04 October 2020

Absolutely Best 99 songs of ABBA

in other words every tune

among the more or less 99 songs they've made

and recorded between 1972 -1982

....trying to compare how much I appreciate each piece
which no one else on earth would put in same order?!?!

so here is my most recent list
now after four decades of devoted listening



1
MAMMA MIA

2
HONEY HONEY

3
ME AND I

4
THE DAY BEFORE YOU CAME

5
THE VISITORS

6
SLIPPING THROUGH MY FINGERS

7
SUZY-HANG-AROUND

8
SITTING IN THE PALMTREE

9
LOVE ISN'T EASY (BUT IT SURE IS HARD ENOUGH)

10
CHIQUITITA

11
ONE MAN, ONE WOMAN
 


12
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU

13
RING RING

14
ANGEL EYES

15
WHEN I KISSED THE TEACHER

16
WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE

17
DISILLUSION
[written by Fältskog]

18
ANDANTE, ANDANTE

19
EAGLE

20
MOVE ON

21
PEOPLE NEED LOVE

22
DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW 
 
 

23
ME AND BOBBY AND BOBBY'S BROTHER

24
OUR LAST SUMMER

25
HASTA MANANA

26
FERNANDO

27
LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME

28
HEAD OVER HEELS

29
THE KING HAS LOST HIS CROWN

30
WATERLOO

31
I AM THE CITY
[last among these recorded
and my most recent discovery]

32
WHAT ABOUT LIVINGSTONE?

33
ANOTHER TOWN, ANOTHER TRAIN 
 
 

34
THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC
(including "Doris Day version")

35
I AM JUST A GIRL

36
SHOULD I LAUGH OR CRY

37
KING KONG SONG

38
NINA, PRETTY BALLERINA

39
INTERMEZZO NO. 1

40
"ABBA UNDELEATED"
mix of working versions or unfinished songs

41
THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL

42
ONE OF US

43
THAT'S ME

44
HOLE IN YOUR SOUL 
 
 
 
 

45
I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO

46
MY LOVE, MY LIFE

47
S.O.S.

48
BANG-A-BOOMERANG

49
MERRY-GO-ROUND

50
MONEY MONEY MONEY

51
I'M A MARIONETTE

52
I LET THE MUSIC SPEAK

53
THE PIPER

54
DANCE (WHILE THE MUSIC STILL GOES ON)

55
TAKE A CHANCE ON ME
 
 

56
ROCK ME

57
AS GOOD AS NEW

58
TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE

59
GONNA SING YOU MY LOVE SONG

60
KNOWING ME, KNOWING YOU

61
WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE ME?
including single version HAPPY HAWAII

62
TROPICAL LOVELAND

63
I WONDER (DEPARTURE)

64
ROCK'N'ROLL BAND

65
WATCH OUT

66
HEY, HEY HELEN 
 
 

67
SHE'S MY KIND OF GIRL

68
CRAZY WORLD

69
I HAVE A DREAM

70
LIKE AN ANGEL PASSING THROUGH MY ROOM

71
ELAINE

72
DANCING QUEEN

73
GIMME! GIMME! GIMME! (A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT)

74
KISSES OF FIRE

75
SO LONG

76
SANTA ROSA

77
SUPER TROUPER
 
 

78
SUMMER NIGHT CITY

79
DREAM WORLD

80
THE WAY OLD FRIENDS DO

81
HAPPY NEW YEAR

82
SOLDIERS

83
LOVELIGHT

84
DUM DUM DIDDLE

85
MAN IN THE MIDDLE

86
HE IS YOUR BROTHER

87
YOU OWE ME ONE

88
I SAW IT IN THE MIRROR
 
 

89
THE NAME OF THE GAME

90
PUT ON YOUR WHITE SOMBRERO

91
ARRIVAL

92
LOVERS (LIVE A LITTLE LONGER)

93
TIGER

94
ON AND ON AND ON

95
UNDER ATTACK

96
CASSANDRA

97
IF IT WASN'T FOR THE NIGHTS

98
VOULEZ-VOUS

99
MY MAMA SAID
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
= from Mamma to Mama
 
....though some singles and tracks on Voulez-Vous was
not discovered until 2004 when I completed every gap.
 
 
 
 
ZYZ