Thank You for the Music (box set)
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Released | 31 October 1994 | |||
Recorded | 1969–1982 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Label | PolyGram | |||
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Thank You for the Music is a box set by the Swedish pop group ABBA, released on 31 October 1994. It consists of 66 tracks across four discs, with the first three discs including all of the band's singles from 1972–1982, many B-sides, and some album tracks in chronological order; while the fourth disc includes some rarities and some previously unreleased material, most notably the 23-and-a-half minute long medley "ABBA Undeleted", which includes the track "Just a Notion", later released as part of Voyage in 2021. This box set marks the appearance of several ABBA tracks on compact disc for the first time.
In 2008 the Thank You for the Music box set was reissued in downsized packaging with a revised booklet.
History
Plans for an ABBA box set had been floating around
In late 1993, historian
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus, except where noted.
Disc 1
Track release information taken from ABBA: The Complete Studio Recordings timeline booklet
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | " Waterloo" (A-side, Polar POS 1187) | Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus | 2:44 |
7. | "Hasta Mañana" (Waterloo) | Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus | 3:09 |
8. | "Honey, Honey" (Waterloo) | Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus | 2:56 |
9. | "Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)" (Waterloo) | 3:12 | |
10. | "So Long" (A-side, Polar POS 1195) | 3:05 | |
11. | "I've Been Waiting for You" (B-side, Polar POS 1195) | Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus | 3:38 |
12. | "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" (ABBA) | Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus | 3:17 |
13. | "SOS" (ABBA) | Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus | 3:21 |
14. | "Mamma Mia" (ABBA) | Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus | 3:32 |
15. | "Fernando" (A-side, Polar POS 1224) | Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus | 4:12 |
16. | "Dancing Queen" (A-side, Polar POS 1225) | Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus | 3:50 |
17. | "That's Me" (B-side, Polar POS 1225) | Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus | 3:16 |
18. | "When I Kissed the Teacher" (Arrival) | 3:01 | |
19. | "Money, Money, Money" (Arrival) | 3:08 | |
20. | "Crazy World" (B-side, Polar POS 1227) | 3:49 | |
21. | "My Love, My Life" (Arrival) | Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus | 3:53 |
- Tracks 1–5 originally credited to Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid
Disc 2
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Knowing Me, Knowing You" (Arrival) | Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus | 4:02 |
2. | "Happy Hawaii" (B-side, Polar POS 1230) | Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus | 4:24 |
3. | "The Name of the Game" (US promo edit; A-Side, Atlantic 3449, full version appears on ABBA: The Album) | Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus | 3:57 |
4. | "I Wonder (Departure) (live)" (B-side, Polar POS 1234) | Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus | 4:26 |
5. | "Eagle" (ABBA: The Album) | 5:49 | |
6. | "Take a Chance on Me" (ABBA: The Album) | 4:03 | |
7. | "Thank You for the Music" (ABBA: The Album) | 3:49 | |
8. | "Summer Night City" (full-length version; previously unreleased) | 4:14 | |
9. | "Chiquitita" (A-side, Polar POS 1244) | 5:26 | |
10. | "Lovelight" (alternate mix; More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits, original version appears on 1999 re-release) | 3:19 | |
11. | "Does Your Mother Know" (Voulez-Vous) | 3:15 | |
12. | "Voulez-Vous" (edited version; ABBA Gold, full version appears on 1999 re-release) | 4:19 | |
13. | "Angeleyes" (Voulez-Vous) | 4:18 | |
14. | "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" (A-side, Polar POS 1256, early fade-out) | 4:48 | |
15. | "I Have a Dream" (Voulez-Vous) | 4:44 |
Disc 3
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | " Cassandra" (B-side, Polar POS 1318) | 4:50 |
16. | "Under Attack" (The Singles: The First Ten Years) | 3:44 |
Disc 4
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | " Medley: Pick a Bale of Cotton – On Top of Old Smokey – Midnight Special" (Stars im Zeichen eines guten Sterns) | Traditional, arranged by Andersson, Ulvaeus | 4:21 |
9. | "You Owe Me One" (B-side, Polar POS 1321) | 3:25 | |
10. | "Slipping Through My Fingers / Me and I" (live; from the TV special Dick Cavett Meets ABBA, 1981; previously unreleased) | 8:37 | |
11. | "ABBA Undeleted: Scaramouche / Summer Night City (early version) / Take a Chance on Me (early instrumental version) / Baby (early version of "Rock Me") / Just a Notion / Rikky Rock 'n' Roller / Burning My Bridges / Fernando (early Swedish solo version by Frida) / Here Comes Rubie Jamie / Hamlet III Part 1 & 2 / Free as a Bumble Bee / Rubber Ball Man / Crying Over You / Just Like That / Givin' a Little Bit More" (outtake medley; previously unreleased) | Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus | 23:30 |
12. | "Waterloo" (French/Swedish version medley; both versions previously released separately) | Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus, Alain Boublil | 2:40 |
13. | "Ring Ring" (Swedish/Spanish/German version; Swedish and German versions previously released as singles, while the Spanish version was first released in 1993 on the compilation Más ABBA Oro: Más ABBA Éxitos[7]) | Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus, Doris Band, Peter Lach | 4:21 |
14. | "Honey, Honey" (Swedish version, B-side, Polar POS 1186) | Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus | 2:57 |
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 Eklund – saxophone
- Malando Gassama – percussion
- Anders Glenmark – guitar
- Rutger Gunnarsson – bass
- Roger Palm – drums
- Janne Schaffer – guitar
- Åke Sundqvist – percussion
- Mike Watson – bass
- Lasse Wellander – guitar
Production
- Producers: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
- Arrangers: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
- Engineer: Michael B. Tretow
- Design: Icon, London
- Liner notes: Carl Magnus Palm
References
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r212077
- ISBN 978-1-84609-856-7.
- ^ "Thank You For The Music - The Making Of A Box Set, part 1 (of 8)". www.carlmagnuspalm.com. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
- ^ "Thank You For The Music - The Making Of A Box Set, part 2 (of 8)". www.carlmagnuspalm.com. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
- ^ "Thank You For The Music - The Making Of A Box Set, part 3 (of 8)". www.carlmagnuspalm.com. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
- ^ "Thank You For The Music - The Making Of A Box Set, part 5 (of 8)". www.carlmagnuspalm.com. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
- ^ "ABBA – Mas Oro (Mas ABBA Exitos) (1993, CD)". Discogs. 1993.