Audio CD review:
ABBA - The Complete Studio Recordings

ABBA - The Complete Studio Recordings

Band: ABBA Title: The Complete Studio Recordings Rating: Release Date: 2005-11-29 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Ring Ring - ABBA, Andersson, B. 2: Another Town, Another Train 3: Disillusion - ABBA, Fältskog, A. 4: People Need Love 5: I Saw It in the Mirror 6: Nina Pretty Ballerina 7: Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough) 8: Me and Bobby and Bobby's Brother 9: He Is Your Brother 10: She's My Kind of Girl 11: I Am Just a Girl 12: Rock 'N' Roll Band 13: Ring Ring (Bara du Slog en Signal) 14: Åh, Vilka Tider 15: Merry-Go-Round 16: Santa Rosa 17: Ring Ring 18: Wer im Wartesaal der Liebe Steht 19: Ring Ring 20: Waterloo 21: Sitting in the Palmtree 22: King Kong Song 23: Hasta Mañana 24: My Mama Said 25: Dance (While the Music Still Goes On) 26: Honey, Honey 27: Watch Out 28: What About Livingstone 29: Gonna Sing You My Love Song 30: Suzy-Hang-Around 31: Ring Ring 32: Waterloo 33: Honey, Honey 34: Waterloo 35: Hasta Mañana 36: Ring Ring 37: Waterloo 38: Mamma Mia 39: Hey, Hey Helen 40: Tropical Loveland 41: SOS 42: Man in the Middle 43: Bang-A-Boomerang 44: I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do 45: Rock Me 46: Intermezzo No 1 47: I've Been Waiting for You 48: So Long 49: Crazy World 50: Medley: Pick a Bale of Cotton/On Top of Old Smokey/Midnight ... - ABBA, Traditional 51: Mamma Mia 52: When I Kissed the Teacher 53: Dancing Queen 54: My Love, My Life 55: Dum Dum Diddle 56: Knowing Me, Knowing You 57: Money, Money, Money 58: That's Me 59: Why Did It Have to Be Me 60: Tiger 61: Arrival 62: Fernando 63: Happy Hawaii 64: La Reina del Baile 65: Conociéndome, Conociéndote 66: Fernando 67: Eagle 68: Take a Chance on Me 69: One Man, One Woman 70: The Name of the Game 71: Move On 72: Hole in Your Soul 73: The Girl with the Golden Hair: Thank You for the Music 74: The Girl with the Golden Hair: I Wonder (Departure) 75: The Girl with the Golden Hair: I'm a Marionette 76: Al Andar 77: Gracias por La Música 78: As Good as New 79: Voulez-Vous 80: I Have a Dream 81: Angeleyes 82: The King Has Lost His Crown 83: Does Your Mother Know 84: If It Wasn't for the Nights 85: Chiquitita 86: Lovers (Live a Little Longer) 87: Kisses of Fire 88: Summer Night City 89: Lovelight 90: Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 91: Estoy Soñando 92: Chiquitita 93: ¡Dame! ¡Dame! ¡Dame! 94: Super Trouper 95: The Winner Takes It All 96: On and on and On 97: Andante, Andante 98: Me and I 99: Happy New Year 100: Our Last Summer 101: The Piper 102: Lay All Your Love on Me 103: The Way Old Friends Do 104: Elaine 105: Andante, Andante 106: Felicidad 107: The Visitors 108: Head Over Heels 109: When All Is Said and Done 110: Soldiers 111: I Let the Music Speak 112: One of Us 113: Two for the Price of One 114: Slipping Through My Fingers 115: Like an Angel Passing Through My Room 116: Should I Laugh or Cry 117: No Hay a Quien Culpar 118: Se Me Esta Escapando 119: The Day Before You Came 120: Cassandra 121: Under Attack 122: You Owe Me One 123: Waterloo 124: Medley: Pick a Bale of Cotton/On Top of Old Smokey/Midnight Special - ABBA, Traditional 125: Thank You for the Music 126: Summer Night City 127: Lovelight 128: Dream World 129: Voulez-Vous 130: On and on and On 131: Put on Your White Sombrero 132: I Am the City 133: ABBA Undeleted: Scaramouche/Summer Night City/Take a Chance on Me/Baby

Rather disappointing But, I'm more interested in fidelity of sound than in fancy packaging. Getting all ABBA's CDs in a box set for $100 sounded appealing to me. The lyrics to all the songs are not included in this set. None of them are. Also, the remastering here is significantly inferior to European imports produced in the summer of 2001, in my opinion. I think the remastering on the "Waterloo" import from June 2001 is the best I've ever heard on an ABBA CD, even though the disc appears to be CD-R. With the above issues in mind, I am not impressed with the "paper sleeve" LP-style packaging on this box set, either. My recommendation would be to purchase ABBA's first five albums produced in Europe in June 2001, while they are still available. Although there are a few good songs on ABBA's last few albums, I feel I can live without them. If someone wants a box set, and doesn't put a high priority on sound quality, or doesn't mind printing the song lyrics from online, this set may suffice. Otherwise, I would look elsewhere. . WOW is all I say ABBA Rules! All Songs are Great, and I Never get tired of listing to them! This is well worth the money to spend for all these wonderful Studio Recordings will empress you!. I am an ABBA Lover of All their songs! I own this Set, and Thank You for The Music. Almost perfect I kknow that some collectors have griped that it is not really comlete and that a few studio tracks are missing but it is a beautifully made collection. In this box you get the complete remastered albums with some extras. All CD's come in LP like cardboard sleeves and are black CD's, meaning they look like LP's. There is a nice accompanying booklet as well as live DVD that complements it quite nicely. Where I will agree with some is that the sound is somewhat compressed at times and I have also heard superior masterings of these albums. Anyway it is a beautiful onject as they like to say. A good opportunity for non-fans For fans like me, the only "new" thing it brings is the Dick Cavett videos (a show that almost all ABBAfans have in VHS - complete! I bought it because my ABBA CDs are the common, simple, cheap versions. As a fan of ABBA for many years, of course I had all their releases. I bought it to update my collection, only. On the other hand, for a person who want to know more about ABBA, and not only the hits, will have here the opportunity of a life. Very complete and well-produced, it's a chance to have the complete works of ABBA at once. . you must know this fact So if you want to hear ABBA at their best, this set provides the goods the above review was coppied from the person who reviewed the coplete studio recordings with the dvd's. The remastering of ABBA's music (supposedly from original analogue tapes) on this mammoth box set is the best I've ever heard - there is a transparency and depth missing from even the recent 24-bit remasters (I think a different process and source materials were used). i was listening to the 24 bit master digi packs and then put on the above disc and the quality was so much better and more noticable and i am not even an audio buff it was an instance difference that you could not dispute, my wife can never tell the difference but gave this master a hands down win it is like being in the studio. this set is worth buying just for the sound even without the bonus material. who would believe a 24 bit master could be beaten. You can see a complete list of all ABBA discography, or go back to the ABBA tabs