The Best of ABBA

The Best of ABBA

Infobox Album | Name = The Best of ABBA
Type = compilation
Artist = ABBA

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Released = 1975
Recorded = 1972-1975
Genre = Pop
Length = ???
Label = RCA Australasia
Producer = Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus
Reviews =
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"The Best of ABBA" is a compilation greatest hits album by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in November 1975 in Australia and New Zealand only. Globally ABBA released "ABBA - Greatest Hits", but in Australasia, this album was released instead. The album topped the charts in both countries, and went on to be certified 24x Platinum in New Zealand. The album is tied with Dire Straits' album "Brothers in Arms" for being the best-selling album in that country [The Complete New Zealand Music Charts 1966 - 2006: Dean Scapolo ISBN 978-1877443-00-8] .

In Australia it spent 16 weeks at number one, and in New Zealand the album spent 18 weeks at the top of the charts. "The Best of ABBA" was one of the biggest selling vinyl albums in Australian history, selling over a million copies in Australia. At one stage RCA records Australia couldn’t keep up with the demand for the albums in the shops, and copies had to be pressed under licence by a rival record company.

In both countries, this album charted better than all the other ABBA releases.

"The Best of ABBA" was re-released in 1988 on vinyl and CD, but was only available for a short time.

Track listing

All songs by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson unless otherwise noted

ide 1

#"Waterloo" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 2:42
#"Ring Ring" (Anderson, Andersson, Cody, Sedaka, Ulvaeus) – 3:03
#"Honey, Honey" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 2:55
#"Mamma Mia" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:32
#"People Need Love" – 2:43
#"Nina, Pretty Ballerina" – 2:52

ide 2

#"I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:15
#"SOS" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:22
#"Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)" – 3:12
#"Bang-A-Boomerang" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:02
#"Hasta Mañana" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:09
#"So Long" – 3:06

Chart positions

References

succession box
before = "A Night at the Opera" by Queen
title = Australian Kent Music Report number-one album
years = March 29 - July 18 1976
after = "Howzat" by Sherbet


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