Description
ABBA – The Essential Collection / Polar 2x Audio CD 2012 / 00602527993720
UPC 602527993720
Product Details:
Tracklist:
| 1-1 | People Need Love | 2:47 |
| 1-2 | He Is Your Brother | 3:20 |
| 1-3 | Ring Ring | 3:05 |
| 1-4 | Love Isn’t Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough) | 2:55 |
| 1-5 | Waterloo | 2:46 |
| 1-6 | Honey, Honey | 2:56 |
| 1-7 | So Long | 3:06 |
| 1-8 | I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do | 3:18 |
| 1-9 | SOS | 3:23 |
| 1-10 | Mamma Mia | 3:33 |
| 1-11 | Bang-A-Boomerang | 3:04 |
| 1-12 | Fernando | 4:15 |
| 1-13 | Dancing Queen | 3:53 |
| 1-14 | Money, Money, Money | 3:09 |
| 1-15 | Knowing Me, Knowing You | 4:04 |
| 1-16 | That’s Me | 3:18 |
| 1-17 | The Name Of The Game | 4:54 |
| 1-18 | Take A Chance On Me | 4:08 |
| 1-19 | Eagle | 4:28 |
| 1-20 | One Man, One Woman | 4:33 |
| 1-21 | Thank You For The Music | 3:51 |
| 1-22 | Summer Night City | 3:36 |
| 2-1 | Chiquitita | 5:27 |
| 2-2 | Does Your Mother Know | 3:16 |
| 2-3 | Voulez-Vous | 5:09 |
| 2-4 | Angeleyes | 4:23 |
| 2-5 | Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) |
4:52 |
| 2-6 | I Have A Dream | 4:44 |
| 2-7 | The Winner Takes It All | 4:56 |
| 2-8 | Super Trouper | 4:12 |
| 2-9 | On And On And On | 3:41 |
| 2-10 |
Lay All Your Love On Me | 4:36 |
| 2-11 | Happy New Year | 4:25 |
| 2-12 | One Of Us | 3:57 |
| 2-13 | When All Is Said And Done | 3:20 |
| 2-14 | Head Over Heels | 3:48 |
| 2-15 | The Visitors | 5:46 |
| 2-16 | The Day Before You Came | 5:49 |
| 2-17 | Under Attack | 3:49 |
Review:
"Essential" is a word that is so overused by record companies when marketing greatest hits albums, that it is hard to know if the set will truly be an essential purchase, but in ABBA's case, The Essential Collection lives up to its name. Of all the ABBA compilations on the market, this is the most thorough. While the very popular Gold album only focuses on the big hits, this one is for those looking for a bit more. Essential contains all of their official singles, in chronological order, plus a few choice cuts (Bang-A-Boomerang, That's Me, Happy New Year, and One Man, One Woman were not technically singles, but did have music videos, so their inclusion is not random, and the quality of these tracks are equal to those that were hits). The only downside of the album being in chronological order is that the singles from Ring Ring are first, and aside from the title track, they are the weakest of the bunch, but once you get past those, all of the songs are fantastic. I recommend this album to those who want the full ABBA experience. If you are brand new to ABBA, you might want save a few bucks and go for Gold, as the amount of tracks here might seem overwhelming at first, but if you already know the big hits, and are thirsty for a bit more, this is a great 2 CD set to have.
More Details:
- Art Direction – M Industries
- Coordinator [Project] – Mia Segolsson
- Liner Notes – Carl Magnus Palm
- Mastered By – Masters Of Audio
- Photography By [Front Cover] – Ola Lager
