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More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits

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More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits is a compilation album by Swedish pop group ABBA. Released in 1993, it was the follow-up to the highly successful Gold: Greatest Hits, released the previous year, and went on to sell 3 million copies.[4]

More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits
Greatest hits album by
ABBA
Released24 May 1993
Recorded1973–1982
GenrePop
Length76:26 (1993)
78:14 (1999-Present)
LabelPolyGram
Producer
ABBA chronology
Oro: Grandes Éxitos
(1992) 		More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits
(1993) 		Thank You for the Music
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Music Week[3]

Overview

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While Gold: Greatest Hits had showcased 19 of the group's biggest and most recognizable hits, it left out a number of other sizeable ones. Therefore, More ABBA Gold was issued as a 20 tracks companion collection, that included some of these other hits, such as "Summer Night City", "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do", "Angeleyes", and "Ring Ring", as well as some of ABBA's lesser-known ones from the time when their popularity was declining, such as "Head Over Heels" and "The Day Before You Came". Also included were several B-sides, like "Lovelight" (the B-side of "Chiquitita") and "Cassandra" (B-side of "The Day Before You Came"), along with other album tracks like "The Visitors" and "I Wonder (Departure)".

A previously unreleased track, "I Am the City", was featured in this compilation. It dates back to ABBA’s then-final recording sessions in 1982.[5]

Release

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More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits was released on 24 May 1993, as a companion to ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits, previously released in September 1992. Like ABBA Gold, a remaster of More ABBA Gold was released in 1999.[6] The 4:27 promo edit of "The Visitors" was replaced by the original 5:46 version, while the 3:18 alternate mix of "Lovelight" was replaced by the 3:46 version originally released in 1979, as the B-side of "Chiquitita".

In 2008, the album was re-released with a different disc and back cover to coincide with the release of the film Mamma Mia!.[7][better source needed] It was reissued in a so-called super jewel case, with updated liner notes and remastered sound.[5]

Track listing

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

No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Summer Night City" Non-album single (1978)3:28
2."Angeleyes" Voulez-Vous (1979)4:16
3."The Day Before You Came" The Singles: The First Ten Years (1982)5:47
4."Eagle" (single version) ABBA: The Album (1977)4:23
5."I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"
ABBA (1975)3:16
6."So Long" ABBA3:06
7."Honey, Honey"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
Waterloo (1974)2:53
8."The Visitors" (US promo edit) The Visitors (1981)4:27
9."Our Last Summer" Super Trouper (1980)4:19
10."On and On and On" Super Trouper3:38
11."Ring Ring"
Ring Ring3:00
12."I Wonder (Departure)"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
ABBA: The Album4:34
13."Lovelight" (alternate mix) B-side of "Chiquitita" (1979)3:18
14."Head Over Heels" The Visitors3:45
15."When I Kissed the Teacher" Arrival (1976)3:00
16."I Am the City" Previously unreleased4:00
17."Cassandra" B-side of "The Day Before You Came" (1982)4:50
18."Under Attack" The Singles: The First Ten Years3:44
19."When All Is Said and Done" The Visitors3:16
20."The Way Old Friends Do" (recorded live in 1979 at the Wembley Arena) Super Trouper2:52
Total length:01:16:26

Personnel

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ABBA
Production
  • Chris Griffin – compilation
  • Jackie Stansfield – compilation
  • George McManus – compilation
  • John Tobler – liner notes, compilation
  • Dick Wallis – compilation
  • Ingemar Bergman – compilation
  • Icon – design
  • Fredrik Hurtil – 2008 redesign
  • Mia Segolsson – project coordination (2008 reissue)
  • Wolfgang "Bubi" Heilemann – photography (2008 reissue)
  • Polar Music International AB – photography (2008 reissue)
  • Michael B. Tretow – digital remastering (for original 1993 release), engineer
  • Jon Astley – digital remastering (for 1999 reissue)
  • Henrik Jonsson – digital remastering (for 2008 reissue)
  • Carl Magnus Palm – liner notes (for 1999 version)

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1993) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[8] 60
Austrian Albums Chart[9] 7
Hungarian Albums Chart[10] 16
Netherlands Albums Chart[11] 10
Norwegian Albums Chart[12] 7
Swiss Albums Chart[13] 13
German Albums Chart[14] 9
UK Albums Chart[15] 13
Chart (1999) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[8] 80
Swedish Albums Chart[16] 3
Chart (2008) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[17] 38
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart[18] 78
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[19] 60
French Compilations Chart[20] 35
Irish Albums Chart[21] 44
Chart (2010) Peak
position
Finnish Albums Chart[22] 38

Certifications and sales

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[23] Gold 25,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[24] Gold 50,000^
France (SNEP)[25] Gold 100,000*
Germany (BVMI)[26] Gold 250,000^
Germany (BVMI)[27]
video 		Gold 25,000^
Singapore — 19,000[28]
Sweden (GLF)[29] Platinum 100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[30] Platinum 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[31] Platinum 300,000^
Summaries
Europe — 1,000,000[32]
Worldwide — 3,000,000[4]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r170162
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Concise ed.). United Kingdom: Omnibus Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-84609-856-7.
  3. ^ Jones, Alan (1993-05-08). "Market Preview: Mainstream - Albums" (PDF). Music Week. p. 13. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
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  20. ^ "InfoDisc : Tous les "Chart Runs" des Albums classés depuis 1985 dans le Top Albums Officiel". InfoDisc (in French). Archived from the original on 20 August 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2012. Click the drop-down menu and find ABBA and click OK.
  21. ^ "Top 75 Artist Album, Week Ending 28 August 2008". GfK Chart-Track. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  22. ^ "ABBA – More ABBA Gold – More ABBA Hits". finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  23. ^ "Austrian album certifications – ABBA – More ABBA Gold" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
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  26. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (ABBA; 'More ABBA Gold')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
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  29. ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1999" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
  30. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('More ABBA Gold')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
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  32. ^ Bakker, Machgiel (19 November 1993). "ABBA Is Still Thankful For The Music Via Boxed Set" (PDF). Music & Media. p. 16. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
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