Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (ABBA album)

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Greatest Hits Vol. 2
Greatest Hits Vol. 2 cover
Greatest hits by ABBA
Released October 29, 1979
Recorded October 1974-
August 1979
Genre Pop
Length 58:25
Label Polar (Sweden)
Epic (UK)
Atlantic (US)
Producer Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus
Professional reviews
ABBA chronology
Voulez-Vous
(1979)		 Greatest Hits Vol. 2
(1979)		 Gracias Por La Música
(1980)

Greatest Hits Vol. 2 was a compilation album by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in October 1979 to coincide with their tour of North America and Europe. It was ABBA's second chart-topping album of the year, the first being Voulez-Vous, and contained the new single "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)", recorded in August 1979.

The album exclusively included material recorded between the years 1976 and 1979 (albums Arrival, The Album and Voulez-Vous plus non-album single "Summer Night City") - with one exception, "Rock Me" from 1975 album ABBA, issued as a single in Australia and New Zealand after the release of the band's first hits package Greatest Hits and also part of the setlist on the 1979 world tour.

"Angeleyes" was included primarily due to its success as a single in the UK, where it was the lead track of a double A-side with "Voulez-Vous". Elsewhere, "Voulez-Vous" had been the A-side in its own right but it was not included on the album. However, the track "I Wonder (Departure)" was not believed to have been released as a single anywhere, but was featured.

Greatest Hits Vol. 2 was released on CD in 1983, but was deleted in the early 1990s.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, unless otherwise noted.

[edit] Side A

  1. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" – 4:45
  2. "Knowing Me, Knowing You" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 4:01 You.ogg|Listen}}
  3. "Take A Chance On Me" – 4:03
  4. "Money, Money, Money" – 3:05
  5. "Rock Me" – 3:05
  6. "Eagle" – 5:53
  7. "Angeleyes" – 4:20

[edit] Side B

  1. "Dancing Queen" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:51
  2. "Does Your Mother Know" – 3:13
  3. "Chiquitita" – 5:26
  4. "Summer Night City" – 3:34
  5. "I Wonder (Departure)" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 4:32
  6. "The Name Of The Game" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 4:52
  7. "Thank You For The Music" – 3:49

[edit] Personnel

ABBA

Additional personnel

  • Rolf Alex - drums
  • Ola Brunkert - drums
  • Lars Carlsson - horn
  • Christer Danielson - horn
  • Andrew Eijas - horn
  • Malando Gassama - percussion
  • Rutger Gunnarsson - bass
  • Gloria Lundell - harp
  • Roger Palm - drums
  • Halldor Palsson - saxophone
  • Janne Schaffer - guitar
  • Bengt Sundberg - horn
  • Åke Sundqvist - percussion
  • Mike Watson - bass
  • Lasse Wellander - guitar
  • Gunnar Wenneborg - horn
  • Kajtek Wojciechowski - saxophone

[edit] Production

  • Producers: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
  • Engineer: Michael Tretow

[edit] Charts

Album - Europe

Year Chart Position
1979 UK Album Chart 1 (4)
1979 Norway's Album Chart 25

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1980 The Billboard 200 46
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ABBA
Agnetha Fältskog • Björn Ulvaeus • Benny Andersson • Anni-Frid Lyngstad
Studio albums
Compilations
Hit singles
"People Need Love" • "He Is Your Brother" • "Ring Ring" • "Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)" • "Waterloo" • "Honey, Honey" • "So Long" • "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" • "SOS" • "Mamma Mia" • "Fernando" • "Dancing Queen" • "Money, Money, Money" • "Knowing Me, Knowing You" • "The Name of the Game" • "Take a Chance on Me" • "Eagle" • "Summer Night City" • "Chiquitita" • "Does Your Mother Know" • "Voulez-Vous" • "Angeleyes" • "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" • "I Have a Dream" • "The Winner Takes It All" • "On and On and On" • "Super Trouper" • "Lay All Your Love on Me" • "One of Us" • "When All is Said and Done" • "Head over Heels" • "The Visitors" • "The Day Before You Came" • "Under Attack" • "Thank You for the Music"
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