Thank You For The Music (1994)

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Thank You For The Music
Compilation album by ABBA
Released	1994
Genre	Pop
Label	Polar (Sweden) Epic (UK) Atlantic (US)
Producer(s)	Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus
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Thank You For The Music is a box set by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in 1994. It has 66 Songs, including their early, pre-ABBA days with songs like "People Need Love" and "He Is Your Brother", their most popular songs ("Dancing Queen" and "Mamma Mia", for example), B-Sides like "Happy Hawaii" and "Lovelight". The last CD has some rarities, including "ABBA Undeleted", which is a medley of various songs that never saw the light of a single or an album, as well as previously unreleased songs such as "Put on Your White Sombrero". It also contains some of their songs in different languages.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side A 1.2 Side B 1.3 Side C 1.4 Side D 2 Personnel 3 Production

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side A

1. "People Need Love" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:04
2. Another Town, Another Train (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 2:42
3. "He Is Your Brother" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:05
4. "Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:15
5. "Ring Ring" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus, Phil Cody, Nevade) – 3:04
6. "Waterloo" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:32
7. "Hasta Mañana" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 4:13
8. "Honey Honey" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) - 4:02
9. Dance (While The Music Still Goes On) (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) - 3:56
10. So Long (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) - 4:04
11. I've Been Waiting For You (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) - 2:57
12. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (Andersson, Anderson, Ulveaus)
13. S.O.S (Andersson, Anderson, Ulveaus)
14. Mamma Mia (Anderson,Anderson, Ulveaus)
15. Fernando (Anderson, Ulveaus)
16. Dancing Queen (Andersson, Anderson, Ulveaus) - 3:52
17. That's Me (Andersson, Anderson, Ulveaus)
18. When I Kissed The Teacher
19. Money, Money, Money (Anderson, Ulveaus) - 3:08
20. Crazy World
21. My Love, My Life

[edit] Side B

1. Knowing Me, Knowing You(Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) - 4:02
2. Happy Hawaii
3. The Name Of The Game (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)
4. I Wonder (Departure) (Live Version)
5. Eagle
6. Take A Chance On Me
7. Thank You For The Music
8. Summer Night City
9. Chiquitita
10. Lovelight
11. Does Your Mother Know
12. Voulez-Vous
13. AngelEyes
14. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
15. I Have A Dream

[edit] Side C

1. The Winner Takes It All (Anderson, Ulvaeus)
2. Elaine (Anderson, Ulvaeus)
3. Super Trouper (Anderson, Ulvaeus) - 4:14
4. Lay All Your Love On Me (Anderson, Ulvaeus)
5. On And On And On (Anderson, Ulvaeus)
6. Our Last Summer (Anderson, Ulvaeus)
7. The Way Old Friends Do (Anderson, Ulvaeus)
8. The Visitors (Anderson, Ulvaeus)
9. One Of Us (Anderson, Ulvaeus)- 3:58
10. Should I Laugh Or Cry (Anderson, Ulvaeus)
11. Head Over Heels (Anderson, Ulvaeus)
12. When All Is Said And Done (Anderson, Ulvaeus)
13. Like An Angel Passing Through My Room (Anderson, Ulvaeus)
14. The Day Before You Came (Anderson, Ulvaeus)
15. Cassandra (Anderson, Ulvaeus)
16. Under Attack (Anderson, Ulvaeus)

[edit] Side D

1. Put On Your White Sombrero
2. Dream World
3. Thank You For The Music (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)
4. Hej Gamle Man
5. Merry-Go-Round
6. Santa Rosa
7. She's My Kind Of Girl
8. Medley: Pick A Bale Of Cotton, On Top Of Old Smokey, Midnight Special
9. You Owe Me One
10. Slipping Through My Fingers/Me And I (Anderson, Ulvaeus)
11. Abba Undeleted (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) - 23:30
12. Waterloo (French/Swedish) (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)
13. Ring Ring (Swedish/Spanish/German) (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)
14. Honey Honey (Swedish) (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)

[edit] Personnel

ABBA

• Benny Andersson - synthesizer, keyboards, vocals
• Agnetha Fältskog - vocals
• Anni-Frid Lyngstad - vocals
• Björn Ulvaeus - acoustic guitar, guitar, vocals

Additional Personnel

• Ulf Andersson - saxophone
• Ola Brunkert - drums
• Lars Carlsson - horn
• Christer Ecklund - saxophone
• Malando Gassama - percussion
• Anders Glenmark - guitar
• Rutger Gunnarsson - bass
• Roger Palm - drums
• Janne Schaffer - guitar
• Ake Sundqvist - percussion
• Mike Watson - bass
• Lasse Wellander - guitar

[edit] Production

• Producers: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
• Arrangers: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
• Engineer: Michael Tretow
• Design: ???