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title="The Album (ABBA-album) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="The Album (ABBA-album)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABBA_%E2%80%93_The_Album" title="ABBA – The Album – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="ABBA – The Album" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Album" title="The Album – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="The Album" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Album_(%C3%A1lbum_de_ABBA)" title="The Album (álbum de ABBA) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="The Album (álbum de ABBA)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%A7:_%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%85" title="آبا: آلبوم – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آبا: آلبوم" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Album_(album_d%27ABBA)" title="The Album (album d'ABBA) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="The Album (album d'ABBA)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABBA:_The_Album" title="ABBA: The Album – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="ABBA: The Album" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABBA:_The_Album" title="ABBA: The Album – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="ABBA: The Album" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABBA_%E2%80%93_The_Album" title="ABBA – The Album – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="ABBA – The Album" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" 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The Album" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABBA:_The_Album" title="ABBA: The Album – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="ABBA: The Album" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Album_(ABBA)" title="The Album (ABBA) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="The Album (ABBA)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Album" title="The Album – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="The Album" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Album_(album_Abby)" title="The Album (album Abby) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="The Album (album Abby)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Album_(%C3%A1lbum_de_ABBA)" title="The Album (álbum de ABBA) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="The Album (álbum de ABBA)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a 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color: inherit; background-color: lightsteelblue; font-size: 125%;">ABBA: The Album</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:ABBA_-_The_Album_(Polar).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/27/ABBA_-_The_Album_%28Polar%29.jpg/220px-ABBA_-_The_Album_%28Polar%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/ABBA_-_The_Album_%28Polar%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Album" title="Album">Studio album</a> by <div class="contributor" style="display:inline"><a href="/wiki/ABBA" title="ABBA">ABBA</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data published">12 December 1977<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1977-12-12</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">31 May – November 1977</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Studio</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"> <ul><li>Marcus, Stockholm</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantis_Studios" title="Atlantis Studios">Metronome</a>, Stockholm</li> <li>Glen, Stockholm</li> <li>Bohus, <a href="/wiki/Kung%C3%A4lv" title="Kungälv">Kungälv</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">Pop</a><sup id="cite_ref-nmereview_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nmereview-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Art_rock" title="Art rock">art rock</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Weisbard_&_Marks_1995_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weisbard_&_Marks_1995-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Dance-rock" title="Dance-rock">dance-rock</a><sup id="cite_ref-Weisbard_&_Marks_1995_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weisbard_&_Marks_1995-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="duration"><span class="min">40</span>:<span class="s">01</span></span> (<a href="/wiki/Polar_Music" title="Polar Music">Polar</a> LP 1977)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Polar_Music" title="Polar Music">Polar</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Epic_Records" title="Epic Records">Epic</a> (UK)<br /><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Records" title="Atlantic Records">Atlantic</a> (US original release)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Benny_Andersson" title="Benny Andersson">Benny Andersson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Ulvaeus" title="Björn Ulvaeus">Björn Ulvaeus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/ABBA" title="ABBA">ABBA</a> chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="color:inherit; background: transparent; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0"><i><a href="/wiki/Arrival_(ABBA_album)" title="Arrival (ABBA album)">Arrival</a></i><br />(1976) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em"><i><b>ABBA: The Album</b></i><br />(1977) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"><i><a href="/wiki/Voulez-Vous" title="Voulez-Vous">Voulez-Vous</a></i><br />(1979) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lightsteelblue">Original UK album cover</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Abba-the-album-front.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4f/Abba-the-album-front.jpg/220px-Abba-the-album-front.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4f/Abba-the-album-front.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Singles</a> from <i> ABBA: The Album </i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left"> <ol><li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/The_Name_of_the_Game_(ABBA_song)" title="The Name of the Game (ABBA song)">The Name of the Game</a>"</span><br />Released: 17 October 1977</span></li> <li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/Take_a_Chance_on_Me" title="Take a Chance on Me">Take a Chance on Me</a>"</span><br />Released: January 1978</span></li> <li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/Eagle_(ABBA_song)" title="Eagle (ABBA song)">Eagle</a>"/"<a href="/wiki/Thank_You_for_the_Music" title="Thank You for the Music">Thank You for the Music</a>"</span><br />Released: May 1978</span></li> <li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/Move_On_(ABBA_song)" title="Move On (ABBA song)">Move On</a>"</span><br />Released: 1979</span></li></ol> </div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>ABBA: The Album</b></i> (also known as simply <i><b>The Album</b></i>) is the fifth studio album by the Swedish <a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop</a> group <a href="/wiki/ABBA" title="ABBA">ABBA</a>. It was released in Scandinavia on 12 December 1977 through <a href="/wiki/Polar_Music" title="Polar Music">Polar Music</a>, but due to the massive pre-orders the UK pressing plants were not able to press sufficient copies before Christmas 1977 and so it was not released in the UK until January 1978. The album was released in conjunction with <i><a href="/wiki/ABBA:_The_Movie" title="ABBA: The Movie">ABBA: The Movie</a></i>, with several of the songs featured in the film. Altogether the album contains nine songs. </p><p>The album contained two UK number-one singles, "<a href="/wiki/Take_a_Chance_on_Me" title="Take a Chance on Me">Take a Chance on Me</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/The_Name_of_the_Game_(ABBA_song)" title="The Name of the Game (ABBA song)">The Name of the Game</a>", as well as European hits "<a href="/wiki/Eagle_(ABBA_song)" title="Eagle (ABBA song)">Eagle</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Thank_You_for_the_Music" title="Thank You for the Music">Thank You for the Music</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background_and_production">Background and production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABBA:_The_Album&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background and production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The album includes three songs from ABBA's 1977 tour mini-musical <i>The Girl with the Golden Hair</i> performed during each of their European and Australian shows in 1977. Andersson and Ulvaeus wanted to offer more than "a run through of their hits and assorted album tracks" for their concerts.<sup id="cite_ref-books.google_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-books.google-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the songs received a "less-than-tumultuous" reception during the first performances of the mini-musical, three of the tracks ("<a href="/wiki/Thank_You_for_the_Music" title="Thank You for the Music">Thank You for the Music</a>", "<a href="/wiki/I_Wonder_(Departure)" title="I Wonder (Departure)">I Wonder (Departure)</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/I%27m_a_Marionette" title="I'm a Marionette">I'm a Marionette</a>") were included on the new album. A fourth song written for the musical, "Get on the Carousel", was rewritten as the up-tempo track "Hole in Your Soul" with "a substantial part of the melody [being] incorporated into [its] middle eight". Parts of "Get on the Carousel" appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/ABBA:_The_Movie" title="ABBA: The Movie">ABBA: The Movie</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-TeschChristopher_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TeschChristopher-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The "25-minute opus" had a storyline about a talented "small-town girl leaving her hometown" on her "quest for stardom",<sup id="cite_ref-books.google_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-books.google-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with each song representing a different part of her personality. Fältskog and Lyngstad shared the lead-role and wore matching blonde wigs and costumes "for optimum dramatic effect".<sup id="cite_ref-TeschChristopher_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TeschChristopher-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABBA:_The_Album&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>ABBA: The Album</i> was released in Scandinavia on 12 December 1977. It was first released on CD in 1984. The album has been reissued in the format by PolyGram (later Universal Music) four times; first in 1997, then in 2001, in 2005 as part of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Complete_Studio_Recordings_(ABBA_album)" title="The Complete Studio Recordings (ABBA album)">The Complete Studio Recordings</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Box_set" title="Box set">box set</a> and again in 2007 as a two disc "Deluxe Edition". </p><p>The deluxe edition was issued for the album's 30th anniversary and consisted of two discs.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first one was a CD version of the album, expanded with six bonus tracks, and featuring the first recording of "Thank You for the Music", known as the Doris Day version due to Agnetha's vocal inspiration.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second one was a DVD of previously unreleased TV material, which included: two performances of "Take a Chance on Me" from <a href="/wiki/ZDF" title="ZDF">ZDF</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Starparade" title="Starparade"><i>Star Parade</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Radio_Bremen" title="Radio Bremen">Radio Bremen</a>'s <i>Am laufende Band</i>; two performances of "Thank You for the Music" from <a href="/wiki/Starparade" title="Starparade"><i>Star Parade</i></a> (performed alongside "Eagle") and <i><a href="/wiki/Mike_Yarwood" title="Mike Yarwood">Mike Yarwood</a>'s Christmas Show</i>; a "The Name of the Game" performance from the Japanese <i>ABBA Special</i> (on <a href="/wiki/TBS_Television_(Japan)" title="TBS Television (Japan)">TBS</a>); a February 1978 interview with the band from BBC's <i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Peter" title="Blue Peter">Blue Peter</a></i>, titled "ABBA in London"; three <a href="/wiki/Sveriges_Television" title="Sveriges Television">SVT</a> news reports on the band: two from <a href="/wiki/Rapport_(TV_programme)" title="Rapport (TV programme)"><i>Rapport</i></a>, titled "ABBA in America" (May 1978) and "ABBA on tour in 1977", and one from <i>Gomorron Sverige</i>, titled "Recording ABBA – The Album"; two <i>ABBA: The Album</i> television commercials; and the "International Sleeve Gallery".<sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This set also featured a 28-page illustrated booklet with an essay on the making of the album.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 3, 2017, <i>ABBA: The Album</i> was reissued for its 40th anniversary with a <a href="/wiki/Half-speed_mastering" title="Half-speed mastering">half-speed mastered</a>, 45rpm cut <a href="/wiki/Double_album" title="Double album">double-LP</a> version of the original album, featuring new liner notes by <a href="/wiki/Carl_Magnus_Palm" title="Carl Magnus Palm">Carl Magnus Palm</a>; a 7” singles box set of "The Name of the Game", "Take a Chance on Me", and "Eagle", pressed on <a href="/wiki/Colored_vinyl" class="mw-redirect" title="Colored vinyl">colored vinyl</a> (blue, red and yellow, respectively); and 7" <a href="/wiki/Picture_disc" title="Picture disc">picture discs</a> of each of these three singles.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Album_cover">Album cover</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABBA:_The_Album&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Album cover"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Polar's official cover made by art director Rune Söderqvist featured an entirely white background, and is the basis for current CD versions. However, <a href="/wiki/Epic_Records" title="Epic Records">Epic Records</a>' original UK release of the LP featured a blue background on the front cover, fading to white at the bottom. It also featured a <a href="/wiki/Gatefold" title="Gatefold">gatefold</a> sleeve. The back cover was altered, incorporating a similar photo of ABBA to that used elsewhere in the world for the inner sleeve, and referencing tracks included in <i>ABBA: The Movie</i>. The inner gatefold was designed to look like an air mail envelope, similar to the style later used for <i><a href="/wiki/Gracias_Por_La_M%C3%BAsica" title="Gracias Por La Música">Gracias Por La Música</a></i> and even had a photo of ABBA incorporated into a stamp in the corner. </p><p>This was the first and only time that Epic radically broke away from the standard <a href="/wiki/Polar_Music" title="Polar Music">Polar Music</a> design for an ABBA album. The UK design for <i>ABBA: The Album</i> has only been re-issued on LP format once, in the 2008 European reissue.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Critical_reception">Critical reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABBA:_The_Album&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Critical reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable floatright" style="width:24.2em;font-size:88%;text-align:center;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em;padding:0;border-spacing:0"><caption style="font-size:115%">Professional ratings</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:#202122;background:#d1dbdf;font-size:100%">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-allRev_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allRev-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music" title="The Encyclopedia of Popular Music">The Encyclopedia of Popular Music</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="3/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="3/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/NME" title="NME">NME</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">7/10<sup id="cite_ref-nmereview_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nmereview-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stone_Album_Guide" title="The Rolling Stone Album Guide">The Rolling Stone Album Guide</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Cross_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cross-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Spin_Alternative_Record_Guide" title="Spin Alternative Record Guide">Spin Alternative Record Guide</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">8/10<sup id="cite_ref-SP_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SP-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>The Album</i> received positive reviews from <a href="/wiki/Music_critic" class="mw-redirect" title="Music critic">music critics</a>. Bruce Eder from <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> wrote that the album marked a "step forward for the group" since they "absorb and assimilate some of the influences around them, particularly the laid-back <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> sound of <a href="/wiki/Fleetwood_Mac" title="Fleetwood Mac">Fleetwood Mac</a> (...) as well as some of the attributes of progressive rock" but "without compromising their essential virtues as a pop ensemble".<sup id="cite_ref-allRev_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allRev-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> John Rockwell from <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> gave the album a favorable review and wrote that <i>The Album</i> represents an interesting departure from their past formulas like "innocently superficial lyrics, bouncy Europop music, rock energy and amplification, soaring melodies" to a more mature and intelligent record.<sup id="cite_ref-RSrevATA_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSrevATA-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/NME" title="NME">NME</a></i> wrote a short review to the album when it turned 30 years old, and wrote that the album "still sounds pleasantly nostalgic" and had "some delicious pop nuggets from their Swedish hatch".<sup id="cite_ref-nmereview_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nmereview-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commercial_performance">Commercial performance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABBA:_The_Album&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Commercial performance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>ABBA: The Album</i> reached No. 1 in many territories. In the UK it debuted at the top and remained there for seven weeks,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ending up as the third biggest selling album of the year (behind the movie soundtrack LPs of <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Fever_(soundtrack)" title="Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack)">Saturday Night Fever</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Grease_(soundtrack)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grease (soundtrack)">Grease</a></i>). In the US it became their highest-charting album during their original run, where during 1978 ABBA undertook a big promotional campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABBA:_The_Album&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Track listing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All tracks are written by <a href="/wiki/Benny_Andersson" title="Benny Andersson">Benny Andersson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Ulvaeus" title="Björn Ulvaeus">Björn Ulvaeus</a>, except where noted.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style 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.tracklist-length-header{width:4em}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr.tracklist-total-length{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tracklist .tracklist-total-length th{padding:0;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length th>span{float:right;padding:0 10px;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length td{background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);font-weight:bold;padding:0 10px 0 0}</style><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Side one</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Writer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Eagle_(ABBA_song)" title="Eagle (ABBA song)">Eagle</a>"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">5:51</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Take_a_Chance_on_Me" title="Take a Chance on Me">Take a Chance on Me</a>"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">4:05</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/One_Man,_One_Woman" title="One Man, One Woman">One Man, One Woman</a>"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">4:25</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/The_Name_of_the_Game_(ABBA_song)" title="The Name of the Game (ABBA song)">The Name of the Game</a>"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Andersson</li><li><a href="/wiki/Stig_Anderson" title="Stig Anderson">Stig Anderson</a></li><li>Ulvaeus</li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:54</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Side two</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Writer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Move_On_(ABBA_song)" title="Move On (ABBA song)">Move On</a>"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Andersson</li><li>Anderson</li><li>Ulvaeus</li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:42</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Hole_in_Your_Soul" title="Hole in Your Soul">Hole in Your Soul</a>"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">3:41</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Thank_You_for_the_Music" title="Thank You for the Music">Thank You for the Music</a>"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">3:48</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/I_Wonder_(Departure)" title="I Wonder (Departure)">I Wonder (Departure)</a>"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Andersson</li><li>Anderson</li><li>Ulvaeus</li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:33</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_a_Marionette" title="I'm a Marionette">I'm a Marionette</a>"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">3:54</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="3" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td>40:01</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The last three tracks of Side two were originally from the 1977 tour mini-musical <i>The Girl with the Golden Hair</i> and presented on the album as "3 scenes from a mini-musical", labeled from A to C.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deluxe_edition">Deluxe edition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABBA:_The_Album&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Deluxe edition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Released for the album's 30th anniversary. All tracks are written by <a href="/wiki/Benny_Andersson" title="Benny Andersson">Benny Andersson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Ulvaeus" title="Björn Ulvaeus">Björn Ulvaeus</a>, except where noted. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Bonus tracks</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Writer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"Eagle" (single edit)</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">4:25</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"Take a Chance on Me" (live version; alternate mix)</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">4:25</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"Thank You for the Music" (Doris Day version)</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">4:03</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"Al andar" (Spanish version of "Move On")</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Andersson</li><li>Stig Anderson</li><li>Ulvaeus</li><li>Buddy McCluskey</li><li>Mary McCluskey</li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:43</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"I Wonder (Departure)" (live version; B-side of "The Name of the Game")</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Andersson</li><li>Anderson</li><li>Ulvaeus</li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:27</td></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"Gracias por la música" (Spanish version of "Thank You for the Music")</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Andersson</li><li>Anderson</li><li>Ulvaeus</li><li>B. McCluskey</li><li>M. McCluskey</li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:49</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABBA:_The_Album&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Adapted from the album's liner notes.<sup id="cite_ref-liner_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-liner-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>ABBA</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agnetha_F%C3%A4ltskog" title="Agnetha Fältskog">Agnetha Fältskog</a> – lead vocals (5, 7), co-lead vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 9), harmony and backing vocals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anni-Frid_Lyngstad" title="Anni-Frid Lyngstad">Anni-Frid Lyngstad</a> – lead vocals (3, 8), co-lead vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 9), harmony and backing vocals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Ulvaeus" title="Björn Ulvaeus">Björn Ulvaeus</a> – harmony and backing vocals, spoken word intro (5), <a href="/wiki/Steel-string_acoustic_guitar" title="Steel-string acoustic guitar">acoustic guitar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benny_Andersson" title="Benny Andersson">Benny Andersson</a> – harmony and backing vocals, keyboards, <a href="/wiki/Synthesizer" title="Synthesizer">synthesizers</a></li></ul> <p><b>Additional musicians</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lasse_Wellander" title="Lasse Wellander">Lasse Wellander</a> – electric lead guitar, acoustic and electric rhythm guitars</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janne_Schaffer" title="Janne Schaffer">Janne Schaffer</a> – additional electric guitar on "Eagle"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutger_Gunnarsson" title="Rutger Gunnarsson">Rutger Gunnarsson</a> – bass, string arrangements</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ola_Brunkert" title="Ola Brunkert">Ola Brunkert</a> – drums</li> <li>Roger Palm – drums (on "Take a Chance on Me", "One Man, One Woman", and "Thank You for the Music"), tambourine on "Take a Chance on Me" and "Thank You for the Music"</li> <li>Lars O. Carlsson – recorders on "Eagle" and "Move On"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malando_Gassama" title="Malando Gassama">Malando Gassama</a> – percussion</li></ul> <p><b>Production</b> </p> <ul><li>Benny Andersson – producer, arranger</li> <li>Björn Ulvaeus – producer, arranger</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_B._Tretow" title="Michael B. Tretow">Michael B. Tretow</a> – <a href="/wiki/Audio_engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Audio engineering">engineer</a></li> <li>Rune Söderqvist – design</li> <li>Barry Levine – photography</li> <li>Björn Andersson – illustrations</li> <li>Rune Söderqvist – illustrations</li> <li>Jon Astley – remastering (1997 re-issue, 2001 re-issue)</li> <li>Tim Young – remastering (1997 re-issue)</li> <li>Michael B. Tretow – remastering (1997 re-issue, 2001 re-issue)</li> <li>Henrik Jonsson – remastering (<i>The Complete Studio Recordings</i> box set)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charts">Charts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABBA:_The_Album&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Weekly_charts">Weekly charts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABBA:_The_Album&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Weekly charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (1977–78) </th> <th scope="col">Peak<br />position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australian Albums (<a href="/wiki/Kent_Music_Report" title="Kent Music Report">Kent Music Report</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-auchart_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auchart-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Austrian Albums (<a href="/wiki/%C3%963_Austria_Top_40" title="Ö3 Austria Top 40">Ö3 Austria</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_Austria_ABBA_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_Austria_ABBA-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada Top Albums/CDs (<i><a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">RPM</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-group=_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-group=-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">8 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Dutch Albums (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_Album_Top_100" title="Dutch Album Top 100">Album Top 100</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_Netherlands_ABBA_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_Netherlands_ABBA-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Finnish Albums (<a href="/wiki/Official_Finnish_Charts" title="Official Finnish Charts">Suomen virallinen lista</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">German Albums (<a href="/wiki/GfK_Entertainment_charts" title="GfK Entertainment charts">Offizielle Top 100</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_Germany4_ABBA_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_Germany4_ABBA-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Italian Albums (<i><a href="/wiki/Musica_e_dischi" title="Musica e dischi">Musica e dischi</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Japanese Albums (<a href="/wiki/Oricon" title="Oricon">Oricon</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">New Zealand Albums (<a href="/wiki/Official_New_Zealand_Music_Chart" title="Official New Zealand Music Chart">RMNZ</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_New_Zealand_ABBA_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_New_Zealand_ABBA-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Norwegian Albums (<a href="/wiki/VG-lista" title="VG-lista">VG-lista</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_Norway_ABBA_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_Norway_ABBA-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Swedish Albums (<a href="/wiki/Sverigetopplistan" title="Sverigetopplistan">Sverigetopplistan</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_Sweden_ABBA_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_Sweden_ABBA-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_UK2_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_UK2_-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a><sup id="cite_ref-ac_Billboard200_ABBA_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_Billboard200_ABBA-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">14 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="col">Chart (2021) </th> <th scope="col">Peak<br />position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Greek Albums (<a href="/wiki/IFPI_Greece" title="IFPI Greece">IFPI Greece</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>41 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Swedish Albums (<a href="/wiki/Sverigetopplistan" title="Sverigetopplistan">Sverigetopplistan</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_Sweden_ABBA_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_Sweden_ABBA-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">29 </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Year-end_charts">Year-end charts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABBA:_The_Album&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Year-end charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (1978) </th> <th scope="col">Position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada Top Albums/CDs (<i>RPM</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>42 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">UK Albums (OCC)<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <i>Billboard</i> 200<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>22 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Certifications_and_sales">Certifications and sales</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABBA:_The_Album&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Certifications and sales"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Region </th> <th scope="col">Certification</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/List_of_music_recording_certifications" title="List of music recording certifications">Certified units</a>/sales </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australia (<a href="/wiki/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association" title="Australian Recording Industry Association">ARIA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Platinum </td> <td>50,000<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada (<a href="/wiki/Music_Canada" title="Music Canada">Music Canada</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-CanadaAbbaThe_AlbumalbumCertRef_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CanadaAbbaThe_AlbumalbumCertRef-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>2× Platinum </td> <td>200,000<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Czechoslovakia </th> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>100,000<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Denmark </th> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>225,000<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Finland (<a href="/wiki/Musiikkituottajat" title="Musiikkituottajat">Musiikkituottajat</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-FinlandAbbaThe_AlbumalbumCertRef_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FinlandAbbaThe_AlbumalbumCertRef-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Platinum </td> <td>57,618<sup id="cite_ref-FinlandAbbaThe_AlbumalbumCertRef_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FinlandAbbaThe_AlbumalbumCertRef-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">France </th> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>150,000<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Germany (<a href="/wiki/Bundesverband_Musikindustrie" title="Bundesverband Musikindustrie">BVMI</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-GermanyAbbaThe_AlbumalbumCertRef_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GermanyAbbaThe_AlbumalbumCertRef-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Platinum </td> <td>500,000<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Hong Kong (<a href="/wiki/International_Federation_of_the_Phonographic_Industry" title="International Federation of the Phonographic Industry">IFPI</a> Hong Kong)<sup id="cite_ref-Hong_KongAbbaThe_AlbumalbumCertRef_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hong_KongAbbaThe_AlbumalbumCertRef-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Platinum </td> <td>20,000<sup>*</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Japan </th> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>300,000<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Netherlands (<a href="/wiki/NVPI" title="NVPI">NVPI</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-NetherlandsABBAThe_AlbumalbumCertRef_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NetherlandsABBAThe_AlbumalbumCertRef-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Platinum </td> <td>100,000<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Norway </th> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>200,840<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Sweden </th> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>753,420<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United Kingdom (<a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">BPI</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-United_KingdomABBAThe_AlbumalbumCertRef_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_KingdomABBAThe_AlbumalbumCertRef-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Platinum </td> <td>1,000,000<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United States (<a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-United_StatesAbbaThe_AlbumalbumCertRef_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_StatesAbbaThe_AlbumalbumCertRef-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Platinum </td> <td>1,300,000<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align: center;"> <td colspan="3"> <p><small><sup>*</sup> Sales figures based on certification alone.</small><br /><small><sup>^</sup> Shipments figures based on certification alone.</small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABBA:_The_Album&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 August</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Gold-%2FPlatin-Datenbank+%28Abba%3B+%27The+Album%27%29&rft.pub=Bundesverband+Musikindustrie&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.musikindustrie.de%2Fwie-musik-zur-karriere-werden-kann%2Fmarkt-bestseller%2Fgold-%2Fplatin-und-diamond-auszeichnung%2Fdatenbank%2F%3Faction%3Dsuche%26strTitel%3DThe%2BAlbum%26strInterpret%3DAbba%26strTtArt%3D2%26strAwards%3Dchecked&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AABBA%3A+The+Album" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Hong_KongAbbaThe_AlbumalbumCertRef-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Hong_KongAbbaThe_AlbumalbumCertRef_49-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120318013417/http://www.ifpihk.org/www_1/go16e.php">"IFPIHK Gold Disc Award − 1979"</a>. <a href="/wiki/International_Federation_of_the_Phonographic_Industry" title="International Federation of the Phonographic Industry">IFPI</a> Hong Kong<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 January</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=IFPIHK+Gold+Disc+Award+%E2%88%92+1979&rft.pub=IFPI+Hong+Kong&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20120318013417%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ifpihk.org%2Fwww_1%2Fgo16e.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AABBA%3A+The+Album" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=KiUEAAAAMBAJ&q=abba+arrival+1,6+million+sold+i++united+kingdom&pg=PT69">"ABBA Cracks Japan Mart; Sales Surge"</a>. <i>Billboard</i>. 10 March 1979. p. 76.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=ABBA+Cracks+Japan+Mart%3B+Sales+Surge&rft.pages=76&rft.date=1979-03-10&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DKiUEAAAAMBAJ%26q%3Dabba%2Barrival%2B1%2C6%2Bmillion%2Bsold%2Bi%2B%2Bunited%2Bkingdom%26pg%3DPT69&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AABBA%3A+The+Album" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NetherlandsABBAThe_AlbumalbumCertRef-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-NetherlandsABBAThe_AlbumalbumCertRef_51-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nvpi.nl/nvpi-audio/marktinformatie/goud-platina-diamant/">"Dutch album certifications – ABBA – The Album"</a> (in Dutch). <a href="/wiki/NVPI" title="NVPI">Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 August</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Dutch+album+certifications+%E2%80%93+ABBA+%E2%80%93+The+Album&rft.pub=Nederlandse+Vereniging+van+Producenten+en+Importeurs+van+beeld-+en+geluidsdragers&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnvpi.nl%2Fnvpi-audio%2Fmarktinformatie%2Fgoud-platina-diamant%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AABBA%3A+The+Album" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Enter </i>The Album <i> in the "Artiest of titel" box.</i> <i>Select</i> 1978 <i>in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen"</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHultin1979" class="citation magazine cs1">Hultin, Randi (8 September 1979). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=6CMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT62">"Abba The World"</a>. <i>Billboard</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=Abba+The+World&rft.date=1979-09-08&rft.aulast=Hultin&rft.aufirst=Randi&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D6CMEAAAAMBAJ%26pg%3DPT62&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AABBA%3A+The+Album" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchulman1979" class="citation magazine cs1">Schulman, Leif (8 September 1979). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=6CMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT62">"Abba The World"</a>. <i>Billboard</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=Abba+The+World&rft.date=1979-09-08&rft.aulast=Schulman&rft.aufirst=Leif&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D6CMEAAAAMBAJ%26pg%3DPT62&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AABBA%3A+The+Album" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hSQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT69">"ABBA Million"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Billboard magazine">Billboard</a></i>. <b>90</b> (30): 70. 29 July 1978. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0006-2510">0006-2510</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 May</span> 2022</span> – via Google Books.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=ABBA+Million&rft.volume=90&rft.issue=30&rft.pages=70&rft.date=1978-07-29&rft.issn=0006-2510&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DhSQEAAAAMBAJ%26pg%3DPT69&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AABBA%3A+The+Album" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-United_KingdomABBAThe_AlbumalbumCertRef-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-United_KingdomABBAThe_AlbumalbumCertRef_55-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/275-1693-2">"British album certifications – ABBA – The Album"</a>. <a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">British Phonographic Industry</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=British+album+certifications+%E2%80%93+ABBA+%E2%80%93+The+Album&rft.pub=British+Phonographic+Industry&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpi.co.uk%2Faward%2F275-1693-2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AABBA%3A+The+Album" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchulman1979" class="citation web cs1">Schulman, Leif (5 May 1979). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=iiQEAAAAMBAJ&q=abba&pg=PT71">"ABBA LP Sets Scene For Foreign Touring"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a>. p. 38<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 November</span> 2020</span> – via Google books.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=ABBA+LP+Sets+Scene+For+Foreign+Touring&rft.pages=38&rft.pub=Billboard&rft.date=1979-05-05&rft.aulast=Schulman&rft.aufirst=Leif&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DiiQEAAAAMBAJ%26q%3Dabba%26pg%3DPT71&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AABBA%3A+The+Album" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-United_StatesAbbaThe_AlbumalbumCertRef-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-United_StatesAbbaThe_AlbumalbumCertRef_57-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Abba&ti=The+Album&format=Album&type=#search_section">"American 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