Super Trouper [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

ABBA | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 16, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B00000I951
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #589,100 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

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 [Live]

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Nineteen eighty's Super Trouper was the fans' favorite--and no wonder. It was recorded at the height of the two couples' separations, thus adding an intensity and pathos to the group's already fearsome melodies. It contains Abba's masterpiece and swansong, "The Winner Takes It All," one of the most beautiful breakup songs ever recorded, its bitterly reflective lyrics mirroring the emotional fragility of the group (in '81, Benny and Frida followed Björn and Agnetha into divorce court). For further pathos, there's the orchestrated, chilling "Lay All Your Love on Me," "Our Last Summer," and a nostalgic, tear-jerking "Happy New Year." Songwriters Björn and Benny were certainly laying some demons to rest via their music. There's yet another European No. 1--the title track--disco dance-ified to perfection. The end was fast approaching, but Abba were still producing pop moments of sublime perfection. --Everett True

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A superb rise from rock bottom back up to the top!, June 22, 2000

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"agnethalover" (Where Am I? I don't know.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Super Trouper (Audio CD)

In a way, after the divorce of Agnetha and Bjorn in 1979, things for the group were a bit shaky. Did ABBA still manage to work together? Apparently, as "Super Trouper" is their best album after just a bit of a slip with "Voulez-Vous." Bjorn and Benny frighteningly capture loss, pain, and loneliness in tracks such as "The Winner Takes It All" (Agnetha, I commend you for the wonderful vocals), "Happy New Year," "Our Last Summer," and "The Way Old Friends Do." In a way, even the tracks that should be rather light and happy still have a rather lonely feeling, or at least lonely lyrics. One can really tell that Benny and Bjorn laid some personal demons to rest in the making of this superb pop masterpiece. If you want ABBA at their post-"Voulez Vous" conventional pop best, then buy this album! Next to "The Album" and "The Visitors," this is ABBA's best. All of their records have wonderful qualities, but this one really stands out.

Highlights: "Super Trouper," "The Winner Takes It All," "Andante, Andante," "Happy New Year," "Our Last Summer," "The Piper," "Lay All Your Love On Me," "The Way Old Friends Do."

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Super Trouper: ABBA's Masterpiece, January 8, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Super Trouper (Audio CD)

"Super Trouper", released by ABBA in 1980, is regarded by many ABBA fans - including myself - as simply one of ABBA's best original albums. "Super Trouper" showed a more mature and personal ABBA, who at the time were at an emotional crossroad in their intertwined lives and careers; the songs "The Winner Takes It All" and "Super Trouper", beautifully written, are evident of this. Other noteworthy songs in this album are "Our Last Summer", "Me And I", "Andante, Andante" and "The Way Old Friends Do". For any first-time buyer of an ABBA album, while "ABBA Gold" or the 4 cd-box set "Thank You For The Music" is definitely a worthwhile investment of their greatest hits, the album "Super Trouper" provides a more intimate look and sound into one of the world's most successful music acts.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ABBA-SOLUTELY BUTTER WITH HONEY ON TOP AND WHIPCREAM!!!!, April 28, 2001

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Gregory Barnette (Cincinnati, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Super Trouper (Audio CD)

I bought Super Trouper on vinyl when it orginaly came out in late 1980.It is been one of my favorite albums/and or CDS of all time!Of course I am very huge ABBA fan and have been for over 22 years.If you are newly discovered ABBA's music(aside from the nauseating A* Teens who have raped their songs)I suggest you make this CD your first purchase (that is if you already own one of their Best Of/Greatest Hits compilations. The carnival sounding title track "Super Trouper" has Frida on lead vocals,and thunmping bass of the chorus are candy for our ear. The song only peaked at No.45 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the spring of 1981,but was No.1 hit over in the UK in November 1980. "The Winner Takes It All" was a US Top 10,and AC chart no.1 in early 1981.It hit no.1 on the UK just like the title track had done and rightfully so. The song has been"loosely" based on the divorce of ABBA members Agnetha and Bjorn who divorced in 1979. Agenetha pours herself out into this song,like no other ABBA ballad she has sung before. In a recent interview Bjorn even said their were tears in her eyes during the making of the song. There is nothing better than when an artist bleeds themselves out into their work and this is a prime example of it. Andante,Andante Frida's vocals are velvet and the meldoy bittersweet. Me and I has a catchy chorus with Frida singing the lead as a woman who has a spilit personality,and setting the tone of the song.Happy New Year is bittersweet, On and On and On is has a well balance mixture of new wave and rock. The Piper is folkish and reminds me of a dark night in the woods of Europe.The Way Old Friends Do is the perfect ending track. Lay All Your Love On me is Euro-Pop Dance. basically this piece of music from ABBA displays another growth in the groups style and direction. Compare this to one of their early bodys of work like "Waterloo" and you would'nt believe this is the same group.