Thank You for the Music (box set)

Thank You for the Music
Box set by ABBA
Released 31 October 1994
Genre Pop
Label PolyGram
Producer Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus
ABBA chronology
More Gold: More Hits
(1993)		 Thank You for the Music
(1994)		 The Definitive Collection
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Thank You for the Music is the title of a box set by the Swedish pop group ABBA, released in 1994. It has 66 tracks (separated onto four discs), including songs from the early ABBA days, such as "People Need Love" and "He Is Your Brother", as well as their most popular and recognisable songs ("Dancing Queen" and "Mamma Mia" etc.). Many (but not all) non-album B-sides appear on the box set, many appearing on CD for the first time.

The fourth CD includes a host of rarities, most notable being the "ABBA Undeleted" excerpt, which is a 23-minute medley of various songs that never saw the light of day either as a single or as an album track. It also contains some of the group's songs in different languages, as well as an alternate version of "Thank You for the Music", the song "Dream World" (dating back to the Voulez-Vous sessions) and the Super Trouper outtake, "Put On Your White Sombrero".

In 2008 the Thank You for the Music box set was reissued in downsized packaging with a revised booklet, although the disc contents remain exactly the same as the original release.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus, except where noted.

Disc 1

Tracks 1 through 5 were first credited to "Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid".

No.TitlePlace of OriginLength
1."People Need Love"  Ring Ring, 1973; released as a single the previous year2:46
2."Another Town, Another Train"  Ring Ring3:13
3."He Is Your Brother"  Ring Ring; released as a single the previous year3:19
4."Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)"  Ring Ring2:55
5."Ring Ring" (Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus, Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody)Ring Ring3:02
6."Waterloo" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)Waterloo, 19742:44
7."Hasta Mañana" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)Waterloo3:09
8."Honey, Honey" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)Waterloo2:56
9."Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)"  Waterloo3:12
10."So Long"  ABBA, 1975; released as a single the previous year3:05
11."I've Been Waiting for You" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)ABBA3:38
12."I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)ABBA3:17
13."SOS" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)ABBA3:21
14."Mamma Mia" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)ABBA3:32
15."Fernando"  Non-album single, 1976; included on later pressings of Greatest Hits, 19754:12
16."Dancing Queen" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)Arrival, 19763:50
17."That's Me" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)Arrival3:16
18."When I Kissed the Teacher"  Arrival3:01
19."Money, Money, Money"  Arrival3:08
20."Crazy World"  B-side to the "Money, Money, Money" single, 19763:49
21."My Love, My Life" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)Arrival3:53

Disc 2

No.TitlePlace of OriginLength
1."Knowing Me, Knowing You" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)Arrival; released as a single the following year4:02
2."Happy Hawaii" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)B-side to the "Knowing Me, Knowing You" single, 19774:24
3."The Name of the Game" (Radio edit; Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)ABBA: The Album, 19773:57
4."I Wonder (Departure)" (Live; Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)ABBA: The Album; live recording originally the B-side to the "The Name of the Game" single, 19774:26
5."Eagle"  ABBA: The Album5:49
6."Take a Chance on Me"  ABBA: The Album; released as a single the following year4:03
7."Thank You for the Music"  ABBA: The Album; released as a single in support of the compilation album of the same name, 19833:49
8."Summer Night City" (Previously unreleased full-length version)Non-album single, 19784:14
9."Chiquitita"  Voulez-Vous, 19795:26
10."Lovelight" (Alternate remix)B-side to the "Chiquitita" single, 19793:19
11."Does Your Mother Know"  Voulez-Vous3:15
12."Voulez-Vous" (Single version)Voulez-Vous4:19
13."Angeleyes"  Voulez-Vous4:18
14."Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"  Greatest Hits, Vol. 2, 19794:48
15."I Have a Dream"  Voulez-Vous4:44

Disc 3

No.TitlePlace of OriginLength
1."The Winner Takes It All"  Super Trouper, 19804:54
2."Elaine"  B-side to the "The Winner Takes It All" single, 19803:46
3."Super Trouper"  Super Trouper4:13
4."Lay All Your Love On Me"  Super Trouper4:33
5."On and On and On"  Super Trouper3:39
6."Our Last Summer"  Super Trouper4:18
7."The Way Old Friends Do" (Live)Super Trouper2:53
8."The Visitors"  The Visitors, 19815:48
9."One of Us"  The Visitors3:57
10."Should I Laugh or Cry"  B-side to the "One of Us" single, 19814:27
11."Head over Heels"  The Visitors3:46
12."When All Is Said and Done"  The Visitors3:15
13."Like an Angel Passing Through My Room"  The Visitors3:36
14."The Day Before You Came"  The Singles: The First Ten Years, 19825:49
15."Cassandra"  B-side to the "The Day Before You Came" single, 19824:50
16."Under Attack"  The Singles: The First Ten Years3:44

Disc 4

No.Title{{{extra_column}}}Length
1."Put On Your White Sombrero"  Previously unissued, 19944:27
2."Dream World"  Previously unissued3:36
3."Thank You for the Music" (Doris Day version)Previously unissued4:03
4."Hej Gamle Man!" (Released under the duo of Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, with Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad on backing vocals)Lycka, 19703:21
5."Merry-Go-Round"  B-side to the "People Need Love" single, 19723:20
6."Santa Rosa"  B-side to the "He Is Your Brother" single, 19723:01
7."She's My Kind of Girl"  Ring Ring; originally performed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and released as a single in their name in 19702:44
8."Medley: Pick a Bale of Cotton - On Top of Old Smokey - Midnight Special" (Traditional, arranged by Andersson, Ulvaeus)B-side to the "Summer Night City" single4:21
9."You Owe Me One"  B-side to the "Under Attack" single, 19823:25
10."Slipping Through My Fingers/Me and I" (Live)Previously unissued; recorded for the TV special Dick Cavett Meets ABBA, 19818:37
11."ABBA Undeleted: Scaramouche/Summer Night City/Take a Chance on Me/Baby (Early version of "Rock Me")/Just a Notion/Rikky Rock ’n’ Roller/Burning My Bridges/Fernando (Frida Swedish solo version) (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)/Here Comes Rubie Jamie (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)/Hamlet III Part 1 & 2/Free as a Bumble Bee/Rubber Ball Man/Crying Over You/Just Like That (Saxophone version)/Givin’ a Little Bit More"  Previously unissued23:30
12."Waterloo" (French/Swedish version) (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)Previously unissued2:40
13."Ring Ring" (Swedish/Spanish/German version) (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)Previously unissued4:21
14."Honey, Honey" (Swedish version) (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)Non-album single2:57

Personnel

ABBA
Additional personnel

Production

References

  1. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r212077
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