
ABBA: The Album is the fifth studio album by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released in Scandinavia on December 12, 1977 through Polar Music, but due to the massive pre-orders the UK pressing plants were not able to press sufficient copies before Christmas 1977 and so it was not released in the UK until January 1978. The album was released in conjunction with ABBA: The Movie, with several of the songs featured in the film. Altogether the album contains nine songs.
The album contained two UK number-one singles, “Take a Chance on Me” and “The Name of the Game”, as well as European hits “Eagle” and “Thank You for the Music”.
- “Eagle” 5:50
- “Take a Chance on Me” 4:07
- “One Man, One Woman” 4:34
- “The Name of the Game” 4:54
- “Move On” 4:43
- “Hole in Your Soul” 3:41
- “Thank You for the Music” 3:50
- “I Wonder (Departure)” 4:34
- “I’m a Marionette” 4:09
Agnetha Fältskog – lead, harmony, and backing vocals
Anni-Frid Lyngstad – lead, harmony, and backing vocals
Björn Ulvaeus – harmony and backing vocals, acoustic and electric rhythm guitars, spoken word lead vocals on “Move On”
Benny Andersson – harmony and backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers
Lasse Wellander – lead guitar (except “Eagle”), acoustic and electric rhythm guitars
Janne Schaffer – lead guitar on “Eagle”
Rutger Gunnarsson – bass, string arrangements
Ola Brunkert – drums (except “Take A Chance on Me,” “One Man, One Woman,”, and “Thank You For The Music”)
Roger Palm – drums (on “Take a Chance on Me”, “One Man, One Woman”, and “Thank You for the Music”)
Lars O. Carlsson – flute, saxophone
Malando Gassama – percussion