ABBA: The Album

This article is about the 1977 album. Not to be confused with the 1975 album ABBA (album).

ABBA: The Album
Studio album by
ABBA
Released12 December 1977 (1977-12-12)
Recorded31 May – November 1977
Studio
Genre
Length40:01 (Polar LP 1977)
LabelPolar
Epic (UK)
Atlantic (US original release)
Producer
ABBA chronology
Arrival
(1976) 		ABBA: The Album
(1977) 		Voulez-Vous
(1979)
Original UK album cover
Singles from ABBA: The Album
  1. "The Name of the Game"
    Released: 17 October 1977
  2. "Take a Chance on Me"
    Released: January 1978
  3. "Eagle"/"Thank You for the Music"
    Released: May 1978
  4. "Move On"
    Released: 1979

ABBA: The Album (also known as simply The Album) is the fifth studio album by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released in Scandinavia on 12 December 1977 through Polar Music, but due to the massive pre-orders the UK pressing plants were not able to press sufficient copies before Christmas 1977 and so it was not released in the UK until January 1978. The album was released in conjunction with ABBA: The Movie, with several of the songs featured in the film. Altogether the album contains nine songs.

The album contained two UK number-one singles, "Take a Chance on Me" and "The Name of the Game", as well as European hits "Eagle" and "Thank You for the Music".[4]

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  2. ^ Sheffield, Rob (11 August 2018). "The 25 Best ABBA Songs, Ranked". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
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  4. ^ Rees, Dafydd; Crampton, Luke (1991). Guinness Book of Rock Stars. Enfield: Guinness Publishing Ltd. p. 1. ISBN 0-85112-971-4.