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
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