Gracias Por La Música (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Gracias Por La Música
Type = Album
Artist = ABBA


Released = June 23, 1980
Recorded = September 1979-
January 1980
Genre = Pop
Length = 41:18
Label = Polar/Septima Records
Producer = Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://wc10.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3ifexq95ld6e link]
Last album = "Greatest Hits Vol. 2"
(1979)
This album = "Gracias Por La Música"
(1980)
Next album = "Super Trouper"
(1980)

"Gracias Por La Música" is a 1980 album by Swedish pop group ABBA (see 1980 in music). "Gracias Por La Música" was originally released due to the unexpected break of popularity for the group in Latin American countries such as Mexico and Argentina after the release of the Spanish language versions of "Chiquitita" and "I Have a Dream". The band therefore decided to record another eight tracks in Spanish and release a full-length album especially for the South American market. The couple Buddy and Mary McCluskey, both working at RCA Records in Argentina at the time, were again called in to translate the lyrics. During the recording sessions which took place in January of 1980 in the Polar Music studios the lead vocalists Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad were helped with the pronunciation by Swedish/Argentinian journalist Ana Martinez.

The backing tracks, some of which dating back to 1974 and 1975, were also given a slight remix by sound engineer Michael B. Tretow, most noticeably bringing the snare- and bassdrums to the front, in order to give the album a coherent and more current sound.

"Gracias Por La Música" was released on CD in Japan in 1988 and in Argentina in 1993, both times by the Polydor label. The album was out of print in most other territories for a number of years until 1993 when the compilation CD "", which contained the ten tracks of "Gracias Por La Música", was released, rendering this album obsolete.

The album's title is the Spanish translation of the title of one of ABBA's hits, "Thank You for the Music".

Track listing

All songs in Spanish with lyrics by Buddy and Mary McCluskey;Side A
#"Gracias Por La Música" ("Thank You for the Music") (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:49
#"Reina Danzante" a.k.a. "La Reina Del Baile" ("Dancing Queen") (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 4:02
#"Al Andar" ("Move On") (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 4:44
#"¡Dame! ¡Dame! ¡Dame!" ("Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)") (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 4:51
#"Fernando" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 4:17

;Side B
#"Estoy Soñando" ("I Have A Dream") (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 4:38
#"Mamma Mia" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:34
#"Hasta Mañana" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:09
#"Conociéndome, Conociéndote" ("Knowing Me, Knowing You") (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 4:04
#"Chiquitita" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 5:30

* The Spanish version of "Dancing Queen" was originally titled "Reina Danzante", but was retitled "La Reina Del Baile" for the 1993 "" CD release.