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CD Ring-ring +3 -Remaster (Digipack / Limited)

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  • Issued : 03 Aug 2001

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Genre : Rock & Pop Catalogue Number : 549958
Format : CD Label : Polydor
Issued : 03 Aug 2001 Item sourced from : USA
Original Release Year : 1973   
Number of Discs : 1

Ring-ring +3 -Remaster (Digipack  /  Limited)

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  • CD   EUR Edition   ¥1,584   EUR Import   Released: 25 Jun 2001  
  • SHM-CD   Japan Edition   ¥2,800   Reissue Limited Edition SHM-CD (Paper Jacket)   Released: 29 Dec 2011  
  • LP   US Edition   ¥3,560   US Import   Released: 09 Aug 2011  

HMV Review

If it seems as though the familiar ABBA sound isn't present on this album, that's because there was no entity known as ABBA at the time that the earliest sides here were recorded. Growing out of an attempt by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus to record together with their respective companions, Agnetha Faltskog and Frida Anni-Frid Lyngstad, the first side cut here, People Need Love, featured the two men singing just as prominently as the women, and was credited to Bjorn and Benny, Agnetha and Anni-Frid. It was only after its release and the cutting of a further single, Ring, Ring, that the more familiar sound of the quartet began to coalesce, along with the idea of a permanent professional association. Unreleased in the United States until 1995, this album is more of a generic European pop release than an ABBA release; the music has several unusual attributes, including Andersson and Ulvaeus singing lead on several cuts, and also one original song, the moody ballad Disillusion, co-authored by Agnetha Faltskog. Most of what's here is pleasantly upbeat Europop, with unusually good playing and a lot of spirit, all showing the influence of mainstream American and British pop/rock, including the late-era Beatles and early Elton John, and on the title-track, a Phil Spector-proportioned production. Ring Ring was reissued in October of 2001 with extensive notes, state-of-the-art sound, and three bonus tracks: the single B-sides Merry-Go-Round and Santa Rosa (a smooth piece of California-style rock in the mold of the early Eagles) and the Swedish version of Ring, Ring (which charted number one in Sweden to the English version's number two spot). ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi

Credits

Agnetha Faltskog(Vocals),  Benny Andersson(Piano),  Benny Andersson(Vocals),  Bjorn Ulvaeus(Guitar (Acoustic)),  Bjorn Ulvaeus(Vocals),  Frida(Vocals),  Janne Schaffer(Guitar (Acoustic)),  Janne Schaffer(Guitar (Electric)),  Ola Brunkert(Drums),  Roger Palm(Drums),  Mike Watson(Bass (Electric)),  Rutger Gunnarsson(Bass (Electric)),  Benny Andersson(Mellotron),  Benny Andersson(Producer),  Bjorn Ulvaeus(Producer),  Michael B. Tretow(Engineer),  Agnetha Faltskog(Composer),  Ake Eldsater(Assistant Engineer),  Anni-Frid Lyngstad(Composer),  Bengt H. Malmqvist(Cover Photo),  Bengt H. Malmqvist(Photography),  Benny Andersson(Composer),  Bjorn Almstedt(Assistant Engineer),  Bjorn Ulvaeus(Composer),  Carl Magnus Palm(Liner Notes),  Fredrik Hurtig(Art Direction),  Jon Astley(Remastering),  Lennart Karlsmyr(Assistant Engineer),  Michael B. Tretow(Remastering),  Neil Sedaka(Composer),  Peter Wiking(Art Direction),  Phil Cody(Composer),  Rune Persson(Assistant Engineer),  Stig Anderson(Composer),  Sven-Olof Walldoff(String Arrangements),  Bjorn Almstedt(Assistant),  Fredrik Hurtig(Redesign),  Jeanette Andersson(Reissue Coordination),  Margareta Lundstrom(Reissue Coordination),  Rune Persson(Assistant),  Benny Andersson

Songs

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    1
    Ring Ring  (03:06)
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    2
    Another Town, Another Train  (03:13)
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    3
    Disillusion  (03:07)
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    4
    People Need Love  (02:46)
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    5
    I Saw It in the Mirror  (02:34)
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    6
    Nina Pretty Ballerina  (02:53)
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    7
    Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)  (02:55)
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    8
    Me and Bobby and Bobby's Brother  (02:52)
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    9
    He Is Your Brother  (03:19)
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    10
    She's My Kind of Girl  (02:45)
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    11
    I Am Just a Girl  (03:03)
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    12
    Rock 'N' Roll Band  (03:11)
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    13
    Merry-Go-Round  (03:26)
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    14
    Santa Rosa  (03:01)
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    15
    Ring Ring [In Swedish]  (03:10)

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    夢の少女  |  京都府  |  不明  |  29/September/2011

    2001年発売の輸入盤CD「Waterloo+3-Remaster」にも、同日発売のこの輸入盤CD「Ring Ring+3-Remaster」にもカラー写真を含む英語の解説・歌詞入りブック・レットが付いていますよ。 

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    ランブル  |  福島県  |  不明  |  09/June/2006

    なにかの音楽祭で賞をもらったタイトルチューン。もう二組のカーペンターズて趣がいい、素朴でデイスコになる前の作品

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    元祖  |  滋賀  |  不明  |  10/June/2004

    雑居時代(東京)様 2002年に入手されてたんですね! 今、ものすごく懐かしいです。今この曲が聞けるのもすばらしい。聞いた感想はいいに決まってるでしょーーー。

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