- Audio CD (Oct 26 1999)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Best of, Enhanced
- Label: Universal Music Group
- ASIN: B000001DZO
- In-Print Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (193 customer reviews)
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#2,694 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #5 in Music > Pop > Euro Pop > Swedish Pop
- #8 in Music > Pop > Dance Pop > Euro Dance
- #8 in Music > Dance & DJ > Dance Pop > Euro Dance
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Track Listings
| 1. Dancing Queen |
| 2. Knowing Me, Knowing You |
| 3. Take A Chance On Me |
| 4. Mamma Mia |
| 5. Lay All Your Love On Me |
| 6. Super Trouper |
| 7. I Have A Dream |
| 8. The Winner Takes It All |
| 9. Money, Money, Money |
| 10. S.O.S. |
| 11. Chiquitita |
| 12. Fernando |
| 13. Voulez Vous |
| 14. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) |
| 15. Does Your Mother Know |
| 16. One Of Us |
| 17. The Name Of The Game |
| 18. Thank You For The Music |
| 19. Waterloo |
Product Description
From Amazon.co.uk
Anyone looking for the key to ABBA's enduring appeal should look no further than "Voulez Vous" and "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" for their answer. There was an innocence to the Swedish quartet, even when they were singing about one-night stands and the invitations to them. Gold establishes that the band, while appreciated as campy, were actually multifaceted in their execution. "S.O.S." has a raw urgency in its chorus, and "Does Your Mother Know" draws its energy from classic 1950s rock & roll. Likewise, you don't have to be Priscilla to swoon over "Mamma Mia" or "Dancing Queen". And when it comes to drama, those soaring vocals on "The Winner Takes It All" turn the song into a bitter anthem of every relationship that has ever fallen apart. The much-covered "Lay All Your Love on Me" is practically epic. --Steve Gdula
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Anyone looking for the key to ABBA's enduring appeal should look no further than "Voulez Vous" and "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" for their answer. There was an innocence to the Swedish quartet, even when they were singing about one-night stands and the invitations to them. Gold establishes that the band, while appreciated as campy, were actually multifaceted in their execution. "S.O.S." has a raw urgency in its chorus, and "Does Your Mother Know" draws its energy from classic '50s rock & roll. Likewise, you don't have to be Priscilla to swoon over "Mamma Mia" or "Dancing Queen." And when it comes to drama, those soaring vocals on "The Winner Takes It All" turn the song into a bitter anthem of every relationship that has ever fallen apart. The much-covered "Lay All Your Love on Me" is practically epic. --Steve Gdula
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Must-have collection
Jan 23 2011
Format:Audio CD
Rock critic Elisabeth Vincentelli has called ABBA Gold (first released in 1990) one of the most important compilation albums ever released. It almost single-handedly revived interest in a band that been nearly forgotten as a 70's-era relic. ABBA Gold was followed directly by the inclusion of the music in a couple of influential film soundtracks, the covering and sampling of ABBA tracks by other artists (including U2, Madonna and Peter Cetera), and the creation of the Mamma Mia! stage and movie musical. ABBA is now the best-selling band in history, after the Beatles, with 375 million records sold worldwide. This 2010 release includes a remastered edition of the original 19 Gold tracks and a DVD containing 25 of ABBA's music videos remastered. (ABBA was a pioneer in the use of music video to reach new markets before MTV was ever invented.) It includes a rediscovered animated video for Money, Money, Money that has been unseen since 1977. While the rest of the material has been available in other collections this is a great package for anyone who wants to explore the music for the first time or who just wants to renew their collection.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
abba for all
July 15 2010
Format:Audio CD
I bought this cd because i lost the one i had,(foud it last week)if you want good music for your party or listening ,that is the one,`
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Euro Pop at it's best
May 25 2002
Format:Audio CD
ABBA was one of the groups that shaped my youth in the 70s. I bought this CD a few years ago, and it's one of my favorites. I don't think ABBA gets enough credit for the influence they've had on pop music -- we would never have seen groups like Ace of Base or Roxette do well in North America had ABBA not been a precursor to them -- the group was actually quite groundbreaking in many ways.
The music is deceptively simple. Alot of it is great dance music, but there are also some terrific ballads on the album, from Fernando, to Knowing Me, Knowing You, to Chiquitita. Some of the lyrics are actually quite good and catchy, and the tunes themselves are totally hummable and fun to sing along with.
There are a few minor flaws with the disc -- there's no lyrics included, which I found really frustrating because there are a couple songs I couldn't quite figure out all the words to. Not sure if that's because ABBA tended to overproduce there songs, or if it's the quality of the remastering of the tape into CD form, or a combination of both. Regardless, the overall quality of the songs is so high, and the lyrics are so readily available on various internet sites (just do a search, they're easy to find) that this one small detail isn't important enough to take off a star.
In short, ABBA is the best -- skip all the ABBA wannabe groups and go for the original.
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