ABBA Greatest Hits LP

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You get overcharged 3 times with this one comparing to best true analog vinyl audiophile experience. That's a trick ending most of the time with a lifeless flat record much worse than the original digitally re-mastered CD-version. It spent eleven non-consecutive weeks at the top of the UK Albums Chart and went on to become the best-selling album of 1976 [8] and the second best-selling album of the 1970s. The reason I don't give this album a 9 is because of the film Mamma Mia, even though it bought the band more fame than they already had, it also makes it so that when you play a song by ABBA, it is more often than not someone will say "oh, thats the song from Mamma Mia" and won't actually know the band. Dancing Queen" was not included on Greatest Hits, but it was the lead single from the new studio album Arrival and it had generated interest in ABBA's back catalogue.

The 1992 audio release includes the US promo edit of "The Name Of The Game" and the 1992 edit of "Voulez-Vous" ‎‎– later releases include the full versions. It was also used on the US CD reissue by Atlantic Records in the 1980s, but without the track listing on the front. They became one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of popular music, topping the charts worldwide from 1974 to 1983. In all, ABBA had nine songs in this chart, and the six that went as high as number three are included on the album.

And this is the reason that this album is the best ABBA album to get if you are just getting started, it represents the best of ABBA's early years and is a must for any record collection. However, it had no competition in the UK and in North America, and the UK version of the album was released in April 1976. It was originally released in Scandinavia on 17 November 1975 [4] and in other parts of the world in 1976, notably the UK on 10 April, and on 18 September in the US and Canada.

If you're in a doubt, listen to the true analog vinyl records mastered from true analog audio master tapes.

This meant that the success of Greatest Hits was largely confined to Scandinavia and the UK, although the size of the latter market and the scale of its success there has ensured that Greatest Hits is one of ABBA's best-selling albums worldwide. The release of Greatest Hits coincided with the start of ABBA's huge popularity in the UK during the latter half of the 1970s, becoming the first of eight consecutive number-one albums for the group. Polar's version of Greatest Hits reached number one in Sweden and in Norway, [6] [7] but lost out in sales over much of the rest of Europe and in Australia and New Zealand to the already released rival compilations. This vinyl album may be fine for those who never heard these ABBA hits printed on true vinyl or even officially released brand audio cassettes.

The painting on the original Scandinavian release was by artist Hans Arnold and had originally been awarded as a prize by Swedish magazine VeckoRevyn to celebrate ABBA being voted "Artists of the Year". In the five-month period between the releases of the Scandinavian and UK versions of Greatest Hits, ABBA had achieved their second consecutive (and third overall) UK number-one single with "Fernando", and this song was added to the UK version of the album, as well as to a reissued version in Norway and Denmark.Other acts, including both Agnetha and Frida as solo performers, made Swedish-language versions of other ABBA songs; only "So Long" had not been a hit on the Svensktoppen chart, though "So Long" had been a hit on the Danish equivalent Dansktoppen. The group's first two singles, " People Need Love" and " He Is Your Brother", were hits on this Tio i Topp chart.

Despite the the heavy vinyl quality and quite replay experience, this remaster sounds flat and lifeless.To counteract the possibility of import sales from these records in Scandinavia, ABBA's record label Polar Music rush-released their own version of Greatest Hits. In my opinion, ABBA is the best Swedish pop band of all time and their songs are some of the best from the 70s pop era.