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| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Super Trouper | |||
| 2. The Winner Takes It All | |||
| 3. On And On And On | |||
| 4. Andante, Andante | |||
| 5. Me And I | |||
| 6. Happy New Year | |||
| 7. Our Last Summer | |||
| 8. The Piper | |||
| 9. Lay All Your Love On Me | |||
| 10. The Way Old Friends Do | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Show Express | |||
| 2. Happy New Year | |||
| 3. Words & Music | |||
| 4. Somewhere In The Crowd There's You - On Location With ABBA | |||
| 5. Super Trouper | |||
| 6. Happy New Year | |||
| 7. Super Trouper | |||
| 8. Super Trouper | |||
| 9. International Sleeve Gallery | |||
Product Description
DELUXE EDITION : 2011 remastered reissue of 1980 album! Includes 5 bonus tracks + a DVD with rare performances, interviews & previously unseen footage including vintage ducumentary 'Words & Music' + a 28-page booklet.
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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Bjorn & Benny certainly reached a new level of song writing with Super Trouper, originally released back in 1980. Songs such as The Winner Takes It All, Andante Andante, Happy New Year demonstrate this maturer Abba sound. The music on this album cannot be faulted, Abba were firing on all cylinders at this point of their career and Benny had adopted a few new synthesizers which signalled the band were staying up-to-date with the electronic sounds that were starting to dominate the airwaves at the time.
Now onto the Deluxe Edition reissue May 2011. The album has been remastered and sounds great. I am not an audiophile boffin by any stretch of the imagination but it all sounds good to me. The bonus tracks are welcome, especially the stereo mix extended version of 'On & On & On' which was originally only available in mono as the soundtrack to the video of the song.
The DVD includes some wonderful previously unreleased footage which has been thoughtfully compiled. Performances of songs from the German TV 'Show Express' capture Abba in their prime looking wonderful and the documentary footage of the Abba cover-shoot is fascinating viewing. The international record sleeve gallery is a tad repetitive as most of Abba's release used the same artwork around the world at this time.
One disappointment with this release was that it did not come in the hard, clear Deluxe Edition slip case that the previous releases did (Arrival, The Album, Voulez Vous). Instead it was shrink-wrapped and has a Deluxe Edition sticker plastered to the sleeve which looks cheap(are Universal trying to cut costs here?) and rather spoils the continuity with the previous releases.
Overall though an essential purchase for any Abba fan or for that fact anybody wanting to hear one of the bands finest albums.
Now onto the Deluxe Edition reissue May 2011. The album has been remastered and sounds great. I am not an audiophile boffin by any stretch of the imagination but it all sounds good to me. The bonus tracks are welcome, especially the stereo mix extended version of 'On & On & On' which was originally only available in mono as the soundtrack to the video of the song.
The DVD includes some wonderful previously unreleased footage which has been thoughtfully compiled. Performances of songs from the German TV 'Show Express' capture Abba in their prime looking wonderful and the documentary footage of the Abba cover-shoot is fascinating viewing. The international record sleeve gallery is a tad repetitive as most of Abba's release used the same artwork around the world at this time.
One disappointment with this release was that it did not come in the hard, clear Deluxe Edition slip case that the previous releases did (Arrival, The Album, Voulez Vous). Instead it was shrink-wrapped and has a Deluxe Edition sticker plastered to the sleeve which looks cheap(are Universal trying to cut costs here?) and rather spoils the continuity with the previous releases.
Overall though an essential purchase for any Abba fan or for that fact anybody wanting to hear one of the bands finest albums.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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I think there are three reasons why the most patient of us Abba fans would shell out their coin for another copy of "Super Trouper".One,the previously unreleased stereo extended version of "On and On and On",for those not in the know it has an extra verse.Two,the bonus dvd with a stack of new to dvd footage.The third reason,sonic improvements to the audio.Two out of three ain't bad.
Here's the breakdown of what my ears and eyes tell me.There's some great stuff on the dvd with 4 performances to playback from German and Swedish tv.A period documentary,what these days we would call an EPK(electronic press kit)made by their record label to promote the album.A newly created featurette on the album cover shoot edited together by Carl Magnus Palm from footage shot by Lasse Halstrom for the title track promo film.That's it for new stuff.You also get two remastered music videos(why only two???),two uk tv commercials and a sleeve gallery.With a running time of around 68 minutes it's not bad value.As always,there is so much more that could have been included on the dvd,the On and On an On video re-edited so the audio matches the vision and the sound in Stereo for one,but I'm thankful for the new stuff from the archives.
Audio wise,I don't notice any obvious improvement over the 2005 Henrik Jonsson remaster from the Complete Studio Recordings box set,in fact,it sounds pretty dull.Honestly I actually prefer those remasters for this album and for "Voulez-Vous"(the 2010 remaster for that album is just awful!).This new remaster for Super Trouper sounds flat and generally,well...dull.It's actually softer in volume than the 2005 master and seems to lack any punchy bass."Lay All You Love On Me" is particularly unimpressive.After all the hype on the Abba website about this deluxe edition and the extra care with remastering the music I am very underwhelmed,to say the least.
Super Trouper was the first Abba album to be completed in Polar Music studio,which they built as an investment and the quality of this recording has always been first class.At the time,Polar was state of the art.Even Led Zeppelin and Genesis,just to name two big artists from the 70's,used it's facilities.I can't understand why Universal felt the need to remaster the album again when the 2005 job was pretty good.
I've taken off a star for the dull mastering and the very ugly sticker,which you have to remove to open the digipak,that has replaced the plastic sleeve of previous Deluxe Editions.Very cheap indeed!
Whether you think it's worth the money for one almost new track and a dvd,I'll leave that up to you.
I just hope they pull out all stops for The Visitors deluxe edition!The complete "Just Like That" and the full Dick Cavet Show anyone???
Us Abba fans,"We're like sun and rainy weather,sometimes we're a hit together.."
Here's the breakdown of what my ears and eyes tell me.There's some great stuff on the dvd with 4 performances to playback from German and Swedish tv.A period documentary,what these days we would call an EPK(electronic press kit)made by their record label to promote the album.A newly created featurette on the album cover shoot edited together by Carl Magnus Palm from footage shot by Lasse Halstrom for the title track promo film.That's it for new stuff.You also get two remastered music videos(why only two???),two uk tv commercials and a sleeve gallery.With a running time of around 68 minutes it's not bad value.As always,there is so much more that could have been included on the dvd,the On and On an On video re-edited so the audio matches the vision and the sound in Stereo for one,but I'm thankful for the new stuff from the archives.
Audio wise,I don't notice any obvious improvement over the 2005 Henrik Jonsson remaster from the Complete Studio Recordings box set,in fact,it sounds pretty dull.Honestly I actually prefer those remasters for this album and for "Voulez-Vous"(the 2010 remaster for that album is just awful!).This new remaster for Super Trouper sounds flat and generally,well...dull.It's actually softer in volume than the 2005 master and seems to lack any punchy bass."Lay All You Love On Me" is particularly unimpressive.After all the hype on the Abba website about this deluxe edition and the extra care with remastering the music I am very underwhelmed,to say the least.
Super Trouper was the first Abba album to be completed in Polar Music studio,which they built as an investment and the quality of this recording has always been first class.At the time,Polar was state of the art.Even Led Zeppelin and Genesis,just to name two big artists from the 70's,used it's facilities.I can't understand why Universal felt the need to remaster the album again when the 2005 job was pretty good.
I've taken off a star for the dull mastering and the very ugly sticker,which you have to remove to open the digipak,that has replaced the plastic sleeve of previous Deluxe Editions.Very cheap indeed!
Whether you think it's worth the money for one almost new track and a dvd,I'll leave that up to you.
I just hope they pull out all stops for The Visitors deluxe edition!The complete "Just Like That" and the full Dick Cavet Show anyone???
Us Abba fans,"We're like sun and rainy weather,sometimes we're a hit together.."
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Now this review is about the sound of the CD this being the third reissue not counting box sets. So please take it for granted this is a mile stone in Abba's musical legacy. I was never that happy with the remasters that were issued in 2001, I felt a lot of the warmth had been lost due to the increase in volume, in fact at times it sounded like I was listening on a transistor radio. Then the deluxe versions appeared, I was interested mainly if the sound had been improved or should I say returned to its original glory. i can happily say it has. Placing the 2001 version in my Naim CD player, it is very loud in fact you can not turn the volume up much before the speakers become distorted, so I then placed this new version, what an improvement, it is almost as good as Kate Bush's remaster of the Red Shoes. The winner takes it all has depth and clarity that had been lost on the 2001 master. On and On you can turn up as loud as you like and feel those drums. The question beckons why could this not have been done first or second time around, do I really have to buy all the Abba albums again to get the sonic clarity we all want?. As for the DVD not that great I am afraid, apart from being Mono and grainy picture again no promos for any of the songs. However I buy Abba for the music not the visual stuff. I have only knocked off one star, this is because of the poor DVD, and the fact we have to buy the album a third time to get the sound we should have had in the first place.
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