Fans of Swedish dance-pop band ABBA will be ‘thanking the group for the music’ when the deluxe edition of its 1977 watershed album drops on Oct. 15, 2007. They’ll also be grateful to see and hear more of the disco divos and divas by way of audio and visual extras, including six bonus tracks, rarely seen performances, vintage interviews, news reports, commercials, and a booklet (or should I say, "novella?") containing a 5,300-word essay by ABBA historian Carl Magnus Palm. It looks as though The Album promises to be a comprehensive collection – or collector’s item.
Indeed, Mr. Palm’s essay would seem to be rivaled by the visual impact of the track list’s verbiage:
Disc 01: 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 tracks
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 (Spanish Version of Move On)
14. I Wonder (Departure) (Live Version)
15. Gracias Por La Música (Spanish Version of Thank You For The Music)
DISC 02: DVD
1. Eagle/Thank You For The Music (Star Parade, ZDF)
2. Take A Chance On Me (Am Laufenden Band, Radio Bremen)
3. The Name Of The Game (ABBA Special, TBS)
4. Thank You For The Music (Mike Yarwood’s Christmas Show, BBC)
5. Take A Chance On Me (Star Parade, ZDF)
6. ABBA on tour in 1977 (Rapport, SVT)
7. Recording ABBA – The Album (Gomorron Sverige, SVT)
8. ABBA in London, February 1978 (Blue Peter, BBC)
9. ABBA in America, May 1978 (Rapport, SVT)
10. ABBA – The Album Television Commercial I (UK)
11. ABBA – The Album Television Commercial II (AUSTRALIA)
12. International Sleeve Gallery
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