The Complete Studio Recordings (ABBA album)


The Complete Studio Recordings is a box set of all of the studio material released by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released on 7 November 2005 and consists of 9 CDs and 2 DVDs, plus a full color booklet with a timeline and photos. Another booklet containing complete lyrics to all of the music was also included.
There is one CD for each of ABBA's 8 studio albums. These CDs also include bonus tracks in the form of non-album tracks and foreign language versions. The final CD contains additional rare tracks, including songs released after the group had disbanded. Of particular interest is the rare alternate mix of "Waterloo", which has never been available on CD before. The extended mono version of "On and On and On"—featuring an extra verse and previously only available as the soundtrack to the song's video—is also released on CD for the first time.
The two DVDs feature all of the band's music videos, plus a documentary and concert footage from the television special Dick Cavett Meets ABBA, a co-production between Polar Music International and Sveriges Television. Five of the performances from this program are included on the DVD, as four of the original nine songs are no longer to be found in the SVT archives.
The Complete Studio Recordings was only available for a short period of time and in limited numbers. However, a simpler version of the box set featuring only the 9 CDs and the timeline booklet was released in Denmark in 2006.
The box set was re-released in 2008 to coincide with the release of Mamma Mia! but had limited chart success, mainly due to its high price tag.
As of 2020, The Complete Studio Recordings is not in print and many of the tracks included have made their way on to deluxe editions of ABBA's established albums. As of 2021, this set is no longer “complete” as ABBA released the reunion album ''Voyage.''

Track listings

CD 1: ''Ring Ring">Ring Ring (album)">Ring Ring'' (1973)

  1. "Ring Ring"
  2. "Another Town, Another Train"
  3. "Disillusion"
  4. "People Need Love"
  5. "I Saw It in the Mirror"
  6. "Nina, Pretty Ballerina"
  7. "Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)"
  8. "Me and Bobby and Bobby’s Brother"
  9. "He Is Your Brother"
  10. "She's My Kind of Girl"
  11. "I Am Just a Girl"
  12. "Rock'n Roll Band"
Bonus tracks

  1. "Ring Ring "
  2. "Åh, vilka tider"
  3. "Merry-Go-Round"
  4. "Santa Rosa"
  5. "Ring Ring"
  6. "Wer Im Wartesaal Der Liebe Steht"
  7. "Ring Ring"

CD 2: ''Waterloo">Waterloo (album)">Waterloo'' (1974)

  1. "Waterloo"
  2. "Sitting in the Palmtree"
  3. "King Kong Song"
  4. "Hasta Mañana"
  5. "My Mama Said"
  6. "Dance "
  7. "Honey, Honey"
  8. "Watch Out"
  9. "What About Livingstone?"
  10. "Gonna Sing You My Lovesong"
  11. "Suzy-Hang-Around"
Bonus tracks

  1. "Ring Ring"
  2. "Waterloo"
  3. "Honey, Honey"
  4. "Waterloo"
  5. "Hasta Mañana"
  6. "Ring Ring"
  7. "Waterloo"

CD 3: ''ABBA">ABBA (album)">ABBA'' (1975)

  1. "Mamma Mia"
  2. "Hey, Hey Helen"
  3. "Tropical Loveland"
  4. "SOS"
  5. "Man in the Middle"
  6. "Bang-A-Boomerang"
  7. "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"
  8. "Rock Me"
  9. "Intermezzo No. 1"
  10. "I've Been Waiting for You"
  11. "So Long"
Bonus tracks

  1. "Crazy World"
  2. "Medley: Pick a Bale of Cotton – On Top of Old Smokey – Midnight Special"
  3. "Mamma Mia"

CD 4: ''Arrival">Arrival (ABBA album)">Arrival'' (1976)

  1. "When I Kissed the Teacher"
  2. "Dancing Queen"
  3. "My Love, My Life"
  4. "Dum Dum Diddle"
  5. "Knowing Me, Knowing You"
  6. "Money, Money, Money"
  7. "That's Me"
  8. "Why Did It Have to Be Me?"
  9. "Tiger"
  10. "Arrival"
Bonus tracks

  1. "Fernando"
  2. "Happy Hawaii"
  3. "La Reina Del Baile"
  4. "Conociéndome, Conociéndote"
  5. "Fernando"

CD 5: ''The Album">The Album (ABBA album)">The Album'' (1977)

  1. "Eagle"
  2. "Take a Chance on Me"
  3. "One Man, One Woman"
  4. "The Name of the Game"
  5. "Move On"
  6. "Hole in Your Soul"
The Girl With the Golden Hair–3 Scenes From a Mini-Musical

  1. "Thank You for the Music"
  2. "I Wonder (Departure)"
  3. "I'm a Marionette"
Bonus tracks

  1. "Al Andar"
  2. "Gracias Por La Música"

CD 6: ''Voulez-Vous">Voulez-Vous (album)">Voulez-Vous'' (1979)

  1. "As Good as New"
  2. "Voulez-Vous"
  3. "I Have a Dream"
  4. "Angeleyes"
  5. "The King Has Lost His Crown"
  6. "Does Your Mother Know?"
  7. "If It Wasn’t for the Nights"
  8. "Chiquitita"
  9. "Lovers (Live a Little Longer)"
  10. "Kisses of Fire"
Bonus tracks

  1. "Summer Night City"
  2. "Lovelight"
  3. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
  4. "Estoy Soñando"
  5. "Chiquitita"
  6. "¡Dame! ¡Dame! ¡Dame!"

CD 7: ''Super Trouper">Super Trouper (album)">Super Trouper'' (1980)

  1. "Super Trouper"
  2. "The Winner Takes It All"
  3. "On and on and On"
  4. "Andante, Andante"
  5. "Me and I"
  6. "Happy New Year"
  7. "Our Last Summer"
  8. "The Piper"
  9. "Lay All Your Love on Me"
  10. "The Way Old Friends Do"
Bonus tracks

  1. "Elaine"
  2. "Andante, Andante"
  3. "Felicidad"

CD 8: ''The Visitors">The Visitors (ABBA album)">The Visitors'' (1981)

  1. "The Visitors"
  2. "Head over Heels"
  3. "When All Is Said and Done"
  4. "Soldiers"
  5. "I Let the Music Speak"
  6. "One of Us"
  7. "Two for the Price of One"
  8. "Slipping Through My Fingers"
  9. "Like an Angel Passing Through My Room"
Bonus tracks

  1. "Should I Laugh or Cry"
  2. "No Hay a Quien Culpar"
  3. "Se Me Está Escapando"
Songs from The Singles: The First Ten Years

  1. "The Day Before You Came"
  2. "Cassandra"
  3. "Under Attack"
  4. "You Owe Me One"

CD 9: ''Rarities''

  1. "Waterloo"
  2. "Medley: Pick a Bale of Cotton – On Top of Old Smokey – Midnight Special"
  3. "Thank You for the Music"
  4. "Summer Night City"
  5. "Lovelight"
  6. "Dream World"
  7. "Voulez-Vous"
  8. "On and on and On"
  9. "Put on Your White Sombrero"
  10. "I Am the City"
  11. "ABBA Undeleted: Scaramouche/Summer Night City/Take a Chance on Me/Baby/Just a Notion/Rikky Rock ’n’ Roller/Burning My Bridges/Fernando /Here Comes Rubie Jamie/Hamlet III Parts 1 & 2/Free as a Bumble Bee/Rubber Ball Man/Crying Over You/Just Like That/Givin’ a Little Bit More"

DVD 1: ''The Videos''

  1. "Ring Ring"
  2. "Waterloo"
  3. "Mamma Mia"
  4. "SOS"
  5. "Bang-A-Boomerang"
  6. "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"
  7. "Fernando"
  8. "Dancing Queen"
  9. "Money, Money, Money"
  10. "Knowing Me, Knowing You"
  11. "That's Me"
  12. "The Name of the Game"
  13. "Take a Chance on Me"
  14. "Eagle"
  15. "One Man, One Woman"
  16. "Thank You for the Music"
  17. "Summer Night City"
  18. "Chiquitita"
  19. "Does Your Mother Know?"
  20. "Voulez-Vous"
  21. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! "
  22. "I Have a Dream"
  23. "Super Trouper"
  24. "The Winner Takes It All"
  25. "On and on and On"
  26. "Happy New Year"
  27. "Lay All Your Love on Me"
  28. "Head Over Heels"
  29. "When All Is Said and Done"
  30. "One of Us"
  31. "The Day Before You Came"
  32. "Under Attack"
Bonus videos

  1. "Estoy Soñando"
  2. "Felicidad"
  3. "No Hay a Quien Culpar"
  4. "Dancing Queen"
  5. "The Last Video"

DVD 2: "The History" and "Live in April 1981"

  1. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! "
  2. "Super Trouper"
  3. "Two for the Price of One"
  4. "Slipping Through My Fingers"
  5. "On and on and On"