The Complete Studio Recordings (ABBA album)

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The Complete Studio Recordings
Box set by ABBA
Released	November 7, 2005
Recorded	1972 - 1982
Genre	Pop
Length	+ 10 hrs.
Label	Universal Music Group
ABBA chronology
The Definitive Collection (2001) The Complete Studio Recordings (2005) Number Ones (2006)

The Complete Studio Recordings is a box set of all the studio albums released by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released on 7 November 2005 and consists of 9 CDs and 2 DVDs.

The first eight CDs include each of the band's studio albums, plus all non-album singles and B-sides, and versions in Spanish, German, French and Swedish. CD 9 contains a selection of rarities, most of which were originally released after the band's heyday. Of particular interest is the rare alternate mix of "Waterloo", which has never been available on CD before. The extended mono version of "On And On And On" — featuring an extra verse and previously only available as the soundtrack to the song's video — is also released on CD for the first time. The nine CDs comprise every single studio-recorded piece of music commercially released by the Swedish group (under the name ABBA and/or Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid/Frida) on single, LP or CD, including alternate mixes. Edited versions and extended versions (that did not feature alternate mixes) have been excluded.

The box set also includes 2 DVDs, featuring all the promo videos ever released by the band, The History documentary, which covers the overview of the ABBA story, and a previously unreleased concert, which was originally a part of the television special Dick Cavett Meets ABBA, a co-production between Polar Music International and Sveriges Television (SVT). Five of the performances from Dick Cavett are included on the DVD. The original concert consisted of nine songs, but the remaining four performances are no longer to be found in the SVT archives.

Contents 1 Track Listings 1.1 CD 1: 1.1.1 Ring Ring (1973) 1.1.2 Bonus Tracks 1.2 CD 2: 1.2.1 Waterloo (1974) 1.2.2 Bonus Tracks 1.3 CD 3: 1.3.1 ABBA (1975) 1.3.2 Bonus Tracks 1.4 CD 4: 1.4.1 Arrival (1976) 1.4.2 Bonus Tracks 1.5 CD 5: 1.5.1 ABBA–The Album (1977) 1.5.2 Bonus Tracks 1.6 CD 6: 1.6.1 Voulez-Vous (1979) 1.6.2 Bonus Tracks 1.7 CD 7: 1.7.1 Super Trouper (1980) 1.7.2 Bonus Tracks 1.8 CD 8: 1.8.1 The Visitors (1981) 1.8.2 Bonus Tracks 1.9 CD 9: 1.9.1 Rarities 1.10 DVD 1: 1.10.1 The Videos 1.10.2 Bonus Videos 1.11 DVD 2: 1.11.1 The History 1.11.2 Live in April 1981

[edit] Track Listings

[edit] CD 1:

[edit] Ring Ring (1973)

1. "Ring Ring"
2. "Another Town, Another Train"
3. "Disillusion"
4. "People Need Love"
5. "I Saw It In The Mirror"
6. "Nina, Pretty Ballerina"
7. "Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)"
8. "Me And Bobby And Bobby’s Brother"
9. "He Is Your Brother"
10. "She's My Kind of Girl"
11. "I Am Just A Girl"
12. "Rock'n Roll Band"

[edit] Bonus Tracks

13. "Ring Ring (Bara Du Slog En Signal)" (Swedish Version)
14. "Åh, Vilka Tider"
15. "Merry-Go-Round"
16. "Santa Rosa"
17. "Ring Ring" (Spanish Version)
18. "Wer Im Wartesaal Der Liebe Steht" (German Version of "Another Town, Another Train")
19. "Ring Ring" (German Version)

[edit] CD 2:

[edit] Waterloo (1974)

1. "Waterloo"
2. "Sitting In The Palmtree"
3. "King Kong Song"
4. "Hasta Mañana"
5. "My Mama Said"
6. "Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)"
7. "Honey, Honey"
8. "Watch Out"
9. "What About Livingstone?"
10. "Gonna Sing You My Lovesong"
11. "Suzy-Hang-Around"

[edit] Bonus Tracks

12. "Ring Ring" (US Remix 1974)
13. "Waterloo" (Swedish Version)
14. "Honey, Honey" (Swedish Version)
15. "Waterloo" (German Version)
16. "Hasta Mañana" (Spanish Version)
17. "Ring Ring" (UK Remix 1974)
18. "Waterloo" (French Version)

[edit] CD 3:

[edit] ABBA (1975)

1. "Mamma Mia"
2. "Hey, Hey Helen"
3. "Tropical Loveland"
4. "SOS"
5. "Man In The Middle"
6. "Bang-A-Boomerang"
7. "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"
8. "Rock Me"
9. "Intermezzo No. 1"
10. "I've Been Waiting For You"
11. "So Long"

[edit] Bonus Tracks

12. "Crazy World"
13. "Medley: Pick A Bale of Cotton - On Top Of Old Smokey - Midnight Special"
14. "Mamma Mia" (Spanish Version)

[edit] CD 4:

[edit] Arrival (1976)

1. "When I Kissed the Teacher"
2. "Dancing Queen"
3. "My Love, My Life"
4. "Dum Dum Diddle"
5. "Knowing Me, Knowing You"
6. "Money, Money, Money"
7. "That's Me"
8. "Why Did It Have To Be Me?"
9. "Tiger"
10. "Arrival"

[edit] Bonus Tracks

11. "Fernando"
12. "Happy Hawaii" (Early version of "Why Did It Have To Be Me?")
13. "La Reina Del Baile" (Spanish Version of "Dancing Queen")
14. "Conociéndome, Conociéndote" (Spanish Version of "Knowing Me, Knowing You")
15. "Fernando" (Spanish Version)

[edit] CD 5:

[edit] ABBA–The Album (1977)

1. "Eagle"
2. "Take a Chance on Me"
3. "One Man, One Woman"
4. "The Name of the Game"
5. "Move On"
6. "Hole In Your Soul"

The Girl With The Golden Hair – 3 scenes from a mini-musical –

7. "Thank You for the Music"
8. "I Wonder (Departure)"
9. "I'm A Marionette"

[edit] Bonus Tracks

10. "Al Andar" (Spanish Version of "Move On")
11. "Gracias Por La Música" (Spanish Version of "Thank You For The Music")

[edit] CD 6:

[edit] Voulez-Vous (1979)

1. "As Good As New"
2. "Voulez-Vous"
3. "I Have A Dream"
4. "Angeleyes"
5. "The King Has Lost His Crown"
6. "Does Your Mother Know"
7. "If It Wasn’t For The Nights"
8. "Chiquitita"
9. "Lovers (Live A Little Longer)"
10. "Kisses of Fire"

[edit] Bonus Tracks

11. "Summer Night City"
12. "Lovelight"
13. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
14. "Estoy Soñando" (Spanish Version of "I Have A Dream")
15. "Chiquitita" (Spanish Version)
16. "¡Dame! ¡Dame! ¡Dame!" (Spanish Version of "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)")

[edit] CD 7:

[edit] Super Trouper (1980)

1. "Super Trouper"
2. "The Winner Takes It All"
3. "On and On and On"
4. "Andante, Andante"
5. "Me and I"
6. "Happy New Year"
7. "Our Last Summer"
8. "The Piper"
9. "Lay All Your Love On Me"
10. "The Way Old Friends Do"

[edit] Bonus Tracks

11. "Elaine"
12. "Andante, Andante" (Spanish Version)
13. "Felicidad" (Spanish Version of "Happy New Year")

[edit] CD 8:

[edit] The Visitors (1981)

1. "The Visitors"
2. "Head Over Heels"
3. "When All Is Said And Done"
4. "Soldiers"
5. "I Let The Music Speak"
6. "One of Us"
7. "Two For The Price Of One"
8. "Slipping Through My Fingers"
9. "Like An Angel Passing Through My Room"

[edit] Bonus Tracks

10. "Should I Laugh Or Cry?"
11. "No Hay A Quien Culpar" (Spanish Version of "When All Is Said And Done")
12. "Se Me Está Escapando" (Spanish Version of "Slipping Through My Fingers")
13. "The Day Before You Came"
14. "Cassandra"
15. "Under Attack"
16. "You Owe Me One"

[edit] CD 9:

[edit] Rarities

1. "Waterloo" (Alternate Mix)
2. "Medley: Pick A Bale Of Cotton/On Top Of Old Smokey/Midnight Special" (Original 1975 Mix)
3. "Thank You For The Music" (Doris Day Version)
4. "Summer Night City" (Full Length Version)
5. "Lovelight" (Alternate Mix)
6. "Dream World"
7. "Voulez-Vous" (Extended Remix)
8. "On And On And On" (Full Length Version)
9. "Put On Your White Sombrero"
10. "I Am The City"
11. ABBA Undeleted: "Scaramouche" / "Summer Night City" / "Take A Chance On Me" / "Baby" / "Just A Notion" / "Rikky Rock ’n’ Roller" / "Burning My Bridges" / "Fernando" / "Here Comes Rubie Jamie" / "Hamlet III Parts 1 & 2" / "Free As A Bumble Bee" / "Rubber Ball Man" / "Crying Over You" / "Just Like That" / "Givin’ A Little Bit More"

[edit] DVD 1:

[edit] The Videos

1. "Ring Ring"
2. "Waterloo"
3. "Mamma Mia"
4. "SOS"
5. "Bang-A-Boomerang"
6. "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"
7. "Fernando"
8. "Dancing Queen"
9. "Money, Money, Money"
10. "Knowing Me, Knowing You"
11. "That's Me"
12. "The Name of the Game"
13. "Take A Chance On Me"
14. "Eagle"
15. "One Man, One Woman"
16. "Thank You For The Music"
17. "Summer Night City"
18. "Chiquitita"
19. "Does Your Mother Know"
20. "Voulez-Vous"
21. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
22. "I Have A Dream"
23. "Super Trouper"
24. "The Winner Takes It All"
25. "On And On And On"
26. "Happy New Year"
27. "Lay All Your Love On Me"
28. "Head Over Heels"
29. "When All Is Said And Done"
30. "One of Us"
31. "The Day Before You Came"
32. "Under Attack"

[edit] Bonus Videos

33. "Estoy Soñando"
34. "Felicidad"
35. "No Hay A Quien Culpar"
36. "Dancing Queen" (1992 Version)
37. "The Last Video"

[edit] DVD 2:

[edit] The History

• Documentary (originally appeared on ABBA Gold DVD)

[edit] Live in April 1981

• Selections from ABBA's final live concert, originally broadcast as part of the television special Dick Cavett Meets ABBA.

1. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
2. "Super Trouper"
3. "Two for the Price of One"
4. "Slipping Through My Fingers"
5. "On And On And On"

v • d • e ABBA Agnetha Fältskog • Björn Ulvaeus • Benny Andersson • Anni-Frid Lyngstad Studio albums Ring Ring • Waterloo • ABBA • Arrival • The Album • Voulez-Vous • Super Trouper • The Visitors Compilations Greatest Hits • Greatest Hits Vol. 2 • Gracias Por La Música • The Singles: The First Ten Years • ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits • More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits • ABBA Oro: Grandes Éxitos • Thank You for the Music • The Definitive Collection • The Complete Studio Recordings • Number Ones 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" Related articles Discography • Unreleased songs • Eurovision Song Contest 1974 • Mamma Mia! (musical) • Mamma Mia! (film) • Congratulations • Music of Sweden • Stig Anderson • "Thank ABBA for the Music"