People Need Love
He Is Your Brother
Ring Ring
Love Isn't Easy But It Sure Is Hard Enough
Waterloo
Honey, Honey
So Long
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
SOS
Mamma Mia
Fernando
Dancing Queen
Money, Money, Money
Knowing Me, Knowing You
The Name Of The Game
Take A Chance On Me
Eagle
Summer Night City
Chiquitita
Does Your Mother Know
Voulez-Vous
Angeleyes
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! A Man After Midnight
I Have A Dream
The Winner Takes It All
Super Trouper
On And On And On
Lay All Your Love On Me
One Of Us
When All Is Said And Done
Head Over Heels
The Visitors Crackin' Up
The Day Before You Came
Under Attack
Thank You For The Music
Ring Ring 1974 Remix, Single Version
Voulez-Vous Extended Remix, 1979 US Promo
Frogtoon Music Album Info: The Definitive Collection
Published: 08 Aug 2020, 03:32
The Definitive Collection Is A 2001 Compilation Album Of All The Singles Released By Swedish Pop Group ABBA. It Consisted Of Two Discs The First Featuring The Singles From 1972–79 "People Need Love" To "Does Your Mother Know" And The Second Including The Singles From 1979–82 "Voulez-Vous" To "Under Attack" With The Tracks Being Listed In Chronological Order. The Main Exception Is The Track "Thank You For The Music" Which Despite Being Written And Recorded In 1977 Was In Fact Released As A Single Primarily In The UK In 1983 After The Band Had Split Up. It Appears On Disc Two Along With Two Bonus Tracks "Ring Ring" 1974 UK Single Remix And "Voulez-Vous" 1979 US Promo Extended Remix . The Australian Version Of The Definitive Collection Adds A Further Two Bonus Tracks "Rock Me" And "Hasta Mañana". The 1974 Remix Of "Ring Ring" Is The First Appearance On CD Of This Version Mastered From The Original Master Tape After The UK Single Master Tapes Had Been Returned To Polar Music By The Former UK Licensees Epic Records. The Track's Previous Appearance On CD In A 1999 Singles Boxed Set Was Mastered From A Vinyl Single. The Definitive Collection Is The Only ABBA Compilation To Include All The UK Single Releases From 1973 To 1983. The Four "unofficial" UK ABBA Singles Are Included These Being The 1974 Remix Of "Ring Ring" "Angeleyes" "Lay All Your Love On Me" And "Thank You For The Music". An "unofficial Single" Is One That Was Not Released By ABBA's Record Label Polar Music In Any Scandinavian Country. A DVD Also Called The Definitive Collection Was Released In 2002 And Features All Of ABBA's Videos As Well As Five Bonus Videos And A Picture Gallery. In The US The 2-CD Set Was Bundled With The DVD. In 2003 The Album Was Ranked Number 179 On Rolling Stone Magazine's List Of The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time Maintaining The Rating In A 2012 Revised List. The Album Was Re-Released In 2012 As The Essential Collection With Different Artwork. This Version Removed Both Bonus Tracks But Added Four Tracks For Which There Were Promotional Videos "Bang-A-Boomerang" "That's Me" "One Man One Woman" And "Happy New Year". These Tracks Were Included Chronologically And Additionally "Thank You For The Music" Was Moved From The End Of The Album To Its Chronological Place After "Eagle". The Collection Was Released As A Two-CD Set A DVD And A Three-Disc Set Including The DVD And Both CDs.