Thank You for the Music is the title of a box set by the Swedish pop group ABBA, released in 1994. It has 66 tracks (separated onto four discs), including songs from the early ABBA days, such as "People Need Love" and "He Is Your Brother", as well as their most popular and recognisable songs ("Dancing Queen" and "Mamma Mia" etc.). Many (but not all) non-album B-sides appear on the box set, many appearing on CD for the first time.
The fourth CD includes a host of rarities, most notable being the "ABBA Undeleted" excerpt, which is a 23-minute medley of various songs that never saw the light of day either as a single or as an album track. It also contains some of the group's songs in different languages, as well as an alternate version of "Thank You for the Music", the song "Dream World" (dating back to the Voulez-Vous sessions) and the Super Trouper outtake, "Put On Your White Sombrero".
In 2008 the Thank You for the Music box set was reissued in downsized packaging with a revised booklet, with the full versions of Eagle, Lovelight, and Voulez-Vous, due to the wrong mixes being issued on the original release.
Video Thank You for the Music (box set)
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus, except where noted.
Disc 1
Track release information taken from ABBA: The Complete Studio Recordings timeline booklet
- Tracks 1 - 5 originally credited to Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid
Disc 2
Disc 3
Disc 4
Maps Thank You for the Music (box set)
Personnel
- ABBA
- Benny Andersson - synthesizer, keyboards, vocals
- Agnetha Fältskog - vocals
- Anni-Frid Lyngstad - vocals
- Björn Ulvaeus - acoustic guitar, guitar, vocals
- Additional personnel
- Ulf Andersson - saxophone
- Ola Brunkert - drums
- Lars Carlsson - horn
- Christer Eklund - saxophone
- Malando Gassama - percussion
- Anders Glenmark - guitar
- Rutger Gunnarsson - bass
- Roger Palm - drums
- Janne Schaffer - guitar
- Åke Sundqvist - percussion
- Mike Watson - bass
- Lasse Wellander - guitar
Production
- Producers: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
- Arrangers: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
- Engineer: Michael B. Tretow
- Design: Icon, London
- Liner Notes: Carl Magnus Palm
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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