ABBA – The Album

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Label:	Polar – POLS 282
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country:	Sweden
Released:	Dec 12, 1977
Genre:	Electronic, Rock, Pop, Stage & Screen
Style:	Disco, Europop, Pop Rock, Vocal, Soundtrack, Soft Rock, Ballad, Schlager, Dance-pop

Tracklist

A1	Eagle Drums – Ola Brunkert Lead Guitar – Janne Schaffer	5:51
A2	Take A Chance On Me Drums – Roger Palm	4:05
A3	One Man, One Woman Drums – Roger Palm	4:25
A4	The Name Of The Game Drums – Ola Brunkert Lyrics By [Help] – Stig Anderson	4:54
B1	Move On Lyrics By [Help] – Stig Anderson	4:42
B2	Hole In Your Soul Drums – Ola Brunkert	3:41
	"The Girl With The Golden Hair" – 3 Scenes From A Mini-Musical –
B3-A	Thank You For The Music Drums – Roger Palm	3:48
B3-B	I Wonder (Departure) Drums – Ola Brunkert Lyrics By [Help] – Stig Anderson	4:33
B3-C	I'm A Marionette Drums – Ola Brunkert	3:54

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Polar Music International AB
Published By – Union Songs AB
Published By – Polar Music AB
Recorded At – Marcus Music
Recorded At – Metronome Studio, Stockholm
Mixed At – Marcus Music
Mixed At – Metronome Studio, Stockholm
Mixed At – Studio Bohus
Overdubbed At – Glen Studio
Pressed By – Grammoplast
Printed By – SIB-Tryck, Tumba
Distributed By – GDC

Credits

Arranged By [Strings] – Rutger Gunnarsson
Bass – Rutger Gunnarsson
Design [Album], Illustration – Rune Söderqvist
Engineer – Michael B. Tretow
Guitar [Other] – Björn Ulvæus*, Lasse Wellander
Illustration – Björn Andersson (5)
Keyboards – Benny Andersson
Lead Guitar – Lasse Wellander
Percussion – Malando Gassama
Photography By – Barry Levine
Saxophone, Flute – Lars O. Carlsson
Written-By, Producer, Arranged By – Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvæus*

Notes

This release is similar to ABBA - The Album and ABBA - The Album

*On the back cover "Saxophones & Flutes" and "String arrangements" has the names on ONE line (not two)
*Has Keyboard credits

the differences:

ABBA - The Album (this release) does NOT have ncb aligned with Unauthorised on label.
Has GDC 50-1 top left and SIB Tryck and PMC lower right on back cover
Has GA in runouts (other releases should be listed under one of the other nine versions)

ABBA - The Album has ncb aligned with Unauthorised on label.
Has POLS 282 and PMC top left, but does NOT have SIB Tryck and PMC lower right on back cover
Has Å in runouts

ABBA - The Album does NOT have ncb aligned with Unauthorised on label. Has SIB Tryck and PMC lower right on back cover and SGI in runouts

Recorded and mixed at Marcus Music & Metronome Studio.
"The Name Of The Game" mixed at Bohus Studio.
Additional overdubs recorded at Glen Studio.

℗ 1977 Polar Music International AB, Stockholm, Sweden.
© 1977 for the world by Union Songs AB

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: n©b
Price Code: 50-1
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 1): POLS 282 A4
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 1): POLS 282 B5 GA
Matrix / Runout (Sida A, Variant 2): POLS 282 A5 GA
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 2): POLS 282 B5 GA
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 3): POLS 282 A2 II
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 3): POLS 282 B2 II
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 4): POLS 282 A3 GP 5 11
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 4): POLS 282 B3 GP 5 5
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 5): POLS 282 A7
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 5): POLS 282 B6
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 6): POLS 282 A 3 GP 3 1
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 6): POLS 282 B 3 GP 3 11
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 7): POLS 282 A 3 GP 3 32
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 7): POLS 282 B 3 GP 3 1
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 8): POLS 282 A XXX G A
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 8): POLS 282 B XXX G A
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 9): POLS 282 A GA
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 9): POLS 282 B5 GA
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 10): POLS 282 A5x GA
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 10): POLS 282 Bxxx GA
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 11): POLS 282 A5 GA
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 11): POLS 282 B GA
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 12): POLS 282 A 3 GP 3 1
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 12): POLS 282 A 3 GP 3 10
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 13): POLS 282 A 7 Λ
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 13): POLS 282 B 7 Λ
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 14): POLS 282 A 3 GP 5 4
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 14): POLS 282 B 3 GP 5
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 15): POLS 282 A3 GP 3 27
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 15): POLS 282 B3 GP 3 28
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 16): POLS 282 A 3 GP 6 6
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 16): POLS 282 B 3 GP 5 1Ɛ
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 17): POLS 282 A X G A
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 17): POLS 282 B X G A
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 18): POLS 282 A 3 GP 6X 28
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 18): POLS 282 B 3 GP 8 5
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 19): POLS 282 A 3 GP ⁂ A9
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 19): POLS 282 B 3 GP ⁂ 16
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 20): POLS 282 A 3 GP 7 6
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 20): POLS 282 B 3 GP 9 2
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 21): POLS 282 A 3 GP 3 5
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 21): POLS 282 B 3 GP 2 17
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 22): POLS 282 A 3 GP 5 18
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 22): POLS 282 B 3 GP 5 21
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 23): POLS 282 A 3 GP 3 21
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 23): POLS 282 B 3 GP 5 27
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 24): POLS 282 A 3 GP ⁂ 30
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 24): POLS 282 B 3 GP o 2

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	The Album (LP, Album)	Polydor	2344 098	Netherlands	1977
	The Album (LP, Album, Stereo)	Melba	LDA. 20318	France	1977
Recently Edited	The Album (LP, Album, Stereo, RCA Records Pressing)	Atlantic	KSD 19164	Canada	1977
	The Album (Cassette, Album)	Polydor	3100 429	Netherlands	1977
Recently Edited	The Album (LP, Album)	RCA Victor, Polar	VPL1 4060	Australia & New Zealand	1977

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Reviews

dominnatrix Jan 22, 2022
hey, i got variant with POLS 282 A 3 GP 6⁂ 5 and POLS 282 B 3 GP 5 17. ⁂ is i guess 3 with strikethrough or some intentional scratching.
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Victor4 Apr 10, 2021
Edited 2 years ago
Is there any audiophile copy of this ABBA's album on CD? Thanks
Sanne1965 Mar 27, 2018
Matrix / Runout (Side A (Variant 10): POLS 282 A7
Matrix / Runout (Side B (Variant 10): POLS 282 B7
merlinstar14 Feb 20, 2017
Check out the Polar Norway pressing from 1977. It knocks everything else out. Better than any remaster, sounds gorgeous. Think it was mastered and pressed by EMI Scandinavia. Never heard any other version at this level of quality, so much depth and solid bass that provides a lot of warmth to the production. It's quite rare these days and is hard to distinguish from the Swedish pressing. The only real difference is that there is no Mono/Stereo logo on the label. The packaging however is identical unless mine is in the wrong sleeve!
gullgrey Jul 21, 2012
Any idea what versions had were distributed by EMI in what countries or if versions distributed by EMI are re-releases?