The Singles: The First 50 Years (Box Set) by ABBA (4 LPs)

Main Genre: Pop

Style: Europop

Polar Music International | Vinyl | 12 inch | Standard Weight | Standard Edition | Non Exclusive | Box Set | 2024

# of Tracks: 38

# of Discs: 4

The 50th anniversary of ABBA’s victory in the Eurovision Song Contest on April 6th 1974 has been thoroughly celebrated all over the world – not just the triumph with ‘Waterloo’, but the group’s amazing accomplishments and their position as one of the world’s major pop bands. And the celebrations aren’t over yet! In October 2024, Polar Music International will issue a magnificent box set of ABBA’s single A-sides: The Singles – The First Fifty Years. The compilation brings together, for the first time, not only every ABBA single issued by Polar up until 1982 but also the singles released in conjunction with 2021’s Voyage album.

Building on ABBA’s classic double album The Singles – The First Ten Years, originally issued in 1982, this new box set expands the concept by bringing the story bang up to date, featuring every ABBA single released 1972–2022. Available as a four-vinyl disc set and a double-CD, The Singles – The First Fifty Years is a journey through some of the best pop music ever recorded. From the group’s 1972 debut single ‘People Need Love’ to the Voyage album’s ‘No Doubt About It’ in 2022, the 38-track box set features masterpieces such as ‘SOS’, ‘Mamma Mia’, ‘Fernando’, ‘Dancing Queen’, ‘Knowing Me, Knowing You’, ‘Take A Chance On Me’, ‘Chiquitita’, ‘Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)’, ‘The Winner Takes It All’, ‘Super Trouper’, ‘One Of Us’, ‘Don’t Shut Me Down’ and all of ABBA’s other big hits. To make the story more complete, The Singles – The First Fifty Years features four additional tracks not issued as Polar Music A-sides, but which were singles in some countries back in the day: ‘Hasta Mañana’, ‘Angeleyes’ (a double A-side with ‘Voulez-Vous’ in some countries), ‘Lay All Your Love On Me’ and ‘When All Is Said And Done’. The package also comes with an illustrated booklet with linernotes by Carl Magnus Palm.

The Singles – The First Fifty Years is the ultimate celebration of ABBA’s pop music genius!

Tracklisting:

Disc 1: 1972-1976

Side A

People Need Love

He Is Your Brother

Ring Ring

Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)

Waterloo

Honey Honey

Side B

Hasta Mañana

So Long

I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do

SOS

Mamma Mia

Fernando

Disc 2: 1976-1979

Side C

Dancing Queen

Money, Money, Money

Knowing Me, Knowing You

The Name Of The Game

Take A Chance On Me

Side D

Eagle

Summer Night City

Chiquitita

Does Your Mother Know

Disc 3: 1979-1981

Side E

Voulez-Vous

Angeleyes

Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)

I Have A Dream

Side F

The Winner Takes it All

Super Trouper

Lay All Your Love On Me

One Of Us

Disc 4: 1981-2021

Side G

Head Over Heels

When All Is Said And Done

The Day Before You Came

Under Attack

Side H

I Still Have Faith In You

Don't Shut Me Down

Just A Notion

Little Things

No Doubt About It