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Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (ABBA album)

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1979 ABBA compilation album
Greatest Hits Vol. 2
Greatest hits album by
Released29 October 1979 (1979-10-29)
RecordedOctober 1974 – August 1979
Genre
Length58:25
LabelPolar (Sweden)
Epic (UK)
Atlantic (US)
Producer
ABBA chronology
Voulez-Vous
(1979)		Greatest Hits Vol. 2
(1979)		Gracias Por La Música
(1980)
Singles from Greatest Hits Vol. 2
  1. "Summer Night City"
    Released: 6 September 1978
  2. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!"
    Released: 12 October 1979
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicStarStar[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar[3]

Greatest Hits Vol. 2 is a compilation album bySwedish pop groupABBA, released on October 29, 1979, to coincide with their tour of North America and Europe, which took place between September and November 1979. It was ABBA's second chart-topping album of the year (afterVoulez-Vous)[citation needed] and featured "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)", a brand new single, recorded in August 1979.

Overview

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A round-up of ABBA's hits since their firstGreatest Hits album (released in 1975), the album exclusively included material recorded between 1976 and 1979: fromArrival,The Album,Voulez-Vous, and the non-album single "Summer Night City"). The only exception was "Rock Me", from the 1975ABBA album, which was issued as a single, became a top 5 hit inAustralia andNew Zealand after the release ofGreatest Hits, and was also included as part of their 1979 world tour set list.

"Angeleyes" was included primarily due to its success as a single in the UK, where it was released as adouble A-side with "Voulez-Vous".[citation needed] Although "Voulez-Vous" had been released as a single in other parts of the world, it was not included on the album. "I Wonder (Departure)", a track not released as a single (excluding the live version that served as the B-side to "The Name of the Game"), was also featured.

Greatest Hits Vol. 2was released on CD in 1982 by Polydor but was deleted from their ABBA CD range in 1992 when it was replaced withABBA Gold. It was also released in the US by Atlantic Records in 1983 with the same mastering as the Polydor CD but was discontinued there in the late 1980s as well.[citation needed]

Commercial reception

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Greatest Hits Vol. 2 was certified Gold in the U.S.

Track listing

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All songs are written byBenny Andersson andBjörn Ulvaeus, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" 4:49
2."Knowing Me, Knowing You"
4:01
3."Take a Chance on Me" 4:05
4."Money, Money, Money" 3:06
5."Rock Me" 3:03
6."Eagle" 5:48
7."Angeleyes" 4:17
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dancing Queen"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
3:48
2."Does Your Mother Know" 3:12
3."Chiquitita" 5:21
4."Summer Night City" 3:31
5."I Wonder (Departure)"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
4:31
6."The Name of the Game"
  • Andersson
  • Anderson
  • Ulvaeus
4:50
7."Thank You for the Music" 3:47
Total length:58:25

Personnel

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Additional musicians

  • Rolf Alex – hi-hat percussion on "Summer Night City"
  • Ola Brunkert – drums
  • Lars Carlsson – horn
  • Christer Danielson – horn
  • Andrew Eijas – horn
  • Malando Gassama – percussion
  • Anders Glenmark – electric guitar on "Money, Money, Money"
  • Rutger Gunnarsson – bass
  • Gloria Lundell – harp
  • Roger Palm – drums and percussion on "Take a Chance on Me", "Dancing Queen" and "Thank You for the Music", drums on "Rock Me"
  • Halldor Palsson – saxophone
  • Janne Schaffer – guitar
  • Bengt Sundberg – horn
  • Åke Sundqvist – percussion
  • Mike Watson – bass on "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (...)", "Angeleyes" and "Does Your Mother Know?"
  • Lasse Wellander – guitar
  • Gunnar Wenneborg – horn
  • Kajtek Wojciechowski – saxophone

Production

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1979–81)Peak
position
Argentinian Albums (CAPIF)[4]1
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[5]20
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6]2
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[7]1
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8]2
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[9]4
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10]6
Israeli Albums (IBA)[11]4
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[12]2
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[13]3
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[14]25
Spanish Albums (AFE)[15]3
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[16]20
UK Albums (OCC)[17]1
USBillboard 200[18]46
USRecord World Albums[19]39

Year-end charts

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Chart (1980)Position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[20]3
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[21]26
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[22]25
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[23]5
UK Albums (OCC)[24]17

Certifications and sales

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RegionCertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[25]Platinum50,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[26]Gold25,000[26]
France—100,000[27]
Germany (BVMI)[28]Platinum500,000^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[29]Gold10,000*
Netherlands (NVPI)[30]Platinum100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[32]Platinum1,000,000[31]
United States (RIAA)[33]Gold500,000^
Summaries
Worldwide—2,000,000[31]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  3. ^Larkin, Colin (2007).The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Concise ed.). United Kingdom: Omnibus Press. p. 31.ISBN 978-1-84609-856-7.
  4. ^"Cash Box - International Best Sellers"(PDF).Cashbox. 2 February 1980. p. 37. Retrieved26 July 2023.
  5. ^Kent, David (1993).Australian Chart Book 1970-1992.St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book.ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^"Austriancharts.at – ABBA – Greatest Hits Vol. 2" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  7. ^"Top RPM Albums: Issue 9481a".RPM.Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  8. ^"Dutchcharts.nl – ABBA – Greatest Hits Vol. 2" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  9. ^Pennanen, Timo (2021). "ABBA".Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021(PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 8. RetrievedAugust 24, 2022.
  10. ^"Offiziellecharts.de – ABBA – Greatest Hits Vol. 2" (in German).GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  11. ^"Hits of the World"(PDF).Billboard. 5 April 1980. p. 79. Retrieved2 April 2022.
  12. ^Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005.Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006.ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
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  15. ^Salaverri, Fernando (2015).Sólo éxitos 1959–2012 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE.ISBN 978-84-8048-866-2.
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  17. ^"Official Albums Chart Top 100".Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  18. ^"ABBA Chart History (Billboard 200)".Billboard. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  19. ^"Record World Albums".Record World. Vol. 36, no. 1699.New York, NY. 16 February 1980. p. 42.ISSN 0034-1622.
  20. ^"Jahreshitparade Alben 1980" (in German). Hung Medien. 1980. Retrieved2 April 2022.
  21. ^"Top 100 Albums".RPM. Vol. 34, no. 6. 20 December 1980.ISSN 0315-5994 – viaLibrary and Archives Canada.
  22. ^"Jaaroverzichten – Album 1980" (in Dutch).Dutch Charts. 1980. Retrieved2 April 2022.
  23. ^"Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German).GfK Entertainment Charts. 1980. Archived fromthe original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved2 April 2022.
  24. ^"Chart File – Top 100 Albums 1980"(PDF).Record Mirror. 4 April 1981. p. 38.ISSN 0144-5804 – via World Radio History.
  25. ^"International Briefs - Australia"(PDF). Billboard. 24 May 1980. p. 72. Retrieved20 July 2019.
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  27. ^Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.)."TOP – 1978".40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French).OCLC 469523661. Archived fromthe original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved8 May 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
  28. ^"Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Abba; 'Greatest Hits Vol. 2')" (in German).Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved2016-02-18.
  29. ^"IFPIHK Gold Disc Award − 1981".IFPI Hong Kong. Retrieved2016-02-18.
  30. ^"Dutch album certifications – Abba – Greatest Hits Vol. 2" (in Dutch).Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved8 August 2018.EnterGreatest Hits Vol. 2 in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1980in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen".
  31. ^abPalm, Carl Magnus (2017).ABBA: The Complete Recording Sessions (2nd Revised and Expanded ed.). United Kingdom: CPI Group. p. 345.ISBN 978-91-639-2656-3.
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  33. ^"American album certifications – Abba – Greatest Hits Volume 2".Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved2016-02-18.
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