2x CD, DVD

The Definitive Collection

Compilation by ABBA

Released 9 February 2001

Tracklist

CD 1
1
People Need Love
2:47
3.4 ★
2
He Is Your Brother
3:20
2.6 ★
3
Ring Ring
3:06
3.2 ★
4
Love Isn’t Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)
2:55
3.5 ★
5
Waterloo
2:48
3.8 ★
6
Honey, Honey
2:57
3.2 ★
7
So Long
3:07
2.8 ★
8
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
3:19
3.3 ★
9
SOS
3:22
4.1 ★
10
Mamma Mia
3:34
3.9 ★
11
Fernando
4:15
3.8 ★
12
Dancing Queen
3:53
4.0 ★
13
Money, Money, Money
3:07
3.7 ★
14
Knowing Me, Knowing You
4:03
3.8 ★
15
The Name of the Game
4:54
3.8 ★
16
Take a Chance on Me
4:07
4.1 ★
17
Eagle
4:29
4.0 ★
18
Summer Night City
3:38
3.8 ★
19
Chiquitita
5:26
3.5 ★
20
Does Your Mother Know
3:15
3.4 ★
CD 2
1
Voulez-Vous
5:11
3.8 ★
2
Angeleyes
4:22
3.2 ★
3
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
4:52
4.0 ★
4
I Have a Dream
4:44
3.6 ★
5
The Winner Takes It All
4:58
4.0 ★
6
Super Trouper
4:15
3.7 ★
7
On and On and On
3:44
3.3 ★
8
Lay All Your Love on Me
4:36
3.8 ★
9
One of Us
3:58
3.4 ★
10
When All Is Said and Done
3:19
3.1 ★
11
Head Over Heels
3:49
3.1 ★
12
The Visitors
5:48
3.4 ★
13
The Day Before You Came
3:49
14
Under Attack
3:47
2.5 ★
15
Thank You for the Music
3:54
3.6 ★
16
Ring Ring (1974 remix, single version)
3:12
4.0 ★
17
Voulez-Vous (extended remix, 1979 US promo)
6:10
DVD 3
1
Waterloo
2:46
4.0 ★
2
Ring Ring
3:07
5.0 ★
3
Mamma Mia
3:31
4
SOS
3:19
5
Bang-a-Boomerang
3:03
6
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
3:16
7
Fernando
4:15
8
Dancing Queen
3:51
9
Money, Money, Money
3:07
10
Knowing Me, Knowing You
4:00
11
That’s Me
3:16
12
The Name of the Game
4:56
13
Take a Chance on Me
3:57
14
Eagle
3:49
15
One Man, One Woman
4:32
16
Thank You for the Music
3:48
17
Summer Night City
3:47
18
Chiquitita
5:23
19
Does Your Mother Know
3:11
20
Voulez-Vous
4:14
21
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
3:22
22
On and On and On
4:11
23
The Winner Takes It All
4:57
24
Super Trooper
4:08
25
Happy New Year
4:27
26
When All Is Said and Done
3:14
27
One of Us
3:57
28
Head Over Heals
3:47
29
The Day Before You Came
5:47
30
Under Attack
3:45
31
When I Kissed the Teacher
3:00
32
Estoy soñando (I Have a Dream)
4:38
33
Felicidad (Happy New Year)
4:25
34
No hay a quien culpar (When All Is Said and Done)
3:12
35
Dancing Queen (at the Royal Opera House)
3:47

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Release credits

Agnetha Fältskog
background vocals [6], lead vocals [2.5, 2.7-8, 2.15, 1.1, 1.3-4, 1.6, 1.10, 1.12, 1.19]
Anders Dahl
violin [10]
Anders Dahl
violin [1.6, 1.12, 2.2, 2.4-5]
Anders Eljas
strings [2]
Anders Glenmark
electric guitar [13]
Arnold Paseiro
bass guitar [1]
Benny Andersson
Moog [5-6], arranger [1.7-10, 1.12-16, 1.18-19, 2.5-12, 2.14-15], background vocals [7], bass synthesizer [20], clavinet [12], keyboard [1.2, 1.4, 1.7-9, 1.12-16, 1.19-20, 2.2, 2.5-9, 2.9-12, 2.14-15], lead vocals [1], marimba [10], mellotron [1, 3, 5-6], piano [3, 5-6], producer [1.1-20, 2.1-12, 2.14-15], synthesizer [1.19-20, 2.1-2, 2.4-12]
Bernt Nylund
violin [2, 5]
Bertil Andersson
double bass [4]
Bertil Orsin
violin [1.12, 2.5]
Björn Almstedt
assistant [1-4]
Björn Ulvaeus
acoustic guitar [2.6, 2.9-12, 2.15, 1.1, 1.3, 1.5-6, 1.15-16], arranger [2.5-12, 2.14-15, 1.7-10, 1.12-16, 1.18-19], banjo [19], guitar [2.1-2, 2.4, 1.2, 1.4, 1.7-9, 1.13-14, 1.19-20], lead vocals [1, 20], mandolin [15], producer [1.1-20, 2.1-12, 2.14-15]
Bo Hellman
double bass [4]
Bo Söderström
viola [5], violin [2, 4]
Bruno Glenmark
trumpet [7]
Christer Eklund
tenor saxophone [5]
Claes Nilsson
violin [2.2, 2.4, 1.6, 1.12]
Finn Sjöberg
electric guitar [10]
Frida
background vocals [5, 8], lead vocals [2.4, 2.6-7, 2.12, 1.1, 1.3-4, 1.6, 1.10, 1.12], solo [13-14]
George Terry
guitar [1]
Gunnar Michols
violin [2.2, 2.4-5, 1.6, 1.10, 1.12]
Halldor Pálsson
tenor saxophone [1]
Hans‐Göran Eketorp
cello [1.12, 2.4]
Harry Teike
violin [2.2, 2.4-5, 1.10, 1.12]
Håkan Jansson
baritone saxophone [2]
Håkan Roos
viola [2.2, 2.4-5, 1.10, 1.12]
Inge Lindstedt
violin [1.6, 1.10, 2.4]
International School of Stockholm Choir
choir vocals [4]
Ish Ledesma
guitar [1]
Jan Kling
soprano saxophone [7]
Janne Bandel
drums (drum set) [2]
Janne Schaffer
acoustic guitar [1, 3], additional [10], electric guitar [1, 3], guitar [2.1-2, 2.4, 2.6-7, 2.14, 1.1-2, 1.4-5, 1.5-7, 1.9-10, 1.10, 1.14]
Joe Galdo
drums (drum set) [1]
Johan Stengård
soprano saxophone [1], tenor saxophone [1]
Kajtek Wojciechowski
tenor saxophone [2.7, 1.20]
Kernstin Feist
chorus master [4]
Kjell Bjurling
cello [10]
Krzysztof Zdrzalka
violin [1.6, 1.10, 1.12, 2.4]
Lars Arvinder
viola [2, 4]
Lars Brolin
viola [12]
Lars O. Carlsson
alto saxophone [7], flute [15], saxophone [15], tenor saxophone [2.7, 1.20]
Lars Stegenberg
violin [1.12, 2.2, 2.4-5]
Lars-Erik Rönn
oboe [10]
Lasse Hallström
video director [2-4, 7-10, 12-13, 16, 19-21, 23-24, 27]
Lasse Wellander
acoustic guitar [9-12, 15], electric guitar [1.14-16, 2.9-12], guitar [1.8, 1.19, 1.19-20, 1.20, 2.5, 2.8], mandolin [15]
Lennart Fredriksson
violin [4]
Lennart Karlsmyr
assistant [1-4]
Malando Gassama
congas [15], percussion [14-15]
Martin Bylund
violin [2.2, 2.5, 1.6, 1.12]
Michael B. Tretow
engineer [1.1-8, 1.8-16, 1.18-20, 2.1-12, 2.14-15]
Mike Watson
bass guitar [1.7-10, 1.20, 2.2, 2.5-6], electric bass guitar [1, 3-4]
Nils Heie
viola [1.10, 2.2, 2.4-5]
Nils Landgren
trombone [1]
Ola Brunkert
drums (drum set) [2.2, 2.4-5, 2.7-9, 2.11, 1.1, 1.3-5, 1.5-7, 1.9, 1.13-15, 1.19-20, 1.20], membranophone [10]
Olle Gustafsson
cello [1.10, 2.4-5]
Paul Harris
piano [1]
Per Lindvall
drums (drum set) [6, 12, 14], percussion [14]
Roger Palm
drums (drum set) [1.3, 1.8, 1.10, 1.12, 1.16, 2.15], tambourine [2.15, 1.16]
Rune Persson
assistant [1-4]
Rutger Gunnarsson
bass [2.10, 1.12], bass guitar [2.4, 2.7-9, 2.11-12, 2.14-15, 1.5-6, 1.13-16, 1.16, 1.19], cello [4-5], double bass [4], electric bass guitar [3], viola [4-5], violin [4-5]
Sixten Strömvall
violin [2.2, 2.4-5, 1.10, 1.12]
Stefan Brolund
bass guitar [2]
Sven-Olof Walldoff
cello [10], strings [6, 12], viola [10], violin [10]
The Three Boys
mandolin [9]
Thomas Sundkvist
viola [2]
Ulf Andersson
alto saxophone [8]
Åke Arvinder
viola [12]
Åke Eldsäter
assistant [1-4]
Åke Jelving
violin [6]
Åke Olofsson
cello [1.12, 2.5]
Åke Sundqvist
percussion [5-6, 9-12]

Issues

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(Combined release view)
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The Definitive Collection
2x CD
9 February 2001
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The Definitive Collection
2x CD
2001
T
The Definitive Collection
2x CD
2001
T
The Definitive Collection
2x CD
2001
T
The Definitive Collection
2x CD
11 February 2002
T
The Definitive Collection
DVD
15 July 2002
T
The Definitive Collection
2x CD
9 September 2002
T
The Definitive Collection
2x CD, DVD-Video
2004
T
The Definitive Collection
2x CD, DVD
11 November 2005
T
The Definitive Collection
2x CD, DVD
1 October 2007
T
The Definitive Collection
2x Digital Media