More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits is a compilation album by Swedish pop group ABBA. Released on 24 May 1993, it served as the sequel to the hugely successful ABBA Gold (1992). It went on to sell three million copies worldwide.
Overview While Gold: Greatest Hits had showcased 19 of the group's biggest and most recognizable hits, it left out a number of other sizeable ones. Therefore, More ABBA Gold was issued as a 20 tracks companion collection, that included some of these other hits, such as "Summer Night City", "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do", "Angeleyes", and "Ring Ring", as well as some of ABBA's lesser-known ones from the time when their popularity was declining, such as "Head Over Heels" and "The Day Before You Came". Also included were several B-sides, like "Lovelight" (the B-side of "Chiquitita") and "Cassandra" (B-side of "The Day Before You Came"), along with other album tracks like "The Visitors" and "I Wonder (Departure)".
A previously unreleased track, "I Am the City", was featured in this compilation. It dates back to ABBA's then-final recording sessions in 1982.
Release More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits was released on 24 May 1993, as a companion to ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits, previously released in September 1992. Like ABBA Gold, a remaster of More ABBA Gold was released in 1999. The 4:27 promo edit of "The Visitors" was replaced by the original 5:46 version, while the 3:18 alternate mix of "Lovelight" was replaced by the 3:46 version originally released in 1979, as the B-side of "Chiquitita".
The original VHS edition only features 9 video tracks from the original vinyl track listing with four extra videos - "Bang a Boomerang", "One Man, One Woman", "That's Me" and "Happy New Year." It was also released in Europe in 1994 on Video CD format, an unofficial Brazilian DVD edition in 2002 (all in Portuguese with extra features i.e. Discography and Biography), and in North American market on Laser Disc format.
In 2008, the album was re-released with a different disc and back cover to coincide with the release of the film Mamma Mia!. It was reissued in a so-called super jewel case, with updated liner notes and remastered sound.
Track listing All tracks are written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, except where noted.
Notes
On the 1999 Australasian reissue, "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do", "Ring Ring", "Lovelight", and "Cassandra" were removed and replaced with "Super Trouper", "I Have a Dream", and "Thank You for the Music". On the original release of ABBA Gold, these three tracks were removed from the Australasian release and replaced with "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do", "Ring Ring", and "Rock Me" as these were more local successes; "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do", "Ring Ring", and "Rock Me" peaked at numbers one, seven, and four on the Kent Music Report chart, which contrasted with the No. 77, No. 64, and No. 82 peaks of "Super Trouper", "I Have a Dream", and "Thank You for the Music".
Personnel ABBA Agnetha Fältskog - lead vocals , co-lead vocals , backing vocals Anni-Frid Lyngstad - lead vocals , co-lead vocals , backing vocals Björn Ulvaeus – co-lead vocals , banjo, guitar, vocals, production Benny Andersson – synthesizer, keyboards, vocals, production
Production
Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson – producers Chris Griffin – compilation Jackie Stansfield – compilation George McManus – compilation John Tobler – liner notes, compilation Dick Wallis – compilation Ingemar Bergman – compilation Icon – design Fredrik Hurtil – 2008 redesign Mia Segolsson – project coordination (2008 reissue) Wolfgang "Bubi" Heilemann – photography (2008 reissue) Polar Music International AB – photography (2008 reissue) Michael B. Tretow – digital remastering (for original 1993 release), engineer Jon Astley – digital remastering (for 1999 reissue) Henrik Jonsson – digital remastering (for 2008 reissue) Carl Magnus Palm – liner notes (for 1999 version)
Charts
Weekly charts + 1993 weekly chart performance for More ABBA Gold: More ABBA HitsChart (1993)PeakpositionAustralian Albums (ARIA)60European Albums (Music & Media) 7 + 1999 weekly chart performance for More ABBA Gold: More ABBA HitsChart (1999)PeakpositionAustralian Albums (ARIA)80European Albums (Music & Media) 57 + 2008 weekly chart performance for More ABBA Gold: More ABBA HitsChart (2008)PeakpositionFrench Compilations (SNEP) Click the drop-down menu and find ABBA and click OK.35Irish Albums (IRMA)44 + 2010 weekly chart performance for More ABBA Gold: More ABBA HitsChart (2010)Peakposition
Year-end charts + 1993 year-end chart performance for More ABBA Gold: More ABBA HitsChart (1993)Position Dutch Albums (MegaCharts) 44 European Albums (Music & Media) 66 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 69
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