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Post by ed on Jun 14, 2024 13:02:37 GMT
I listened to the " Number Ones " compilation ( released in November 2006 ) the other day. The overall quality is not that brilliant. What do others think ? Is it a pointless ABBA compilation ?
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Post by Alan on Jun 14, 2024 13:22:26 GMT
Definitely pointless. It followed a trend of “number one” compilations released for other acts. Not sure if they thought it would compete with Gold but the tracklisting was far too similar (16 of the 18 tracks appeared on Gold - the UK version did add a 19th track in Ring Ring).
As it was released in 2006, it would have used the much-derided Henrik Jonsson remasters that premiered in 2005’s The Complete Studio Recordings.
A non-essential compilation, and probably a reason why no completely new mainstream ABBA compilation has ever emerged since (“The Essential Collection” was merely a re-dressed Definitive Collection and again sold poorly).
I think there are a couple of extras on the DVD version of Number Ones that don’t appear on any other ABBA DVD.
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Post by johnny on Jun 14, 2024 14:37:20 GMT
Yep, pointless. But hey, it made a bit of money. It sold over 170,000 in the UK, 230,000 in America and over 100,000 in Germany. Half a million in those 3 and probably a million worldwide. Not bad for something that cost next to nothing to produce and was pointless.
These alternatives to Gold haven't lasted. The Aussie version of GOLD, which featured Rock Me (!) was disbanded in 2008. The Dutch compilation 25 Jaar Na Waterloo (which excluded Mamma Mia) only sold well for a few months, ditto the Japanese SOS compilation.
None have made much of an impact on GOLD's long term success.
The Essential Collection was a huge flop. In the UK it failed to make the Top 200 and sold less than 10k.
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Post by ed on Jun 14, 2024 17:22:34 GMT
The song recordings throughout this compilation are of very poor quality. Overall a pointless compilation. There are quite a few noticeable flaws.
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Post by Michel on Jun 14, 2024 20:51:46 GMT
No doubt Number Ones was also instigated by the worldwide success of Madonna's Hung Up with the ABBA sample. It probably wasn't a coincidence that GGG was track 1 on Number Ones. Also Madonna wrote the foreword in the booklet.
25 Jaar Na Waterloo assembled the biggest hits in the Netherlands and reached number one. Believe it or not, Mamma Mia was only a modest hit in the Netherlands, peaking outside the top 10. Just like Gold, 25 Jaar Na Waterloo also had a follow up, collecting the remaining hits (among them Mamma Mia), album tracks and B-sides.
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