I recently listened to all eight of ABBA’s albums for the first time. Here are my 31 favorite songs.

wordpress ^ | March 29, 2017 | Dan from Squirrel Hill

[grundle]

I recently listened to all eight of ABBA’s albums for the first time. Here are my 31 favorite songs.

I recently listened to all eight of ABBA’s albums for the first time. Here are my 31 favorite songs. I am listing these in chronological order:

“Ring Ring” from their Ring Ring album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL0EoXdpOqg

“Another Town, Another Train” from their Ring Ring album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCDwOuuGprg

“People Need Love” form their Ring Ring album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO7ubf4h8sk

“Nina, Pretty Ballerina” from their Ring Ring album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnz-qwt8hE4

“Love Isn’t Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)” from their Ring Ring album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-9weyisphc

“Me and Bobby and Bobby’s Brother” from their Ring Ring album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM5xO1qtmZE

“He Is Your Brother” form their Ring Ring album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQnTvSMQZHo

“She’s My Kind Of Girl” from their Ring Ring album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYWLEtzEHGs

“I Am Just a Girl” from their Ring Ring album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPpQFeXwO6M

“Rock ‘n’ Roll Band” from their Ring Ring album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPrkyBa0j7s

“Waterloo” from their Waterloo album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj_9CiNkkn4

“Sitting in the Palmtree” from their Waterloo album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCGw-OfdMpA

“Hasta Mañana” from their Waterloo album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrQSJ8z3dZg

“My Mama Said” from their Waterloo album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12dzPEm9J6A

“Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)” from their Waterloo album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFBlbcT1VKU

“Gonna Sing You My Love Song” from their Waterloo album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvVngDm7IG8

“Suzy-Hang-Around” from their Waterloo album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZnwHeSnOJc

“Mamma Mia” from their ABBA album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unfzfe8f9NI

“Tropical Loveland” from their ABBA album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9XVDhTKi-4

“SOS” from their ABBA album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvChjHcABPA

“I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do” from their ABBA album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW3HN_pvbE4

“Intermezzo No. 1” from their ABBA album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6kShipYwCk

“Dancing Queen” from their Arrival album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFrGuyw1V8s

“My Love, My Life” from their Arrival album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIaN-HRR92A

“Why did it have to be me” from their Arrival album. I think this is my favorite ABBA song. I’m including three versions here. First is the studio version that was was released on their Arrival album. Second is a live version from 1976. Third is a very early, and very different, version of the song, which was called “Happy Hawaii” at the time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ljjQXIAa2Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNZtlLW19uM&list=RDdNZtlLW19uM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8foKUo6g02U

“Take A Chance On Me” from their ABBA: The Album album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-crgQGdpZR0

“One Man, One Woman” from their ABBA: The Album album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw_fuu9jIOc

“Thank You for the Music” from their ABBA: The Album album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dcbw4IEY5w

“I Wonder (Departure)” from their ABBA: The Album album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zKKSNaRbaU

“Does Your Mother Know” from their Voulez-Vous album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkL7Fkigfn8

“Andante, Andante” from their Super Trouper album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zwbARWt8is

I’m not including any songs from The Visitors, which was their last album.

[miss marmelstein]

One Night in Bangkok is my least favorite song from Chess - a disco hit. But some of the other numbers, especially the ballads and a national anthem that closes the first act, are unbelievably lovely. I saw it on B’way - it was a huge flop at the time but the songs live on with many cabaret singers.

[Clearly Right]

People can save a lot of valuable time by looking up all the alternative "sped up" versions of Abba songs, and listen to them instead. Here are a couple examples:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI3JOcIuF8o - Abba - "Take A Chance On Me" (sped up)

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YnYvXPsZek - Abba - "Mamma Mia" (sped up)

(Then they will have extra time available to listen to twice as many Abba songs, or maybe to listen to such classics as this and this.)

[Covenantor]

I had the UK release of “Chess” on cassette before they started producing the Broadway version which was a pale imitation. Lost the humor almost totally.

Still play it now and again.

[miss marmelstein]

I have the B’way version. The singing is superb. I’ve never listened to the London version which I think was Elaine Page. It’s a flawed show but had some depth and interest. Many years ago now - I saw it on a twofer with my best friend. Neither of us had dates on Saturday night! (Typical NYC story.)

[Covenantor]

Funny you should ask... Just checked youtube and some kind soul posted the entire original soundtrack with Elaine Page et al.

https://youtu.be/MfalfT1Iqmg

Enjoy

[miss marmelstein]

Thanks.