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Released | 21 September 1992 | |||
Recorded | December 1973 – October 1981 | |||
Genre | Europop | |||
Length | 77:10 (1992) 79:08 (1999–present) | |||
Label | PolyGram (1992–1997) Universal (1998–present) | |||
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ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released on 21 September 1992 through PolyGram, making it the first compilation to be released after the company had acquired Polar Music, and thus the rights to the ABBA back catalogue.
With sales of 30 million, [1] Gold is the best-selling ABBA album, as well one of the best-selling albums worldwide. Since 1992, it has been re-released several times, most notably in 1999 as the first remastered reissue to mark the group's 25th anniversary of winning the Eurovision Song Contest 1974, in 2008 to coincide with the release of the film Mamma Mia! and most recently in 2014 to mark the group's 40th anniversary of winning the Eurovision Song Contest.
Polar had only produced and distributed ABBA's records in Scandinavian countries, licencing the recordings for release by different companies around the world (such as Atlantic in the US and Epic in the UK). This meant there were many different compilations released in different parts of the world. As these licences were renewed every three years, between 1989 (when PolyGram acquired Polar) and 1992 all of these licences had expired. Although PolyGram had made all of the original studio albums available (along with the 1986 live album which had originally been issued by Polydor worldwide), all previously released ABBA compilations had been deleted. Erasure had released a 4 track ABBA cover EP, Abba-esque , in summer 1992 which topped charts around the world showing there was still a strong interest in ABBA's music. Rather than issue the multiple previous compilations, PolyGram put together a new collection, optimised for the CD format.
Gold: Greatest Hits was well received by the music-buying public, and went on to be one of the best-selling albums of all time. It has been re-released in various "special" or "remastered" releases:
Year | Edition | Notes |
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1992 | Original release | The original 1992 release included an edited version of "Voulez-Vous" and the US Promo Edit of "The Name of the Game". |
1999 | Remastered reissue | Celebrating ABBA's 25th anniversary of winning the Eurovision Song Contest with "Waterloo", includes the original versions of "Voulez-Vous" and "The Name of the Game". This new version was called the "signature series", as it came with autographs from the band members embedded into the front plastic casing in gold writing. This edition also contains new sleeve notes and is digitally remastered in 24 bit from the original multitracks. |
2002 | 10th Anniversary Edition | Contained a revised booklet and updated liner notes. The ABBA logo was changed to the official ABBA font and the back cover was redesigned. It was released in Europe and New Zealand (with the European track list, and not the previous Australasian track list). This version was not released in Australia. |
2008 | Second remastered edition | Coinciding with the release of the film Mamma Mia! , in a so-called super jewel case, with updated liner notes and with remastered sound (using the remasters for The Complete Studio Recordings). The Australasian release featured the European track list, not the Australasian track list on previous issues. This version was issued in the US in 2010, although it does not come in a super jewel case, but instead a regular jewel case. |
2010 | Special Edition | Included two discs: the original CD (using the 2008 remasters), and a DVD of the video clips, remastered in 2010. The DVD also included five bonus clips. |
2014 | 40th Anniversary Edition | A 3 CD edition that includes the original album (disc 1), the More Gold: More Hits album (disc 2) and the "Golden B-sides" (disc 3), containing 20 B-sides. |
The 1992 and 1999 editions released in Australia and New Zealand (and some other territories in that area) had a modified track listing (see below) to include three local hits, replacing three other songs on the international edition.
The 2002 re-release was not released in Australia, while in New Zealand, the international edition was issued.
From 2008 onwards, only the international editions have been released in Australia and New Zealand.
The original 1992 release had a slightly different track listing, replacing the English versions of "Chiquitita" and "Fernando" with the Spanish language versions.
Shortly after the release of Gold: Greatest Hits, a Spanish version of the album, titled Oro: Grandes Exitos was issued, followed later by Mas Oro: Mas Grandes Exitos.
In 1992 a VHS video was released which included all tracks from the original album. During the 1990s, various regional variations on this video were issued, until Universal Music decided in 2003 to re-issue the video on VHS and DVD. The track listing was similar to the original album, with some added content: a 25-minute documentary produced in 1999, and the 1992 video of "Dancing Queen". In 2010, the DVD was remastered with six bonus clips, including five "split-screen" versions of the clips to show which improvements were made by remastering the old videos. These "split-screen" clips were "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!", "Mamma Mia", "Dancing Queen", "The Winner Takes It All" and "Money, Money, Money". The sixth bonus clip was an Australian cartoon version of "Money, Money, Money". The 2010 edition did not include the 2003 ABBA documentary or the 1992 version of "Dancing Queen". This disc was available as a stand-alone DVD and as part of the 2010 'Special Edition' re-release.
In 2002, Gold: Greatest Hits was released in mainland Europe (though not in the UK) with a bonus second disc.
The UK saw a 30th Anniversary Edition released in 2004 with a gold-coloured sleeve cover with black writing, rather than the normal black sleeve with gold writing. The original release included a DVD with 18 of the 19 songs from the CD, excluding "The Name of the Game". It is also available without the DVD.
With pure sales of 5.61 million copies, [2] Gold: Greatest Hits is the second-highest selling album of all time in the United Kingdom, [3] after Queen's Greatest Hits . [4] In August, 2019, Gold: Greatest Hits became the longest-running top 100 album of all time, spending 900 weeks on the UK Albums Chart. The album spent 61 (non-consecutive) weeks in the top 10 and topped the British chart 5 times, most recently for two weeks in 2008 following release of the motion picture Mamma Mia! . [5] As of July 2021, "Gold" became the first album to reach 1000 weeks on the Official Charts in United Kingdom with pure sales of 5.61 million copies sold in United Kingdom. [2] In November 2021, it was awarded 20× Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry, denoting six millions album-equivalent unit in the UK. [6]
In the United States, the album has sold a total of 5.8 million copies and is the nineteenth biggest-selling greatest-hits album in the Nielsen Music era (which began in 1991). [7] [8] In Canada, Gold: Greatest Hits achieved Diamond status (one million units sold) in May, 2000. [9]
In Germany, Gold: Greatest Hits has been certified five times Platinum for shipment of 2.5 million units. [10] It has also been certified 10 times Platinum in Switzerland for sales of 500,000 units. [11] In Austria, the album charted for 397 weeks, making it the all-time second longest stay on the chart. [12] After reaching catalogue status, it returned to the top 10 three times, twice in the wake of the releases of Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again and once due to the release of a special edition. [13]
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Pitchfork | 8.3/10 [17] |
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Gold: Greatest Hits has been called one of the most influential compilation albums ever released. Music critic Elisabeth Vincentelli ( New York Post ; Time Out New York ) credits the album for a revival of critical interest in ABBA's music after ten years of neglect following the band's 1982 break-up. [19]
Writing for Pitchfork in 2019, reviewer Jamieson Cox agreed, describing Gold: Greatest Hits as a "refined package with surprising emotional range". The album, he wrote, "capitalized on a simmering, subcultural interest in ABBA’s work and sparked a full-blown revival" that culminated in the Mamma Mia! stage and film productions. [20]
BuzzFeed music editor Matthew Perpetua included Gold: Greatest Hits among the compilations he considered "so well curated in presenting a fertile period of a career that they are arguably an artist's definitive work". [21]
Former Rolling Stone magazine writer Tom Moon included Gold: Greatest Hits among his 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die , describing the tracks as "models of impeccable craft", adding that the album is "an excellent starter kit for those wanting to investigate the DNA of post-Beatles pop." [22]
Writing for Vanity Fair , singer-songwriter Elvis Costello included Gold: Greatest Hits among his list of 500 essential albums. [23]
All tracks are produced by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Dancing Queen" | Arrival (1976) | 3:52 | |
2. | "Knowing Me, Knowing You" |
| Arrival (1976) | 4:02 |
3. | "Take a Chance on Me" |
| ABBA: The Album (1977) | 4:04 |
4. | "Mamma Mia" |
| ABBA (1975) | 3:33 |
5. | "Lay All Your Love on Me" |
| Super Trouper (1980) | 4:34 |
6. | "Super Trouper" |
| Super Trouper (1980) | 4:14 |
7. | "I Have a Dream" |
| Voulez-Vous (1979) | 4:44 |
8. | "The Winner Takes It All" |
| Super Trouper (1980) | 4:55 |
9. | "Money, Money, Money" |
| Arrival (1976) | 3:08 |
10. | "SOS" |
| ABBA (1975) | 3:21 |
11. | "Chiquitita" |
| Voulez-Vous (1979) | 5:26 |
12. | "Fernando" |
| Greatest Hits (1975) | 4:13 |
13. | "Voulez-Vous" |
| Voulez-Vous (1979) | 4:22 |
14. | "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" |
| Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1979) | 4:48 |
15. | "Does Your Mother Know" |
| Voulez-Vous (1979) | 3:15 |
16. | "One of Us" |
| The Visitors (1981) | 3:58 |
17. | "The Name of the Game" |
| ABBA: The Album (1977) | 4:00 |
18. | "Thank You for the Music" |
| ABBA: The Album (1977) | 3:51 |
19. | "Waterloo" |
| Waterloo (1974) | 2:42 |
Total length: | 77:10 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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6. | "Ring Ring" |
| Ring Ring (1973) | 3:02 |
7. | "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" |
| ABBA (1975) | 3:15 |
8. | "The Winner Takes It All" |
| Super Trouper (1980) | 4:55 |
9. | "Money, Money, Money" |
| Arrival (1976) | 3:08 |
10. | "SOS" |
| ABBA (1975) | 3:21 |
11. | "Chiquitita" |
| Voulez-Vous (1979) | 5:26 |
12. | "Fernando" |
| Greatest Hits (1975) | 4:13 |
13. | "Voulez-Vous" |
| Voulez-Vous (1979) | 4:22 |
14. | "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" |
| Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1979) | 4:48 |
15. | "Does Your Mother Know" |
| Voulez-Vous (1979) | 3:15 |
16. | "One of Us" |
| The Visitors (1981) | 3:58 |
17. | "The Name of the Game" |
| ABBA: The Album (1977) | 4:00 |
18. | "Rock Me" |
| ABBA (1975) | 3:02 |
19. | "Waterloo" |
| Waterloo (1974) | 2:42 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Summer Night City" |
| non-album single (1978) | 3:34 |
2. | "Angeleyes" |
| Voulez-Vous (1979) | 4:20 |
3. | "The Day Before You Came" |
| The Singles: The First Ten Years (1982) | 5:51 |
4. | "Eagle" |
| ABBA: The Album (1977) | 4:26 |
5. | "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" |
| ABBA (1975) | 3:16 |
6. | "So Long" |
| ABBA (1975) | 3:06 |
7. | "Honey, Honey" |
| Waterloo (1974) | 2:55 |
8. | "The Visitors" |
| The Visitors (1981) | 5:46 |
9. | "Ring Ring" |
| Ring Ring (1973) | 3:03 |
10. | "When I Kissed the Teacher" |
| Arrival (1976) | 3:01 |
11. | "The Way Old Friends Do" |
| Super Trouper (1980) | 2:53 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Summer Night City" |
| non-album single (1978) | 3:34 |
2. | "Angeleyes" |
| Voulez-Vous (1979) | 4:20 |
3. | "The Day Before You Came" |
| The Singles: The First Ten Years (1982) | 5:51 |
4. | "Eagle" |
| ABBA: The Album (1977) | 4:26 |
5. | "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" |
| ABBA (1975) | 3:16 |
6. | "So Long" |
| ABBA (1975) | 3:06 |
7. | "Honey, Honey" |
| Waterloo (1974) | 2:55 |
8. | "The Visitors" |
| The Visitors (1981) | 5:46 |
9. | "Our Last Summer" |
| Super Trouper (1980) | 4:19 |
10. | "On and On and On" |
| Super Trouper (1980) | 3:38 |
11. | "Ring Ring" |
| Ring Ring (1973) | 3:03 |
12. | "I Wonder (Departure)" |
| ABBA: The Album (1977) | 4:37 |
13. | "Lovelight" |
| B-side of "Chiquitita" (1979) | 3:46 |
14. | "Head over Heels" |
| The Visitors (1981) | 3:45 |
15. | "When I Kissed the Teacher" |
| Arrival (1976) | 3:01 |
16. | "I Am the City" |
| Previously unreleased | 4:01 |
17. | "Cassandra" |
| B-side to "The Day Before You Came" (1982) | 4:50 |
18. | "Under Attack" |
| The Singles: The First Ten Years (1982) | 3:48 |
19. | "When All Is Said and Done" |
| The Visitors (1981) | 3:18 |
20. | "The Way Old Friends Do" |
| Super Trouper (1980) | 2:53 |
Total length: | 78:14 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Single | Length |
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1. | "She's My Kind of Girl" |
| "Ring Ring" (1973) | 2:39 |
2. | "I Am Just a Girl" |
| "Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)" (1973) | 3:01 |
3. | "Gonna Sing You My Lovesong" |
| "Waterloo" (French Version) (1974) | 3:35 |
4. | "King Kong Song" |
| "Honey, Honey" (1974) | 3:14 |
5. | "I've Been Waiting for You" |
| "So Long" (1974) | 3:39 |
6. | "Rock Me" |
| "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" (1975) | 3:03 |
7. | "Man in the Middle" |
| "SOS" (1975) | 3:04 |
8. | "Intermezzo No. 1" |
| "Mamma Mia" (1975) | 3:48 |
9. | "That's Me" |
| "Dancing Queen" (1976) | 3:15 |
10. | "Crazy World" |
| "Money, Money, Money" (1976) | 3:48 |
11. | "Happy Hawaii" |
| "Knowing Me, Knowing You" (1977) | 4:25 |
12. | "I'm a Marionette" |
| "Take a Chance on Me" (1978) | 3:54 |
13. | "Medley: Pick a Bale of Cotton/On Top of Old Smokey/Midnight Special" | Traditional | "Summer Night City" (1978) | 4:22 |
14. | "Kisses of Fire" |
| "Does Your Mother Know" (1979) | 3:16 |
15. | "The King Has Lost His Crown" |
| "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" (1979) | 3:30 |
16. | "Elaine" |
| "The Winner Takes it All" (1980) | 3:44 |
17. | "The Piper" |
| "Super Trouper" (1980) | 3:25 |
18. | "Andante, Andante" |
| "Happy New Year" (1980) | 4:38 |
19. | "Should I Laugh or Cry" |
| "One of Us" (1981) | 4:26 |
20. | "Soldiers" |
| "When All Is Said and Done" (1981) | 4:38 |
Total length: | 73:24 |
Production
Chart (1992–2021) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [24] | 1 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [25] | 1 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [26] | 5 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [27] | 16 |
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [28] | 4 |
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [29] | 15 |
Croatian International Albums (HDU) [30] | 7 |
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [31] | 30 |
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [32] | 5 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [33] | 3 |
European Albums ( Music & Media ) [34] | 1 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [35] | 1 |
French Albums (SNEP) [36] | 5 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [37] | 1 |
Greece Albums ( Billboard ) [38] | 10 |
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [39] | 10 |
Irish Albums (IRMA) [40] | 1 |
Italian Albums ( Musica e dischi ) [34] | 2 |
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [41] | 13 |
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [41] 10th anniversary edition | 12 |
Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico) [42] | 69 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [43] | 3 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [44] | 1 |
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [45] | 4 |
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [46] | 1 |
Scottish Albums (OCC) [47] | 1 |
Spanish Albums (AFYVE) [34] | 1 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [48] | 1 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [49] | 1 |
Swiss Albums (Les charts Romandy) [50] | 4 |
UK Albums (OCC) [51] | 1 |
Uruguayan International Albums (CUD) [52] | 5 |
US Billboard 200 [53] | 25 |
US Top Catalog Albums (Billboard) [54] | 1 |
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard) [55] | 10 |
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Chart (2010–2019) | Position |
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UK Albums (OCC) [172] | 46 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Argentina (CAPIF) [173] | 3× Platinum | 180,000^ |
Australia (ARIA) [174] | 17× Platinum | 1,190,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria) [175] | 3× Platinum | 150,000* |
Belgium (BEA) [176] | 7× Platinum | 350,000* |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [177] | Gold | 100,000* |
Canada (Music Canada) [178] | Diamond | 1,000,000^ |
Chile | — | 40,000 [179] |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [180] | 7× Platinum | 560,000^ |
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) [181] | 2× Platinum | 145,962 [181] |
France (SNEP) [182] | Diamond | 1,000,000* |
Germany (BVMI) [183] | 5× Platinum | 2,500,000^ |
Hungary (MAHASZ) [184] | Platinum | |
Italy sales in 2008 | — | 50,000 [185] |
Italy (FIMI) [186] for 2008 release | 2× Platinum | 100,000‡ |
Japan (RIAJ) [187] | 3× Platinum | 750,000^ |
Mexico (AMPROFON) [188] | Platinum | 250,000^ |
Netherlands (NVPI) [189] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [190] | 16× Platinum | 240,000^ |
Norway | — | 168,000 [191] |
Poland (ZPAV) [192] | Platinum | 100,000* |
Portugal (AFP) [193] for 2008 release | Platinum | 20,000^ |
Russia (NFPF) [194] | Gold | 10,000* |
Singapore | — | 120,000 [195] |
South Korea | — | 255,947 [196] |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [197] | 5× Platinum | 500,000^ |
Sweden (GLF) [198] | 5× Platinum | 500,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [199] | 10× Platinum | 500,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [6] | 21× Platinum | 6,300,000^ |
United States (RIAA) [200] | 6× Platinum | 6,684,000 [7] [201] |
Summaries | ||
Europe 1992-1993 sales | — | 5,600,000 [202] |
Worldwide | — | 30,000,000 [203] |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [204] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria) [205] | Gold | 7,500* |
Poland (ZPAV) [206] | Gold | 10,000‡ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [207] | 3× Platinum | 45,000^ |
Canada (Music Canada) [208] | Platinum | 10,000^ |
Germany (BVMI) [209] | Platinum | 50,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [210] | Platinum | 5,000^ |
United States (RIAA) [211] (Polydor Edition) | Platinum | 100,000^ |
United States (RIAA) [211] (Polygram Edition) | Gold | 50,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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One Love is the fourth studio album by French DJ David Guetta, first released in the United Kingdom on 24 August 2009 through Virgin Records. Guetta's first major international release, the album received generally favourable reviews from music critics, and was a commercial success, selling over 3 million copies globally. It spawned a total of six worldwide hit singles throughout 2009 and 2010, most notably "When Love Takes Over", featuring American recording artist Kelly Rowland, "Sexy Bitch", featuring Senegalese-American R&B singer Akon, and "Who's That Chick?", featuring Barbadian recording artist Rihanna and "One Love", featuring British recording artist Estelle. One Love is also Guetta's last studio album to feature his long-time collaborator, Chris Willis, on vocals. Since the album's initial release, it has since been reissued several times to include previously unreleased tracks and other bonus material.
Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released on October 29, 2010.
Made in Germany 1995–2011 is a greatest hits album by the German band Rammstein, released in December 2011. It contains 15 previously released tracks, as well as one new track, "Mein Land". All of the older tracks have been remastered for the release. The album features six different covers, depicting each of the band members' life masks. The compilation is available in three different editions: the Standard Edition (1CD), the Special Edition (2CD), and the Super Deluxe Edition.