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Gold: Greatest Hits is a compilation album of recordings by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released on 21 September 1992 through PolyGram, the first compilation to be released after the company had acquired Polar Music and thus the rights to the ABBA back catalogue. In 1998, PolyGram was in turn merged into what is now the Universal Music Group.

With sales of 30 million [2] it is the best-selling ABBA album as well as one of the best-selling albums worldwide. Since 1992, Gold has been released several times, most notably in 2008 to coincide with the release of the film Mamma Mia! and most recently in 2014 to mark the group's 40th Anniversary of winning the Eurovision Song Contest.

Overview

Prior to its release, all previously released ABBA compilations had been deleted and only the original studio albums (along with the 1986 live album) remained in print. Gold: Greatest Hits was well received by the music-buying public, and went on to be one of the best-selling albums of all time.

Gold: Greatest Hits has been re-released in various "special" or "remastered" releases:

Year Edition Notes
1992 Original release The original 1992 release included edited versions of "Voulez-Vous" and "The Name of the Game."
1999 Remastered re-release Celebrating ABBA's 25th Anniversary of winning the Eurovision Song Contest with "Waterloo", including full length versions of Voulez-Vous and The Name of the Game. This new version was called the "signature series", as it came with autographs from the band members embedded into the front plastic casing in gold writing. This new version also contained new sleeve notes.
2002 10th Anniversary Edition Contained a revised booklet and updated liner notes. The ABBA logo was changed to the official ABBA font and the back cover was redesigned. It was released in Europe and New Zealand (with the European track list, and not the previous Australasian track list). This version was not released in Australia.
2008 Second remastered edition Coinciding with the release of the film Mamma Mia!, in a so-called super jewel case, with updated liner notes and with remastered sound (using the remasters for The Complete Studio Recordings). The Australasian release featured the European track list, not the Australasian track list on previous issues. This version was issued in the US in 2010, although it does not come in a super jewel case, but instead a regular jewel case.
2010 Special Edition Included two discs: the original CD (using the 2008 remasters), and a DVD of the video clips, remastered in 2010. The DVD also included five bonus clips.
2014 40th Anniversary Edition A 3CD edition which includes the original album (disk 1), the More Gold: More Hits album (disk 2) and the "Golden B-sides" (disk 3), containing twenty b-sides.

Regional variations and tie-ins

Australasian editions

The 1992 and 1999 editions released in Australia and New Zealand (and some other territories in that area) had a modified track listing (see below) to include three local hits, replacing three other songs on the international edition.

The 2002 re-release was not released in Australia, while in New Zealand, the international edition was issued.

From 2008 onwards, only the international editions have been released in Australia and New Zealand.

Spanish versions

The original 1992 release had a slightly different track listing, replacing the English versions of Chiquitita and Fernando with the Spanish language versions.

Shortly after the release of Gold: Greatest Hits, a Spanish version of the album, titled Oro: Grandes Exitos was issued, followed later by Mas Oro: Mas Grandes Exitos.

Video and DVD

In 1992 a VHS video was released which included all tracks from the original album. During the 1990s, various regional variations on this video were issued, until Universal Music decided in 2003 to re-issue the video on VHS and DVD. The track listing was similar to the original album, with some added content: a 25-minute documentary produced in 1999, and the 1992 video of Dancing Queen. In 2010, the DVD was remastered with six bonus clips, including five "split-screen" versions of the clips to show which improvements were made by remastering the old videos. These "split-screen" clips were Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!, Mamma Mia, Dancing Queen, The Winner Takes It All and Money, Money, Money. The sixth bonus clip was an Australian cartoon version of Money, Money, Money. The 2010 edition did not include the 2003 Abba documentary or the 1992 version of Dancing Queen. This disk was available as a stand-alone DVD and as part of the 2010 'Special Edition' re-release.

Other variations

In 2002, Gold: Greatest Hits was released in Europe (not UK) with a bonus second disc. This included the following tracks:

  1. "Summer Night City"
  2. "Angeleyes"
  3. "The Day Before You Came"
  4. "Eagle"
  5. "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"
  6. "So Long"
  7. "Honey, Honey"
  8. "The Visitors"
  9. "Ring Ring"
  10. "When I Kissed the Teacher"
  11. "The Way Old Friends Do"

The UK saw a 30th Anniversary Edition released in 2004 with a gold-coloured sleeve cover rather than the normal black sleeve. The original release included a DVD with 18 of the 19 songs from the CD, excluding The Name of The Game. It was available also without the DVD.

Sales and charts

The album topped the UK Albums Chart on five separate occasions, sixteen years apart, first in 1992, then three times in 1999, and then again in 2008. Gold: Greatest Hits is the second highest selling album of all time in the United Kingdom, with sales of over 5 million copies.[3]

In Germany, Gold: Greatest Hits has been certified five times Platinum for shipment of 2.5 million units.[4] It has also been certified 10 times Platinum in Switzerland for sales of 500,000 units.[5] In Sweden the album is listed as the second best-charting album as of May 2014.[6] In Austria, the album is the fourth best selling album of all time.[7] In Australia, the album is the third or fourth best selling album of all time.[8]

Critical reception

Gold: Greatest Hits has been called one of the most influential compilation albums ever released. Music critic Elisabeth Vincentelli (New York Post; Time Out New York) credits the album for a critical revival of interest in ABBA's music after ten years of neglect following the band's 1982 break-up.[9]

Former Rolling Stone writer Tom Moon included Gold: Greatest Hits among his 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die, describing the tracks as "models of impeccable craft", adding that the album is "an excellent starter kit for those wanting to investigate the DNA of post-Beatles pop."[10]

Track listings

Gold: Greatest Hits includes "Lay All Your Love on Me", which was a Top 10 hit only in the UK and Ireland, and "Thank You for the Music", which only had a limited release as a single. Only the Australasian release of the album (until 2008) included "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do", which was a successful global hit for ABBA (except in the UK and Ireland). It does not feature "Summer Night City" which was a bigger hit globally than "Voulez-Vous" which was included.

Worldwide Edition (excluding Australasia until 2008)

All songs written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, except where noted.

  1. "Dancing Queen" (Andersson, Stig Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 3:52 from Arrival (1976)
  2. "Knowing Me, Knowing You" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 4:02 from Arrival
  3. "Take a Chance on Me" – 4:04 from ABBA: The Album (1977); single released the following year
  4. "Mamma Mia" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 3:33 from ABBA (1975)
  5. "Lay All Your Love on Me" – 4:34 from Super Trouper (1980)
  6. "Super Trouper" – 4:14 from Super Trouper
  7. "I Have a Dream" – 4:44 from Voulez-Vous (1979)
  8. "The Winner Takes It All" – 4:55 from Super Trouper
  9. "Money, Money, Money" – 3:08 from Arrival
  10. "SOS" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 3:21 from ABBA
  11. "Chiquitita" – 5:26 from Voulez-Vous
  12. "Fernando" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 4:13 from Greatest Hits (1975; single released the following year)
  13. "Voulez-Vous" – 4:22 (Single version for 1992 original)/5:10 (Original version for 1999 reissue) from Voulez-Vous
  14. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" – 4:48 from Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1979)
  15. "Does Your Mother Know" – 3:15 from Voulez-Vous
  16. "One of Us" – 3:58 from The Visitors (1981)
  17. "The Name of the Game" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 4:00 (US radio edit for 1992 original)/4:54 (1999 reissue) from ABBA: The Album
  18. "Thank You for the Music" – 3:51 from ABBA: The Album and Thank You for the Music (to be released in 1994)
  19. "Waterloo" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 2:42 from Waterloo (1974)

Australasia version (until 2008)

All songs written by Andersson and Ulvaeus, except where noted.

  1. "Dancing Queen" (Andersson, Anderson Ulvaeus) – 3:49
  2. "Knowing Me, Knowing You" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 4:01
  3. "Take a Chance on Me" – 4:01
  4. "Mamma Mia" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 3:32
  5. "Lay All Your Love on Me" – 4:32
  6. "Ring Ring" (Andersson, Ulvaeus, Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody) – 3:02 from Ring Ring (1973)
  7. "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 3:15 from ABBA (1975)
  8. "The Winner Takes It All" – 4:54
  9. "Money, Money, Money" – 3:05
  10. "SOS" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 3:19
  11. "Chiquitita" – 5:26
  12. "Fernando" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 4:10
  13. "Voulez-Vous" – 4:21
  14. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" – 4:46
  15. "Does Your Mother Know" – 3:14
  16. "One of Us" – 3:53
  17. "The Name of the Game" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 3:56
  18. "Rock Me" – 3:02 from ABBA (1975)
  19. "Waterloo" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 2:42

2014 40th Anniversary Edition

Disc 1: (The original 1992 release; for track listing see above under "Worldwide edition")

Disc 2: Same as on More Gold: More Hits

  1. "Summer Night City" – 3:34 from Greatest Hits, Vol. 2; single released the previous year
  2. "Angeleyes" – 4:20 from Voulez-Vous
  3. "The Day Before You Came" – 5:51 from The Singles: The First Ten Years (1982)
  4. "Eagle" – 4:26 from ABBA: The Album; single released the following year
  5. "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 3:16
  6. "So Long" – 3:06 from ABBA; single released the previous year
  7. "Honey, Honey" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 2:55 from Waterloo
  8. "The Visitors" – 4:27 (1993 original)/5:47 (1999 reissue) from The Visitors
  9. "Our Last Summer" – 4:19 from Super Trouper
  10. "On and On and On" – 3:38 from Super Trouper
  11. "Ring Ring" (Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus, Neil Sedaka & Phil Cody) – 3:03
  12. "I Wonder (Departure)" (Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus) – 4:37 from ABBA: The Album
  13. "Lovelight" – 3:18 (Alternate mix for 1993 original)/3:48 (Original mix for 1999 reissue) from the recording sessions for Voulez-Vous
  14. "Head over Heels" – 3:45 from The Visitors
  15. "When I Kissed the Teacher" – 3:01 from Arrival
  16. "I Am the City" – 4:01 from the recording sessions for The Visitors; single released the following year
  17. "Cassandra" – 4:50 B-side to the "The Day Before You Came" single (1982)
  18. "Under Attack" – 3:48 from The Singles: The First Ten Years
  19. "When All Is Said and Done" – 3:18 from The Visitors
  20. "The Way Old Friends Do" (1980) – 2:53 from Super Trouper

Disc 3: The Golden B-sides (A-side listed in parentheses)

  1. "She's My Kind of Girl" ("Ring Ring")
  2. "I Am Just a Girl" ("Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)")
  3. "Gonna Sing You My Lovesong" ("Waterloo (French version)")
  4. "King Kong Song" ("Honey, Honey")
  5. "I've Been Waiting for You" ("So Long")
  6. "Rock Me" ("I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do")
  7. "Man in the Middle" ("SOS")
  8. "Intermezzo No. 1" ("Mamma Mia")
  9. "That's Me" ("Dancing Queen")
  10. "Crazy World" ("Money, Money, Money")
  11. "Happy Hawaii" ("Knowing Me, Knowing You")
  12. "I'm a Marionette" ("Take a Chance on Me")
  13. "Medley: Pick a bale of cotton/etc." ("Summer Night City")
  14. "Kisses of Fire" (Does Your Mother Know)
  15. "The King Has Lost His Crown" ("Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!")
  16. "Elaine" ("The Winner Takes It All")
  17. "The Piper" ("Super Trouper")
  18. "Andante, Andante" ("Happy New Year")
  19. "Should I Laugh or Cry" ("One of Us")
  20. "Soldiers" ("When All Is Said and Done")

Personnel

  • Benny Andersson – synthesizer, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Agnetha Fältskog – lead vocals on "Lay All Your Love on Me," "The Winner Takes It All," "SOS," "Chiquitita," "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)," "One of Us," "Thank You For the Music," co-lead vocals on "Dancing Queen," "Take a Chance on Me," "Mamma Mia," "Voulez-Vous," "The Name of the Game," "Waterloo"
  • Anni-Frid Lyngstad – lead vocals on "Knowing Me, Knowing You," "Super Trouper," "I Have a Dream," "Money, Money, Money," "Fernando," co-lead vocals on "Dancing Queen," "Take a Chance on Me," "Mamma Mia," "Voulez-Vous," "The Name of the Game," "Waterloo"
  • Björn Ulvaeus – banjo, guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Does Your Mother Know"

Production

  • Benny Andersson; Björn Ulvaeus – producers
  • Michael B. Tretow – engineer, digital remastering (1992 edition)
  • Jon Astley – digital remastering (1999, 2002, 2004 reissues)
  • Henrik Jonsson – digital remastering (2008 reissue)
  • Ingemar Bergman – compilation
  • Chris Griffin – compilation
  • George McManus – compilation
  • Jackie Stansfield – compilation
  • John Tobler – liner notes, compilation
  • Carl Magnus Palm – liner notes (1999, 2002, 2004, 2008 reissues)

Charts

Chart (1992–2008) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[11] 1
Austrian Albums Chart[12] 1
Belgium Albums Chart (Flanders)[13] 15
Belgium Albums Chart (Wallonia)[14] 16
Canadian Albums Chart 4
Croatian Albums Chart[15] 7
Czech Albums Chart[16] 38
Danish Albums Chart[17] 10
Dutch Album Chart[18] 2
European Top 100 Albums[19] 1
Finnish Albums Chart[20] 1
French Albums Chart[21] 1
German Albums Chart[22] 1
Hungarian Albums Chart[23] 10
Irish Albums Chart[24] 1
Italian Albums Chart[19] 2
Japanese Albums Chart[25] 13
Mexican Albums Chart[26] 69
New Zealand Albums Chart[27] 3
Norwegian Albums Chart[28] 1
Portuguese Albums Chart[29] 2
Spanish Albums Chart[19] 3
Swedish Albums Chart[30] 1
Swiss Albums Chart[31] 1
UK Albums Chart[32] 1
Uruguayan Albums Chart[33] 5
US Billboard 200[34] 36
US Top Pop Catalog Albums[35] 1

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[36] 3× Platinum 210,000^
Argentina (CAPIF)[36]
for 1993 release 		Gold
Australia (ARIA)[37] 17× Platinum 1,190,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[38] 3× Platinum 150,000*
Belgium (BEA)[39] 7× Platinum 350,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[40] Gold 100,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[41] Diamond 1,000,000^
Chile (IFPI Chile)[42] 3× Platinum 60,000^ 
Czech Republic (IFPI Czech Republic)[42] 3× Platinum 30,000x 
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[43] 7× Platinum 560,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[44] 2× Platinum 145,962[44]
France (SNEP)[45] Diamond 1,000,000*
Germany (BVMI)[46] 5× Platinum 2,500,000^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[42] 6× Platinum 120,000*
Hungary (MAHASZ)[47] Platinum 100,000^
Iceland (IFPI Iceland)[42] Gold 5,000x 
Ireland (IRMA)[42] 6× Platinum 90,000^
India (IMI)[42] Platinum 20,000* 
Israel (IFPI)[42] Platinum 40,000^ 
Italy (FIMI)[42] 4× Gold 270,000*
Italy (FIMI)[48]
for 2008 release 		Platinum
Japan (RIAJ)[49] 3× Platinum 750,000^
Latvia (LaMPA)[50] 4× Platinum 32,000* 
Malaysia (RIM)[42] 4× Platinum 100,000* 
Mexico (AMPROFON)[51] Platinum 250,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[52] 16× Platinum 240,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[42] 3× Platinum 300,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[42] 3× Platinum 150,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[53] Platinum 100,000*
Portugal (AFP)[42] 2× Platinum 100,000^
Portugal (AFP)[54]
for 2008 release 		Platinum
Russia (NFPF)[55] Gold 10,000*
Singapore (RIAS)[42] 11× Platinum 165,000* 
South Korea (RIAK)[42] Platinum 100,000x 
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[56] 5× Platinum 500,000^
Sweden (GLF)[57] 5× Platinum 500,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[58] 10× Platinum 500,000^
Taiwan (RIT)[42] 7× Platinum 210,000* 
Thailand (TECA)[42] Gold 20,000* 
United Kingdom (BPI)[60] 17× Platinum 5,100,000[59]
United States (RIAA)[61] 6× Platinum 6,000,000^
Venezuela (APFV)[42] Silver 5,000x 
Zimbabwe[42] Gold  

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Further reading

See also

References

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  • abba4therecord / Webpage showing Gold Releases worldwide [1]
Preceded by UK number one album
3 October 1992 – 9 October 1992
17 April 1999 – 23 April 1999
1 May 1999 – 14 May 1999
29 May 1999 – 11 June 1999
3 August 2008 – 17 August 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
13 December 1992 – 9 January 1993 		Succeeded by
Still the 12th Man by The 12th Man
Preceded by
Transit by DumDum Boys[2]
 Norwegian VG-lista number-one album
47/1992 – 49/1992 (3 weeks) 		Succeeded by
Tusen julelys by Oslo Gospel Choir[3]
Preceded by Swedish Chart number-one album
14 October 1992 – 28 October 1992
3 June 1999 – 22 July 1999 		Succeeded by
Den ständiga resan by Marie Fredriksson[6]
För Sverige i rymden – Di Levas bästa by Di Leva [7]
Preceded by Swiss Chart number-one album
8 November 1992 – 10 January 1993 		Succeeded by
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