The Singles: The First Ten Years

The Singles: The First Ten Years
Compilation album by
ABBA
Released8 November 1982
RecordedJanuary 1973 – August 1982
GenrePop
Length92:44
LabelPolar (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
The Visitors
(1981) 		The Singles: The First Ten Years
(1982) 		Thank You for the Music: A Collection of Love Songs
(1983)
Singles from The Singles: The First Ten Years
  1. "The Day Before You Came"
    Released: 18 October 1982
  2. "Under Attack"
    Released: 3 December 1982
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Rolling Stone[3]
Spin Alternative Record Guide10/10[4]

The Singles: The First Ten Years is a double compilation album by Swedish pop group ABBA, released on November 8, 1982.[5][6] Issued as a double album of their most famous single A-sides, the collection included two new tracks: "The Day Before You Came" and "Under Attack".[7] Both songs were released as singles, with "Cassandra" and "You Owe Me One" as their respective B-sides.[7]

  1. ^ William Ruhlmann. "The Singles: The First Ten Years". Allmusic. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Concise ed.). United Kingdom: Omnibus Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-84609-856-7.
  3. ^ [1] Archived December 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 3.
  5. ^ Ruhlmann, Willam. "The Singles: The First Ten Years - ABBA | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
  6. ^ Palm, Carl Magnus (2009-10-28). Bright Lights, Dark Shadows: The Real Story of ABBA. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857120571.
  7. ^ a b "In focus: ABBA For The Last Time". ABBA. 2012-06-13. Retrieved 2024-09-06.