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More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits
Type:greatest
Artist:ABBA
Cover:More ABBA Gold 2.jpg
Released:24 May 1993
Recorded:1973–1982
Genre:Pop
Length: (1993)
(1999-Present)
Label:PolyGram
Prev Year:1992
Next Title:Thank You for the Music
Next Year:1994

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 , released the previous year, and went on to sell 3 million copies.[1]

Overview

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.[2]

Release

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.[3] 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!.[4] It was reissued in a so-called super jewel case, with updated liner notes and remastered sound.

Track listing

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

Personnel

ABBA
Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1993)Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[5] 60
Austrian Albums Chart[6] 7
Hungarian Albums Chart[7] 16
Netherlands Albums Chart[8] 10
Norwegian Albums Chart[9] 7
Swiss Albums Chart[10] 13
German Albums Chart[11] 9
UK Albums Chart[12] 13
Chart (1999)Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart80
Swedish Albums Chart[13] 3
Chart (2008)Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[14] 38
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart[15] 78
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[16] 60
French Compilations Chart[17] 35
Irish Albums Chart[18] 44

Notes and References

  1. Web site: More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits. Eder. Bruce. AllMusic. 2018-10-03.
  2. Web site: Discography . 2024-09-17 . ABBA . en-US.
  3. Web site: ABBA - More ABBA Gold (More ABBA Hits) - 1993 remaster. Discogs. 23 July 1999 . en. 2018-10-03.
  4. Web site: ABBA - More ABBA Gold (More ABBA Hits) - 2008. Discogs. en. 2018-10-03.
  5. Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia. pdf. 6.
  6. Web site: ABBA – More ABBA Gold – More ABBA Hits . austriancharts.at . Hung Medien . German . 29 December 2012.
  7. Web site: Archívum › Kereső – lista és dátum szerint . . LightMedia . 29 December 2012. Select the first drop-down menu and choose Top 40 album-... select the second menu and choose 1993, then select the third menu and choose 27 and click Keresés.
  8. Web site: ABBA – More ABBA Gold – More ABBA Hits . GfK Dutch Charts . Hung Medien . Dutch . 29 December 2012.
  9. Web site: ABBA – More ABBA Gold – More ABBA Hits . norwegiancharts.com . Hung Medien . 29 December 2012.
  10. Web site: ABBA – More ABBA Gold – More ABBA Hits . hitparade.ch . Hung Medien . German . 29 December 2012.
  11. Web site: Top 100 Longplay – Official Media Control . charts.de . . German . 29 December 2012.
  12. Web site: ABBA | Artist | Official Charts . . 29 December 2012.
  13. Web site: ABBA – More ABBA Gold – More ABBA Hits . swedishcharts.com . Hung Medien . 29 December 2012.
  14. Web site: ABBA – More ABBA Gold – More ABBA Hits . australian-charts.com . Hung Medien . 29 December 2012.
  15. Web site: ABBA – More ABBA Gold – More ABBA Hits . . Hung Medien . Dutch . 29 December 2012.
  16. Web site: ABBA – More ABBA Gold – More ABBA Hits . Ultratop . Hung Medien . French . 29 December 2012.
  17. Web site: InfoDisc : Tous les "Chart Runs" des Albums classés depuis 1985 dans le Top Albums Officiel . InfoDisc . French . 29 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080820092500/http://www.infodisc.fr/Albums_ChartRun.php . 20 August 2008 . Click the drop-down menu and find ABBA and click OK.
  18. Web site: Top 75 Artist Album, Week Ending 28 August 2008 . GfK Chart-Track . 29 December 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180325232414/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2008&year=2008&week=35 . 25 March 2018 . dead .
  19. Web site: ABBA – More ABBA Gold – More ABBA Hits . finnishcharts.com . Hung Medien . 29 December 2012.

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