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| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Dancing Queen | |||
| 2. Knowing Me, Knowing You | |||
| 3. Take A Chance On Me | |||
| 4. Mamma Mia | |||
| 5. Lay All Your Love On Me | |||
| 6. Super Trouper | |||
| 7. I Have A Dream | |||
| 8. The Winner Takes It All | |||
| 9. Money, Money, Money | |||
| 10. S.O.S. | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Dancing Queen | |||
| 2. Knowing Me, Knowing You | |||
| 3. Take A Chance On Me | |||
| 4. Mamma Mia | |||
| 5. Lay All Your Love On Me | |||
| 6. Super Trouper | |||
| 7. I Have A Dream | |||
| 8. The Winner Takes It All | |||
| 9. Money, Money, Money | |||
| 10. SOS | |||
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67 of 69 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This collection and its companion (More Abba gold) contain all the essential Abba songs, although they omit some of my favorite album tracks. The biggest hits are generally to be found here, including Dancing queen (a number one in Britain, America and many other countries), Knowing me knowing you, Take a chance on me, Mamma mia, Super trouper, The winner takes it all, Fernando, The name of the game and Waterloo - all of which hit number one in Britain. Abba were much less successful in America, mainly because they did not put much effort into promoting themselves there.
Among the other great songs here, I have a dream was number two in Britain for a month (behind Pink Floyd's Another brick in the wall) and was later covered by American gospel singer Cristy Lane.
Most of Abba's songs are upbeat, even when they are singing about sadness, except for The winner takes it all. In that classic song, the emotions are laid bare, perhaps because their own marriages had already ended. Contrast that with Knowing me knowing you, which is also about a relationship break-up, but is more philosophical.
I was never wildly enthusiastic about Chiquitita or Gimmie gimmie gimmie, but it may be because I had such high expectations of Abba at the time those records were released. Still, they were top three hits in Britain, so obviously a lot of people enjoy them.
This is one of the strongest compilations available of my favorite pop group's music.
63 of 66 people found the following review helpful
By J. McKay
Format:Audio CD
I'll give you one word to describe this album: phenomenal. Abba are one of those rare groups that never lose their appeal - I was born fifteen years after they won Eurovision in 1974 with "Waterloo", and even though I wasn't around to witness any of their single releases, they are one of my favourite pop artists of all time. "Gold" represents exactly why Abba were so successful in the seventies and early eighties, and why they still have such a wide fanbase of all ages around the globe.
I don't believe anyone can fail to adore Abba, and Polar Music must have been incredibly hard-pushed to select just nineteen of their best singles to compile onto this album. However, the majority of their UK releases are included on "Gold", which is enough to make any pop lover (or even a dance music worshipper or die-hard rock fanatic, for that matter) jump at the chance to buy this album straight away. Every Abba single contains the elements of total pop perfection - memorable melodies, breathtaking vocals from Agnetha and Frida, and most importantly, astounding lyrics.
Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson are complete idols for writers and composers of pop music the world over, because of their amazing ability to express any type of feelings or situations through incredible songs. All nineteen tracks on this album show just how superb Björn and Benny's songwriting partnership was, notably "Lay all your love on me", "SOS", "Thank you for the music" and "Chiquitita". In my opinion, however, the strongest lyrics are those of "Fernando", my favourite from this album: "In the firelight Fernando, you were humming to yourself and softly strumming your guitar, I could hear the distant drums and sounds of bugle chords were coming from afar".
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By pethead
Format:Audio CD
This CD has obviously been released to cash in on the ITV1 documentary shown last night. It is the same as the previous release back in 2004, with the exception of a bonus cartoon version of Money, Money, Money. The main reason for buying this version however is that the videos have been "restored". They do look generally better than on previous releases, but the colours are a bit too vivid for my liking. The CD contains the latest 2005 remasters which are a lot better than the previous POLAR remasters. However, I would still recommend the 2001 release The Definitive Collection over this re-release as it contains all of the singles to date including the classic The Day Before You Came and is also available as a CD/DVD double pack at a similar price.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
By dan the fan
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
The chorus of one of the most beautiful songs ever written,sung by one of the most beautiful singers you could hope to see or hear.The quality and originality of the 19 songs on this cd were probably not surpassed by the Beatles.In the 25 or so years since Abba split up as a group I have yet to hear the equal of Agnetha Faltskog and Frida Lyngstad when they sing together.Everyone laughed at how they dressed - nobody laughed at
how they sang:buy this recording,and you'll understand why.
how they sang:buy this recording,and you'll understand why.
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
By Mr. W. Ali
Format:Audio CD
Every track a gem. Clever, clever songs where every element (vocals, lyrics, music, production) work in harmony to deliver 'the hook'. Poppy but never disposable, camp but never tacky, Abba are arguably the greatest pop band ever. Abba Gold leaves almost every other pop Greatest Hits redundant by comparison.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Nineteen of ABBA's best songs are plenty, but you won't tire of them. It is amazing that four Swedes (Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus as writers and Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Fältskog as the main singers) could take such simple English cliches and turn them into pop music magic. Despite sometimes maddeningly simple lyrics, the song arrangements were unnervingly catchy and the multi-level layered compostions are fascinating. The keyboards and synthesizers were used in some of the more ingenious ways during the seventies to produce that unmistakeable ABBA sound. The energy and nearly anthemic enthusiasm eminating from each song marked them all as instant classics, no matter how jaded or synical the listener. It is doubtlful if you read the song list here that you would not know the melody. The one ironic thing about this groups phenomenal success, is that of over 400 million album sales, they only had one number one hit in the US - "Dancing Queen". But it is one heck of a great song.
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abba
This was bought as a present for someone..It's Abba's greatest hits, we all know what we're getting with this disc...
Published 8 hours ago by pr
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abba gold cd
i havent took this cd out of the cd player since it arrived brilliant collection of tunes, feel good factor ++
Published 2 days ago by alison
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VERY GOOD
I LIKE ABBA MUSIC AND THIS HAS ALL THEIR HITS ON IT WHICH WAS VERY GOOD WOULD RECOMMEND IT TO ABBA FANS
Published 2 days ago by mrs Eileen Plumb
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What else can you say about it?
What else can you say about it? Abba's greatest hits. Says it all! Can say I'm never disappointed with this group
Published 5 days ago by colin ratcliffe
5.0 out of 5 stars
great listening.
I love this cd,cannot stop playing,makes me dance and sing and sets the day.I would recommend to friends.I would use this seller again.
Published 5 days ago by swansong
5.0 out of 5 stars
Iconic album
Fabulous songs and the band are as ever. How can one fault ABBA and the sounds of the seventies and eighties. Yum.
Published 5 days ago by Kate Stedman
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good record of Abba's contribution to the 70's
Abba's hits are essential for a good record collection, whetther you like them or not. The recent resurgence in their popularity show what good 'pop' songs they wrote. Read more
Published 9 days ago by Mr. C. Smith
1.0 out of 5 stars
still no dvd
I had to send this back for the second time as both times the dvd was not there the case + details say 2 discs and its a double cd case but no dvd! Read more
Published 11 days ago by dazzle
2.0 out of 5 stars
Abba Gold: Greatest Hits
Abba Gold: Greatest Hits I bought this second hand, wont do that again some tracks are damaged. ABBA is fine but this disc is rubbish.
Published 16 days ago by Mr. G. Webber
5.0 out of 5 stars
How can I resist you?
It was very recently in the news that "ABBA Gold" has become the UK's second biggest selling album of all time and that 5. Read more
Published 16 days ago by A. Sweeney
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