The package will be available on 2 CDs and 4 LPs this fall
The 50th anniversary of ABBA’s victory in the Eurovision Song Contest on April 6th, 1974 has been thoroughly celebrated worldwide – not just the triumph with “Waterloo,” but the group’s amazing accomplishments and its position as one of the world’s major pop bands. And the celebrations aren’t over yet! On October 25th, Polar Music International will issue a magnificent box set of ABBA’s single A-sides: The Singles – The First Fifty Years. The compilation brings together, for the first time, not only every ABBA single issued by Polar until 1982 but also the singles released in conjunction with 2021’s Voyage album.
Building on ABBA’s classic double album The Singles – The First Ten Years, originally issued in 1982, this new box set expands the concept by bringing the story bang up to date, featuring every ABBA single released from 1972–2022. Available as a four-vinyl disc set and a double CD, The Singles – The First Fifty Years is a journey through some of the best pop music ever recorded. From the group’s 1972 debut single “People Need Love” to the Voyage album’s “No Doubt About It” in 2022, the 38-track box set features masterpieces such as “SOS,” “Mamma Mia,” “Fernando,” “Dancing Queen,” “Knowing Me, Knowing You,” “Take A Chance On Me,” “Chiquitita,” “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight),” “The Winner Takes It All,” “Super Trouper”, “One Of Us,” “Don’t Shut Me Down,” and all of ABBA’s other big hits.
To make the story more complete, The Singles – The First Fifty Years features four additional tracks not issued as Polar Music A-sides, but which were singles in some countries back in the day, including “Hasta Mañana,” “Angeleyes” (a double A-side with “Voulez-Vous” in some countries), “Lay All Your Love On Me,” and “When All Is Said And Done.” The package also comes with an illustrated booklet with liner notes by Carl Magnus Palm.
CD 1:
1. People Need Love
2. He Is Your Brother
3. Ring Ring
4. Love Isn’t Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)
5. Waterloo
6. Honey Honey
7. Hasta Manana
8. So Long
9. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
10. SOS
11. Mamma Mia
12. Fernando
13. Dancing Queen
14. Money, Money Money
15. Knowing Me, Knowing You
16. The Name of the Game
17. Take A Chance On Me
18. Eagle
19. Summer Night City
20. Chiquitita
21. Does Your Mother Know
CD 2:
1. Voulez-Vous
2. Angeleyes
3. Gimme Gimme Gimme
4. I Have A Dream
5. The Winner Takes It All
6. Super Trouper
7. Lay All Your Love On Me
8. One of Us
9. Head Over Heels
10. When All Is Said and Done
11. The Day Before You Came
12. Under Attack
13. I Still Have Faith In You
14. Don’t Shut Me Down
15. Just A Notion
16. Little Things
17. No Doubt About It
