ABBA - Arrival [Bonus Tracks/DVD]

Title: Arrival [Bonus Tracks/DVD] Artist: ABBA Release Date: 1/1977 Re-Released On: 10/17/2006 Label: Universal International, Polydor UPCs: 602498583623, 0602498583623 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: 2

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
11. Fernando [*]
12. Happy Hawaii [*]
13. Fernando [Spanish Version][*]
14. La Reina del Baile [*]
15. Conociéndome, Conociéndote [Spanish Version of Knowing Me, Knowing You]
16. Fernando [Frida's Swedish Solo Version][*]

1. Abba-Dabba-Dooo!!: Knowing Me, Knowing You/When I Kissed the Teacher/Du
2. Dancing Queen [DVD]
3. Fernando [DVD]
4. Happy Hawaii [DVD]
5. Dancing Queen Recording Session [DVD]
6. ABBA in London, November 1976
7. ABBA's 1976 Success: News Report [DVD]
8. Arrival Television Commercial 1 [DVD]
9. Arrival Television Commercial II [DVD]
10. International Sleeve Gallery [DVD]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2006 CD Universal International 985836 2006 CD Polydor 9858362

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." [The bonus DVD edition also features a one-hour Swedish television special, live television performances, a 1976 news feature, television commercials and an international album sleeve gallery.] ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Name Credits Benny Andersson Producer, Keyboards, Arranger Björn Ulvaeus Arranger, Guitar, Producer Carl Magnus Palm Research, Liner Notes Fredrik Hurtig Art Direction Henrik Jonsson Mastering Janne Kling Flute Janne Lindgren Guitar (Steel) Lasse Wellander Guitar Mia Segolsson Project Coordinator Michael B. Tretow Engineer Ola Brunkert Drums Ola Lager Original Idea, Original Sleeve Design Roger Palm Drums Rune Soderqvist Original Idea, Original Sleeve Design Rutger Gunnarsson Bass