ABBAThe Album

Label:

Epic – EPC 86052

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo , Netherlands Pressing, Gatefold

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Pop

Style:

Europop

Tracklist

A1 Eagle
Lead GuitarJanne Schaffer
5:51
A2 Take A Chance On Me 4:05
A3 One Man, One Woman 4:25
A4 The Name Of The Game 4:54
B1 Move On 4:42
B2 Hole In Your Soul 3:41
The Girl With The Golden Hair - 3 Scenes From A Mini Musical
B3a Thank You For The Music 3:48
B3b I Wonder (Departure) 4:33
B3c I'm A Marionette 3:54

Companies, etc.

  • Recorded AtMarcus Music
  • Recorded AtMetronome Studio, Stockholm
  • Mixed AtMarcus Music
  • Mixed AtMetronome Studio, Stockholm
  • Mixed AtStudio Bohus
  • Overdubbed AtGlen Studio
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Polar Music International AB
  • Copyright ©Polar Music International AB
  • Copyright ©Polar Music AB
  • Copyright ©Union Songs AB
  • Made ByShorewood Packaging
  • Licensed ToCBS Records
  • Published ByBocu Music Ltd.
  • Pressed ByCBS, Haarlem – 01-86052

Credits

  • Bass, Arranged By [Strings]Rutger Gunnarsson
  • Design [Front Cover], Illustration [Front And Back Illustrations]Rune Söderqvist
  • DrumsRoger Palm (tracks: A2, A3, B3a)
  • EngineerMichael B. Tretow
  • Guitar [Other Guitars]Lasse Wellander
  • Illustration [Front And Back Illustrations]Björn Andersson (5)
  • KeyboardsBenny Andersson
  • Lead GuitarLasse Wellander (tracks: A2 to B3c)
  • Lyrics By [Assistance]Stig Anderson (tracks: A4, B1, B3b)
  • PercussionMalando Gassama
  • Photography ByBarry Levine
  • Saxophone, FluteLars O. Carlsson
  • Written-ByStig Anderson (tracks: A4, B1, B3b)
  • Written-By, Arranged By, ProducerBenny Andersson & Björn Ulvæus*

Notes

Recorded and mixed at Marcus Music & Metronome Studio.
"The Name Of The Game" mixed at Bohus Studio. Additional overdubs recorded at Glen Studio.

Back cover:
℗ 1977 Polar Music International AB
© 1977 Polar Music International AB
Interpak I by Shorewood Packaging / Printed in Holland

Inside cover:
A1 to A3, B2, B3, B5 © 1977 for the world by Union Songs AB
A4, B1, B4 © 1977 for the world by Polar Music AB
All songs assigned for UK to Bocu Music Ltd.

Labels:
Made in Holland
Original sound recording made by Polar Music International AB.
CBS Records are the exclusive licensees for the UK.

Cat number on sleeve:
EPC 86052
Cat number on disc:
S EPC 86052

UK issue pressed in the Netherlands.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): EPC 01-86052-2A-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): CBS 01-86052-1B-3
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A label): S EPC 86052 A*
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B label): S EPC 86052 B*
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A Stamped Variant 2 ): CBS 01-86052-1A-3
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B Stamped Variant 2): CBS 01-86052-1B-3
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A Stamped Variant 3): CBS 01-86052-2A 3
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B Stamped Variant 3): CBS 01-86052-2B-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A Stamped Variant 4): EPC OI-86052-2A-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B Stamped Variant 4): EPC OI-86052-2B-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A Stamped Variant 5): CBS 01-86052-1A-3
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B Stamped Variant 5): CBS 01-86052-1B-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A Stamped Variant 6): CBS OI_86052-IA-3
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B Stamped Variant 6): CBS OI_86052-2B-I
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A Stamped Variant 7): CBS OI_86052-IA-3
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B Stamped Variant 7): CBS OI_86052-3B-I

Other Versions (5 of 325)

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The Album (LP, Album, Stereo) Polar POLS 282 Sweden 1977
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The Album (LP, Album) Polydor 2344 098 Netherlands 1977
The Album (LP, Album, Stereo) Melba LDA. 20318 1977
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The Album (LP, Album, Stereo, RCA Records Pressing) Atlantic KSD 19164 Canada 1977
The Album (Cassette, Album) Polydor 3100 429 Netherlands 1977

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  • mattmac72hqwagon's avatar
    i have a version of this album with everything the same except these matrix codes? very similar but not identical?
    Matrix / Runout (Stamped Runout, Side A): CBS 01-86052-2A 3
    Matrix / Runout (Stamped Runout, Side B): EPC 01-86052-2B-1

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