Thank You for the Music (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Thank You For The Music
Type = Compilation Album
Artist = ABBA


Released = 1994
Genre = Pop
Label = PolyGram
Producer = Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3sd7gjwro6i9 link]
Last album = ""
(1993)
This album = "Thank You For The Music"
(1994)
Next album = "The Definitive Collection"
(2001) |

"Thank You For The Music" is the title of a box set by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in 1994. It has 66 tracks (separated onto four discs), including songs from the early, pre-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). The fourth CD includes a host of rarities, most notable being the "ABBA Undeleted" excerpt, which is a 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.

Track listing

Disc 1

"All tracks written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus unless otherwise noted"
#"People Need Love" – 3:04
#"Another Town, Another Train" – 2:42
#"He Is Your Brother" – 3:05
#"Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)" (Stig Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:15
#"Ring Ring" (Andersson, Ulvaeus, Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody) – 3:04
#"Waterloo" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:32
#"Hasta Mañana" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 4:13
#"Honey, Honey" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) - 4:02
#"Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) - 3:56
#"So Long" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) - 4:04
#"I've Been Waiting For You" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) - 2:57
#"I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) - 3:17
#"SOS" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulveaus) - 3:23
#"Mamma Mia" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) - 3:32
#"Fernando" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) - 4:12
#"Dancing Queen" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) - 3:52
#"That's Me" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) - 3:15
#"When I Kissed the Teacher" - 3:01
#"Money, Money, Money" - 3:08
#"Crazy World" - 3:46
#"My Love, My Life" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) - 3:51

Disc 2

"All tracks written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus unless otherwise noted"
#"Knowing Me, Knowing You" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) - 4:02
#"Happy Hawaii" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) - 4:24
#"The Name Of The Game" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)
#"I Wonder (Departure)" (Live Version) (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) - 4:22
#"Eagle" - 5:49
#"Take a Chance on Me" - 4:03
#"Thank You for the Music" - 3:49
#"Summer Night City" (Full-length version) - 4:14
#"Chiquitita" - 5:26
#"Lovelight" (Alternate Mix) - 3:20
#"Does Your Mother Know" - 3:13
#"Voulez-Vous" (Edit) - 4:21
#"Angeleyes" - 4:20
#"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" - 4:45
#"I Have A Dream" - 4:44

Disc 3

"All tracks written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus"
#"The Winner Takes It All" - 4:54
#"Elaine" - 3:46
#"Super Trouper" - 4:14
#"Lay All Your Love on Me" - 4:33
#"On and On and On" - 3:39
#"Our Last Summer" - 4:18
#"The Way Old Friends Do" (Live) - 2:53
#"The Visitors" - 5:48
#"One of Us" - 3:58
#"Should I Laugh Or Cry" - 4:27
#"Head Over Heels" - 3:46
#"When All Is Said and Done" - 3:16
#"Like An Angel Passing Through My Room" - 3:36
#"The Day Before You Came" - 5:50
#"Cassandra" 4:50
#"Under Attack" - 3:44

Disc 4

"All tracks written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus unless otherwise noted."
#"Put On Your White Sombrero" - 4:34
#"Dream World" - 3:36
#"Thank You for the Music" (Doris Day Mix) (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) - 4:03
#"Hej Gamle Man" - 3:21
#"Merry-Go-Round" (Anderson, Andersson, Ulvaeus) - 3:20
#"Santa Rosa" - 3:01
#"She's My Kind of Girl" - 2:44
#"Medley: Pick A Bale Of Cotton, On Top Of Old Smokey, Midnight Special" (Traditional, Andersson, Ulvaeus) - 4:21
#"You Owe Me One" - 3:25
#"Slipping Through My Fingers"/"Me And I" (Live) - 8:37
#ABBA Undeleted: "Scaramouche" / "Summer Night City" / "Take A Chance On Me" / "Baby" / "Just A Notion" / "Rikky Rock ’n’ Roller" / "Burning My Bridges" / "Fernando" / "Here Comes Rubie Jamie" / "Hamlet III Parts 1 & 2" / "Free As A Bumble Bee" / "Rubber Ball Man" / "Crying Over You" / "Just Like That" / "Givin’ A Little Bit More" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) - 23:30
#"Waterloo" (French/Swedish version) (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) - 2:40
#"Ring Ring" (Swedish/Spanish/German version) (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) - 4:22
#"Honey, Honey" (Swedish version) (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) - 2:57

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 Tretow
*Design: Intro, London