Ring Ring (album)

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Ring Ring
Studio album by
Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida
Released26 March 1973
Recorded29 March 1972, 26 September 1972 – 15 March 1973[1]
StudioMetronome, Europafilm and KMH Studio, Stockholm[2]
Genre
Length35:43
LabelPolar
Producer
Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida chronology
Ring Ring
(1973) 		Waterloo
(1974)
Singles from Ring Ring
  1. "People Need Love"
    Released: 1 June 1972
  2. "He Is Your Brother"
    Released: 22 November 1972
  3. "Ring Ring (Bara Du Slog En Signal)"
    Released: 14 February 1973
  4. "Ring Ring (English Version)"
    Released: 19 February 1973
  5. "Another Town, Another Train"
    Released: March 1973
  6. "I Am Just a Girl"
    Released: May 1973 (Japan only)
  7. "Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)"
    Released: June 1973
  8. "Rock'n Roll Band"
    Released: July 1973
  9. "Ring Ring (German Version)"
    Released: 10 August 1973
  10. "Nina, Pretty Ballerina"
    Released: 6 October 1973
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide
[8]
Spin Alternative Record Guide4/10[9]

Ring Ring is the debut studio album by the Swedish group ABBA, initially credited as Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida. It was released in Scandinavia on 26 March 1973, and later in a limited number of other territories, including West Germany, Australia, South Africa and Mexico, through Polar Music.[10] It was a chart-topping album in Belgium, and a big success in the Netherlands, Norway and South Africa.[11]

The album was re-released in Australasia in 1975, but was not released in the United Kingdom until 1992, and the United States until 1995.

Overview

When the first song "

Ring Ring (Bara du slog en signal)
", the Swedish version of the track, and places the English-language version as track four on side two.

The track "She's My Kind of Girl", included on the international editions, was originally recorded by Björn & Benny in 1969 for the Swedish pornographic film Inga II: the Seduction of Inga. Released as a single in 1970, it became a hit in Japan,[13] and was released as the B-side of the English version of the "Ring Ring" single in Scandinavia. The track "Disillusion" was originally written in Swedish by Agnetha Fältskog for her solo album Elva kvinnor i ett hus. Although she had composed much of her Swedish solo output, "Disillusion" is the only song released on an ABBA studio album to feature a songwriting contribution from her.[14]

Ring Ring was first released on CD in Scandinavia in 1988 by Polar Music alongside

Deluxe Edition".[20]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus except where noted

Scandinavian edition
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ring Ring (Bara Du Slog En Signal)"
3:04
2."Another Town, Another Train" 3:12
3."Disillusion"
3:04
4."People Need Love" 2:46
5."I Saw It in the Mirror" 2:34
6."Nina, Pretty Ballerina" 2:51
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)" 2:53
2."Me and Bobby and Bobby's Brother" 2:50
3."He Is Your Brother" 3:18
4."Ring Ring" (English version)
3:03
5."I Am Just a Girl"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
3:01
6."Rock'n Roll Band" 3:09
Total length:35:43
International edition – Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Ring Ring"3:04
2."Another Town, Another Train"3:12
3."Disillusion"3:04
4."People Need Love"2:46
5."I Saw It in the Mirror"2:34
6."Nina, Pretty Ballerina"2:51
International edition – Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)"2:53
2."Me and Bobby and Bobby's Brother"2:50
3."He Is Your Brother"3:18
4."She's My Kind of Girl"2:39
5."I Am Just a Girl"3:01
6."Rock'n Roll Band"3:09
Total length:35:19
2001 CD edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."
Santa Rosa
"		 2:59
15."Ring Ring (Bara du slog en signal)"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
3:08
Wer im Wartesaal der Liebe steht
" (German version of Another Town, Another Train; B-side of Ring Ring (German version))
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
  • Fred Jay
3:21
19."Ring Ring" (German version)
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
  • Peter Lach
3:09
2013 deluxe edition (The Debut Album) bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Ring Ring (Bara du slog en signal)" (Swedish version)
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
3:08
14."Merry-Go-Round" (B-side of People Need Love)
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
3:36
15."Santa Rosa" (B-side of He Is Your Brother) 3:01
16."Ring Ring" (Spanish version)
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
  • Band
3:01
17."Wer im Wartesaal der Liebe steht" (German version of Another Town, Another Train, B-side of Ring Ring (German version))
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
  • Jay
3:21
18."Ring Ring" (German version)
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
  • Lach
3:09
19."En hälsning till våra parkarrangörer" (1973 promotional single for Sweden tour with excerpts of recent hits; previously unreleased) 2:27
2013 deluxe edition extra bonus tracks – early versions
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
20."Hej gamle man!" (performed by Björn & Benny) 3:21
21."There's a Little Man" (performed by Billy G-Son) 2:45
22."I Saw It in the Mirror" (performed by Billy G-Son) 2:20
23."Jag är blott en man" (performed by Jarl Kulle)
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
3:04
24."Man vill ju leva lite dessemellan" (performed by Anni-Frid Lyngstad)
  • Vittorio Tariciotti
  • Marcello Marrocchi
  • Franca Evangelisti
  • Anderson
2:53
25."Välkommen till världen" (performed by Lill-Babs) 3:19
2013 deluxe edition DVD
No.TitleLength
1."People Need Love" (Vi i femman,
UR
)		 
4."International Sleeve Gallery" 

Notes

  • All reissues above use the international edition track listing.

Personnel

Additional musicians

  • Ola Brunkert – drums
  • Roger Palm – drums on "Me and Bobby and Bobby's Brother" and "Rock'n Roll Band"
  • Jan Bandel – drums on "He Is Your Brother"
  • Rutger Gunnarsson – bass
  • Mike Watson – bass on "Disillusion", "People Need Love", "I Saw It in the Mirror" and "Love Isn't Easy"
  • Stefan Brolund – bass on "He Is Your Brother"
  • Janne Schaffer – acoustic guitar on "Another Town, Another Train", electric guitar
  • Håkan Jansson - baritone saxophone on "He Is Your Brother"

Production

  • Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus – producers, arrangers
  • Michael B. Tretow – engineer
  • Björn Almstedt, Lennart Karlsmyr, Rune Persson – assistant engineers
  • Sven-Olof Walldoff – string arrangements on "I Am Just a Girl"[21]
  • Lars Falck, Bengt H. Malmqvist – photography
  • Peter Wiking – original album design
  • Jon Astley, Tim Young, Michael B. Tretow – remastering for the 1997 remasters
  • Jon Astley, Michael B. Tretow – remastering for the 2001 remasters
  • Henrik Jonsson – remastering for The Complete Studio Recordings box set

Charts

Chart (1973–76) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[22] 10
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[23] 32
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[24] 10
Swedish Albums Chart[25] 2
Chart (2021) Peak
position
Greek Albums (IFPI Greece)[26] 57
Chart (2023) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[27] 29

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[28] 3× Platinum 150,000^
Norway — 10,000[29]
Sweden — 116,627[30]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Liner notes, part 1". 9 October 2016. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  2. ^ Scott, Robert (2002) 'ABBA: Thank You for the Music – The Stories Behind Every Song', Carlton Books Limited: Great Britain, p. 22
  3. ^ "Ring Ring - ABBA | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  4. ISBN 0-679-75574-8
    .
  5. ^ AllMusic
  6. ^ Blender Magazine
  7. ISBN 978-1-84609-856-7
    .
  8. ^ The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. pp. 1–2.
  9. ^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 3–4.
  10. AllMusic
  11. ^ Scott, Robert (2002) 'ABBA: Thank You for the Music – The Stories Behind Every Song', Carlton Books Limited: Great Britain, p. 24
  12. ISBN 0-85112-971-4
    .
  13. ^ Palm, C. M. Thank You for the Music. Polar Music International AB, 1994.
  14. ^ "Mecm - Mecm csajok - Hotdog.hu". 13 October 2013. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Swedish Polars (1988)". Abba on CD. 23 March 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  16. ^ ABBA – Ring Ring (1988, CD), retrieved 4 May 2021
  17. ^ ABBA – Ring Ring (1995, CD), retrieved 4 May 2021
  18. ^ ABBA – Ring Ring (1997, CD), retrieved 4 May 2021
  19. ^ ABBA – Ring Ring (2001, CD), retrieved 4 May 2021
  20. ^ ABBA – Ring Ring (2013, CD), retrieved 4 May 2021
  21. ^ Scott, Robert (2002) 'ABBA: Thank You for the Music – The Stories Behind Every Song', Carlton Books Limited: Great Britain, p.
  22. ISBN 0-646-11917-6
    .
  23. ^ "Charts.nz – Björn, Benny & Agnetha, Frida – Ring Ring". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  24. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Björn, Benny & Agnetha, Frida – Ring Ring". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  25. ^ "ABBA: The Worldwide Chart Page". home.zipworld.com.au. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  26. ^ "Official IFPI Charts — Top-75 Albums Sales Chart (Combined) — Week: 45/2021". IFPI Greece. Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  27. GfK Entertainment Charts
    . Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  28. ^ "ABBA The History". Billboard. 8 September 1979.
  29. ^ Hultin, Randi (8 September 1979). "Abba The World – Norway". Billboard. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  30. ^ Schulman, Leif (8 September 1979). "Abba The World – Sweden". Billboard. Retrieved 23 July 2018.

External links

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