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ABBA-THE Definitive COLLECTION October 2001 Worldwide CD release
Intended by Universal as it's definitive worldwide 2 disc ABBA complimation.
The focus here is on ABBA's A sides. No non- hit songs are included. The songs choices thus are pretty straight-forward...
Since virtually all of ABBA's A -sides are included this is a more chronologically balanced compilation than the one CD disc -ABBA Gold. This CD set is also more attractively and intelligently packaged.
All the tracks have been previously released on CD with exception of two. Firstly, the heavy 1974 US remix of "Ring Ring" and the extended US Dance remix of "Voulez-Vous". This set features liner notes by Carl Magnus Palm. The booklet is Ok, but not that interesting, It's hard to rewrite the same set of facts over and over again....Though a chart of songtimes, recording dates etc might have been useful...
In 2002, the Australians issued a new version of this album with two more bonus tracks.
In 2003, this album was chosen as one of the top 500 albums of the rock era ,by Rolling Stone magazine, it was the only ABBA album chosen. That they chose this album instead of ABBA Gold is quite reassuring !
| ABBA-THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION |
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1. People Need Love- -RING
RING
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19. Chiquitita-
VOULEZ-VOUS 35. Thank You For The Music THE ALBUM Bonus tracks: |
ABBA-THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION-2002 Internationally released DVD and Video
This is a collection of videos of 35 of ABBA songs. A companion set of sorts to the recent audio collection with the same name. 28 of the 35 songs on the Definitive Collection are presented here in their video form. In addition there are videos to four songs not found on the Definiive Collection, as well as three Spanish language videos and one concert recording .This is a collection of videos of 35 of ABBA songs. Most of the videos are ABBA's official promotional clips. The DVD last nearly three hours. This is the first time ABBA's promotional videos have been made available in their entirety on DVD. This is also the first time the three Spanish language clips are being made available . There is one unofficial video -the Royal Swedish Opera version of "Dancing Queen". But like most groups a whole treasure trove of live TV appearences remains unreleased on official videos.
This collection was released in most of the major territories in July 2002. This DVD is a must have for ABBA fans.
Songs included : Waterloo, Ring Ring, Mamma Mia, SOS, Bang-A-Boomerang, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, Fernando, Dancing Queen, Money, Money, Money, Knowing Me, Knowing You, That's Me, The Name Of The Game, Take A Chance On Me, Eagle, One Man, One Woman, Thank You For The Music, Summer Night City, Chiquitita, Does Your Mother Know, Voulez-Vous, Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! , On And On And On, The Winner Takes It All, Super Trouper, Happy New Year, When All Is Said And Done, One Of Us, Head Over Heels, The Day Before You Came, Under Attack When I Kissed The Teacher, Estoy Soñando (I Have A Dream), Felicidad (Happy New Year), No Hay A Quien Culpar (When All Is Said And Done), Dancing Queen (The Royal Swedish Opera footage)
ABBA-The Definitive Collection Sound + Vision Deluxe 2CD/1DVD International release Spring 2004
This combines the two audio CD of the Defintive collection
with the one DVD video disc..Not available in all territories,
your mileage may vary....
Montief's handy guide to ABBA the Albums
This page is Written by John Bernhardt and is part of ABBA-The ALBUMS.
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