ABBA – THE ALBUM Deluxe Edition

Release date: October 15th 2007
Cat.No: 060251731763
UPC: 602517317635

INFO:
In October 2006 the Deluxe Edition of ABBA’s classic Arrival album was released to great acclaim. “[This] expanded edition – bolstered by the glittering 1976 single Fernando and an absorbing documentary – captures all the glory and innocence of ABBA’s wonder years,” wrote Q Magazine.

Now, one year later, on October 15th 2007, Polar Music International/Universal Music will release an equally exciting Deluxe Edition of ABBA – The Album. Featuring the original album, expanded with six bonus tracks, this Deluxe Edition also comes with a bonus DVD of rare and previously unreleased performances, news reports and vintage TV commercials for ABBA – The Album.

ABBA – The Album was originally released 30 years ago, in December 1977, marking a new step in musical development for the group. Functioning partly as a companion album to the feature film ABBA – The Movie, 6 of the 9 songs on the album featured in the film. Three songs from the mini-musical The Girl With The Golden Hair, originally performed during ABBA’s spectacular 1977 tour of Europe and Australia, were included on the album.

ABBA – The Album, which contains some of ABBA’s most familiar hits, such as ‘The Name Of The Game’, ‘Take A Chance On Me’, ‘Eagle’ and ‘Thank You For The Music’, reached number one on the album charts in 8 countries and the Top Five in a further 4 countries.

The bonus tracks feature two rare in-concert recordings: an alternate mix of ‘Take A Chance On Me (Live Version)’, released on CD for the first time, and the rare single B-side, ‘I Wonder (Departure) (Live Version)’, which was originally released on the flipside of ‘The Name The Game’. Further bonus selections come in the shape of the first take of ‘Thank You For The Music’ – the so-called Doris Day Version – the single edit of ‘Eagle’, and the Spanish versions of ‘Move On’ and ‘Thank You For The Music’.

The companion DVD included with this Deluxe Edition features television performances of songs from ABBA – The Album – including a rarely seen performance of ‘The Name Of The Game’ from a 1978 Japanese television special – vintage interviews and news reports from the time of the album, plus two original television commercials for the album, and an extensive gallery of album and single sleeves from around the world. All content is previously unreleased on DVD (except the UK TV commercial, which was
previously available on the Limited Special Edition DVD of ABBA – The Movie).

Finally, ABBA – The Album – Deluxe Edition also comes with a 28-page booklet featuring a detailed 5,300-word essay by ABBA historian Carl Magnus Palm about the making of the album, photographs from the era of ABBA – The Album, and rare memorabilia.

FACTS:
• ABBA – The Album was released exactly 30 years ago, in December 1977, marking a new step in musical development for the group. Functioning partly as a companion album to the feature film ABBA – The Movie, 6 of the 9 songs on the album featured in the film. Three songs from the mini-musical The Girl With The Golden Hair, originally performed during ABBA’s spectacular 1977 tour of Europe and Australia, were included on the album.
• ABBA – The Album contains some of ABBA’s most familiar hits, such as ‘The Name Of The Game’, ‘Take A Chance On Me’, ‘Eagle’ and ‘Thank You For The Music’.
• ABBA – The Album reached number one in 8 countries and the Top Five in a further four countries.
• Expanded 2-disc edition.
• Disc 1: CD of the original album plus six bonus tracks.
• Alternate mix of ‘Take A Chance On Me (Live Version)’ for the first time on CD.
• Disc 2: DVD featuring television performances of songs from ABBA – The Album, vintage interviews and news reports from the time of the album, plus two original television commercials for the album, and an extensive gallery of album and single sleeves from around the world. All content is previously unreleased on DVD (except the UK TV commercial, which was previously available on the Limited Special Edition DVD of ABBA – The Movie).
• Rarely seen performance of ‘The Name Of The Game’ from a 1978 Japanese television special.
• Booklet featuring a detailed 5,300-word essay by ABBA historian Carl Magnus Palm about the making of the album, photographs from the era of ABBA – The Album, and rare memorabilia.

TRACKLIST:
DISC 01: CD
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
Bonus tracks
10. Eagle (Single Edit)
11. Take A Chance On Me (Live Version; Alternate Mix)
12. Thank You For The Music (Doris Day Version)
13. Al Andar (Spanish Version of Move On)
14. I Wonder (Departure) (Live Version)
15. Gracias Por La Música (Spanish Version of Thank You For The Music)

DISC 02: DVD
1. Eagle/Thank You For The Music (Star Parade, ZDF)
2. Take A Chance On Me (Am Laufenden Band, Radio Bremen)
3. The Name Of The Game (ABBA Special, TBS)
4. Thank You For The Music (Mike Yarwood’s Christmas Show, BBC)
5. Take A Chance On Me (Star Parade, ZDF)
6. ABBA on tour in 1977 (Rapport, SVT)
7. Recording ABBA – The Album (Gomorron Sverige, SVT)
8. ABBA in London, February 1978 (Blue Peter, BBC)
9. ABBA in America, May 1978 (Rapport, SVT)
10. ABBA – The Album Television Commercial I (UK)
11. ABBA – The Album Television Commercial II (Australia)
12. International Sleeve Gallery

POLAR MUSIC INTERNATIONAL AB

[official press release September 2007]

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