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of the third studio album by the A-Teens, '' Pop 'til You Drop!'' (2002). It was released in January 2003, six months after the release of its parent album. As '' Pop 'til You Drop!'' was only released in North America and Argentina, the album was marketed as the group's third album outside of these territories.https://web.archive.org/web/20101202231047/http://www.a-teens.com/?sid=article&pid=read&id=406 The album consists of seven songs previously released on '' Pop 'til You Drop!'' along with six new previously unreleased songs. The album also includes the group's 2001 single

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. The album title is a reference and dedication to ABBA's 1976 fourth studio album, ''

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''.

Background

Marie said, "We wanted to present a totally new album for the European market, because some of our hard core fans already imported ''Pop 'til You Drop!'', so we wanted to give them something new". The album includes the bonus tracks " Can't Help Falling in Love" (also included in ''Pop 'til You Drop!'' and on Disney's Lilo & Stitch's soundtrack) and the ballad version of "

". The Japanese edition of the album includes the ''Pop 'til You Drop!'' song "Hi and Goodbye". The album features a number of cover songs. Notably, Murray Head's "

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" was recorded, originally composed by ABBA members Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus along with

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. Other covers featured on the album are

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's " Shame, Shame, Shame" and

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". The A-Teens were involved in the writing of this album and participated in designing the artwork. The first single "

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" was released in October 2002 in Europe. In

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, the album reached number four on the

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. The album was released in the summer of 2003 in Germany with minimal success.

Track listing

*Tracks 1, 4, 7–10, 13, 15 previously released on '' Pop 'Til You Drop!'' (2002). * Track 14 previously released on ''Heartbreak Lullaby (Maxi Single)'' (2001). *Track 9 has an alternative ending from the previous release on ''Pop 'Til You Drop!'' (2002).

Weekly charts

References

{{Authority control A-Teens albums 2003 albums Stockholm Records albums Albums recorded at Polar Studios