The Definitive Collection  (2001)

Building on the concept of ABBA’s 1982 double album The Singles – The First Ten Years, this double-CD compilation collected every ABBA single as conceived and released by their record company, Polar Music, between 1972 and 1982.

Because of the time limitations of the vinyl age, The Singles – The First Ten Years could only fit 23 tracks. But with the CD age came longer playing times, and The Definitive Collection contains a total of 37 tracks: the 23 songs on the old double album and the Polar singles that weren’t included on that package, plus a number of significant singles that weren’t Polar A-sides. Two rare bonus tracks were also added to the track listing: the 1974 single remix of Ring Ring and the 1979 extended US remix of Voulez-Vous.

In 2003, The Definitive Collection was voted one of the 500 greatest albums of all time by Rolling Stone magazine.

Disc 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. So Long 
  8. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do 
  9. SOS 
  10. Mamma Mia 
  11. Fernando 
  12. Dancing Queen 
  13. Money, Money, Money 
  14. Knowing Me, Knowing You 
  15. The Name Of The Game 
  16. Take A Chance On Me 
  17. Eagle 
  18. Summer Night City 
  19. Chiquitita 
  20. Does Your Mother Know 

Disc 2

  1. Voulez-Vous 
  2. Angeleyes 
  3. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)  
  4. I Have A Dream 
  5. The Winner Takes It All 
  6. Super Trouper 
  7. On And On And On 
  8. Lay All Your Love On Me 
  9. One Of Us 
  10. When All Is Said And Done 
  11. Head Over Heels 
  12. The Visitors (Crackin' Up) 
  13. The Day Before You Came 
  14. Under Attack  
  15. Thank You For The Music 

Bonus Tracks

  1. Ring Ring 
  2. Voulez-Vous 

Name: The Definitive Collection

Original release date:
November 2001
POLAR 549 974-2

Digitally remastered:

Top Ten
Australia 10
India 8
Italy 10
Korea 3
New Zealand 9