Greatest Hits: 30th Anniversary [Import, Limited Edition]

ABBA | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 16, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 1975
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Limited Edition
• Label: Ume Imports
• Run Time: 47 minutes
• ASIN: B000EPE6XI
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #176,599 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top notch packaging!, May 17, 2006

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Allen Chapman (STAFFORD SPRINGS, CT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Greatest Hits: 30th Anniversary (Audio CD)

Let me first say that the packaging of this 30th anniversary disc is why you want it. Released in 1975, this was ABBA's biggest selling album. The odd part is that here in the States, these aren't ABBA's Greatest Hits! But around the rest of the world these were all early hits for the band.
The album is released using the original artwork used in Sweden. Most other countries used the inner shot of the group sitting on a park bench as the cover. I always liked the bizarre darwing better. Aside from the cover, the entire packaging has been designed to look like an LP. The sleeve is made of glossy hard cardboard, it is a gatefold cover like the original album. The coolest part is the CD itself, it sits inside a paper sleeve (just like an LP) and the front of the CD is black has grooves on it and the original Polar label in the center. The backside of the CD is also black, not the standard silver. Very cool they way this was put together.
The music on here has been reissued many times over the years and is readly available everywhere. The unique packageing is what makes this one for your collection.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars International collection, June 7, 2006

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William (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Greatest Hits: 30th Anniversary (Audio CD)

This greatest hits collection was originally released in Sweden in 1975 with the bizarre artwork as approved by the members of ABBA. Alot of the tracks contained were only hits in Sweden, but they were all brilliant tracks nevertheless. A year later, the collection was released in United Kingdom with a different cover (ABBA sitting on a parkbench) and an additional track "Fernando" which, at the time, was roaring up the charts.

In Australia, where ABBA fever was VERY high, we got a completely different collection in 1976 called "Best of ABBA" which contained about 80% of the tracks from "Greatest Hits". The Aussie compilation contained some very interesting artwork itself, although is unlikely to ever be released on CD. It was No.1 on the album charts for ages, and the famous ABBA tour down under in 1977 ensured that the "Best Of" compilation stayed on the album charts.

As the other reviewer pointed out, GREATEST HITS is a must own ... it was an album which remained in UK charts for abolutely ages back in the 70's. The anniversary CD pays tribute to that fact by presenting it like an LP record with all the original artwork (as well as the parkbench picture for the UK fans). Even if you have all these songs scattered across your other ABBA CD's, buy it for the history. And while you are at it, check out the ABBA website and search for the artwork for the Australian compilation ("Best of" album)

ABBA ruled the 70's ....

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Album Cover, July 12, 2008

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A. C. Johnson (Oakland, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Greatest Hits: 30th Anniversary (Audio CD)

In addition to the awesome album cover artwork this album captures the groups pre-disco era and has a much more innocent peppy tone to it than the career spanning ABBA Gold. A lot of American ABBA fans, like myself, don't know songs like "Honey, Honey", "I Do" or the mind numbingly infectious "Nina, Pretty Ballerina". Am I better off now that I know the chorus to that song? I don't know, but at any rate, this will round out any ABBA collection very well.