Super Trouper [40th Anniversary]

Limited 2LP : Half Speed Mastered

Limited 3x7" Box Set : Coloured Vinyl

1980's Super Trouper found ABBA, always trend-conscious, taking account of the passing of disco and returning to the pop/rock sound typical of their early albums. Only "Lay All Your Love on Me" employed a dance approach. The title song had the kind of martial beat and pop sound more in keeping with the group that had broken through with "Mamma Mia" and "S.O.S.," and "On and on and On" paid homage to one of their chief influences, the Beach Boys, with an arrangement reminiscent of "Do It Again." Lyrically, there was a distinct sense of world weariness and melancholy, from the divorce lamentations of "The Winner Takes It All" to the dissatisfaction with touring expressed in "Super Trouper" and even the nostalgia for a simpler time in "Our Last Summer." For performers on top of the world, the members of ABBA were putting an unusual amount of what sounded like real unhappiness into their pop music.

2LP 
LP1 - SIDE A

Super Trouper
The Winner Takes It All
On And On And On

LP1 - SIDE B

Andante, Andante
Me And I

LP2 - SIDE C

Happy New Year
Our Last Summer

LP2 - SIDE D

The Piper
Lay All Your Love On Me
The Way Old Friends Do

SINGLES BOX

Disc 1
A: Super Trouper
B: The Piper

Disc 2
A: Lay All Your Love On Me
B: On And On And On

Disc 3
A: The Winner Takes It All
B: Elaine

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