ABBA | 
 enlarge | Artist: Abba
Label: Polydor / Umgd
Category: Music
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 90234
Format: Extra Tracks, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.2
MPN: 549960
UPC: 731454996020
EAN: 0731454996020
ASIN: B00005CDNF
Release Date: October 16, 2001
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| Tracks:
| • | Mamma Mia | | • | Hey, Hey Helen | | • | Tropical Loveland - ABBA, Anderson, Stig | | • | S.O.S. | | • | Man in the Middle | | • | Bang-A-Boomerang - ABBA, Anderson, Stig | | • | I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do | | • | Rock Me | | • | Intermezzo No. 1 | | • | I've Been Waiting for You | | • | So Long | | • | Crazy World | | • | Medley: Pick a Bale of Cotton/On Top of Old Smokey/Midnight Special |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Abba took a risk by launching this 1975 album (their second) with "Mamma Mia." How do you possibly follow that up? Simple--wait two songs and then zoom into "SOS," one of the best pop songs ever written. The rest of the album does not quite reach those dizzying heights, but it's strong nevertheless. Abba is all over the map, as if the band was still putting the finishing touches on its identity. Some songs, most notably "Hey, Hey Helen" and "Rock Me," are sustained by classic glam, Gary Glitter-like riffs. There's also the neoclassical, quasiprog instrumental "Intermezzo No. 1." This CD's two bonus tracks include the rather banal "Crazy World" (the B-side of the "Money, Money, Money" single) and the downright bizarre "Pick a Bale of Cotton/On Top of Old Smokey/Midnight Special." The only cover Abba ever recorded, this medley was recorded in 1975 for a German charity album and was remixed in 1978 for the B-side of the "Summer Night City" single. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
Album Details
New 24-bit digital remaster with new liner notes, complete lyrics and bonus tracks: 'Crazy World' and 'Medley: Pick a Bale of Cotton/On Top of Old Smokey/Midnight Special'.
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| Customer Reviews:
 trip down memory lane. October 1, 2008
kev-s (paisley SCOTLAND)
brilliant cd shows why they were the best band of their time some of the music is still a diffrent class today, tracks 2 and 3 should have been released as singles by themself in my opinion. a great listen.
Another great alumb on cd May 30, 2008
Rondall Banks (Toccoa, Georgia)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Here is another great alumb on cd if you wondered where the single dancing queen came from it's on this cd.
Rondall
ABBA - 3rd album February 21, 2008
James Ronald Colyer (Nashville, Tennessee)
ABBA's self-titled album amounted to a kind of comeback. It was not easy following up the Waterloo success of the Eurovision contest. It was about a year-and-half before the next crop of hits came. SOS certainly got people's attention and remains a classic song to this day. It is a good thing they did not call this album Mamma Mia! because it would have taken away from the future stage musical. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do was kind of a throwback, and I once heard a disc jockey say it reminded him of Lawrence Welk.
The album holds up well over the years January 29, 2008
Agi (Pennsylvania)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It was refreshing to hear this album again. This is a good example of 70's pop done well. It's interesting to hear Intermezzo and realize that ABBA did Trans Siberian Orchestra...30 years before they did.
 Abba's first great album October 3, 2007
DAJ (New York, NY)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Many critics date Abba's ascent to super pop stardom from 1976's "Arrival," but all the ingredients were already there on this album, which surpasses "Arrival" in variety. Lyrically, there are some silly album tracks (as there were on all the early albums), but "Hey, Hey Helen" and "Tropical Loveland" show some real range, delving into rock and reggae. I give this four stars because I feel that Abba's last three studio albums--"Voulez-vous," "Supertrouper," and "Arrival" really are their most complete achievements, but "Abba" is a great classic pop album.
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