ABBA Gold

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ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits
ABBA Gold cover.png
Greatest hits album by
ABBA
Released21 September 1992 (1992-09-21)
RecordedDecember 1973 – October 1981
GenreEuropop
Length77:10 (1992)
79:08 (1999–present)
LabelPolyGram (1992–1997)
Universal (1998–present)
Producer
ABBA chronology
ABBA Live
(1986) 		ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits
(1992) 		Oro: Grandes Éxitos
(1992)

ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released on 21 September 1992 through PolyGram and released in 2008 through Universal Music Australia, making it the first compilation to be released after the company had acquired Polar Music, and thus the rights to the ABBA back catalogue.

With sales of 30 million,[1] Gold is the best-selling ABBA album, as well one of the best-selling albums worldwide. Since 1992, it has been re-released several times, most notably in 1999 as the first remastered reissue to mark the group's 25th anniversary of winning the Eurovision Song Contest 1974, in 2008 to coincide with the release of the film Mamma Mia! and most recently in 2014 to mark the group's 40th anniversary of winning the Eurovision Song Contest.

Overview[]

Prior to its release, all previously released ABBA compilations had been deleted and only the original studio albums (along with the 1986 live album) remained in print. Gold: Greatest Hits was well received by the music-buying public, and went on to be one of the best-selling albums of all time.

Gold: Greatest Hits has been re-released in various "special" or "remastered" releases:

Year Edition Notes
1992 Original release The original 1992 release included an edited version of "Voulez-Vous" and the US Promo Edit of "The Name of the Game".
1999 Remastered reissue Celebrating ABBA's 25th anniversary of winning the Eurovision Song Contest with "Waterloo", includes the original versions of "Voulez-Vous" and "The Name of the Game". This new version was called the "signature series", as it came with autographs from the band members embedded into the front plastic casing in gold writing. This edition also contains new sleeve notes and is digitally remastered in 24 bit from the original multitracks.
2002 10th Anniversary Edition Contained a revised booklet and updated liner notes. The ABBA logo was changed to the official ABBA font and the back cover was redesigned. It was released in Europe and New Zealand (with the European track list, and not the previous Australasian track list). This version was not released in Australia.
2008 Second remastered edition Coinciding with the release of the film Mamma Mia!, in a so-called super jewel case, with updated liner notes and with remastered sound (using the remasters for The Complete Studio Recordings). The Australasian release featured the European track list, not the Australasian track list on previous issues. This version was issued in the US in 2010, although it does not come in a super jewel case, but instead a regular jewel case.
2010 Special Edition Included two discs: the original CD (using the 2008 remasters), and a DVD of the video clips, remastered in 2010. The DVD also included five bonus clips.
2014 40th Anniversary Edition A 3 CD edition that includes the original album (disc 1), the More Gold: More Hits album (disc 2) and the "Golden B-sides" (disc 3), containing 20 B-sides.

Regional variations and tie-ins[]

Australasian editions[]

The 1992 and 1999 editions released in Australia and New Zealand (and some other territories in that area) had a modified track listing (see below) to include three local hits, replacing three other songs on the international edition.

The 2002 re-release was not released in Australia, while in New Zealand, the international edition was issued.

From 2008 onwards, only the international editions have been released in Australia and New Zealand.

Spanish versions[]

The original 1992 release had a slightly different track listing, replacing the English versions of "Chiquitita" and "Fernando" with the Spanish language versions.

Shortly after the release of Gold: Greatest Hits, a Spanish version of the album, titled Oro: Grandes Exitos was issued, followed later by Mas Oro: Mas Grandes Exitos.

Video and DVD[]

In 1992 a VHS video was released which included all tracks from the original album. During the 1990s, various regional variations on this video were issued, until Universal Music decided in 2003 to re-issue the video on VHS and DVD. The track listing was similar to the original album, with some added content: a 25-minute documentary produced in 1999, and the 1992 video of "Dancing Queen". In 2010, the DVD was remastered with six bonus clips, including five "split-screen" versions of the clips to show which improvements were made by remastering the old videos. These "split-screen" clips were "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!", "Mamma Mia", "Dancing Queen", "The Winner Takes It All" and "Money, Money, Money". The sixth bonus clip was an Australian cartoon version of "Money, Money, Money". The 2010 edition did not include the 2003 ABBA documentary or the 1992 version of "Dancing Queen". This disc was available as a stand-alone DVD and as part of the 2010 'Special Edition' re-release.

Other variations[]

In 2002, Gold: Greatest Hits was released in mainland Europe (though not in the UK) with a bonus second disc.

The UK saw a 30th Anniversary Edition released in 2004 with a gold-coloured sleeve cover with black writing, rather than the normal black sleeve with gold writing. The original release included a DVD with 18 of the 19 songs from the CD, excluding "The Name of the Game". It is also available without the DVD.

Commercial performance[]

With pure sales of 5.61 million copies,[2] Gold: Greatest Hits is the second-highest selling album of all time in the United Kingdom,[3] after Queen's Greatest Hits.[4] In August, 2019, Gold: Greatest Hits became the longest-running top 100 album of all time, spending 900 weeks on the UK Albums Chart. The album spent 61 (non-consecutive) weeks in the top 10 and topped the British chart 5 times, most recently for two weeks in 2008 following release of the motion picture Mamma Mia!.[5] As of July 2021, "Gold" became the first album to reach 1000 weeks on the Official Charts in United Kingdom with pure sales of 5.61 million copies sold in United Kingdom.[2] In November 2021, it was awarded 20× Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry, denoting six millions album-equivalent unit in the UK. [6]

In the United States, the album has sold a total of 5.8 million copies and is the nineteenth biggest-selling greatest-hits album in the Nielsen Music era (which began in 1991).[7][8] In Canada, Gold: Greatest Hits achieved Diamond status (one million units sold) in May, 2000.[9]

In Germany, Gold: Greatest Hits has been certified five times Platinum for shipment of 2.5 million units.[10] It has also been certified 10 times Platinum in Switzerland for sales of 500,000 units.[11] In Austria, the album charted for 397 weeks, making it the all-time second longest stay on the chart.[12] After reaching catalogue status, it returned to the top 10 three times, twice in the wake of the releases of Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again and once due to the release of a special edition.[13]

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic5/5 stars[14]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 stars[15]
Pitchfork8.3/10[16]

Gold: Greatest Hits has been called one of the most influential compilation albums ever released. Music critic Elisabeth Vincentelli (New York Post; Time Out New York) credits the album for a revival of critical interest in ABBA's music after ten years of neglect following the band's 1982 break-up.[17]

Writing for Pitchfork in 2019, reviewer Jamieson Cox agreed, describing Gold: Greatest Hits as a "refined package with surprising emotional range". The album, he wrote, "capitalized on a simmering, subcultural interest in ABBA’s work and sparked a full-blown revival" that culminated in the Mamma Mia! stage and film productions.[18]

BuzzFeed music editor Matthew Perpetua included Gold: Greatest Hits among the compilations he considered "so well curated in presenting a fertile period of a career that they are arguably an artist's definitive work".[19]

Former Rolling Stone magazine writer Tom Moon included Gold: Greatest Hits among his 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die, describing the tracks as "models of impeccable craft", adding that the album is "an excellent starter kit for those wanting to investigate the DNA of post-Beatles pop."[20]

Writing for Vanity Fair, singer-songwriter Elvis Costello included Gold: Greatest Hits among his list of 500 essential albums.[21]

Track listings[]

All tracks are produced by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.

ABBA Gold – Standard edition / 2008 Australian reissue
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dancing Queen"
3:52
2."Knowing Me, Knowing You"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
4:02
3."Take a Chance on Me"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
4:04
4."Mamma Mia"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
3:33
5."Lay All Your Love on Me"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
4:34
6."Super Trouper"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
4:14
7."I Have a Dream"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
4:44
8."The Winner Takes It All"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
4:55
9."Money, Money, Money"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
3:08
10."SOS"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
3:21
11."Chiquitita"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
5:26
12."Fernando"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
4:13
13."Voulez-Vous[a]"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
4:22
14."Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
4:48
15."Does Your Mother Know"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
3:15
16."One of Us"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
3:58
17."The Name of the Game[b]"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
4:00
18."Thank You for the Music"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
3:51
19."Waterloo"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
2:42
Total length:77:10
ABBA Gold – Original Australian edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Ring Ring"
3:02
7."I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
3:15
8."The Winner Takes It All"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
4:54
9."Money, Money, Money"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
3:05
10."SOS"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
3:19
11."Chiquitita"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
5:26
12."Fernando"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
4:10
13."Voulez-Vous[a]"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
4:21
14."Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
4:46
15."Does Your Mother Know"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
3:14
16."One of Us"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
3:53
17."The Name of the Game[b]"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
3:56
18."Rock Me"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
3:02
19."Waterloo"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
2:42
ABBA Gold – 2002 European (non–UK) Special Edition bonus disc
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Summer Night City"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
3:52
2."Angeleyes"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
4:02
3."The Day Before You Came"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
4:04
4."Eagle"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
3:33
5."I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
4:34
6."So Long"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
4:14
7."Honey, Honey"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
4:44
8."The Visitors"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
4:55
9."Ring Ring"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
3:08
10."When I Kissed the Teacher"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
3:21
11."The Way Old Friends Do"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
5:26

2014 40th Anniversary Edition bonus tracks[]

Disc 2: More ABBA Gold
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Summer Night City" 3:34
2."Angeleyes" 4:20
3."The Day Before You Came" 5:51
4."Eagle" 4:26
5."I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"Andersson, Stig Anderson, Ulvaeus3:16
6."So Long" 3:06
7."Honey, Honey"Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus2:55
8."The Visitors" 4:28
9."Our Last Summer" 4:19
10."On and On and On" 3:38
11."Ring Ring"Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus, Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody3:03
12."I Wonder (Departure)"Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus4:37
13."Lovelight" 3:46
14."Head over Heels" 3:45
15."When I Kissed the Teacher" 3:01
16."I Am the City" 4:01
17."Cassandra" 4:50
18."Under Attack" 3:48
19."When All Is Said and Done" 3:18
20."The Way Old Friends Do" 2:53
Total length:78:14
Disc 3: B-Sides
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."She's My Kind of Girl"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
2:45
2."I Am Just a Girl"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
3:52
3."Gonna Sing You My Lovesong"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
4:04
4."King Kong Song"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
3:33
5."I've Been Waiting for You"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
4:34
6."Rock Me"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
4:14
7."Man in the Middle"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
4:44
8."Intermezzo No. 1"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
4:55
9."That's Me"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
3:08
10."Crazy World"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
3:21
11."Happy Hawaii"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
5:26
12."I'm a Marionette"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
4:13
13."Medley: Pick a Bale of Cotton/On Top of Old Smokey/Midnight Special"Traditional4:22
14."Kisses of Fire"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
4:48
15."The King Has Lost His Crown"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
3:15
16."Elaine"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
3:58
17."The Piper"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
4:00
18."Andante, Andante"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
3:51
19."Should I Laugh or Cry"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
2:42
20."Soldiers"
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
2:42
Total length:77:10

Personnel[]

  • Agnetha Fältskog - vocals
  • Anni-Frid Lyngstad - vocals
  • Björn Ulvaeus - Steel-string, acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Benny Andersson – synthesizer, keyboards, vocals

Production

  • Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus – producers
  • Michael B. Tretow – engineer, digital remastering (1992 edition)
  • Jon Astley – digital remastering (1999, 2002, 2004 reissues)
  • Henrik Jonsson – digital remastering (2008 reissue)
  • Ingemar Bergman – compilation
  • Chris Griffin – compilation
  • George McManus – compilation
  • Jackie Stansfield – compilation
  • John Tobler – liner notes, compilation
  • Carl Magnus Palm – liner notes (1999, 2002, 2004, 2008 reissues)

Charts[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1992–2021) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[22] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[23] 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[24] 5
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[25] 16
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[26] 4
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[27] 15
Croatian International Albums (HDU)[28] 7
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[29] 30
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[30] 5
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[31] 3
European Albums (Music & Media)[32] 1
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[33] 1
French Albums (SNEP)[34] 5
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[35] 1
Greece Albums (Billboard)[36] 10
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[37] 10
Irish Albums (IRMA)[38] 1
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)[32] 2
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[39] 13
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[39]
10th anniversary edition 		12
Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[40] 69
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[41] 3
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[42] 1
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[43] 4
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[44] 1
Scottish Albums (OCC)[45] 1
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[32] 3
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[46] 1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[47] 1
UK Albums (OCC)[48] 1
Uruguayan International Albums (CUD)[49] 5
US Billboard 200[50] 25
US Top Catalog Albums (Billboard)[51] 1
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard)[52] 10

Year-end charts[]

Decade-end charts[]

Chart (2010–2019) Position
UK Albums (OCC)[145] 46

Certifications and sales[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[146] 3× Platinum 180,000^
Australia (ARIA)[147] 17× Platinum 1,190,000^
Australia (ARIA)[148]
Gold & More (Anniversary Edition) 		Platinum 70,000^
Australia (ARIA)[149]
video 		3× Platinum 45,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[150] 3× Platinum 150,000*
Austria (IFPI Austria)[151]
40th Anniversary Edition 		Gold 7,500*
Belgium (BEA)[152] 7× Platinum 350,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[153] Gold 100,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[154] Diamond 1,000,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[155]
video 		Platinum 10,000^
Chile — 40,000[156]
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[157] 7× Platinum 560,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[158] 2× Platinum 145,962[158]
France (SNEP)[160] Diamond 1,114,300[159]
Germany (BVMI)[161] 5× Platinum 2,500,000^
Germany (BVMI)[162]
video 		Platinum 50,000^
Hungary (MAHASZ)[163] Platinum  
Italy (FIMI)[164]
for 2008 release 		2× Platinum 100,000double-dagger
Japan (RIAJ)[165] 3× Platinum 750,000^
Latvia (LaMPA)[166][unreliable source?] 4× Platinum  
Mexico (AMPROFON)[167] Platinum 250,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[168] Platinum 100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[169] 16× Platinum 240,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[170] Platinum 100,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[171]
Reissue 		Gold 10,000double-dagger
Portugal (AFP)[172]
for 2008 release 		Platinum 20,000^
Russia (NFPF)[173] Gold 10,000*
Singapore — 80,000[174]
South Korea — 255,947[175]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[176] 5× Platinum 500,000^
Sweden (GLF)[177] 5× Platinum 500,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[178] 10× Platinum 500,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[6] 20× Platinum 5,610,000[2]
United States (RIAA)[179] 6× Platinum 6,000,000^
United States (RIAA)[180]
video (Polydor Edition) 		Platinum 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[180]
video (Polygram Edition) 		Gold 50,000^
Summaries
Worldwide — 30,000,000[181]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
double-dagger Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Further reading[]

  • ABBA Gold by Elisabeth Vincentelli – (ISBN 0-8264-1546-6) in 2004.
  • Elisabeth Vincentelli: Abba Gold. In: David Barker (ed.): 33 1/3 Greatest Hits. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2006, ISBN 978-1-4411-0185-3, pp. 87-96.

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