. Does Your Mother Know
16. One of Us
17. Name of the Game
18. Thank You for the Music
19. Waterloo

Tracks:

1. Summer Night City
2. Angeleyes
3. Day Before You Came
4. Eagle
5. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
6. So Long
7. Honey, Honey
8. Visitors
9. Our Last Summer
10. On and On and On
11. Ring Ring
12. I Wonder (Departure)
13. Lovelight
14. Head Over Heels
15. When I Kissed the Teacher
16. I Am the City
17. Cassandra
18. Under Attack
19. When All Is Said and Done
20. Way Old Friends Do

Tracks:

1. Dancing Queen [DVD]
2. Knowing Me, Knowing You [DVD]
3. Take a Chance on Me [DVD]
4. Mamma Mia [DVD]
5. Lay All Your Love on Me [DVD]
6. Super Trouper [DVD]
7. I Have a Dream [DVD]
8. Winner Takes It All [DVD]
9. Money, Money, Money [DVD]
10. SOS [DVD]
11. Chiquitita [DVD]
12. Fernando [DVD]
13. Voulez-Vous [DVD]
14. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) [DVD]
15. Does Your Mother Know [DVD]
16. One of Us [DVD]
17. Name of the Game [DVD]
18. Thank You for the Music [DVD]
19. Waterloo [DVD]
20. ABBA -- The History [Documentary][*][Multimedia Track]
21. Dancing Queen [1992 Version][*][Multimedia Track]

Album Description

The ultimate Abba hits collection featuring 'Gold' & the no-longer available 'More Gold' plus the exciting 'Gold' DVD (PAL/Region 0) which features 18 fantastic videos & two bonus tracks, 'Abba - The History' (documentary) & 'Dancing Queen' (1992 version)

Average customer rating:

Gold-Greatest Hits ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000AS1HDQ Release Date: 2005-10-11

Album Description

ABBA: Bjorn Ulvaeus (vocals, guitar); Benny Andersson (vocals, keyboards); Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Faltskog (vocals). Producers: Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus. Compilation producer: Chris Griffin. Includes liner notes by John Tobler. Digitally remastered by Michael B. Tretow (Polar Studios). In seemingly random; which is to say, it contains nineteen of the most delectable pop productions of the '70s and early '80s. "Dancing Queen," "Waterloo," "Knowing Me, Knowing You" and the other landmarks of upbeat melancholy are complex concoctions--all layered harmonies and brilliant keyboard arrangements. These songs don't easily fit into any pop timeline, which may be why Abba received much of their acclaim long after breaking up. What may have seemed like Euro-pop fluff in its day, has been revealed by time to be truly classic studio pop. The Swedish band's songs had show-tune and '60s-pop roots, skirted around the edge of disco, and were an unspoken influence on new wave. Without them, Madonna's very existence would be highly unlikely. With its Latin beat and gospel harmonies, "Lay Your Love All Over Me," one of the five songs here that didn't chart in the U.S., sounds like the very source of "Like A Prayer." Like Madonna, Abba had a grandiose vision of pop's place in the world--"who could live without it, I ask in all honesty," is how they put it in "Thank You For The Music," their Broadway-like farewell gesture. Hearing these singles, its hard to imagine anyone ever did. Digitally remastered edition of the original collection released in 1982. 'Gold' features nine number one singles & is the definitive Abba album to own. Universal. 2006

Average customer rating:

The Real Abba Gold: Greatest Hits cd (import) Manufacturer: Pegasus ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Euro Dance | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Swedish Pop | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ASIN: B000I3ZL12

Product Description

This is a German import cd. Tracks are: Dancing Queen, Gimme Gimme Gimme, Waterloo, Knowing Me Knowing You, Ring Ring, Eagle, The Visitors, Voulez Vous, Fernando, Head Over Heels, One Of Us, S.O.S., Chiquitita, The Name Of The Game, and Thank You For The Music.

Average customer rating: Euro Pop at it's best ace abba

Gold: Greatest Hits ABBA Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Disco | 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: B00001ZT9N Release Date: 2001-05-08

Tracks:

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

Album Details

Japanese 24 Bit Remaster.

Customer Reviews:

Euro Pop at it's best.......2002-05-26

ABBA was one of the groups that shaped my youth in the 70s. I bought this CD a few years ago, and it's one of my favorites. I don't think ABBA gets enough credit for the influence they've had on pop music -- we would never have seen groups like Ace of Base or Roxette do well in North America had ABBA not been a precursor to them -- the group was actually quite groundbreaking in many ways.

The music is deceptively simple. Alot of it is great dance music, but there are also some terrific ballads on the album, from Fernando, to Knowing Me, Knowing You, to Chiquitita. Some of the lyrics are actually quite good and catchy, and the tunes themselves are totally hummable and fun to sing along with.

There are a few minor flaws with the disc -- there's no lyrics included, which I found really frustrating because there are a couple songs I couldn't quite figure out all the words to. Not sure if that's because ABBA tended to overproduce there songs, or if it's the quality of the remastering of the tape into CD form, or a combination of both. Regardless, the overall quality of the songs is so high, and the lyrics are so readily available on various internet sites (just do a search, they're easy to find) that this one small detail isn't important enough to take off a star.

In short, ABBA is the best -- skip all the ABBA wannabe groups and go for the original.

ace abba.......1999-12-05

This cd is truly outstanding. I am 11 and, though abba came out in the 70's they are still great now. With classic songs such as MAMA MIA and S.O.S I never have it off my cd player. Long live abba!

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