Name: Abba
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Abba

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Album: Abba
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Mamma Mia	More Info...	3:35
2)	Hey, Hey Helen	More Info...	3:17
3)	Tropical Loveland	More Info...	3:06
4)	S.O.S. Album Version	More Info...	3:25
5)	Man In The Middle	More Info...	3:02
6)	Bang-A-Boomerang	More Info...	3:05
7)	I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do	More Info...	3:18
8)	Rock Me	More Info...	3:07
9)	Intermezzo No.1	More Info...	3:47
10)	I've Been Waiting For You	More Info...	3:42
11)	So Long	More Info...	3:06
12)	Crazy World	More Info...	3:47
13)	Medley: Pick A Bale Of Cotton	More Info...	4:24
2)	Hey, Hey Helen	More Info...	0:03
3)	Tropical Loveland	More Info...	0:03
4)	S.O.S.	More Info...	0:03
5)	Man in the Middle	More Info...	0:03
6)	Bang-a-boomerang	More Info...	0:03
7)	I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do	More Info...	0:03
8)	Rock Me	More Info...	0:03
9)	Intermezzo No. 1	More Info...	0:03
10)	I've Been Waiting for You	More Info...	0:03
11)	So Long	More Info...	0:03
12)	Crazy World	More Info...	0:03
13)	Medley: Pick a Bale of Cotton/On Top of Old Smokey/Midnight Special	More Info...	0:04

Album: Abba
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Mamma Mia	More Info...	3:35
2)	Hey, Hey Helen	More Info...	3:17
3)	Tropical Loveland	More Info...	3:06
4)	S.O.S. Album Version	More Info...	3:25
5)	Man In The Middle	More Info...	3:02
6)	Bang-A-Boomerang	More Info...	3:05
7)	I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do	More Info...	3:18
8)	Rock Me	More Info...	3:07
9)	Intermezzo No.1	More Info...	3:47
10)	I've Been Waiting For You	More Info...	3:42
11)	So Long	More Info...	3:06
12)	Crazy World	More Info...	3:47
13)	Medley: Pick A Bale Of Cotton	More Info...	4:24
2)	Hey, Hey Helen	More Info...	0:03
3)	Tropical Loveland	More Info...	0:03
4)	S.O.S.	More Info...	0:03
5)	Man in the Middle	More Info...	0:03
6)	Bang-a-boomerang	More Info...	0:03
7)	I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do	More Info...	0:03
8)	Rock Me	More Info...	0:03
9)	Intermezzo No. 1	More Info...	0:03
10)	I've Been Waiting for You	More Info...	0:03
11)	So Long	More Info...	0:03
12)	Crazy World	More Info...	0:03
13)	Medley: Pick a Bale of Cotton/On Top of Old Smokey/Midnight Special	More Info...	0:04

Performer Notes

ABBA: Bjorn Ulvaeus (vocals, guitar); Benny Andersson (vocals, piano, Clavinet, synthesizer); Anni Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Faltskog (vocals).
Additional personnel: Janne Schaffer, Finn Sjoberg, Lassw Wellander (guitar); Ulf Andersson (alto & tenor saxophones); Bruno Glenmark (trumpet); Rutger Gunnarsson, Mike Watson (bass); Ola Brunkert, Roger Palm (drums).
Recorded at Glen, Metronome & Ljudkopia Studios, Stockholm, Sweden in 1974 & 1975. Includes reissue liner notes by Carl Magnus Palm.
Digitally remastered using 24-bit technology by Jon Astley.
ABBA, the self-titled release from the 1970s icons, features "Mamma Mia," "Tropical Loveland," and "Man In The Middle."
This remastered rerelease contains two exclusive bonus tracks--"Crazy World" and "Medley: Pick A Bale Of Cotton/On Top Of Old Smokey/Midnight Special."
Personnel: Bj?rn Ulvaeus (vocals, guitar); Benny Andersson (vocals, piano, Clavinet, synthesizer); Frida, Agnetha F?ltskog (vocals); Rutger Gunnarsson, Lasse Wellander, Finn Sj?berg, Janne Schaffer, Mike Watson (guitar); Ulf Andersson (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Bruno Glenmark (trumpet); Roger Palm, Ola Brunkert (drums).
Audio Remasterers: Jon Astley; Michael B. Tretow.
Liner Note Author: Carl Magnus Palm.
Recording information: Glen Studio, Stocksund, Sweden (1974-1975); Glen, Metronome And Ljudkopia Studios, Stockholm, Swede (1974-1975); Metronome Studio, Stockholm, Sweden (1974-1975).
Photographer: Bengt H. Malmqvist.
Arrangers: Sven-Olof Walldoff; Benny Andersson; Bj?rn Ulvaeus; Bj?rn J:son Lindh.
ABBA's third album, released in 1975, finds the group at the end of the first phase of their career. Having scored massive worldwide success with the bubblegum classics "Ring Ring" and "Waterloo" in the previous two years, the Swedish foursome continued that streak with the sweet "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do," the silly "Tropical Loveland" and "Bang-A-Boomerang." However, "Mamma Mia" and the grandly-titled "Intermezzo No. 1" showcased a new compositional maturity somewhat reminiscent of Brian Wilson's 1964 productions.
Several songs, including the brilliant, enormous hit "S.O.S." and the excellent "Hey Hey Helen" (covered by Lush 15 years later), contained the first inklings of the melancholy that would become such a fundamental part of their later albums. ABBA's self-titled album is the first key turning point of their long and exceptional career.

Professional Reviews

Q (9/01, p.126) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...With 'Mamma Mia' and 'SOS', Abba decisively find their feet..."