Arrival (ABBA album)

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Arrival
ABBA - Arrival.png
Studio album by
Released11 October 1976
Recorded4 August 1975 – 18 September 1976
Studio Metronome, Stockholm, Sweden
Genre
Length33:12
Label
Producer
ABBA chronology
Greatest Hits
(1975)
Arrival
(1976)
ABBA: The Album
(1977)
Alternative cover
ABBA - Arrival (France).jpg
French edition using the inner sleeve image
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."When I Kissed the Teacher" 3:00
2."Dancing Queen"
3:50
3."My Love, My Life"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
3:52
4."Dum Dum Diddle" 2:53
5."Knowing Me, Knowing You"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
4:02
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Money, Money, Money" 3:05
2."That's Me"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
3:15
3."Why Did It Have to Be Me?" 3:20
4."Tiger" 2:55
5."Arrival" (instrumental) 3:00
Total length:33:12

Notes

Deluxe edition

Released for the album's 30th anniversary. The information has been adapted from the official ABBA website. [14] All tracks are written by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, and Stig Anderson, except where noted.

Bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Fernando" 4:12
2."Happy Hawaii" (B-side of "Knowing Me, Knowing You") 4:25
3."Fernando" (Spanish version)
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
  • Buddy McCluskey
  • Mary McCluskey
4:17
4."La reina del baile" (Spanish version of "Dancing Queen")
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
  • B. McCluskey
  • M. McCluskey
4:04
5."Conociéndome, conociéndote" (Spanish version of "Knowing Me, Knowing You")
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
  • B. McCluskey
  • M. McCluskey
4:04
6."Fernando" (Frida's Swedish solo version; from Frida ensam ) 4:14

Personnel

Adapted from the original album's liner notes. [31]

ABBA

Additional musicians

Production

Chart positions

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia960,000 [66]
Canada (Music Canada) [67] 2× Platinum200,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [68] Gold330,000 [69]
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [70]
reissue
Platinum20,000
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) [71] Platinum86,420 [71]
France200,000 [72]
Germany (BVMI) [73] 2× Platinum1,000,000^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong) [74] Gold10,000*
Ireland150,000 [75]
Israel [76] Platinum40,000 [77]
Japan (Oricon Charts)645,000 [42]
Netherlands (NVPI) [78] Gold500,000 [79]
New Zealand60,000 [80]
Norway (IFPI Norway) [81] Gold167,000 [82]
Poland800,000 [83]
Sweden740,000 [84]
Taiwan3,500 [85]
United Kingdom (BPI) [86] Platinum1,700,000 [87]
United States (RIAA) [88] Gold500,000^
Yugoslavia [89] Platinum70,000 [89]

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

See also

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