Un article spécial sur ABBA pour faire plaisir d'abord à une certaine personne et également en prémice à l'article suivant consacré à l'un des 4 membres du quatuor suédois, mais chut, surprise! En tout cas, pour ceux qui aiment ce groupe, à savoir qu'est sorti le 11 novembre 2008 un coffret de 9 cds intitulé The Albums regroupant les huit albums studio et un cd contenant des bonus, des singles inédits sur les albums.
Voici ci-dessous la playliste complète du box set The Albums sorti le 11 novembre 2008 pour avoir la discographie complète du groupe suédois ABBA:
CD 1
Ring Ring (1973)
"Ring Ring"
"Another Town, Another Train"
"Disillusion"
"People Need Love"
"I Saw It in the Mirror"
"Nina, Pretty Ballerina"
"Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)"
"Me and Bobby and Bobby’s Brother"
"He Is Your Brother"
"She's My Kind of Girl"
"I Am Just a Girl"
"Rock'n Roll Band"
CD 2
Waterloo (1974)
"Waterloo"
"Sitting in the Palmtree"
"King Kong Song"
"Hasta Mañana"
"My Mama Said"
"Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)"
"Honey, Honey"
"Watch Out"
"What About Livingstone?"
"Gonna Sing You My Lovesong"
"Suzy-Hang-Around"
CD 3
ABBA (1975)
"Mamma Mia"
"Hey, Hey Helen"
"Tropical Loveland"
"SOS"
"Man in the Middle"
"Bang-A-Boomerang"
"I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"
"Rock Me"
"Intermezzo No. 1"
"I've Been Waiting for You"
"So Long"
CD 4
Arrival (1976)
"When I Kissed the Teacher"
"Dancing Queen"
"My Love, My Life"
"Dum Dum Diddle"
"Knowing Me, Knowing You"
"Money, Money, Money"
"That's Me"
"Why Did It Have to Be Me?"
"Tiger"
"Arrival"
CD 5
The Album (1977)
"Eagle"
"Take a Chance on Me"
"One Man, One Woman"
"The Name of the Game"
"Move On"
"Hole in Your Soul"
The Girl with the Golden Hair – 3 scenes from a mini-musical –
"Thank You for the Music"
"I Wonder (Departure)"
"I'm a Marionette"
CD 6
Voulez-Vous (1979)
"As Good as New"
"Voulez-Vous"
"I Have A Dream"
"Angeleyes"
"The King Has Lost His Crown"
"Does Your Mother Know"
"If It Wasn't for the Nights"
"Chiquitita"
"Lovers (Live a Little Longer)"
"Kisses of Fire"
CD 7
Super Trouper (1980)
"Super Trouper"
"The Winner Takes It All"
"On and On and On"
"Andante, Andante"
"Me and I"
"Happy New Year"
"Our Last Summer"
"The Piper"
"Lay All Your Love on Me"
"The Way Old Friends Do"
CD 8
The Visitors (1981)
"The Visitors"
"Head Over Heels"
"When All Is Said and Done"
"Soldiers"
"I Let the Music Speak"
"One of Us"
"Two for the Price of One"
"Slipping Through My Fingers"
"Like an Angel Passing Through My Room"
CD 9
Bonus Tracks
"Merry-Go-Round"
"Santa Rosa"
"Ring, Ring (Bara Du Slog En Signal)"
"Waterloo" (Swedish version)
"Fernando"
"Crazy World"
"Happy Hawaii"
"Summer Night City"
"Medley: Pick a Bale of Cotton/On Top of Old Smokey/Midnight Special"
"Lovelight"
"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
"Elaine"
"Should I Laugh or Cry"
"You Owe Me One"
"Cassandra"
"Under Attack"
"The Day Before You Came"
ABBA est un groupe de musique pop suédois formé à Stockholm en 1972 par Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson et Anni-Frid Lyngstad dite Frida, dont les initiales du nom ABBA. Le groupe a sorti huit albums studio. Le premier album Ring Ring est sorti le 26 mars 1973 et le second album Waterloo est sorti le 04 mars 1974. Encore un an plus tard, le troisième album ABBA est sorti le 21 avril 1975. Le quatrième album Arrival est sorti le 11 octobre 1976. Le cinquième album intitulé The Album est sorti le 12 décembre 1977. Le sixième album Voulez-Vous est sorti le 23 avril 1979. Le septème album Super Trouper est sorti le 03 novembre 1980 et le dernier et huitième album de ABBA qui s'appelle The Visitors est sorti le 30 novembre 1981. A noter qu'un album live qui s'appelle Live! est sorti le 18 août 1986.
Le groupe ABBA a sorti une quarantaine de singles en plus de dix ans de carrière dont voici ci-dessous la liste et que l'on peut retrouver sur le box set The Albums sorti le 11 novembre 2008:
"People Need Love" 1972 — Ring Ring
"He Is Your Brother"
"Ring Ring" 1973
"Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)"
"Nina, Pretty Ballerina"
"Another Town, Another Train"
"Waterloo" 1974 — Waterloo
"Honey, Honey"
"Hasta Mañana"
"King Kong Song"
"So Long" — ABBA
"I've Been Waiting for You" 1975
"I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"
"SOS"
"Bang-A-Boomerang"
"Mamma Mia"
"Fernando" 1976 — Greatest Hits
"Rock Me" — ABBA
"Dancing Queen" — Arrival
"Money, Money, Money"
"Knowing Me, Knowing You" 1977
"The Name of the Game" — ABBA: The Album
"Take a Chance on Me" 1978
"Eagle" / "Thank You for the Music" (double A-side)
"Summer Night City" — Greatest Hits Vol. 2
"Chiquitita" 1979 — Voulez-Vous
"Does Your Mother Know"
"Voulez-Vous"
"Angeleyes"
"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" Greatest Hits Vol. 2
"I Have a Dream" — Voulez-Vous
"The Winner Takes It All" 1980 — Super Trouper
"On and On and On"
"Super Trouper"
"Lay All Your Love on Me" 1981
"One of Us" — The Visitors
"When All Is Said and Done" 1982
"Head Over Heels"
"The Visitors"
"The Day Before You Came" — The Singles
"Under Attack" 1983
"Thank You for the Music"
En musique, voici ci-dessous les clips de la plupart des singles du groupe suédois ABBA que l'on peut retrouver notamment sur le box set The Albums sorti le 11 novembre 2008:
Waterloo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj_9CiNkkn4
Honey, Honey:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg7ZsOFSV7c
Hasta Manana:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DinorrElWM
So long:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzSI4YF89X4
I do, I do, I do, I do, I do:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW3HN_pvbE4
SOS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvChjHcABPA
Mamma Mia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unfzfe8f9NI
Fernando:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQsjAbZDx-4
Dancing queen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFrGuyw1V8s
Money, Money, Money:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETxmCCsMoD0
Knowing me, knowing you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUrzicaiRLU
The name of the game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ90ZqH0PWI
Take a chance on me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-crgQGdpZR0
Eagle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReKzpMlb_zg
Summer night city:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHbBqjPl-PM
Chiquitita:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4QqMKe3rwY
Voulez-Vous:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E9g5anGVsE
Angeleyes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqOiIOIM6Ms
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (a man after midnight):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEjLoHdbVeE
I have a dream:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r82fyOb8F5w
The winner takes it all:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyIOl-s7JTU
On and on and on:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKClIgUEPSI
Super trouper:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BshxCIjNEjY
Lay all your love on me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0YHXiWF7SI
One of us:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIKAe8Wi0S0
When all is said and done:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUh4u-lYEhM
Head over heels:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL2_PZwKDPg
The day before you came:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Thvf6IxnQg
Under attack:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAYB46Z_osM
Thank you for the music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dcbw4IEY5w