The Albums

Background

With ABBA's compilation albums re-charting after the release of the movie Mamma Mia! and its soundtrack, The Albums was released, just three years after the 9 CD/2 DVD set The Complete Studio Recordings (in certain territories available without the DVDs). While the latter comprises 133 tracks on its 9 audio discs, including a host of rarities such as recordings in Spanish, French and German as well as studio outtakes, alternate versions and mixes, The Albums only features 99 of these on the same number of discs. The iTunes version includes a 10th 'disc' or group of tracks, identical to the Rarities disc included in The Complete Studio Recordings set.

CD 1 - Ring Ring (1973)

1. "Ring Ring"
2. "Another Town, Another Train"
3. "Disillusion"
4. "People Need Love"
5. "I Saw It in the Mirror"
6. "Nina, Pretty Ballerina"
7. "Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)"
8. "Me and Bobby and Bobby’s Brother"
9. "He Is Your Brother"
10. "She's My Kind of Girl"
11. "I Am Just a Girl"
12. "Rock'n Roll Band"

CD 2 - Waterloo (1974)

1. "Waterloo"
2. "Sitting in the Palmtree"
3. "King Kong Song"
4. "Hasta Mañana"
5. "My Mama Said"
6. "Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)"
7. "Honey, Honey"
8. "Watch Out"
9. "What About Livingstone?"
10. "Gonna Sing You My Lovesong"
11. "Suzy-Hang-Around"

CD 3 - ABBA (1975)

1. "Mamma Mia"
2. "Hey, Hey Helen"
3. "Tropical Loveland"
4. "SOS"
5. "Man in the Middle"
6. "Bang-A-Boomerang"
7. "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"
8. "Rock Me"
9. "Intermezzo No. 1"
10. "I've Been Waiting for You"
11. "So Long"

CD 4 - Arrival (1976)

1. "When I Kissed the Teacher"
2. "Dancing Queen"
3. "My Love, My Life"
4. "Dum Dum Diddle"
5. "Knowing Me, Knowing You"
6. "Money, Money, Money"
7. "That's Me"
8. "Why Did It Have to Be Me?"
9. "Tiger"
10. "Arrival"

CD 5 - The Album (1977)

1. "Eagle"
2. "Take a Chance on Me"
3. "One Man, One Woman"
4. "The Name of the Game"
5. "Move On"
6. "Hole in Your Soul"

The Girl With the Golden Hair: 3 Scenes From a Mini-Musical

1. "Thank You for the Music"
2. "I Wonder (Departure)"
3. "I'm a Marionette"

CD 6 - Voulez-Vous (1979)

1. "As Good as New"
2. "Voulez-Vous"
3. "I Have a Dream"
4. "Angeleyes"
5. "The King Has Lost His Crown"
6. "Does Your Mother Know"
7. "If It Wasn't for the Nights"
8. "Chiquitita"
9. "Lovers (Live a Little Longer)"
10. "Kisses of Fire"

CD 7 - Super Trouper (1980)

1. "Super Trouper"
2. "The Winner Takes It All"
3. "On and on and On"
4. "Andante, Andante"
5. "Me and I"
6. "Happy New Year"
7. "Our Last Summer"
8. "The Piper"
9. "Lay All Your Love on Me"
10. "The Way Old Friends Do"

CD 8 - The Visitors (1981)

1. "The Visitors"
2. "Head Over Heels"
3. "When All Is Said and Done"
4. "Soldiers"
5. "I Let the Music Speak"
6. "One of Us"
7. "Two for the Price of One"
8. "Slipping Through My Fingers"
9. "Like an Angel Passing Through My Room"

CD 9 - Bonus Tracks

1. "Merry-Go-Round"
2. "Santa Rosa"
3. "Ring, Ring (Bara du slog en signal)" (Swedish version)
4. "Waterloo" (Swedish version)
5. "Fernando"
6. "Crazy World"
7. "Happy Hawaii"
8. "Summer Night City"
9. "Medley: Pick a Bale of Cotton - On Top of Old Smokey - Midnight Special"
10. "Lovelight"
11. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
12. "Elaine"
13. "Should I Laugh or Cry"
14. "You Owe Me One"
15. "Cassandra"
16. "Under Attack"
17. "The Day Before You Came"

Certifications

UK - Gold, 100,000

Sweden - Platinum, 40,000

Denmark - Gold, 15,000