''The Essential Collection'' is a 2012
compilation album
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released by Swedish
pop
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Arts, entertainment, and media Music
* Pop music, a musical genre Artists
* POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade
* Pop!, a UK pop group
* Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band
Albums
* ''Pop'' (G ...
group
ABBA, collecting all
single A-sides as originally planned and conceived by their record company,
Polar Music, in addition to a few songs that were single hits in significant markets, as well as album tracks for which
music videos were made. A two-
CD set, the first disc spans
1972
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–
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
("
People Need Love" to "
Summer Night City"), while the second covers
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
–
1982
Events January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...
("
Chiquitita" to "
Under Attack").
''The Essential Collection'' effectively supersedes
2001
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's ''
The Definitive Collection'', retaining all but two tracks from the earlier release (eliminating the "
Ring Ring" and "
Voulez-Vous" remixes) and adding four others ("
Bang-A-Boomerang", "
That's Me", "
One Man, One Woman" and "
Happy New Year
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"). The sequencing is chronological, with "
Thank You for the Music" moved from the second disc to the first. Unlike its predecessor, ''The Essential Collection'' does not feature regional bonus tracks.
''The Essential Collection'' was also released in
DVD format. It features every official ABBA music video plus five Spanish-language clips, two of which ("Conociéndome, conociéndote" and "Gracias por la música") did not appear on ''The Definitive Collection''. It also includes the
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
short film ''The Last Video''.
The collection was released as a two-CD set, a DVD, and a three-disc set including the DVD and both CDs.
It was awarded a gold disc for 100,000 sales in Germany.
Track listing
All songs are written by
Benny Andersson and
Björn Ulvaeus unless otherwise noted. Tracks 1–4 were originally released under the name "Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid".
Disc one
Disc two
DVD
References
External links
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2012 greatest hits albums
ABBA compilation albums
Albums recorded at Polar Studios
Albums produced by Björn Ulvaeus
Albums produced by Benny Andersson