LP, Side 1:

1. Eagle

2. Take A Chance On Me

3. One Man, One Woman

4. The Name Of The Game

Side 2:

1. Move On

2. Hole In Your Soul

3. “The Girl With The Golden Hair”
– 3 scenes from a mini-musical –

A. Thank You For The Music

B. I Wonder (Departure)

C. I’m A Marionette

Release:

RCA LP: VPL1-4060
Released 9 January 1978
[release date code A1277B]

RCA INTERNATIONAL LP: VAL1-0463
CASSETTE: VAK1-0463
Released September 1984
[LP release date code A984A]

POLAR/UNIVERSAL “BACK TO BLACK 60TH VINYL ANNIVERSARY 180 GRAM” VINYL LP: 07314 5499701 ^
Released 21 July 2008

POLAR/UNIVERSAL “BACK TO BLACK” LP: 00602527346519 ^
Released 12 August 2011

POLAR/UNIVERSAL PICTURE DISC LP: 0602508379833 *^
Released 1 July 2022

* ABBA online store exclusive
^ made in EU, imported through Universal Music

Charts:

Kent Report chart entry: #24 23 January 1978
Highest position: #4 20 February 1978 (2 weeks)
Final entry: #93 5 June 1978
Weeks in chart: 20

Top 100 albums of 1978: #30

LP 1978:

LP 1984:

Cassette 1984:

No image available for side 2 of this label style

LP 2008 (Back to Black 60th vinyl anniversary 180 gram)

LP 2011:

LP 2022:

Cassette, Side 1:

1. Eagle

2. Move On

3. One Man, One Woman

4. The Name Of The Game

Side 2:

1. Take A Chance On Me

2. Hole In Your Soul

3. “The Girl With The Golden Hair”
– 3 scenes from a mini- musical –

A. Thank You For The Music

B. I Wonder (Departure)

C. I’m A Marionette

Release:

RCA CASSETTE VPK1-4060
Released 9 January 1978

Credits:

Benny Andersson: keyboards, vocals
Ola Brunkert: drums
Lars O. Carlsson: saxophone and flute
Agnetha Fältskog: vocals
Malando Gassama: percussion
Rutger Gunnarsson: bass, string arrangements
Anni-Frid Lyngstad: vocals
Roger Palm: drums
Janne Schaffer: guitar (Eagle)
Björn Ulvæus: guitar, vocals
Lasse Wellander: guitar

Recorded and mixed at Marcus Music, Metronome Studio, Glenstudio, Stockholm; Bohus Studio, Kungälv: May-November 1977

Album design: Rune Söderqvist
Illustrations: Rune Söderqvist/Björn Andersson
Photo: Barry Levine/Mirage

Produced and arranged by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvæus

Engineered by Michael B. Tretow

ABBA – The Album

CD:

1. Eagle

2. Take A Chance On Me

3. One Man, One Woman

4. The Name Of The Game

5. Move On

6. Hole In Your Soul

“The Girl With The Golden Hair”
– 3 scenes from a mini-musical –

7. Thank You For The Music

8. I Wonder (Departure)

9. I’m A Marionette

Bonus track remastered CD 2001:

10. Thank You For The Music (Doris Day version)

Bonus tracks Deluxe Edition CD 2007:

10. Eagle (Single Edit)

11. Take A Chance On Me (Live Version; Alternate Mix)

12. Thank You For The Music (Doris Day Version)

13. Al Andar

14. I Wonder (Departure) [live version]

15. Gracias Por La Música

DVD Deluxe Edition 2007:

1. Eagle/Thank You For The Music (Star Parade)

2. Take A Chance On Me (Am Laufenden Band)

3. The Name Of The Game (ABBA Special)

4. Thank You For The Music (Mike Yarwood’s Christmas Show)

5. Take A Chance On Me (Star Parade)

6. ABBA on tour in 1977 (Rapport)

7. Recording ABBA – The Album (Gomorron Sverige)

8. ABBA in London, February 1978 (Blue Peter)

9. ABBA in America, May 1978 (Rapport)

10. ABBA – The Album Television Commercial I (UK)

11. ABBA – The Album Television Commercial II (Australia)

12. International Sleeve Gallery

Release:

POLAR CD: POLCD 282 ¹
Released 23 July 1984
Later replaced by POLYDOR CD: 821 217-2 ²

POLYDOR CD: 821 217-2 ³
CASSETTE: 821 217-4
Released 11 June 1990

POLYDOR ‘THE ABBA REMASTERS” CD: 533 980-2 ³
Released 26 May 1997

POLAR REMASTERED CD: 549 954-2 ⁴
DIGIPAK 549 962-2 ⁵
Released 16 July 2001

POLAR DELUXE EDITION CD/DVD: 060251731763 ⁵
Released 20 October 2007

¹ made in West Germany, imported through RCA
² initial copies made in West Germany, imported through RCA; later copies made in Australia
³ initial copies made in West Germany, imported through PolyGram; later copies made in Australia
⁴ initial copies made in EU, imported through Universal Music; later copies made in Australia
⁵ made in EU, imported through Universal Music