Waterloo (album)

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Waterloo
Studio album by ABBA
Released	March 4, 1974
Recorded	Metronome Studio, September 1973- February 1974
Genre	Pop
Length	35:20
Label	Polar (original release) PolyGram (1992 - 1997) Universal Music (1998 - )
Producer	Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone (Favorable) link Insiders' Guides link
ABBA chronology
Ring Ring (1973) Waterloo (1974) ABBA (1975)
Alternate cover
CD re-issue with ABBA logo.

Waterloo is Swedish pop group ABBA's second album, originally released in Sweden on March 4, 1974 (see 1974 in music). The title track of the album won ABBA the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest. Waterloo was first released on CD in Sweden in 1988; an international CD release followed in 1992. The album has been reissued in digitally remastered form three times; first in 1997, then in 2001 and again in 2005 as part of The Complete Studio Recordings box set. It was also released as a special 30th Anniversary edition in 2004, celebrating 30 years of the group's victory in the Eurovision Song Contest.

The original 1974 Polar Music edition of the album opens with the Swedish version of the title track and closes with the English language version.

The American version of the album, released on Atlantic Records, closes with a 1974 remix of "Ring Ring".

In the UK/Ireland and several other European markets, the original 1973 version of "Ring Ring" was added as track 6 on side 2.

Waterloo reached the top spot in Sweden and Norway, charting highly in many other countries as well. In Germany it finally reached platinum satus in 2004 thirty years after its release.

This was the first album in most countries outside Scandinavia.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 CD re-issues, bonus tracks 3 Personnel 4 Production 5 Charts 6 External links

[edit] Track listing

Side A:

1. "Waterloo" (Andersson, Stig Anderson, Ulvaeus) - 2:44
2. "Sitting In The Palmtree" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) - 3:37
3. "King Kong Song" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) - 3:11
4. "Hasta Mañana" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) - 3:09
5. "My Mama Said" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) - 3:13
6. "Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:12

Side B:

1. "Honey, Honey (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)" – 2:55
2. "Watch Out" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3.49
3. "What About Livingstone?" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 2.55
4. "Gonna Sing You My Lovesong" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:41
5. "Suzy-Hang-Around" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:10

[edit] CD re-issues, bonus tracks

Waterloo was remastered and reissued in 1997 with the same track listing

Note: the original Polydor CD issued internationally in 1992 swapped the tracks Watch Out and What About Livingstone. The 1997 remaster followed this anomaly.

Waterloo was remastered and reissued in 2001 with three bonus tracks:

12. "Ring Ring (1974 Remix, Single Version)" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus, Sedaka, Cody) - 3:06
13. "Waterloo" (Swedish version) (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) - 2:45
14. "Honey, Honey" (Swedish version) (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) - 2:59

Waterloo - 30th Anniversary Edition contained several bonus tracks and a bonus DVD:

12. "Ring, Ring (US Remix 1974)" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus, Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody) - 3:06
13. "Waterloo (Swedish Version)" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) - 2:45
14. "Honey, Honey (Swedish Version)" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) 2:59
15. "Waterloo (German Version)" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus, Gerd Müller-Schwanke) 2:44
16. "Waterloo (French Version)" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus, Alain Boublil) 2:42

• Bonus DVD:

1. "Waterloo" (Eurovison Song Contest, BBC) 3:56
2. "Waterloo" (Melodifestivalen SVT) 2:56
3. "Honey, Honey" (Star Parade, ZDF) 3:19
4. "Hasta Mañana" (Señoras Y Señores, RTVE) 3:05

Waterloo was remastered and reissued again in 2005 as part of the The Complete Studio Recordings box set with several bonus tracks:

12. "Ring, Ring" (US Remix 1974) (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus, Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody) – 3:06
13. "Waterloo" (Swedish Version) (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 2:45
14. "Honey, Honey" (Swedish Version) (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 2:59
15. "Waterloo" (German Version) (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus, Gerd Müller-Schwanke) – 2:44
16. "Hasta Mañana" (Spanish Version) (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus, Buddy McCluskey, Mary McCluskey) – 3:09
17. "Ring Ring" (1974 Remix, Single Version) (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus, Sedaka, Cody) – 3:10
18. "Waterloo" (French Version) (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus, Alain Boublil) – 2:42

[edit] Personnel

ABBA

• Benny Andersson – piano, keyboards, vocals, Moog synthesizer, mellotron
• Agnetha Fältskog – vocals
• Anni-Frid Lyngstad – vocals
• Björn Ulvaeus – acoustic guitar, guitar, vocals

Additional personnel

• Ola Brunkert – drums
• Christer Eklund – saxophone
• Malando Gassama – percussion, conga
• Rutger Gunnarsson – bass
• Per Sahlberg – bass
• Janne Schaffer – guitar
• Sven-Olof Walldoff – strings

[edit] Production

• Producers: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
• Engineer: Michael B. Tretow
• Photography: Ola Lager
• Original album design: Ron Spaulding

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart/Country	Position (weeks at top)
1974	UK Album Chart	28
1974	The Billboard 200	145
1976	Australia	18
1976	New Zealand	38
1974	Norway	1 (5)
1974	Germany Album Chart	6
1974	Sweden	1 (12)

Singles - Europe

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1974	"Waterloo"	UK Singles Chart	1 (2)
1974	"Ring Ring (1974 Remix)"	UK Singles Chart	32
1974	"Waterloo"	Norway's Singles Chart	1 (7)

Singles - North America

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1974	"Waterloo"	Billboard Hot 100 - USA	6
1974	"Waterloo"	RPM Top Singles Chart - Canada	7
1974	"Honey, Honey"	Billboard Hot 100	27
1974	"Honey, Honey"	Billboard Easy Listening (AC) Chart	27
1974	"Honey, Honey"	RPM Top Singles Chart	18
1974	"Honey, Honey"	RPM Pop Music Playlist	8

[edit] External links

• Site showing various 'Waterloo' Releases [1]

v • d • e ABBA Agnetha Fältskog • Björn Ulvaeus • Benny Andersson • Anni-Frid Lyngstad Studio albums Ring Ring • Waterloo • ABBA • Arrival • The Album • Voulez-Vous • Super Trouper • The Visitors Compilations Greatest Hits • Greatest Hits Vol. 2 • Gracias Por La Música • The Singles: The First Ten Years • ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits • More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits • ABBA Oro: Grandes Éxitos • Thank You for the Music • The Definitive Collection • The Complete Studio Recordings • Number Ones Hit singles "People Need Love" • "He Is Your Brother" • "Ring Ring" • "Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)" • "Waterloo" • "Honey, Honey" • "So Long" • "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" • "SOS" • "Mamma Mia" • "Fernando" • "Dancing Queen" • "Money, Money, Money" • "Knowing Me, Knowing You" • "The Name of the Game" • "Take a Chance on Me" • "Eagle" • "Summer Night City" • "Chiquitita" • "Does Your Mother Know" • "Voulez-Vous" • "Angeleyes" • "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" • "I Have a Dream" • "The Winner Takes It All" • "On and On and On" • "Super Trouper" • "Lay All Your Love on Me" • "One of Us" • "When All is Said and Done" • "Head over Heels" • "The Visitors" • "The Day Before You Came" • "Under Attack" • "Thank You for the Music" Related articles Discography • Unreleased songs • Eurovision Song Contest 1974 • Mamma Mia! (musical) • Mamma Mia! (film) • Congratulations • Music of Sweden • Stig Anderson • "Thank ABBA for the Music"