The Singles: The First Ten Years

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The Singles: The First Ten Years
Compilation album by ABBA
Released	November 8, 1982
Recorded	March 1972- August 1982
Genre	Pop
Length	93:43
Label	Polar (Sweden) Epic (UK) Atlantic (US)
Producer	Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Rolling Stone link
ABBA chronology
The Visitors (1981) The Singles: The First Ten Years (1982) ABBA Live (1986)

The Singles: The First Ten Years is a double compilation album by the Swedish pop group ABBA, released in 1982. It contained most of the band's hits singles from their ten years together as recording artists, and included two new tracks: "The Day Before You Came" and "Under Attack". The Singles: The First Ten Years was released on CD in 1983, but was deleted in the early 1990s, being superseded by the more successful Abba Gold in 1992, although the album was replaced by The Definitive Collection.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side A

1. "Ring Ring" (Anderson, Andersson, Cody, Sedaka, Ulvaeus) – 3:04
2. "Waterloo" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 2:42
3. "So Long" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:05
4. "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:15
5. "SOS" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:20
6. "Mamma Mia" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:32
7. "Fernando" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 4:13

[edit] Side B

1. "Dancing Queen" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:51
2. "Money, Money, Money" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:05
3. "Knowing Me, Knowing You" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 4:01
4. "The Name of the Game" (Edit) (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:59
5. "Take a Chance on Me" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 4:05
6. "Summer Night City" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:34

[edit] Side C

1. "Chiquitita" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 5:24
2. "Does Your Mother Know" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:13
3. "Voulez-Vous" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 5:07
4. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 4:50
5. "I Have a Dream" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 4:42

[edit] Side D

1. "The Winner Takes It All" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 4:54
2. "Super Trouper" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 4:12
3. "One of Us" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:56
4. "The Day Before You Came" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 5:50
5. "Under Attack" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:46

[edit] Personnel

ABBA

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

Additional Personnel

• Ulf Andersson - saxophone
• Ola Brunkert - drums
• Lars Carlsson - horn
• Christer Eklund - saxophone
• Malando Gassama - percussion
• Anders Glenmark - guitar
• Rutger Gunnarsson - bass
• Roger Palm - drums
• Janne Schaffer - guitar
• Åke Sundqvist - percussion
• Mike Watson - bass
• Lasse Wellander - guitar

[edit] Production

• Producers: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
• Arrangers: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
• Engineer: Michael Tretow

[edit] Reviews

Rolling Stone: "This twenty-three song collection (singles plus two new cuts) confirms what a lucky few in the US have known for some time - ABBA is the greatest pop band of the last ten years. There are more infectious melodies, grabby hooks, and danceable drum beats on one side of this two-disc set than in most artists' entire catalogs... The Singles provides an ideal introduction to this talented and highly influential band".

Los Angeles Times: "Special-merit release... Abba create seductive, richly emotional records that put openly sentimental melodies against a nagging instrumental tension...The group's best tracks are mini - masterpieces of the pop form."

New Musical Express: "This isn`t the entire history of pop over the last ten years , but its documentation of the group who altered the course of pop more than anyone else - anyone - is flawless... It resulted in a seam of unbroken, highly individual pop music that in lifespan terms is still unmatched by any rival..."

New York Times: "Abba - The Singles' is a testament to the unstoppable power of the catchy tune"

[edit] Charts

Album - UK Album Chart

Album - Billboard (North America)

Album - Australian ARIA Album Chart

Album - Norway Album Chart

Singles - UK Singles Chart