LP, Side A:
1. When I Kissed The Teacher
2. Dancing Queen
3. My Love, My Life
4. Dum Dum Diddle
5. Knowing Me, Knowing You
Side B:
1. Money, Money, Money
2. That’s Me
3. Why Did It Have To Be Me
4. Fernando
5. Tiger
6. Arrival
Note:
Unique Australia/New Zealand tracklist, adding Fernando as track 4 side 2
Release:
RCA LP: VPL1-4034
Released 15 November 1976
[release date code A1176N]
Gatefold sleeve
Charts:
Kent Report chart entry: #1 22 November 1976
Highest position: #1 22 November 1976 (7 weeks)
Highest position: #1 17 January 1977 (1 week)
Final entry: #90 18 July 1977
Weeks in chart: 35
Top 100 albums of 1976: #6
Top 100 albums of 1977: #17
Note:
Due to demand, copies of the LP were imported from New Zealand, sold in Australian sleeves, to cover shortfall
Cassette, Side 1:
1. When I Kissed The Teacher
2. That’s Me
3. Money, Money, Money
4. Why Did It Have To Be Me
5. Dum Dum Diddle
6. Arrival
Side 2:
1. Knowing Me, Knowing You
2. Tiger
3. My Love, My Life
4. Dancing Queen
5. Fernando
Release:
RCA CASSETTE VPK1-4034
Released 15 November 1976
Cartridge, Programme 1:
1. When I Kissed The Teacher
2. That’s Me
3. Money, Money, Money
Programme 2:
1. Why Did It Have To Be Me
2. Dum Dum Diddle
3. Arrival
Programme 3:
1. My Love, My Life
2. Tiger
3. Knowing Me, Knowing You (Part 1)
Programme 4:
1. Knowing Me, Knowing You (Concl.)
2. Dancing Queen
3. Fernando
Release:
RCA CARTRIDGE VPS1-4034
Released 15 November 1976
Discontinued 1977 (?)
Credits:
We’ve recorded this album at the Metronome studio, during 1976. As usual we’ve been working with Michael B. Tretow, sound engineer as well as an invaluable pusher and a never ending source of ideas.
It’s been a privilege to have a lot of our friends playing with us on the album. Rutger Gunnarsson, for instance, who plays bass on all the tracks and who also wrote the excellent string arrangements for “MY LOVE, MY LIFE”. Drummer Ola Brunkert (one day we’re gonna let you hear him sing) plays on eight songs and Roger Palm on one, “DANCING QUEEN”. These guys are even happier than usual when they get together with percussionist Malando Gassama and his sack full of strange and exotic rhythm instruments. Janne Schaffer plays electric guitar on “WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE ME”, “THAT’S ME” and if you listen carefully you can pick up a few notes on “MY LOVE, MY LIFE” too. Anders Glenmark is the electric guitarist on “MONEY, MONEY, MONEY” and Lasse Wellander plays on “KNOWING ME, KNOWING YOU” and “TIGER” and changes to acoustic on ‘DUM DUM DIDDLE”, where he’s joined by Björn who is responsible for all the acoustic and a few of the electric guitars on the album. Synthesizers, marimbas, chimes, accordions, pianos, Benny plays any keyboard instruments he can lay his hands on, especially on “ARRIVAL” where Anders Dahl helped us with the strings. Every now and then you can hear violins on “DANCING QUEEN” and they were arranged by Sven-Olaf Walldoff. Finally Lasse Carlsson is playing sax on “WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE ME”.
All vocals are of course sung by ourselves. Solo parts on “MY LOVE, MY LIFE” and “WHEN I KISSED THE TEACHER” by Agnetha, “MONEY, MONEY, MONEY”, “KNOWING ME, KNOWING YOU” by Frida and solo parts on “WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE ME” by Björn. The layout and the idea for the cover came from Rune Söderqvist and Ola Lager, who also took the beautiful photos.
We thank you all for helping us complete this album.
ABBA
Benny Andersson: piano, keyboards, vocals
Ola Brunkert: drums
Lasse Carlsson: saxophone (Why Did It Have To Be Me)
Anders Dahl: string arrangement (Arrival)
Agnetha Fältskog: vocals
Malando Gassama: percussion
Anders Glenmark: guitar (Money, Money, Money,)
Rutger Gunnarsson: bass; string arrangement (My Love, My Life)
Anni-Frid Lyngstad: vocals
Roger Palm: drums
Janne Schaffer: guitar
Björn Ulvæus: guitar, vocals
Sven-Olof Walldoff: string arrangement (Dancing Queen)
Lasse Wellander: guitar
Album design: Rune Söderqvist
Photo: Ola Lager
Recorded at Metronome Studio, Stockholm: August-December 1975, March-September 1976
Arranged and produced by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvæus
Engineered by Michael B. Tretow
℗ 1976 Polar Music AB
Arrival
CD:
1. When I Kissed The Teacher
2. Dancing Queen
3. My Love, My Life
4. Dum Dum Diddle
5. Knowing Me, Knowing You
6. Money, Money, Money
7. That’s Me
8. Why Did It Have To Be Me
9. Tiger
10. Arrival
Extra track remastered CD 1997:
11. Fernando
Bonus tracks remastered CD 2001:
11. Fernando
12. Happy Hawaii
13. Deluxe Edition CD bonus tracks 2006:
14. Fernando
15. Happy Hawaii
16. Fernando (Spanish version)
17. La Reina Del Baile
18. Conociéndome, Conociéndote
19 Fernando (Frida solo Swedish version)
DVD Deluxe Edition 2006:
1. ABBA-dabba-doo!!
2. Dancing Queen (The Best Of ABBA/Musikladen Extra)
3. Fernando (Top Of The Pops)
4. Happy Hawaii (cartoon)
5. Dancing Queen recording session
6. ABBA In London, November 1976
7. ABBA’s 1976 success – news report
8. Arrival television commercial I
9. Arrival television commercial II
10. International sleeve gallery
Release:
POLAR CD: POLCD 272 1
Released 23 July 1984
Later replaced by POLYDOR CD: 821 319-2 2
POLYDOR CD: 821 319-2 3
CASSETTE: 821 319-4
Released 11 June 1990
POLYDOR CD: 821 319-2, AS PART OF ABBA 3 CD BOX SET 523 941-2
Released 1995
POLYDOR “THE ABBA REMASTERS” CD: 533 981-2 3
Released 26 May 1997
POLYDOR REMASTERED CD: 533 981-2, AS PART OF ABBA DOUBLE UP 539 157-2
Released September 1997
POLAR REMASTERED CD: 549 953-2 4
Released 16 July 2001
DIGIPAK 549 961-2 5
Released December 2001
POLAR DELUXE EDITION CD/DVD: 985 836-2 5
Released 21 October 2006
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
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Simply Vinyl 180 gram vinyl
LP, Side A:
1. When I Kissed The Teacher
2. Dancing Queen
3. My Love, My Life
4. Dum Dum Diddle
5. Knowing Me, Knowing You
Side B:
1. Money, Money, Money
2. That’s Me
3. Why Did It Have To Be Me
4. Tiger
5. Arrival
6. Fernando
Release:
SIMPLY VINYL/POLYDOR LP: SVLP-189
Released 1997
Made in EU, imported by HMC chain stores
Arrival
Half-speed remaster
LP1, Side A:
1. When I Kissed The Teacher
2. Dancing Queen
3. My Love, My Life
Side B:
1. Dum Dum Diddle
2. Knowing Me, Knowing You
LP2, Side C:
1. Money, Money, Money
2. That’s Me
3. Why Did It Have To Be Me
Side D:
1. Tiger
2. Arrival
Release:
POLAR LP: 4794565 *
Released 13 January 2017
* made in EU, imported through Universal Music
Arrival
LP, Side A:
1. When I Kissed The Teacher
2. Dancing Queen
3. My Love, My Life
4. Dum Dum Diddle
5. Knowing Me, Knowing You
Side B:
1. Money, Money, Money
2. That’s Me
3. Why Did It Have To Be Me
4. Tiger
5. Arrival
Note:
Original Polar Music tracklist
Release:
POLAR/UNIVERSAL “BACK TO BLACK” LP: 00602527346502 ^
Released 12 August 2011
POLAR/UNIVERSAL PICTURE DISC LP: 0602508379857 *^
Released 1 July 2022
* ABBA online store exclusive
^ made in EU, imported through Universal Music
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