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The Singles: The First Ten Years is a double compilation album by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in November 1982.[5][6]

The Singles: The First Ten Years
Compilation album by ABBA
Released	8 November 1982
Recorded	March 1972 – August 1982
Genre	Pop
Length	92:48
Label	Polar (Sweden) Epic (UK, Ireland, Spain and Italy) Atlantic (US and Canada) Polydor (Germany and Netherlands) Vogue (France) RCA (Australia and New Zealand) Sunshine (South Africa)
Producer	Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus
ABBA chronology
The Visitors (1981) The Singles: The First Ten Years (1982) Thank You for the Music: A Collection of Love Songs (1983)
Singles from The Singles: The First Ten Years
"The Day Before You Came" Released: 18 October 1982 "Under Attack" Released: 3 December 1982

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	10/10[4]

History

The album contained most of the band's hit singles from their ten years together as recording artists, and included two new tracks: "The Day Before You Came" and "Under Attack".[7] The Singles: The First Ten Years was released on CD in Canada only by Atlantic Records in 1987, but was quickly deleted in 1988 when Atlantic's rights to the catalog expired.[8] In 2001, the album was replaced by The Definitive Collection. In the Spin Alternative Record Guide (1995), the compilation was ranked 80th on the book's list of the "Top 100 Alternative Albums".[9]

Richard Cook in the New Musical Express described the collection as a "documentation of the group who altered the course of pop more than anyone else. It resulted in a seam of unbroken, highly individual pop music that in lifespan terms is still unmatched."[10]

Track listing

All songs written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, except where noted. It was released as a 2 LP and double cassette. In 1983 a two CD version of the collection appeared on Polydor records, produced in West Germany.[11]

LP1

1. "Ring Ring" – 3:04
2. "Waterloo" - 2:42
3. "So Long" – 3:05
4. "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" – 3:16
5. "SOS" – 3:22
6. "Mamma Mia" – 3:31
7. "Fernando" – 4:12
8. "Dancing Queen" – 3:50
9. "Money, Money, Money" – 3:06
10. "Knowing Me, Knowing You" – 4:02
11. "The Name of the Game" – 4:53
12. "Take a Chance on Me" – 4:06
13. "Summer Night City" – 3:34

LP2

1. "Chiquitita" – 5:26
2. "Does Your Mother Know" – 3:14
3. "Voulez-Vous" – 5:08
4. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" – 4:49
5. "I Have a Dream" – 4:44
6. "The Winner Takes It All" – 4:55
7. "Super Trouper" – 4:13
8. "One of Us" – 3:55
9. "The Day Before You Came" – 5:50
10. "Under Attack" – 3:47

Personnel

ABBA

• Agnetha Fältskog – lead vocals (5, 14, 17, 19, 21, 22, 23), co-lead vocals (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16), backing vocals
• Anni-Frid Lyngstad – lead vocals (7, 9, 10, 18, 20), co-lead vocals (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16), backing vocals
• Björn Ulvaeus – steel-string, acoustic guitar, lead vocals (13, 15), backing vocals
• Benny Andersson – synthesizer, keyboards, backing vocals

Additional personnel

• Ulf Andersson – saxophone
• Ola Brunkert – drums
• Lars Carlsson – horn
• Christer Eklund – saxophone
• Malando Gassama – percussion
• Anders Glenmark – guitar
• Rutger Gunnarsson – bass
• Roger Palm – drums
• Janne Schaffer – guitar
• Åke Sundqvist – percussion
• Mike Watson – bass
• Lasse Wellander – guitar

Production

• Benny Andersson – producer, arranger
• Björn Ulvaeus – producer, arranger
• Michael Tretow – engineer

Charts

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[22]	Gold	20,000^
Germany (BVMI)[23]	Gold	250,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[24]	Platinum	300,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

На других языках

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[de] The Singles – The First Ten Years

The Singles – The First Ten Years ist eine Kompilation der schwedischen Popgruppe ABBA aus dem Jahre 1982. Das Album enthält alle internationalen Singles der Gruppe. The Singles – The First Ten Years war der letzte offiziell veröffentlichte Tonträger vor dem Beginn der annähernd 40-jährigen Pause der Gruppe.

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- [en] The Singles: The First Ten Years

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[es] The Singles: The First Ten Years

The Singles: The First Ten Years es el nombre de un doble álbum recopilatorio lanzado por el grupo sueco ABBA, a finales de 1982 por Polar Music. The Singles (como se abrevia), contenía 21 de los sencillos más populares del grupo, así como dos nuevos sencillos, ques se convirtieron en los últimos. De igual forma, The Singles fue el último álbum lanzado por ABBA antes de separarse.

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[ru] The Singles: The First Ten Years

The Singles: The First Ten Years — двойной альбом-компиляция шведской группы ABBA, выпущенный в 1982 году. В диск вошло большинство песен-хитов, записанных группой за десять лет своего существования, и две новых песни: «The Day Before You Came» и «Under Attack».

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