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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.[5]

Released24 May 1993
Recorded1973–1982
GenrePop
Length76:26 (1993)
78:14 (1999–present)
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More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits
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Released24 May 1993
Recorded1973–1982
GenrePop
Length76:26 (1993)
78:14 (1999–present)
LabelPolyGram
Producers
ABBA chronology
ABBA Gold
(1992)
More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits
(1993)
Oro: Grandes Éxitos
(1993)
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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.[6]

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.[7] 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!.[8][better source needed] It was reissued in a so-called super jewel case, with updated liner notes and remastered sound.[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, except where noted.

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1993 release track list
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Summer Night City" Non-album single (1978)3:28
2."Angeleyes" Voulez-Vous (1979)4:16
3."The Day Before You Came" The Singles: The First Ten Years (1982)5:47
4."Eagle" (single version) ABBA: The Album (1977)4:23
5."I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"
ABBA (1975)3:16
6."So Long" ABBA3:06
7."Honey, Honey"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
Waterloo (1974)2:53
8."The Visitors" (US promo edit) The Visitors (1981)4:27
9."Our Last Summer" Super Trouper (1980)4:19
10."On and On and On" Super Trouper3:38
11."Ring Ring"
Ring Ring (1973)3:00
12."I Wonder (Departure)"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
ABBA: The Album4:34
13."Lovelight" (alternate mix) B-side of "Chiquitita" (1979)3:18
14."Head Over Heels" The Visitors3:45
15."When I Kissed the Teacher" Arrival (1976)3:00
16."I Am the City" Previously unreleased4:00
17."Cassandra" B-side of "The Day Before You Came" (1982)4:50
18."Under Attack" The Singles: The First Ten Years3:44
19."When All Is Said and Done" The Visitors3:16
20."The Way Old Friends Do" (recorded live in 1979 at the Wembley Arena) Super Trouper2:52
Total length:1:16:26
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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
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

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Certifications and sales

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Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[31] Gold 25,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[32] Gold 50,000^
France (SNEP)[33] Gold 100,000*
Germany (BVMI)[34] Gold 250,000^
Germany (BVMI)[35]
video
Gold 25,000^
Singapore — 19,000[36]
Sweden (GLF)[37] Platinum 100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[38] Platinum 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[39] Platinum 300,000^
Summaries
Europe — 1,000,000[40]
Worldwide — 3,000,000[5]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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