Description
A*Teens – The ABBA Generation / Stockholm Records Audio CD 1999 / 547 666-2
UPC 731454766623
The ABBA Generation is the debut studio album by Swedish pop group A-Teens. It was released on 25 August 1999 by Stockholm Records. The album is composed of cover versions of well-known ABBA songs. The album spawned four singles, "Mamma Mia", "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)", "Super Trouper", and "Dancing Queen".
Tracklist:
All tracks written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, except as noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mamma Mia" | Andersson, Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson | 3:47 |
| 2. | "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" | 3:57 | |
| 3. | "Super Trouper" | 3:52 | |
| 4. | "One of Us" | 3:55 | |
| 5. | "Voulez-Vous" | 3:42 | |
| 6. | "S.O.S." | 3:12 | |
| 7. | "Dancing Queen" | Andersson, Ulvaeus, Anderson | 3:50 |
| 8. | "Take a Chance on Me" | 3:53 | |
| 9. | "Lay All Your Love on Me" | 4:03 | |
| 10. | "The Name of the Game" | Andersson, Ulvaeus, Anderson | 4:22 |
| 11. | "Our Last Summer" | 4:28 |
| 1 | Mamma Mia
Mixed By – Joakim Styrén
Producer – Ole Evenrude
Producer [Vocals] – Sandelin, Adebratt, Ekman
Programmed By – Hugo Lira, Joakim Styrén, Thomas Gustavsson
Written-By – B. Andersson/B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson
Mixed By – Joakim Styrén
Producer – Ole Evenrude
Producer [Vocals] – Sandelin, Adebratt, Ekman
Programmed By – Hugo Lira, Joakim Styrén, Thomas Gustavsson
Written-By – B. Andersson/B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson
|
3:45 | |
| 2 | Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
Producer – Ronald Malmberg, Thomas Johansson
Written-By – B. Andersson/B. Ulvaeus
Producer – Ronald Malmberg, Thomas Johansson
Written-By – B. Andersson/B. Ulvaeus
|
3:56 | |
| 3 | Super Trouper
Producer – Ronald Malmberg, Thomas Johansson
Written-By – B. Andersson/B. Ulvaeus
Producer – Ronald Malmberg, Thomas Johansson
Written-By – B. Andersson/B. Ulvaeus
|
3:52 | |
| 4 | One Of Us
Producer – Ronald Malmberg, Thomas Johansson
Written-By – B. Andersson/B. Ulvaeus
Producer – Ronald Malmberg, Thomas Johansson
Written-By – B. Andersson/B. Ulvaeus
|
3:56 | |
| 5 | Voulez-Vous
Engineer – Fredrik Larnemo, Stefan Boman
Producer, Mixed By – Johan S
Written-By – B. Andersson/B. Ulvaeus
Engineer – Fredrik Larnemo, Stefan Boman
Producer, Mixed By – Johan S
Written-By – B. Andersson/B. Ulvaeus
|
3:41 | |
| 6 | S.O.S.
Mixed By – Joakim Styrén
Producer – Ole Evenrude
Programmed By – Hugo Lira, Joakim Styrén, Thomas Gustavsson
Written-By – B. Andersson/B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson
Mixed By – Joakim Styrén
Producer – Ole Evenrude
Programmed By – Hugo Lira, Joakim Styrén, Thomas Gustavsson
Written-By – B. Andersson/B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson
|
3:12 | |
| 7 | Dancing Queen
Mixed By – Joakim Styrén
Producer – Ole Evenrude
Programmed By – Hugo Lira, Joakim Styrén, Thomas Gustavsson
Written-By – B. Andersson/B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson
Mixed By – Joakim Styrén
Producer – Ole Evenrude
Programmed By – Hugo Lira, Joakim Styrén, Thomas Gustavsson
Written-By – B. Andersson/B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson
|
3:52 | |
| 8 | Take A Chance On Me
Producer – Ronald Malmberg, Thomas Johansson
Written-By – B. Andersson/B. Ulvaeus
Producer – Ronald Malmberg, Thomas Johansson
Written-By – B. Andersson/B. Ulvaeus
|
3:52 | |
| 9 | Lay All Your Love On Me
Producer – Hartmann and Langhoff
Producer [Vocals] – Ronald Malmberg, Thomas Johansson
Written-By – B. Andersson/B. Ulvaeus
Producer – Hartmann and Langhoff
Producer [Vocals] – Ronald Malmberg, Thomas Johansson
Written-By – B. Andersson/B. Ulvaeus
|
4:04 | |
| 10 | The Name Of The Game
Producer – Ronald Malmberg, Thomas Johansson
Written-By – B. Andersson/B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson
Producer – Ronald Malmberg, Thomas Johansson
Written-By – B. Andersson/B. Ulvaeus, S. Anderson
|
4:20 | |
| 11 |
Our Last Summer
Producer – Ronald Malmberg, Thomas Johansson
Written-By – B. Andersson/B. Ulvaeus
Producer – Ronald Malmberg, Thomas Johansson
Written-By – B. Andersson/B. Ulvaeus
|
4:28 |
- A&R – Anders Johansson (14)
- Art Direction, Design – M Industries
- Concept By – Niklas Berg
- Coordinator [Product] – Christer Mellström
- Mastered By – Björn Engelmann
- Musician – Anders Barrén, Anneli Axon, Annika Sjölin, Image (8), Katarina Sjölin, Ronald Malmberg, Tee (10)
- Performer [Uncredited] – Amit (3), Dhani, Marie, Sara (13)
- Photography By – Mats Oscarsson
Despite its commercial success around the world, the album received overwhelmingly negative reviews from music critics. Giving the album three out of five stars, Alex Henderson of AllMusic said that the groups "versions of ABBA gems like "Take a Chance on Me", "Mamma Mia", "Dancing Queen", and "Voulez-Vous" aren't brilliant, but they're enjoyable—and they show just how well the songs have held up over time." He concluded his review by saying, “All things considered, The ABBA Generation is a pleasing, if unremarkable, testament to the durability of ABBA's songs." In an average review for The A.V. Club, Steven Thompson wrote, "Pop music doesn't get more marginal than a collection of overdriven dance-pop covers, but The ABBA Generation succeeds on its own modest terms." David Hiltbrand of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B+, saying that the group "look and sound better than their supergroup heroes; even the music is spruced up, thanks to a cast of savvy Swedish producers." Writing for Rolling Stone, Arion Berger gave the album one and a half out of five stars, saying that "all the keyboard doodling and note-for-note diligence in Scandinavia wouldn't help these poseurs bring the pure-pop greatness of the real ABBA to life."
Musicians
- Anneli Axon
- Anders Barrén
- Tee
- Image
- Ronald Malmberg
- Annika Sjölin
- Katarina Sjölin
Production
- Per Adebratt – vocal production
- Stefan Boman – engineer
- Tommy Ekman – vocal production
- Björn Engelmann – mastering
- Ole Evenrude — producer
- Tommy Gustavsson — programming
- Hartmann & Langhoff – producer
- Johan S. – producer
- Thomas Johansson — producer, vocal production
- Fredrik Larnemo – engineer
- Hugo Lira — programming
- Ronald Malmberg — producer, vocal production
- Christer Sandelin – vocal production
- Joakim Styrén – mixing, programming
Other personnel
- Niklas Berg – concept
- Todd Gallopo – design
- Anders Johansson – A&R
- Christer Mellström – product coordinator
- Mats Oscarsson – photos
