The Singles: The First Ten Years | ||||
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Released | 8 November 1982 | |||
Recorded | January 1973 – 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 | ||||
ABBA chronology | ||||
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Singles from The Singles: The First Ten Years | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
Rolling Stone | [3] |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 10/10 [4] |
The Singles: The First Ten Years is a double compilation album by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in November 1982. [5] [6]
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]
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]
ABBA
Additional personnel
Production
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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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. |
The Singles: The First Ten Years | ||||
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Compilation album by | ||||
Released | 8 November 1982 | |||
Recorded | January 1973 – 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 | ||||
ABBA chronology | ||||
| ||||
Singles from The Singles: The First Ten Years | ||||
|
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
Rolling Stone | [3] |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 10/10 [4] |
The Singles: The First Ten Years is a double compilation album by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in November 1982. [5] [6]
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]
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]
ABBA
Additional personnel
Production
Weekly charts
|
Year-end charts
|
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. |