Voulez-Vous
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This article is about the album. For the song of the same name, see Voulez-Vous (song).
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| Studio album by ABBA | |||||
| Released | April 23, 1979 | ||||
| Recorded | March 1978- March 1979 |
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| Genre | Disco, Pop | ||||
| Length | 41:33 | ||||
| Label | Polar (original release) PolyGram (1992 - 1997) Universal Music (1998 - ) |
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| Producer | Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus | ||||
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Voulez-Vous is the sixth studio album by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in 1979. It was the first ABBA album to be recorded at Polar Music Studios in Stockholm, and the only ABBA album to include a studio recording made outside Sweden. Voulez-Vous sold more than 400,000 in UK in the first week alone[1] Voulez-Vous was first released in CD in 1984. The album 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.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
All songs by Andersson and Ulvaeus.
Side A:
- "As Good as New" – 3:24
- "Voulez-Vous" – 5:09
- "I Have a Dream" – 4:45
- "Angeleyes" – 4:20
- "The King Has Lost His Crown" – 3:32
Side B:
- "Does Your Mother Know" – 3:13
- "If It Wasn't for the Nights" – 5:09
- "Chiquitita" – 5:26
- "Lovers (Live A Little Longer)" – 3:30
- "Kisses of Fire" – 3:16
[edit] CD re-issues, bonus tracks
Voulez-Vous was remastered and reissued in 1997 with two bonus tracks:
- "Summer Night City" – 3:34
- "Lovelight" – 3:46
Voulez-Vous was remastered and reissued in 2001 with one other bonus track:
Voulez-Vous was remastered and reissued again in 2005 as part of the The Complete Studio Recordings box set with several bonus tracks:
- "Summer Night City" – 3:36
- "Lovelight" – 3:49
- "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" – 4:51
- "Estoy Soñando" (Andersson, Ulvaeus, Buddy McCluskey, Mary McCluskey) – 4:40
- Spanish version of "I Have a Dream". Released as a single in Spain and Latin America, 1979.
- "Chiquitita" (Spanish Version) (Andersson, Ulvaeus, B. McCluskey, M. McCluskey) – 5:35
- Released as a single in Spain and Latin America, 1979.
- "¡Dame! ¡Dame! ¡Dame!" (Andersson, Ulvaeus, B. McCluskey, M. McCluskey) – 4:49
- Spanish version of "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)".
Tracks 14–16 are from the album Gracias Por La Música (Septima SRLM 1, June 23, 1980).
[edit] Personnel
ABBA
- Benny Andersson – synthesizer, keyboards, vocals
- Agnetha Fältskog – vocals
- Anni-Frid Lyngstad – vocals
- Björn Ulvaeus – banjo, guitar, vocals
Additional personnel
- Rolf Alex – drums
- Ola Brunkert – drums
- Lars Carlsson – horn
- Anders Eljas – horn
- Joe Galdo – drums
- Malando Gassama – percussion
- Rutger Gunnarsson – bass
- Paul Harris – piano
- Janne Kling – wind
- Nils Landgren – trombone
- Ish Ledesma – guitar
- Roger Palm – drums
- Halldor Palsson – tenor saxophone
- Arnold Paseiro – bass
- Jan Risberg – oboe
- Janne Schaffer – guitar
- Johan Stengård – tenor saxophone
- Åke Sundqvist – percussion
- George Terry – guitar
- Mike Watson – bass
- Lasse Wellander – guitar
- Kajtek Wojciechowski – tenor saxophone
[edit] Production
- Producers: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
- Engineer: Michael B. Tretow
- Arrangers: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Anders Eljas, Rutger Gunnarsson
- Design: Rune Söderqvist
- Photography: Ola Lager
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Chart - Country | Position (weeks at top) |
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| 1979 | Billboard 200 - USA | 19 |
| 1979 | RPM albums - Canada | 6 |
| 1979 | CRIA albums - Canada | 4 |
| 1979 | UK | 1 (4) |
| 1979 | Austria | 2 |
| 1979 | Norway | 1 (6) |
| 1979 | New Zealand | 2 |
| 1979 | Australia | 5 |
| 1979 | International Album Chart - Mexico | 1 (20) |
| 1979 | Sweden | 1 (10) |
Singles - USA and Canada
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1979 | "Does Your Mother Know" | Billboard Hot 100 - USA | 19 |
| 1979 | "Does Your Mother Know" | Billboard Adult Contemporary - USA | 41 |
| 1979 | "Voulez-Vous" | Billboard Hot 100 | 80 |
| 1979 | "Voulez-Vous" | Billboard Adult Contemporary | 40 |
| 1979 | "Angeleyes" | Billboard Hot 100 | 64 |
| 1979 | "Angeleyes" | Billboard Adult Contemporary | 37 |
| 1979 | "Chiquitita" | Billboard Hot 100 | 29 |
| 1979 | "Chiquitita" | Billboard Adult Contemporary | 15 |
| 1979 | "Does Your Mother Know" | RPM singles - Canada | 12 |
| 1979 | "Does Your Mother Know" | RPM Adult Contemporary - Canada | 2 |
| 1979 | "Does Your Mother Know" | CRIA singles - Canada | 8 |
| 1979 | "Voulez-Vous/Angel Eyes" | RPM singles | 42 |
| 1979 | "Voulez-Vous/Angel Eyes" | CRIA singles | 39 |
| 1979 | "Chiquitita" | RPM singles | 36 |
| 1979 | "Chiquitita" | RPM Adult Contemporary | 14 |
| 1979 | "Chiquitita" | CRIA singles | 17 |
| 1980 | "I Have a Dream" | RPM Adult Contemporary | 1 |
Singles - Music Week (United Kingdom)
| Year | Single | Position | Weeks on chart |
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| 1979 | "Chiquitita" | 2 | 9 |
| 1979 | "Does Your Mother Know" | 4 | 9 |
| 1979 | "Angeleyes" b/w "Voulez-Vous" | 3 | 11 |
| 1979 | "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (A Man After Midnight)" | 3 | 12 |
| 1979 | "I Have a Dream" | 2 | 10 |
Singles - Norway
| Year | Single | Position | Weeks on chart |
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| 1978 | "Summer night city" | 3 | 10 |
| 1979 | "Chiquitita" | 4 | 17 |
| 1979 | "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (A Man After Midnight)" | 2 (8) | 17 |
[edit] External links
- Site showing various 'Voulez-Vous' Releases [2]
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