ABBA - Arrival [Import Bonus Tracks 2001]

Title: Arrival [Import Bonus Tracks 2001] Artist: ABBA Release Date: 1/1977 Re-Released On: 10/16/2001 Label: Polar Records, Polydor UPCs: 731454996129, 731454995320 Genre: Rock Styles: Dance-Pop, Disco, Euro-Pop, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Swedish Pop/Rock, AM Pop Moods: Cheerful, Delicate, Exuberant, Fun, Happy, Joyous, Light, Rousing, Sentimental, Sparkling, Sugary, Sweet, Energetic, Gentle, Giddy, Gleeful, Naive, Plaintive, Playful, Romantic, Stylish, Innocent, Party/Celebratory, Sexy, Elegant, Laid-Back/Mellow, Sensual, Sophisticated Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

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 [Instrumental]
11. Fernando [*]
12. Happy Hawaii [*]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2001 CD Polar Records 549953 2001 CD Polydor 549961

No other editions were found for this album.

ABBA's fourth album appeared after the group had arrived as major stars shows the quartet at the absolute top of their game. In addition to "Dancing Queen," which is probably their best-known hit (a number one single on both sides of the Atlantic), the record was filled with brilliant material, including the spirited "When I Kissed the Teacher"; the dramatic, achingly beautiful "Knowing Me, Knowing You" (yet a further hit); the pounding "Money, Money, Money" (still another hit off the album); and the playful "That's Me." Arrival was reissued in October of 2001 in a 24-bit digital transfer, in a handsome gatefold package with two bonus tracks added on. The upgraded sound puts the piano on "Dancing Queen" practically in the room with the listener, and the rhythm guitars by Björn Ulvaeus and Lasse Wellander on "Knowing Me, Knowing You," "When I Kissed the Teacher," and "Dum Dum Diddle" are up very close. The other big beneficiaries are Rutger Gunnarsson's muscular bass playing throughout the album, which never sounded sharper or more effective, and Benny Andersson's keyboards everywhere, which have real presence. Wellander's power chords over the chorus of "Knowing Me, Knowing You" are some of those dramatic musical effects that this group played for maximum effect, which gave their music a raw power that their detractors usually overlooked; in the new edition, it's impossible to ignore. What's more, the sheer impact of the bass drums behind the choruses on "Tiger" will be pretty impressive to any noise freaks. And all of the voices are in very sharp relief; every iota of richness is now on display. So one can now fully appreciate what Frida Lyngstad was hearing when she found the playback of the backing track on "Dancing Queen" beautiful enough to cry over the first time she heard it. The two bonus cuts are both choice additions: the lost B-side, "Happy Hawaii," is a soaring, rocking dance number that got left off the album, and the chronologically related single "Fernando" had been recorded during the making of the LP but not included on it in most of the world. The latter is a profoundly beautiful song that, with its use of flutes and a folk-like melody, is a sort of disco-era follow-up to Simon & Garfunkel's "El Condor Pasa." [A 2001 import version of the CD contains the bonus tracks "Fernando" and "Happy Hawaii."] ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Name Credits ABBA Liner Notes, Vocals Agnetha Faltskog Vocals Anders Dahl Strings, String Arrangements, Arranger Anders Glenmark Guitar (Electric) Anni-Frid Lyngstad Vocals Bengt H. Malmqvist Photography Benny Andersson Vocals, Keyboards, Chimes, Arranger, Marimba, Synthesizer, Accordion, Producer, Piano, Soloist Björn Ulvaeus Synthesizer, Vocals, Guitar (Electric), Accordion, Bass, Chimes, Piano, Arranger, Soloist, Guitar, Marimba, Guitar (Acoustic), Producer Carl Magnus Palm Liner Notes Chris Walter Photography Fredrik Hurtig Redesign, Art Direction Janne Lindgren Guitar (Steel) Janne Schaffer Guitar (Electric) Jeanette Andersson Reissue Coordination Jon Astley Remastering Lars Carlsson Saxophone Lasse Wellander Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Guitar Malando Gassama Percussion Margareta Lundstrom Reissue Coordination, Coordination Marko Söderström Reissue Supervisor Michael B. Tretow Engineer, Remastering Michael Brannäs Photography Michael Putland Photography Ola Brunkert Drums Ola Lager Cover Design, Layout Design, Photography Roger Palm Drums, Bass Rune Soderqvist Layout Assistance, Cover Art Concept, Layout Design, Photography, Cover Design Rutger Gunnarsson Arranger, String Arrangements, Bass Sven-Olof Walldoff Arranger, String Arrangements