LP, Side 1:
1. Ring Ring
2. Another Town, Another Train
3. Disillusion
4. People Need Love
5. I Saw It In The Mirror
6. Nina, Pretty Ballerina
Side 2:
1. Love Isn’t Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)
2. Me And Bobby And Bobby’s Brother
3. He Is Your Brother
4. She’s My Kind Of Girl
5. I Am Just A Girl
6. Rock’n Roll Band
Release:
RCA LP: MSL-102323
[credited Björn & Benny, Anna & Frida]
Released November 1973
[release date code A1173]
RCA LP: SL-102323
Released 22 November 1975
[release date code A1175F]
SUMMIT/RCA LP: SCD-499007
Released June 1980
Charts:
1975 reissue:
Kent Report chart entry: #96 19 January 1976
Highest position: #10 10 May 1976
Final entry: #82 16 August 1976
Weeks in chart: 31
Top 100 albums of 1976: #40
LP 1973:
No image available for side 2 of this label style
LP 1975:
LP 1980:
Note:
1980 version reissued in 1984 with modified track list
Cassette/LP/CD, Side 1:
(song numbers in brackets indicate track number on CD)
1. (1) Ring Ring
2. (2) Another Town, Another Train
3. (3) Disillusion
4. (4) People Need Love
5. (5) She’s My Kind Of Girl
6. (6) Nina, Pretty Ballerina
Side 2:
1. (7) Love Isn’t Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)
2. (8) Me And Bobby And Bobby’s Brother
3. (9) He Is Your Brother
4. (10) I Saw It In The Mirror
5. (11) I Am Just A Girl
6. (12) Rock’n Roll Band
Release:
RCA CASSETTE: VPK1-4022
Released 22 November 1975
SUMMIT/RCA CASSETTE: CSCD 499007
Released June 1980
SUMMIT/RCA LP: SCD-499007
CASSETTE: SUH 5001
Re-released 1984
RAINBOW/RCA CD: RCD 601
Released 26 October 1989
RAINBOW/POLYDOR CD: RCD 1192 [first issue]
RAINBOW/POLYDOR CD: RCD 9128 [second issue]
Released 1990
Cassette 1975:
Cassette 1980:
No image available for side 1 of this label style
LP 1984:
Note:
This LP reissue had the same tracklist as the 1975 cassette, though the cover art lists the original LP tracklist
Cassette 1984:
CD 1989:
CD 1990:
Cartridge, Program 1:
1. Ring Ring
2. Another Town, Another Train
3. I Saw It In The Mirror
Program 2:
1. Disillusion
2. People Need Love
3. I Am Just A Girl
Program 3:
1. Me And Bobby And Bobby’s Brother
2. He Is Your Brother
3. She’s My Kind Of Girl
Program 4:
1. Nina, Pretty Ballerina
2. Love Isn’t Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)
3. Rock’n Roll Band
Release:
RCA CARTRIDGE: VPS1-4022
Released 22 November 1975
Discontinued 1977 (?)
Credits:
Benny Andersson: piano, Mellotron, vocals
Ola Brunkert: drums
Agnetha Fältskog: vocals
Rutger Gunnarsson: bass
Anni-Frid Lyngstad: vocals
Roger Palm: drums
Janne Schaffer: guitar
Björn Ulvaeus: guitar, vocals
Sven-Olof Walldoff: string arrangement (I Am Just A Girl)
Mike Watson: bass
Recorded at Metronome Studio, KMH Studio, Europafilm Studio, Stockholm: March 1972-March 1973
Album design: Peter Wiking [1973 issue]
Photo: Bengt H. Malmqvist (front), Lars Falk (back) [1973 issue]
Produced by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
Engineered by Michael B. Tretow, with assistance from Åke Eldsäter, Rune Persson, Lennart Karlsmyr (KMH), Björn Almstedt (Europafilm)
1975 reissue:
Cover concept: F.H. Booth
1980 reissue:
Art/design: Rick Godfrey & Danny Burke
℗ 1973 Polar Music AB
Ring Ring
CD:
(song numbers in brackets indicate side and track number on cassette)
1. (1/1) Ring Ring
2. (1/2) Another Town, Another Train
3. (1/3) Disillusion
4. (1/4) People Need Love
5. (1/5) I Saw It In The Mirror
6. (1/6) Nina, Pretty Ballerina
7. (2/1) Love Isn’t Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)
8. (2/2) Me And Bobby And Bobby’s Brother
9. (2/3) He Is Your Brother
10. (2/4) She’s My Kind Of Girl
11. (2/5) I Am Just A Girl
12. (2/6) Rock’n Roll Band
Bonus tracks remastered CD 2001:
13. Merry-Go-Round
14. Santa Rosa
15. Ring Ring (in Swedish)
Bonus tracks Deluxe Edition 2013:
13. Ring Ring (Bara du slog en signal)
14. Merry-Go-Round
15. Santa Rosa
16. Ring Ring (Spanish Version)
17. Wer Im Wartesaal Der Liebe Steht
18. Ring Ring (German version)
19. En hälsning till våra parkarrangörer
Extra bonus tracks – Early versions Deluxe Edition 2013:
20. Hej gamle man! / Björn & Benny
21. There’s A Little Man / Billy G-son
22. I Saw It In The Mirror / Billy G-son
23. Jag är blott en man / Jarl Kulle
24. Man vill ju leva lite dessemellan / Anni-Frid Lyngstad
25. Välkommen till världen / Lill-Babs
DVD Deluxe Edition 2013:
1. People Need Love (Vi i femman, SVT)
2. Ring Ring (Spotlight, ORF)
3. Ring Ring revealed (Låtarna som förändrade musiken, UR)
4. International Sleeve Gallery
Release:
POLYDOR CD: 843 642-22 1
CASSETTE: 843 642-4
Released 11 June 1990
POLYDOR “THE ABBA REMASTERS” CD: 533 984-2 1
Released May 1997
POLAR REMASTERED CD: 549 950-2 2
DIGIPAK 549 958-2 3
Released 16 July 2001
POLAR DELUXE EDITION CD/DVD: 00602537349449 3
Released 18 October 2013
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
Ring Ring
LP, Side 1:
1. Ring Ring (bara du slog en signal)
2. Another Town, Another Train
3. Disillusion
4. People Need Love
5. I Saw It In The Mirror
6. Nina, Pretty Ballerina
Side 2:
1. Love Isn’t Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)
2. Me And Bobby And Bobby’s Brother
3. He Is Your Brother
4. Ring Ring (engelsk version)
5. I Am Just A Girl
6. Rock’n Roll Band
Note:
Original Polar Music tracklist
Release:
POLAR/UNIVERSAL “BACK TO BLACK” LP: 00602527346472 ^
Released 12 August 2011
POLAR/UNIVERSAL PICTURE DISC LP: 0602508379864 *^
Released 1 July 2022
* ABBA online store exclusive
^ made in EU, imported through Universal Music
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