Super Trouper (album)
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| Studio album by ABBA | ||
| Released | November 3, 1980 | |
| Recorded | Polar Studio February-October 1980 |
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| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 41:57 | |
| Label | Polar (original release) Universal International (2001 reissue) |
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| Producer(s) | Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| ABBA chronology | ||
| Gracias Por La Música (1980) |
Super Trouper (1980) |
The Visitors (1981) |
Super Trouper was a top-selling 1980 (see 1980 in music) album by Europop stars ABBA. Led by the international hit "Winner Takes It All", Super Trouper was their sixth British chart-topping album. Super Trouper has been reissued in digitally remastered form three times; first in 1997, then in 2001 and again in 2005 as part of the The Complete Studio Recordings box set.
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[edit] Track listing
All songs by Andersson and Ulvaeus, expect where noted.
- "Super Trouper" – 4:11
- "The Winner Takes It All" – 4:55
- "On And On And On" – 3:40
- "Andante, Andante" – 4:39
- "Me And I" – 4:54
- "Happy New Year" – 4:23
- "Our Last Summer" – 4:19
- "The Piper" – 3:26
- "Lay All Your Love On Me" – 4:33
- "The Way Old Friends Do" [live] – 2:57
Super Trouper was remastered and reissued in 1997 and 2001 with two bonus tracks:
- "Elaine" – 3:44
- "Put On Your White Sombrero" – 4:34
Super Trouper was remastered and reissued again in 2005 as part of the The Complete Studio Recordings box set with three bonus tracks:
- "Elaine" – 3:45
- B-side of "The Winner Takes It All".
- "Andante, Andante (Spanish Version)" (Andersson, Ulvaeus, Buddy McCluskey, Mary McCluskey) – 4:40
- "Felicidad" (Andersson, Ulvaeus, B. McCluskey, M. McCluskey) – 4:24
- Spanish version of "Happy New Year".
Tracks 12–13 are from the Spanish and Latin American version of the album Super Trouper.
[edit] Personnel
ABBA
- Benny Andersson – synthesizer, keyboards, vocals
- Agnetha Fältskog – vocals
- Anni-Frid Lyngstad – vocals
- Björn Ulvaeus – acoustic guitar, vocals
Additional personnel
- Ola Brunkert – drums
- Lars Carlsson – horn
- Anders Glenmark – guitar
- Rutger Gunnarsson – bass, guitar
- Janne Kling – flute, saxophone
- Per Lindvall – drums
- Janne Schaffer – guitar
- Ake Sundqvist – percussion
- Mike Watson – bass
- Lasse Wellander – guitar
- Kajtek Wojciechowski – saxophone
[edit] Production
- Producers: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
- Engineer: Michael B. Tretow
- Arranger: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Rutger Gunnarsson
- Design: Rune Soderqvist
[edit] Miscellanea
- The title track, after its success as a single in the United Kingdom, was parodied in a sketch on the BBC comedy programme, Not the Nine O'Clock News in 1981. The sketch comprised a very close musical parody of the song (with the melody of "One Of Us"), called "Super Duper", with rather scathing words about ABBA:
- One of us is ugly, one of us is cute
- One of us you'd like to see in her birthday suit
- Two of us write music, two have way a song
- Sorry, in translation, that line come out wrong
Anni-Frid, Benny, Björn, and Agnetha were played (in order) by Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, Rowan Atkinson and Pamela Stephenson. The sketch was a very close parody of the video for "Super Trouper".
[edit] What is a Super Trouper?
Super Trouper is a registered trademark owned by Strong Entertainment Lighting, for their brand of followspots, i.e., directional spotlights used to follow a performer on stage. A real life example: http://www.strongint.com/products/Strong_Follow_Spots/STShort/
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1980 | Argentina Album Chart | 2 |
| 1980 | Australia Album Chart | 5 |
| 1980 | Austria Album Chart | 3 |
| 1980 | Belgium Album Chart | 1 |
| 1980 | Canada Album Chart | 4 |
| 1980 | Dutch Album Chart | 1 (9) |
| 1980 | Finland Album Chart | 2 |
| 1980 | France Album Chart | 8 |
| 1980 | Italy Album Chart | 13 |
| 1980 | Japan Album Chart | 8 |
| 1980 | Mexico Album Chart | 1 (1) |
| 1980 | New Zealand Album Chart | 5 |
| 1980 | Norway Album Chart | 1 (3) |
| 1980 | Spain Album Chart | 4 |
| 1980 | Sweden Album Chart | 1 (7) |
| 1980 | Switzerland Album Chart | 1 |
| 1980 | UK Album Chart | 1 (9) |
| 1980 | The Billboard 200 | 17 |
| 1980 | West Germany Album Chart | 1 (2) |
| 1980 | Zimbabwe Album Chart | 1 (6) |
[edit] Charts
UK Singles
| Year | Chart | Position | |
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| 1980 | "The Winner Takes It All" | UK Singles Chart | 1 (2) |
| 1980 | "Super Trouper" | UK Singles Chart | 1 (3) |
| 1981 | "Lay All Your Love On Me" | UK Singles Chart | 7 |
[edit] Charts
US Singles
| Year | Chart | Position | |
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| 1980 | "The Winner Takes It All" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 8 |
| 1980 | "The Winner Takes It All" | Adult Contemporary | 1 |
| 1980 | "Lay All Your Love On Me/Super Trouper/On And On" | Club Play Singles | 1 |
| 1981 | "Super Trouper" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 45 |
| 1981 | "Super Trouper" | Adult Contemporary | 14 |
| 1981 | "On And On And On" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 90 |
