The Album
~ Release by ABBA (see all versions of this release, 24 available)
Annotation
ABBA: The Album is the fifth studio album by the Swedish pop group ABBA, which was only released in the UK in January 1978 (Original Swedish release was 12 December 1977). The album was released in conjunction with ABBA: The Movie, with several of the songs featured in the film.
Please note that Epic Records' original UK release of the LP featured a blue background on the front cover, fading to white at the bottom. It also featured a gatefold sleeve. The back cover was altered, incorporating a similar photo of ABBA to that used elsewhere in the world for the inner sleeve, and referencing tracks included in ABBA: The Movie. The inner gatefold was designed to look like an air mail envelope, similar to the style later used for Gracias Por La Música and even had a photo of ABBA incorporated into a stamp in the corner.
This was the first and only time that Epic radically broke away from the standard Polar Music design for an ABBA album. The UK design for ABBA: The Album has only been re-issued on CD format once, as part of a limited edition boxed set released by the Japanese arm of Universal Music in 2004.
Tracklist
12" Vinyl 1 | |||
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# | Title | Rating | Length |
A1 | Eagle
| 5:53 | |
A2 | Take a Chance on Me
| 4:04 | |
A3 | One Man, One Woman
| 4:37 | |
A4 | The Name of the Game
| 4:54 | |
B1 | Move On
| 4:45 | |
B2 | Hole in Your Soul
| 3:43 | |
B3 | Thank You for the Music
| 3:52 | |
B4 | I Wonder (Departure)
| 4:35 | |
B5 | I’m a Marionette
| 4:05 |
Credits
Release
Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/2844381 [info] |
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Release group
associated singles/EPs: | Eagle Take a Chance on Me The Name of the Game |
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included in: | CD Album Box Set The Albums The Complete Studio Recordings The Vinyl Collection |
Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/master/25721 [info] |
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lyrics page: | https://genius.com/albums/Abba/Abba-the-album [info] |
other databases: | https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/abba/the_album/ [info] |
Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000312170 [info] |
Wikidata: | Q832259 [info] |