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Ring Ring (Dig)
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Ring Ring (Dig)
Genres: International Music, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
 
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24-bit digital remaster with new liner notes, complete lyrics and bonus tracks: 'Merry Go Round', 'Santa Rosa' and 'Ring Ring' (Swedish Version).

     
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All Artists: Abba
Title: Ring Ring (Dig)
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Polydor / Umgd
Release Date: 10/16/2001
Album Type: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
Genres: International Music, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Europe, Scandinavia, Dance Pop, Vocal Pop, Euro Pop, Swedish Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 731454995825, 731454995023

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Album Details
24-bit digital remaster with new liner notes, complete lyrics and bonus tracks: 'Merry Go Round', 'Santa Rosa' and 'Ring Ring' (Swedish Version).

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CD Reviews

Debut album has some great songs
Peter Durward Harris | Leicester England | 02/23/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Nobody could claim that this is the best Abba album, but it is much better than some would have you believe. Indeed I prefer it to a couple of their later albums.



The title track was a hit in several European countries but not the UK, so this album never got a British release on vinyl. That is a pity, because the songs here are of a remarkably high quality. Five of them appeared on the first Greatest hits album - Ring ring, Another town another train, People need love, Nina pretty ballerina and He is your brother - every one of them superb. It might all have been different if Ring ring had been Sweden's entry in the 1973 Eurovision song contest. It came third in the qualifying contest. The Swedish public thought it should have been their entry. Voting rules were changed and Abba won for Sweden a year later with Waterloo.



Benny and Bjorn both started in Swedish folk groups, while Agnetha and Frida were Swedish pop stars, although Frida was actually born in Norway. At the time of its original release in Sweden, the name Abba had not been invented. This album provides a fascinating insight into the early development of the band. She's my kind of girl just features Benny and Bjorn. People need love features Benny and Bjorn with Svenska Flicka, but Svenska Flicka are actually Agnetha and Frida, so this (it would seem) was the first recording featuring all the Abba members, before the name existed.



This is a great album for Abba fans to have, but anybody not already familiar with their music should try some of their later albums first - I particularly recommend Arrival, The Album and Super trouper - before worrying about this."
ABBA: RING RING
Peter Durward Harris | 11/05/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I am upset with all of the people who don't like this DEBUT! album. Most of the songs on here are highly listenable. Except for "I Saw It In the Mirror" and "I Am Just a Girl" all of the songs are perfect. While this isn't my favorite album of ABBA's, it never fails to bring a bit of sunshine to my day. This album has a lot more Bjorn and Benny vocals than their later ones, so enjoy the male half of ABBA as much as you can now. Please buy this outstanding CD!

ABBA'S FIRST ALBUM

BEST SONG: ROCK 'N' ROLL BAND

WORST SONG: I SAW IT IN THE MIRROR"
This is as close to nordic style as it gets for ABBA
Jorge Lallemand | 02/10/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Before the went pop all the way, ABBA was a home town group and this album reflects that sound. It is a MUST for ABBA fans to understand the roots of the team.



For me "Another Town, another Train" reminds me of life in northern Europe, where the sun goes down at 3pm in the winter and love blossoms in the spring.



Give it a good try, and after a few times you will enjoy the sound"