ABBA: The Album

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ABBA: The Album
ABBA - The Album (Polar).jpg
Studio album by
Released12 December 1977 (1977-12-12)
Recorded31 May – November 1977
Studio
Genre
Length39:53 (Polar 1977 LP)
Label Polar
Epic (UK)
Atlantic (US original release)
Producer
ABBA chronology
Arrival
(1976)
ABBA: The Album
(1977)
Voulez-Vous
(1979)
Original UK album cover
Abba-the-album-front.jpg
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Eagle" 5:51
2."Take a Chance on Me" 4:05
3."One Man, One Woman" 4:25
4."The Name of the Game"
4:54
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Move On"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
4:42
2."Hole in Your Soul" 3:41
3."Thank You for the Music" 3:48
4."I Wonder (Departure)"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
4:33
5."I'm a Marionette" 3:54
Total length:39:53

Notes

Deluxe edition

Released for the album's 30th anniversary. All tracks are written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, except where noted.

Bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Eagle" (single edit) 4:25
2."Take a Chance on Me" (live version; alternate mix) 4:25
3."Thank You for the Music" (Doris Day version) 4:03
4."Al andar" (Spanish version of "Move On")
  • Andersson
  • Stig Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
  • Buddy McCluskey
  • Mary McCluskey
4:43
5."I Wonder (Departure)" (live version; B-side of "The Name of the Game")
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
4:27
6."Gracias por la música" (Spanish version of "Thank You for the Music")
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
  • B. McCluskey
  • M. McCluskey
3:49

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes and AllMusic. [12] [20]

ABBA

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [42] Platinum50,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [43] 2× Platinum200,000^
Czechoslovakia100,000 [44]
Denmark225,000 [45]
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) [46] Platinum57,618 [46]
France150,000 [47]
Germany (BVMI) [48] Platinum500,000^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong) [49] Platinum20,000*
Japan300,000 [50]
Netherlands (NVPI) [51] Platinum100,000^
Norway200,840 [52]
Sweden753,420 [53]
United Kingdom (BPI) [54] Platinum1,000,000 [55]
United States (RIAA) [56] Platinum1,300,000 [57]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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