A new box set featuring ABBA’s full catalog of A-sides is on the way. Coming in October via Polar Music International, The Singles – The First Fifty Years arrives five decades after the legendary Swedish pop group’s breakthrough victory with “Waterloo” at Eurovision 1974.
The Singles – The First Fifty Years updates ABBA’s 1982 compilation The Singles – The First Ten Years, adding the singles released in conjunction with the group’s 2021 reunion album Voyage. Available in 4xLP vinyl and double-CD formats, the set includes 38 songs, running from the group’s 1972 debut single “People Need Love” to 2022’s final Voyage single “No Doubt About It.”
All of ABBA’s biggest hits are on the tracklist, including “Dancing Queen,” “Take A Chance On Me,” “SOS,” “Mamma Mia,” “Fernando,” “Knowing Me, Knowing You,” “Chiquitita,” “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight),” “The Winner Takes It All,” “Super Trouper,” “One Of Us,” “Don’t Shut Me Down,” and more. The collection also includes four songs that were not issued as A-sides by Polar but saw release as singles in some countries, including “Hasta Mañana,” “Angeleyes” (a double A-side with “Voulez-Vous” in some countries), “Lay All Your Love On Me,” and “When All Is Said And Done.” The packaging includes an illustrated booklet with liner notes by ABBA historian Carl Magnus Palm.
ABBA were the first Swedish group to win the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2005, “Waterloo” was named the greatest song in the history of the competition. In the wake of ABBA’s victory, the group went on to become one of the best-selling musical acts in history, with more than 150 million records sold worldwide. The group’s music is the basis for the hit 1999 musical Mamma Mia!, its blockbuster 2008 film adaptation, and the 2018 sequel Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. In 2022, the group launched its pioneering ABBA Voyage production in London, featuring holograms depicting the 1979 versions of members Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.
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