More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits

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Greatest hits album by
ABBA
Released24 May 1993
Recorded1973–1982
Genre Pop
Length76:26 (1993)
78:14 (1999-Present)
Label PolyGram
Producer
ABBA chronology
Oro: Grandes Éxitos
(1992)		More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits
(1993)		 Thank You for the Music
(1994)
Professional ratings
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More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits is a compilation album by Swedish pop group ABBA. Released in 1993, it was the follow-up to the highly successful Gold: Greatest Hits , released the previous year, and went on to sell 3 million copies. [4]

Contents

Overview

While Gold: Greatest Hits had showcased 19 of the group's biggest and most recognizable hits, it left out a number of other sizeable ones. Therefore, More ABBA Gold was issued as a 20 tracks companion collection, that included some of these other hits, such as "Summer Night City", "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do", "Angeleyes", and "Ring Ring", as well as some of ABBA's lesser-known ones from the time when their popularity was declining, such as "Head Over Heels" and "The Day Before You Came". Also included were several B-sides, like "Lovelight" (the B-side of "Chiquitita") and "Cassandra" (B-side of "The Day Before You Came"), along with other album tracks like "The Visitors" and "I Wonder (Departure)".

A previously unreleased track, "I Am the City", was featured in this compilation. It dates back to ABBA’s then-final recording sessions in 1982. [5]

Release

More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits was released on 24 May 1993, as a companion to ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits , previously released in September 1992. Like ABBA Gold, a remaster of More ABBA Gold was released in 1999. [6] The 4:27 promo edit of "The Visitors" was replaced by the original 5:46 version, while the 3:18 alternate mix of "Lovelight" was replaced by the 3:46 version originally released in 1979, as the B-side of "Chiquitita".

In 2008, the album was re-released with a different disc and back cover to coincide with the release of the film Mamma Mia! . [7] [ better source needed ] It was reissued in a so-called super jewel case, with updated liner notes and remastered sound. [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Summer Night City" Non-album single (1978)3:28
2."Angeleyes"  Voulez-Vous (1979)4:16
3."The Day Before You Came"  The Singles: The First Ten Years (1982)5:47
4."Eagle" (single version)  ABBA: The Album (1977)4:23
5."I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"
 ABBA (1975)3:16
6."So Long" ABBA3:06
7."Honey, Honey"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
 Waterloo (1974)2:53
8."The Visitors" (US promo edit)  The Visitors (1981)4:27
9."Our Last Summer"  Super Trouper (1980)4:19
10."On and On and On" Super Trouper3:38
11."Ring Ring"
 Ring Ring 3:00
12."I Wonder (Departure)"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
ABBA: The Album4:34
13."Lovelight" (alternate mix) B-side of "Chiquitita" (1979)3:18
14."Head Over Heels" The Visitors3:45
15."When I Kissed the Teacher"  Arrival (1976)3:00
16."I Am the City" Previously unreleased4:00
17."Cassandra" B-side of "The Day Before You Came" (1982)4:50
18."Under Attack" The Singles: The First Ten Years3:44
19."When All Is Said and Done" The Visitors3:16
20."The Way Old Friends Do" (recorded live in 1979 at the Wembley Arena) Super Trouper2:52
Total length:01:16:26

Personnel

ABBA
Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1993)Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart [8] 60
Austrian Albums Chart [9] 7
Hungarian Albums Chart [10] 16
Netherlands Albums Chart [11] 10
Norwegian Albums Chart [12] 7
Swiss Albums Chart [13] 13
German Albums Chart [14] 9
UK Albums Chart [15] 13
Chart (1999)Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart [8] 80
Swedish Albums Chart [16] 3
Chart (2008)Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart [17] 38
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart [18] 78
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart [19] 60
French Compilations Chart [20] 35
Irish Albums Chart [21] 44
Chart (2010)Peak
position
Finnish Albums Chart [22] 38

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria) [23] Gold25,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [24] Gold50,000^
France (SNEP) [25] Gold100,000*
Germany (BVMI) [26] Gold250,000^
Germany (BVMI) [27]
video 		Gold25,000^
Singapore—19,000 [28]
Sweden (GLF) [29] Platinum100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [30] Platinum50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [31] Platinum300,000^
Summaries
Europe—1,000,000 [32]
Worldwide—3,000,000 [4]

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

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