Since September 2010, this blog has recorded the journey of this music junkie as I attempt to listen to all the music in my CD collection. CDs revisited in their entirety from start to finish - no skipping tracks, no shuffle. Compact Discs only - no vinyl, no tapes, no files.

Friday, January 21, 2011

ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits (1992)


GREATEST HITS WEEK (JANUARY 17-23, 2011)

19 tracks and you know them all (even if you'd never admit it).

SongYearHot 100AC
Dancing Queen197716
Knowing Me, Knowing You1977147
Take A Chance On Me197839
Mamma Mia19763212
Lay All Your Love On Me1981--
Super Trouper19814514
I Have A Dream1979--
The Winner Takes It All198081
Money, Money, Money19775638
S.O.S.19751519
Chiquitita19792915
Fernando1976131
Voulez Vous19798040
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)1979--
Does Your Mother Know19791941
One Of Us1983-33
The Name Of The Game1978129
Thank You For The Music1977--
Waterloo19746-

US Top 40 omissions: Honey, Honey (#27 in 1974), I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (#15 in 1976), When All Is Said And Done (#27 in 1982).

Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: #63 (Oct 9, 1993)

Tracks: It's hard to pick favorites, but I'll give it a shot. Dancing Queen might have been my favorite song of 1977. Other picks would include Take A Chance On Me, S.O.S., Lay All Your Love On Me, Mamma Mia, Does Your Mother Know, and Waterloo. If were to skip some tracks, they would probably be The Winner Takes It All, Thank You For The Music, and One Of Us.

Personal Memory Associated with this CD: Lots of memories associated with this music, but most recently, around Labor Day 2009, we watched a Blu-Ray of Mamma Mia! with a group of about 13 or 14 friends crammed into our living room and we all had a great time (there's a possibility that alcohol may have been involved). Singing and dancing kept on after the movie ended. To this day, this disc remains on heavy rotation in the family car.

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