The Definitive Collection

This is a good album if you want "ABBA's hits.

great

Collection great. Happy music.

U get 2 cds all the hits great deal

As the title says...Its about as Definitive as you can get with a 2 disc set. Great music by a great band...Also noted that all songs are UNCUT including The Name Of The Game. Now to the sound...If you want superior clarity and crispness...DONT LOOK HERE...Buy the Abba The Albums Box Set for that. The sound here is average at best.Some songs sound better than others..Very Inconsistent..BUT DEFINITELY DOESNT SOUND REMASTERED.IF IT WAS IT WAS IMPROPERLY DONE....I will rebuke what a previous user said about the bass quality being non-existent..On my system the bass sounds very adequate and even. Overall a good buy....I recommend.

I got this for my mom for her birthday. I knew she liked ABBA but also that the last time she had any records, they were actual records, because if she'd had them on cassette or CD, I'd have grown up hearing them. I got this and the new ABBA album for her birthday, and she's been listening to this nonstop. I have never seen her so happy. She keeps dancing to the songs and it looks a bit silly, but she's just so happy! She hasn't even gotten to the new album yet, she's listening to this one so much. So basically? If you need a gift for a Gen X-er and you're not sure what to get, grab this. Even if they're not a superfan like my mom, no one *hates* ABBA.

After you buy this album do not buy another Abba greatest hits album.I have been listening to Abba since 1973.Several Abba greatest hits vinyl and cds are on the market.Buy only this one. This worthy of purchase.Whether its to good marketing or greed, all of their early greatest hits albums, to include the early ones are just reproductions with a different cover design. It is the same on the Abba Store on AmazonIf you look closely, on some discs, only one or two songs are different or in a different listingBuy this album then,is you have mp3 download capability,buy the one or two songs you like from other greatest hits.I don't have that ability yet...........These songs are timeless--------- That is why they got a five. I am 59 years old, my mom will be 81 next month and I just ordered Ring Ring disc from 1973 for her--------Had not listen to them for 20 or so years, seriously. The other night I heard "Take a chance on me" and I got the bug again...........Updated 05.03.15-------Let me give a plug for The CD THE WOMEN OF ABBA-----TAKE A CHANCE ON THAT-----POST-ABBA

This greatest hit set blows away previous ABBA greatest hits sets. It has all their hits and great album tracks, thereby completely making "Gold" and "More Gold" obsolete. Most people still refuse to acknowledge ABBA as a worthy musical entity simply because their music is poppy and their lyrics aren't socialogically significant. However their tunes and carefully crafted productions are, and will be timeless. The songwritering team of Anderson-Ulvaeus are as strong as Lennon and McCartney when crafting melodies. The two female singers, Anni-Frid and Agnetha, are very good and underrated vocalists who do a superb job of layering their vocals to fit their songs. From the excitment of "Waterloo" to the disco beat of "Dancing Queen," from the horn-driven "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" to the super-low bass synth in "One of Us" this two disc has it all. Put them in your CD and let it go. Don't worry if you can't "get" what other artists are trying to tell you or if their "angst" doesn't move you. Just put ABBA on and smile. Good music does that. You'll be singing these songs for days. Sometimes good music doesn't have to be about anything---and thats what makes it good.