The Best of ABBA

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The Best of ABBA
The Best of ABBA cover
Compilation album by ABBA
Released 1975
Recorded 1972-1975
Genre Pop
Length ???
Label RCA Australasia
Producer Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus

The Best of ABBA is a compilation greatest hits album by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in November 1975 in Australia and New Zealand only. Globally ABBA released ABBA - Greatest Hits, but in Australasia, this album was released instead. The album topped the charts in both countries, and went on to be certified 24x Platinum in New Zealand, making it first equal with Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms as biggest selling albums in that country[1].

In Australia it spent 16 weeks at number one, and in New Zealand 18 weeks #1. The Best of Abba was one of the biggest selling vinyl albums in Australian history, selling over a million copies in Australia – quite a feat in 1976 when the population of Australia was only about 14 million. At one stage RCA records Australia couldn’t keep up with the demand for the albums in the shops, and copies had to be pressed under licence by a rival record company.

In both countries, this album charted better than all the other ABBA releases.

The Best of ABBA was re-released in 1988 on vinyl and CD, but was only available for a short time.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson unless otherwise noted

[edit] Side 1

  1. "Waterloo" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 2:42
  2. "Ring Ring" (Anderson, Andersson, Cody, Sedaka, Ulvaeus) – 3:03
  3. "Honey, Honey" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 2:55
  4. "Mamma Mia" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:32
  5. "People Need Love" – 2:43
  6. "Nina, Pretty Ballerina" – 2:52

[edit] Side 2

  1. "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:15
  2. "SOS" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:22
  3. "Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)" – 3:12
  4. "Bang-A-Boomerang" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:02
  5. "Hasta Mañana" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:09
  6. "So Long" – 3:06

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Complete New Zealand Music Charts 1966 - 2006: Dean Scapolo ISBN 978-1877443-00-8
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