Super Trouper
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| Super Trouper | ||
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| Missing image ABBASuperTrouper.jpg Album cover | ||
| Album by ABBA | ||
| Released | November 3, 1980 | |
| Recorded | Polar Studios February-October 1980 | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 41 min 57 sec | |
| Record label | PolyGram | |
| Producers | Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| Q | 3/5 | September 2001, p.126 (http://www.buy.com/retail/proreviews/product.asp?sku=60508473&loc=109&PageFormat=7) |
| Rolling Stone | 2/5 | link (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/289330/abba?pageid=rs.ArtistDiscography&pageregion=triple1) |
| AMG | 4/5 | link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47D1ED847A47E20E0B11A40DEB561F61A8F1AACD83E284541D1B43844C30E79EC40A6D8B1E8B800E203E3FE2FBB5B10D1CAEE52B0DD67373F84E4A368284F36&uid=SUB010411011129&sql=10:kz6qoaqabijm~T1) |
| ABBA Chronology | ||
| Voulez-Vous (1979) | Super Trouper (1980) | The Visitors (1981) |
Super Trouper was a top-selling 1980 (see 1980 in music) album by Europop stars ABBA. Led by the international hit "Winner Takes It All", Super Trouper was their sixth British chart-topping album.
| Contents |
Track listing
all songs by Andersson and Ulvaeus
- "Super Trouper - 4:11
- "The Winner Takes It All - 4:55
- "On and on and On - 3:40
- "Andante, Andante - 4:39
- "Me and I - 4:54
- "Happy New Year - 4:23
- "Our Last Summer - 4:19
- "The Piper - 3:26
- "Lay All Your Love on Me - 4:33
- "The Way Old Friends Do [live] - 2:57
Personnel
ABBA
- Benny Andersson - synthesizer, keyboards, vocals
- Agnetha Fältskog - vocals
- Anni-Frid Lyngstad - vocals
- Björn Ulvaeus - acoustic guitar, vocals
Additional personnel
- Ola Brunkert - drums
- Lars Carlsson - horn
- Anders Glenmark - guitar
- Rutger Gunnarsson - bass, guitar
- Janne Kling - flute, saxophone
- Per Lindvall - drums
- Janne Schaffer - guitar
- Ake Sundqvist - percussion
- Mike Watson - bass
- Lasse Wellander - guitar
- Kajtek Wojciechowski - saxophone
Production
- Producers: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
- Engineer: Michael B. Tretow
- Arranger: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Rutger Gunnarsson
- Design: Rune Soderqvist
Trivia
The title track, after its success as a single in the UK was parodied in a sketch on the BBC comedy programme, Not the Nine O'Clock News in 1981. The sketch comprised a very close musical parody of the song, called Super Duper, with rather scathing words about Abba:
- One of us is ugly, one of us is cute
- One of us you'd like to see in her birthday suit
- Two of us write music, two have way a song
- Sorry, in translation, that line come out wrong
Anni-Frid, Benny, Bjorn, and Agnetha were played (in order) by Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, Rowan Atkinson and Pamela Stephenson. The sketch was a very close parody of the video for Super Trouper.
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1981 | Pop Albums | 17 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1981 | "Lay All Your Love On Me/Super Trouper/On And On" | Club Play Singles | 1 |
| 1981 | "On And On And On" | Pop Singles | 90 |
| 1981 | "Super Trouper" | Pop Singles | 45 |
| 1981 | "The Winner Takes It All" | Adult Contemporary | 1 |
| 1981 | "The Winner Takes It All" | Pop Singles | 8 |