ABBA

LP, Side 1:

1. Mamma Mia

2. Hey, Hey Helen

3. Tropical Loveland

4. SOS

5. Man In The Middle

6. Bang-A-Boomerang

Side 2:

1. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do

2. Rock Me

3. Intermezzo no 1
featuring Benny Andersson

4. I’ve Been Waiting For You

5. So Long

Release:

RCA LP: VPL1-4013
Released June 1975
[release date code A675F]

POLAR/UNIVERSAL “BACK TO BLACK” LP: 00602527346496 ^
Released 12 August 2011

POLAR/UNIVERSAL PICTURE DISC LP: 0602508379031 *^
Released 1 July 2022

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

Charts:

Kent Report chart entry: #67 8 September 1975
Highest position: #18 December 1975 (11 weeks)
Final entry: #83 29 November 1976
Weeks in chart: 64

Top 100 albums of 1975: #19
Top 100 albums of 1976: #3

LP 2011:

LP 2022:

Cassette, Side 1:

1. Mamma Mia

2. Hey, Hey Helen

3. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do

4. I’ve Been Waiting For You

5. Intermezzo no 1

Side 2:

1. Rock Me

2. So Long

3. Tropical Loveland

4. Man In The Middle

5. Bang-A-Boomerang

6. SOS

Note:

The cassette version featured a 4.45 extended version of ‘I’ve Been Waiting For You’, repeating the third verse and chorus

Release:

RCA CASSETTE: VPK1-4013
Released June 1975

Cartridge, Program 1:

1. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do

2. Man In The Middle

3. Rock Me

Program 2:

1. Bang-A-Boomerang

2. Tropical Loveland

3. Hey, Hey Helen

Program 3:

1. SOS

2. So Long

3. I’ve Been Waiting For You (Part 1)

Program 4:

1. I’ve Been Waiting For You (Conc.)

2. Intermezzo no 1

3. Mamma Mia

Release:

RCA CARTRIDGE: VPS1-4013
Released June 1975
Discontinued 1977 (?)

Credits:

Benny Andersson: piano, clavinet, synthesizer, vocals
Ulf Andersson: saxophones (Man In The Middle, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do)
Ola Brunkert: drums
Agnetha Fältskog: vocals
Bruno Glenmark: trumpet (So Long)
Rutger Gunnarsson: bass
Björn J:son Lindh: string and horn arrangements (Man In The Middle, Intermezzo no 1)
Anni-Frid Lyngstad: vocals
Roger Palm: drums
Janne Schaffer: guitar
Finn Sjöberg: guitar
Björn Ulvæus: guitar, vocals
Sven-Olof Walldoff: string arrangement (Mamma Mia)
Mike Watson: bass
Lasse Wellander: guitar

Recorded at Glenstudio, Stocksund; Metronome Studio, Stockholm: August 1974-March 1975

Album design: Ron Spaulding and Sten-Åke Magnusson
Photo: Ola Lager
Photographed at Castle Hotel, Stockholm

Produced and arranged by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvæus

Engineered by Michael B. Tretow

℗1975 Polar Music AB

ABBA

CD:

1. Mamma Mia

2. Hey, Hey Helen

3. Tropical Loveland

4. SOS

5. Man In The Middle

6. Bang-A-Boomerang

7. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do

8. Rock Me

9. Intermezzo no 1

10. I’ve Been Waiting For You

11. So Long

Extra tracks CD 1990, 1997:

12. Waterloo

13. Hasta Mañana

14. Honey, Honey

15. Ring Ring

16. Nina, Pretty Ballerina

Additional extra tracks remastered CD 1997:

17. Crazy World

18. Medley: Pick A Bale Of Cotton/On Top Of Old Smokey/Midnight Special

Bonus tracks remastered CD 2001:

12. Crazy World

13. Medley: Pick A Bale Of Cotton/On Top Of Old Smokey/Midnight Special

Bonus tracks Deluxe Edition CD 2012

12. Crazy World

13. Medley: Pick A Bale Of Cotton/On Top Of Old Smokey/Midnight Special

14. Mamma Mía (Spanish Version)

DVD Deluxe Edition 2012:

1. ABBA In Australia (Television Special)
Mamma Mia
Hasta Mañana
Ring Ring
Tropical Loveland
Waterloo
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
Rock Me
Dancing Queen
Honey, Honey
Fernando
So Long
SOS

2. Made In Sweden – For Export (SVT)
Mamma Mia
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
So Long

3. SOS (Seaside Special, BBC)

4. Mamma Mia (Top Of The Pops, BBC)

5. The Best Of ABBA, TV Commercial

6. Greatest Hits, TV Commercial

7. International Sleeve Gallery

Release:

POLYDOR CD: 831 596-2 1
CASSETTE: 831 596-4
Released 11 June 1990

POLYDOR REMASTERED CD: 533 983-2 1
Released 26 May 1997

POLYDOR REMASTERED CD: 533 983-2, AS PART OF ABBA DOUBLE UP 539 157-2
Released September 1997

POLAR REMASTERED CD: 549 952-2 2
Released 16 July 2001
CD DIGIPAK 549 960-2 3
Released December 2001

1 initial copies made in EU, imported through PolyGram; later copies made in Australia
2 initial copies made in EU, imported through Universal Music; later copies made in Australia
3 made in EU, imported through Universal Music

CD 1991
CD 1997
CD 2001
CD/DVD 2012

See also:

Double Up

2 for 1: ABBA + Arrival

The Classic Collection