The Essential Collection

Tracklist

• CD 1: The Essential Collection CD 1
• 1
  People Need Love
  2:47
  3.5 ★
• 2
  He Is Your Brother
  3:20
  2.6 ★
• 3
  Ring Ring
  3:05
  3.2 ★
• 4
  Love Isn’t Easy (but It Sure Is Hard Enough)
  2:55
  3.6 ★
• 5
  Waterloo
  2:46
  3.8 ★
• 6
  Honey, Honey
  2:56
  3.0 ★
• 7
  So Long
  3:06
  2.6 ★
• 8
  I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
  3:18
  2.6 ★
• 9
  S.O.S.
  3:23
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Mamma Mia
  3:33
  3.8 ★
• 11
  Bang‐a‐Boomerang
  3:04
  1.9 ★
• 12
  Fernando
  4:15
  3.8 ★
• 13
  Dancing Queen
  3:53
  4.0 ★
• 14
  Money, Money, Money
  3:09
  3.6 ★
• 15
  Knowing Me, Knowing You
  4:04
  3.8 ★
• 16
  That’s Me
  3:18
  2.0 ★
• 17
  The Name of the Game
  4:54
  3.6 ★
• 18
  Take a Chance on Me
  4:08
  4.1 ★
• 19
  Eagle
  4:28
  4.0 ★
• 20
  One Man, One Woman
  4:33
  2.0 ★
• 21
  Thank You for the Music
  3:51
  3.4 ★
• 22
  Summer Night City
  3:36
  3.8 ★
• CD 2: The Essential Collection CD 2
• 1
  Chiquitita
  5:28
  3.5 ★
• 2
  Does Your Mother Know
  3:16
  3.4 ★
• 3
  Voulez‐Vous
  5:10
  3.7 ★
• 4
  Angel Eyes
  4:24
  3.0 ★
• 5
  Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
  4:52
  4.0 ★
• 6
  I Have a Dream
  4:44
  3.6 ★
• 7
  The Winner Takes It All
  4:57
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Super Trouper
  4:12
  3.6 ★
• 9
  On and On and On
  3:41
  3.3 ★
• 10
  Lay All Your Love on Me
  4:36
  3.8 ★
• 11
  Happy New Year
  4:25
  3.0 ★
• 12
  One of Us
  3:58
  3.3 ★
• 13
  When All Is Said and Done
  3:20
  2.6 ★
• 14
  Head Over Heels
  3:49
  2.6 ★
• 15
  The Visitors
  5:47
  3.8 ★
• 16
  The Day Before You Came
  5:50
  3.5 ★
• 17
  Under Attack
  3:50
  2.5 ★
• DVD-Video 3
• 1
  Waterloo
  3.8 ★
• 2
  Ring Ring
  5.0 ★
• 3
  Mamma Mia
  3.8 ★
• 4
  S.O.S.
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Bang‐a‐Boomerang
• 6
  I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
• 7
  Fernando
• 8
  Dancing Queen
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Money, Money, Money
  3.6 ★
• 10
  Knowing Me, Knowing You
• 11
  That’s Me
• 12
  The Name of the Game
• 13
  Take a Chance on Me
• 14
  Eagle
• 15
  One Man, One Woman
• 16
  Thank You for the Music
• 17
  Summer Night City
• 18
  Chiquitita
  3.5 ★
• 19
  Does Your Mother Know
  3.4 ★
• 20
  Voulez‐Vous
  3.7 ★
• 21
  Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
• 22
  On and On and On
• 23
  The Winner Takes It All
• 24
  Super Trouper
• 25
  Happy New Year
  3.0 ★
• 26
  When All Is Said and Done
• 27
  One of Us
• 28
  Head Over Heels
• 29
  The Day Before You Came
• 30
  Under Attack
• 31
  Estoy soñando
• 32
  Conociéndome, conociéndote
• 33
  Gracias por la música
• 34
  Felicidad
• 35
  No hay a quién culpar
• 36
  The Last Video

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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 [8], lead vocals [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.6, 1.10, 1.13, 1.21, 3.3, 3.8, 3.18, 3.25, 2.1, 2.7, 2.9-11]
• Anders Dahl
  violin [3.3, 1.10]
• Anders Dahl
  violin [2.4, 2.6-7, 3.8, 1.6, 1.11, 1.13]
• Anders Eljas
  strings [4]
• Anders Glenmark
  electric guitar [3.9, 1.14]
• Arnold Paseiro
  bass guitar [3.20, 2.3]
• Bengt Ericson
  cello [11]
• Benny Andersson
  Moog [3.1, 1.5-6], arranger [1.7-11, 1.13-18, 1.20-22, 2.1, 2.7-15, 2.17, 3.3-4, 3.8-9, 3.18, 3.25], background vocals [9], bass synthesizer [2.2, 3.19], clavinet [1.13, 3.8], keyboard [1.2, 1.4, 1.7-9, 1.11, 1.13-18, 1.20-21, 2.1-2, 2.4, 2.7-12, 2.12-15, 2.17, 3.4, 3.8-9, 3.18-19, 3.25], lead vocals [1], marimba [1.10, 3.3], mellotron [3.1, 1.1, 1.3, 1.5-6], piano [1.3, 1.5-6, 3.1], producer [1.1-22, 2.1-17, 3.1, 3.3-4, 3.8-9, 3.18-20, 3.25], synthesizer [3.18-20, 3.25, 2.1-4, 2.6-15]
• Bernt Nylund
  violin [4, 7]
• Bertil Andersson
  double bass [6]
• Bertil Orsin
  violin [3.8, 1.13, 1.20, 2.7]
• Björn Almstedt
  assistant [1-4]
• Björn Ulvaeus
  acoustic guitar [2.8, 2.11-15, 3.1, 3.25, 1.1, 1.3, 1.5-6, 1.17-18, 1.20-21], arranger [3.3-4, 3.8-9, 3.18, 3.25, 1.7-11, 1.13-18, 1.20-22, 2.1, 2.7-15, 2.17], banjo [3.18, 2.1], electric guitar [16], guitar [2.1-4, 2.6, 3.4, 3.9, 3.18-20, 1.2, 1.4, 1.7-9, 1.11, 1.14-16], lead vocals [1.1, 3.19, 2.2], mandolin [21], producer [1.1-22, 2.1-17, 3.1, 3.3-4, 3.8-9, 3.18-20, 3.25]
• Bo Hellman
  double bass [6]
• Bo Söderström
  viola [2.7, 1.20], violin [4, 6]
• Bruno Glenmark
  trumpet [7]
• Christer Eklund
  tenor saxophone [1.5, 3.1]
• Claes Nilsson
  violin [2.4, 2.6, 3.8, 1.6, 1.11, 1.13, 1.20]
• Finn Sjöberg
  electric guitar [1.10, 3.3]
• Frida
  background vocals [2.7, 2.10-11, 3.25], lead vocals [3.3, 3.8, 2.6, 2.8-9, 2.15, 1.1, 1.3-4, 1.6, 1.10, 1.13], solo [3.9, 1.14-15]
• George Terry
  guitar [3.20, 2.3]
• Gunnar Michols
  violin [3.3, 3.8, 1.6, 1.10, 1.13, 1.20, 2.4, 2.6-7]
• Halldor Pálsson
  tenor saxophone [3.20, 2.3]
• Hans‐Göran Eketorp
  cello [2.6, 3.8, 1.13, 1.20]
• Harry Teike
  violin [3.3, 3.8, 2.4, 2.6-7, 1.10, 1.13, 1.20]
• Håkan Jansson
  baritone saxophone [2]
• Håkan Roos
  viola [2.4, 2.6-7, 1.10-11, 1.13, 1.20, 3.3, 3.8]
• Inge Lindstedt
  violin [2.6, 3.3, 1.6, 1.10, 1.20]
• International School of Stockholm Choir
  choir vocals [6]
• Ish Ledesma
  guitar [3.20, 2.3]
• Jan Kling
  soprano saxophone [9]
• Janne Bandel
  drums (drum set) [2]
• Janne Schaffer
  acoustic guitar [1, 3], additional [1.10, 3.3], electric guitar [1, 3, 16], guitar [1.1-2, 1.4-5, 1.5-7, 1.9-10, 1.10-11, 1.11, 1.15, 2.3-4, 2.6, 2.8-9, 2.11, 2.17, 3.1, 3.3, 3.3-4, 3.20, 3.25]
• Joe Galdo
  drums (drum set) [2.3, 3.20]
• Johan Stengård
  soprano saxophone [2.3, 3.20], tenor saxophone [2.3, 3.20]
• Kajtek Wojciechowski
  tenor saxophone [3.19, 2.2, 2.9]
• Kernstin Feist
  chorus master [6]
• Kjell Bjurling
  cello [1.10, 3.3]
• Krzysztof Zdrzalka
  violin [2.6, 3.3, 3.8, 1.6, 1.10, 1.13, 1.20]
• Lars Arvinder
  viola [2.4, 2.6, 1.20]
• Lars Brolin
  viola [3.8, 1.13]
• Lars O. Carlsson
  alto saxophone [9], flute [17], saxophone [17], tenor saxophone [2.2, 2.9, 3.19]
• Lars Stegenberg
  violin [2.4, 2.6-7, 3.8, 1.13, 1.20]
• Lars-Erik Rönn
  oboe [3.3, 1.10]
• Lasse Wellander
  acoustic guitar [2.12-15, 1.21], electric guitar [1.15, 1.17-18, 1.20, 2.12-15], guitar [3.18, 3.18-19, 3.19, 2.1, 2.1-2, 2.2, 2.7, 2.10, 1.8], mandolin [21]
• Lennart Fredriksson
  violin [6]
• Lennart Karlsmyr
  assistant [1-4]
• Malando Gassama
  congas [17], percussion [15-17]
• Martin Bylund
  violin [1.6, 1.13, 1.20, 2.4, 2.7, 3.8]
• Michael B. Tretow
  engineer [2.1-17, 1.1-8, 1.8-18, 1.20-22, 3.1, 3.3-4, 3.8-9, 3.18-20, 3.25]
• Mike Watson
  bass guitar [2.2, 2.4, 2.7-8, 3.3-4, 3.19, 1.7-11], electric bass guitar [1, 3-4]
• Nils Heie
  viola [1.10, 1.20, 2.4, 2.6-7, 3.3]
• Nils Landgren
  trombone [3.20, 2.3]
• Ola Brunkert
  drums (drum set) [1.1, 1.3-5, 1.5-7, 1.9, 1.14-17, 2.1-2, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6-7, 2.9-12, 2.14, 3.1, 3.4, 3.9, 3.18-19, 3.19, 3.25], membranophone [13]
• Olle Gustafsson
  cello [2.6-7, 1.10-11, 1.20, 3.3]
• Paul Harris
  piano [2.3, 3.20]
• Per Lindvall
  drums (drum set) [8, 15, 17], percussion [17]
• Roger Palm
  drums (drum set) [1.3, 1.8, 1.10-11, 1.13, 1.18, 1.20-21, 3.3, 3.8], tambourine [18, 21]
• Rune Persson
  assistant [1-4]
• Rutger Gunnarsson
  bass [2.13, 3.8, 1.13], bass guitar [1.5-6, 1.14-18, 1.18, 1.20-21, 2.1, 2.6, 2.9-12, 2.14-15, 2.17, 3.1, 3.9, 3.18, 3.25], cello [2.6-7, 1.20], double bass [6], electric bass guitar [3], viola [2.6-7, 1.20], violin [2.6-7, 1.20]
• Sixten Strömvall
  violin [1.10-11, 1.13, 1.20, 2.4, 2.6-7, 3.3, 3.8]
• Stefan Brolund
  bass guitar [2]
• Sven-Olof Walldoff
  cello [3.3, 1.10], strings [3.8, 1.6, 1.13], viola [1.10, 3.3], violin [1.10, 3.3]
• The Three Boys
  mandolin [12]
• Thomas Sundkvist
  viola [4]
• Tullo Galli
  violin [11, 20]
• Ulf Andersson
  alto saxophone [8]
• Åke Arvinder
  viola [1.13, 3.8]
• Åke Eldsäter
  assistant [1-4]
• Åke Jelving
  violin [6]
• Åke Olofsson
  cello [1.13, 2.7, 3.8]
• Åke Sundqvist
  percussion [7-8, 12-15]
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Issues

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  The Essential Collection

  2x Digital Media
  28 May 2012
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  The Essential Collection

  2x CD
  2 October 2012
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  The Essential Collection

  2x CD, DVD-Video
  2012