The Best of ABBA

Tracklist

• 12" Vinyl 1
• 1
  Waterloo
  3.8 ★
• 2
  Voulez‐vous
  3.7 ★
• 3
  Tropical Loveland
  2.0 ★
• 4
  S.O.S.
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Rock Me
  2.1 ★
• 6
  If It Wasn’t for the Nights
  2.5 ★
• 7
  Hole in Your Soul
  2.9 ★
• 8
  Eagle
  3.1 ★
• 9
  Money, Money, Money
  3.6 ★
• 10
  When I Kissed the Teacher
  2.0 ★
• 11
  Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Kisses of Fire
  2.5 ★
• 13
  Dum Dum Diddle
  2.2 ★
• 14
  So Long
  2.6 ★
• 12" Vinyl 2
• 1
  Summer Night City
  3.8 ★
• 2
  Hey, Hey Helen
  2.0 ★
• 3
  That’s Me
  2.0 ★
• 4
  Knowing Me, Knowing You
  3.8 ★
• 5
  Nina Pretty Ballerina
  3.4 ★
• 6
  Lovers (Live a Little Longer)
  2.5 ★
• 7
  Move On
  2.2 ★
• 8
  Tiger
  2.8 ★
• 9
  Take a Chance on Me
  4.1 ★
• 10
  He Is Your Brother
  2.6 ★
• 11
  Watch Out
  3.0 ★
• 12
  Does Your Mother Know
  3.4 ★
• 13
  Bang‐a‐Boomerang
  1.9 ★
• 14
  I’m a Marionette
  2.0 ★
• 12" Vinyl 3
• 1
  Arrival
  3.0 ★
• 2
  Chiquitita
  3.5 ★
• 3
  Why Did It Have to Be Me?
  2.0 ★
• 4
  One Man One Woman
  2.0 ★
• 5
  Dance (While the Music Still Goes on)
  3.4 ★
• 6
  Hasta mañana
  2.9 ★
• 7
  The King Has Lost His Crown
  2.8 ★
• 8
  Dancing Queen
  4.0 ★
• 9
  My Love, My Life
  2.6 ★
• 10
  I’ve Been Waiting for You
  2.0 ★
• 11
  Mamma Mia
  3.8 ★
• 12
  Suzy‐Hang‐Around
  2.2 ★
• 13
  The Winner Takes It All
  4.0 ★
• 14
  I Wonder (Departure)
  2.5 ★
• 12" Vinyl 4
• 1
  I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
  2.6 ★
• 2
  As Good as New
  2.8 ★
• 3
  Another Town, Another Train
  3.4 ★
• 4
  Fernando
  3.8 ★
• 5
  Angel Eyes
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Gonna Sing You My Love Song
  2.2 ★
• 7
  Ring, Ring
  3.2 ★
• 8
  The Name of the Game
  3.6 ★
• 9
  People Need Love
  3.5 ★
• 10
  Man in the Middle
• 11
  I Have a Dream
  3.6 ★
• 12
  My Mama Said
  2.4 ★
• 13
  Honey, Honey
  3.0 ★
• 14
  Thank You for the Music
  3.4 ★
• 12" Vinyl 5
• 1
  Super Trouper
  3.6 ★
• 2
  Intermezzo No. 1
  2.4 ★
• 3
  Me and I
  3.3 ★
• 4
  Rock’n’Roll Band
  2.6 ★
• 5
  Elaine
  2.4 ★
• 6
  Andante, andante
  2.7 ★
• 7
  Happy New Year
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Lay All Your Love on Me
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Crazy World
  2.9 ★
• 10
  The Piper
  2.7 ★
• 11
  The Way Old Friends Do
  2.5 ★
• 12
  Lovelight
• 13
  Our Last Summer
  2.0 ★
• 14
  On and On and On
  3.3 ★

More by ABBA

Arrival

Arrival 1976

The Visitors

The Visitors 1981

Super Trouper

Super Trouper 1980

Voulez‐vous

Voulez‐vous 1979

ABBA

ABBA 1975

Waterloo

Waterloo 1974

Release credits

• Agnetha Fältskog
  background vocals [1, 3, 6, 11], lead vocals [3.2, 3.8, 3.11, 3.13, 4.2-3, 4.7, 4.9, 4.13-14, 2.5, 5.4, 5.7-8, 5.10, 5.13-14, 1.12], solo [1.10, 3.9]
• Alfred Pisuke
  violin [4]
• Alm Nils Ersson
  viola [1, 9]
• Anders Dahl
  violin [11]
• Anders Dahl
  violin [1.6, 2.13, 3.1, 3.8-9, 3.13-14, 4.2, 4.5, 4.11, 4.13, 5.4]
• Anders Eljas
  brass [6], strings [3.7, 4.5, 1.6]
• Anders Glenmark
  electric guitar [9]
• Arnold Paseiro
  bass guitar [2]
• Bengt Ericson
  cello [13]
• Bengt Sundberg
  instrument [14]
• Benny Andersson
  Moog [1.1, 2.11, 4.6, 4.12-13, 3.6, 3.12], arranger [1.3-5, 1.7-10, 1.13-14, 3.1-4, 3.8-11, 3.13-14, 2.1-4, 2.7-9, 2.13-14, 5.1-3, 5.6-8, 5.10-14, 4.1, 4.8, 4.14], background vocals [14], bass synthesizer [12], clavinet [8, 10], keyboard [1.3-10, 1.12, 1.14, 5.1, 5.3-4, 5.6-8, 5.10, 5.12-14, 2.2-10, 2.12-14, 3.2-4, 3.7-9, 3.13-14, 4.1-2, 4.5, 4.8, 4.14], lead vocals [3.12, 4.9], marimba [11], mellotron [4.3, 4.6-7, 4.9, 4.12-13, 3.6, 3.12, 2.11, 1.1], piano [4.3, 4.6-7, 4.12-13, 1.1, 3.6, 3.12, 2.11], producer [1.1-14, 5.1-8, 5.10-14, 3.1-14, 4.1-9, 4.11-14, 2.1-14], synthesizer [2.6, 2.12, 3.2, 3.7, 3.13, 4.5, 4.11, 5.1, 5.3, 5.6-8, 5.10, 5.13-14, 1.2, 1.6, 1.12]
• Bernt Nylund
  violin [3.1, 3.9, 3.13-14, 1.6, 4.5]
• Bertil Andersson
  double bass [2, 11]
• Bertil Orsin
  violin [3.4, 3.8, 3.13, 5.2, 2.14]
• Björn Almstedt
  assistant [4.3, 4.7, 4.9, 2.5, 2.10, 5.4]
• Björn J:son Lindh
  brass [2], cello [2], trumpet [2], viola [2], violin [2]
• Björn Ulvaeus
  acoustic guitar [3.4-6, 3.12, 4.3, 4.6-9, 4.12-14, 2.7, 2.9, 2.11, 1.1, 1.8, 1.13, 5.1, 5.3, 5.7, 5.10, 5.13], arranger [3.1-4, 3.8-11, 3.13-14, 2.1-4, 2.7-9, 2.13-14, 5.1-3, 5.6-8, 5.10-14, 4.1, 4.8, 4.14, 1.3-5, 1.7-10, 1.13-14], banjo [2], electric guitar [5.4, 2.3], guitar [5.12-13, 1.2-6, 1.9-10, 1.12, 1.14, 3.2-3, 3.7, 3.9-10, 4.1, 4.5, 4.11, 2.2-6, 2.8, 2.10, 2.12-13], lead vocals [2.12, 4.9], mandolin [5.6, 4.14], producer [3.1-14, 4.1-9, 4.11-14, 5.1-8, 5.10-14, 2.1-14, 1.1-14], solo [3]
• Bo Dahlman
  acoustic guitar [4]
• Bo Eriksson
  oboe [14]
• Bo Hellman
  double bass [2, 11]
• Bo Söderström
  viola [2.14, 3.4, 3.13], violin [4.2, 4.5, 4.11, 1.6, 3.1, 3.9, 3.14]
• Bruno Glenmark
  trumpet [14]
• Christer Eklund
  tenor saxophone [1]
• Claes Nilsson
  violin [1.6, 3.4, 3.8-9, 3.14, 2.13-14, 4.2, 4.5, 4.11, 4.13, 5.2, 5.4]
• Erik Dybeck
  cello [2]
• Finn Sjöberg
  electric guitar [11], guitar [1.5, 3.10]
• Frank Corvini
  trumpet [4]
• Frida
  background vocals [3.13, 5.7-8, 5.13], lead vocals [1.6, 3.7-8, 3.11, 3.14, 4.3, 4.6-7, 4.9, 4.11, 4.13, 5.1, 5.3-4, 5.6, 5.10-11, 5.14, 2.5-6], solo [1.9, 2.4]
• George Terry
  guitar [2]
• Gunnar Gunrup
  trumpet [2]
• Gunnar Michols
  violin [5.2, 5.4, 1.6, 2.14, 3.1, 3.4, 3.8-9, 3.11, 3.13-14, 4.2, 4.5, 4.11, 4.13]
• Gösta Nilsson
  trumpet [2]
• Halldor Pálsson
  tenor saxophone [2]
• Hans‐Göran Eketorp
  cello [4.2, 4.11, 2.14, 3.4, 3.8, 3.14, 5.2]
• Harry Teike
  violin [5.2, 5.4, 4.2, 4.5, 4.11, 3.1, 3.4, 3.8-9, 3.11, 3.13-14, 1.6, 2.14]
• Hasse Rosén
  acoustic guitar [4]
• Herbert Konvicka
  violin [4]
• Håkan Jansson
  baritone saxophone [10]
• Håkan Roos
  viola [1.6, 3.4, 3.8-9, 3.11, 3.13-14, 4.2, 4.5, 4.11, 2.13-14]
• Inge Lindstedt
  violin [3.4, 3.11, 3.14, 2.14, 4.2, 4.11, 4.13]
• International School of Stockholm Choir
  choir vocals [11]
• Ish Ledesma
  guitar [2]
• Jan Boquist
  vibraphone [4]
• Jan Kling
  flute [10], soprano saxophone [14]
• Jan Risberg
  oboe [7]
• Janne Bandel
  drums (drum set) [10]
• Janne Schaffer
  acoustic guitar [5.4, 4.3, 4.7, 4.9], additional [9, 11], electric guitar [2.3, 3.3, 3.9, 4.3, 4.7, 4.9, 5.4, 1.8], guitar [3.3, 3.5-6, 3.10-11, 3.11-12, 2.2, 2.4-5, 2.10-11, 2.13, 5.1, 5.7, 5.14, 1.1, 1.1-2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.14, 4.2, 4.5-6, 4.9, 4.11-13], solo [8]
• Joe Galdo
  drums (drum set) [2]
• Johan Stengård
  soprano saxophone [2], tenor saxophone [2]
• John “Rabbit” Bundrick
  keyboard [5]
• Kajtek Wojciechowski
  tenor saxophone [5.14, 2.12]
• Kernstin Feist
  chorus master [11]
• Kjell Bjurling
  cello [11]
• Krzysztof Zdrzalka
  violin [2.14, 3.4, 3.8-9, 3.11, 3.14, 4.2, 4.11, 4.13, 5.4]
• Lars Arvinder
  viola [3.1, 3.4, 3.9, 3.14, 1.6, 4.2, 4.5, 4.11, 5.2, 5.4, 2.14]
• Lars Brolin
  viola [8]
• Lars O. Carlsson
  alto saxophone [14], flute [8], recorder [1.8, 2.7], saxophone [3.3, 3.14, 4.8], tenor saxophone [3.3, 2.12, 5.14]
• Lars Stegenberg
  violin [3.4, 3.8-9, 3.13-14, 4.2, 4.5, 4.11, 1.6, 2.14]
• Lars-Erik Rönn
  oboe [11]
• Lasse Wellander
  acoustic guitar [5.10, 4.14, 1.13], electric guitar [4.8, 3.4, 2.4, 2.7-9], guitar [3.2, 3.7, 3.13-14, 2.6-7, 2.12, 2.14, 4.1, 5.3, 5.6, 5.8, 5.10, 5.12-13, 5.13, 1.3, 1.5, 1.7-8, 1.12], mandolin [5.6, 4.14], solo [8]
• Leandr Pfeiler
  violin [9]
• Lennart Fredriksson
  violin [2, 11]
• Lennart Karlsmyr
  assistant [2.5, 2.10, 4.3, 4.7, 4.9, 5.4]
• Luciano Mosetti
  trumpet [4]
• Malando Gassama
  congas [1.7, 2.14, 4.8, 3.14], percussion [4.8, 1.6-8, 1.10, 3.14, 2.3-4, 2.6-7, 2.14]
• Martin Bylund
  violin [4.5, 4.13, 2.14, 3.1, 3.4, 3.8-9, 3.13-14, 1.6]
• Michael B. Tretow
  engineer [2.1-14, 5.1-8, 5.10-14, 1.1-14, 3.1-14, 4.1, 4.1-9, 4.11-14]
• Mike Watson
  bass guitar [4.1, 4.5, 5.1, 2.12-13, 3.11, 3.13, 1.3-4, 1.6, 1.14], electric bass guitar [3, 7, 9]
• Nils Heie
  viola [1.6, 2.14, 3.4, 3.9, 3.11, 3.13-14, 4.2, 4.5, 4.11, 5.2, 5.4]
• Nils Landgren
  trombone [2]
• Ola Brunkert
  drums (drum set) [3.2-3, 3.5-6, 3.9, 3.12-14, 2.3-8, 2.11-12, 2.12, 2.14, 4.2-3, 4.5-9, 4.11-13, 5.3, 5.6-8, 5.10, 5.12-14, 1.1, 1.4, 1.6-10, 1.12-14]
• Olle Gustafsson
  cello [3.4, 3.11, 3.13, 4.2, 4.11, 2.13-14, 5.4]
• Paul Harris
  piano [2]
• Per Lindvall
  drums (drum set) [1]
• Per Sahlberg
  bass guitar [5], percussion [5]
• Per‐Erik Olsson
  violin [9]
• Roger Palm
  drums (drum set) [1.3, 1.5, 5.4, 3.4, 3.8, 3.10-11, 4.1, 4.3, 4.7, 4.14, 2.2, 2.9, 2.13], tambourine [2.9, 4.14], timpani [2]
• Rolf Alex
  drums (drum set) [7]
• Rune Persson
  assistant [4.3, 4.7, 4.9, 2.5, 2.10, 5.4]
• Rutger Gunnarsson
  bass [8], bass guitar [2.2-4, 2.6-9, 2.9, 2.11, 2.14, 1.1, 1.5, 1.7-10, 1.12-13, 5.3, 5.6-8, 5.10, 5.12-14, 3.2-4, 3.6-7, 3.9-10, 3.12, 3.14, 4.2, 4.6, 4.8, 4.11-14], cello [2.14, 4.2, 4.11, 3.4, 3.13], double bass [2, 11], electric bass guitar [5.4, 2.5, 4.3, 4.7], mandolin [6], strings [2.6, 3.9], viola [4.2, 4.11, 3.4, 3.13, 2.14], violin [2.14, 4.2, 4.11, 3.4, 3.13]
• Sixten Strömvall
  violin [2.13-14, 5.4, 4.2, 4.5, 4.11, 3.4, 3.8, 3.11, 3.13, 1.6]
• Snorri Throvaldsson
  violin [3.9, 3.14, 5.2]
• Stefan Brolund
  bass guitar [10]
• Sven Larsson
  bass trombone [4]
• Sven-Olof Walldoff
  bass trombone [4], cello [3.11, 5.4], strings [3.8, 4.13], trombone [4], trumpet [4], viola [3.11, 5.4], violin [5.4, 3.11]
• Thomas Sundkvist
  viola [1.6, 4.5]
• Torgny Nilsson
  trombone [4]
• Tullo Galli
  violin [2.13-14, 3.4]
• Ulf Andersson
  alto saxophone [1]
• Weine Renliden
  trumpet [4]
• Åke Arvinder
  viola [8]
• Åke Eldsäter
  assistant [4.3, 4.7, 4.9, 2.5, 2.10, 5.4]
• Åke Jelving
  violin [5.4, 4.13]
• Åke Olofsson
  cello [8, 13]
• Åke Sundqvist
  percussion [3.13, 5.1, 5.3, 5.13], timpani [11]
• Örjan Högberg
  viola [14]
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  The Best of ABBA

  5x 12" Vinyl
  1982