Gold [VINYL]

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In the United States, the album has sold a total of 5.8 million copies and is the nineteenth biggest-selling greatest-hits album in the Nielsen Music era (which began in 1991). [7] [8] In Canada, Gold: Greatest Hits achieved Diamond status (one million units sold) in May, 2000. [9] Skeptics pointed to the watch-like precision of every new ABBA hit as evidence of the band’s soullessness. In a 1993 essay in TIME after Gold’s American release, critic Richard Lacayo wrote that the band “was always easy to enjoy, if you could just put aside the unnerving sense that they were hastening the decline of pop music into commercial calculation and mindless buoyancy.” But the level of quality represented on Gold sprung from more than just studio scheming or bald ambition. By the time ABBA won the 1974 Eurovision contest with “Waterloo,” Andersson and Ulvaeus had each enjoyed a decade of domestic success as musicians, and Faltskog and Lyngstad were working solo artists in their own right. They had collectively played thousands of tour dates across Sweden, produced music for dozens of other artists, and spent untold hours working as a songwriting and performing team. Their mastery and enthusiasm for their craft was indisputable. Rare misses aside, hearing Faltskog and Lyngstad’s impeccable voices weave through a battalion’s worth of riffs, bells, and whistles is an indefatigable source of ecstasy. Listening to “S.O.S.” or “Dancing Queen” or “Super Trouper” for the first time can feel like hearing “ Good Vibrations” or “ Born to Run” in the same fashion: Your pleasure centers are overwhelmed until they blow up like the Grinch’s tiny heart, expanding beyond their old size and becoming something new. Copsey, Rob (1 January 2020). "The Official Top 40 biggest albums of 2019". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 1 January 2020.

album- és válogatáslemez-lista – chart-pozíció alapján – 2008" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ . Retrieved 12 December 2018. The original 1992 release included an edited version of " Voulez-Vous" and the US Promo Edit of " The Name of the Game". In 2002, Gold: Greatest Hits was released in mainland Europe (though not in the UK) with a bonus second disc. Schweizer Hitparade: Edelmetall (ABBA)". Schweizer Hitparade. Archived from the original on 2013-12-12 . Retrieved 2014-04-11. European Top 100 Albums 1999" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol.17, no.1. 1 January 2000. p.11. OCLC 29800226 . Retrieved 12 December 2018– via American Radio History.Austrian album certifications – ABBA – Gold (40th Anniversary Edition)" (in German). IFPI Austria . Retrieved 16 June 2020.

Top 200 Albums of 2002 (based on sales)". Jam!. Archived from the original on 6 September 2004 . Retrieved 23 March 2022. The 30th anniversary of the enduring ABBA Gold compilation will be celebrated on September 23 in a variety of formats, including new gold vinyl and cassette editions and a picture disc configuration. Austria Top40 Longplay 2020". Ö3 Austria Top 40. 8 November 2019. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020 . Retrieved 31 December 2020. Matthew Perpetua (July 24, 2019). "Everything Hits: Spoon Releases An Old School Greatest Hits Album Into A Digital Age". NPR . Retrieved March 31, 2020.

Gold: Greatest Hits was well received by the music-buying public, and went on to be one of the best-selling albums of all time. It has been re-released in various "special" or "remastered" releases: Canada's Top 200 Albums of 2001 (based on sales)". Jam!. Archived from the original on 12 December 2003 . Retrieved 26 March 2022. Year End Charts – European Top 100 Albums". Billboard. 2008. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012 . Retrieved 12 December 2018.

Austria Top 40 Jahrescharts 2018: Longplay". Ö3 Austria Top 40. Archived from the original on 2018-06-21 . Retrieved 30 December 2018.The compilation of best-loved hits and highlights in the peerless career of the Swedish superstars was first released on September 21, 1992. It now has breathtaking worldwide sales of more than 32 million, establishing itself as the group’s all-time greatest success. The RPM Top 100 Albums of 1993". RPM. Vol.58, no.23. 18 December 1993. ISSN 0315-5994 . Retrieved 12 December 2018– via Library and Archives Canada. Canada's Top 200 Albums of 2000". Jam!. Archived from the original on August 12, 2004 . Retrieved March 24, 2022. Ranking de Artistas Internacionales" (PDF) (in Spanish). Cámara Uruguaya del Disco. February 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2012 . Retrieved 25 November 2012. Offiziellecharts.de – ABBA – Gold - Greatest Hits" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 24 October 2018.

lescharts.ch - ABBA - Gold - Greatest Hits" (in French). Hung Medien . Retrieved 29 September 2023. The 2002 re-release was not released in Australia, while in New Zealand, the international edition was issued. Le cifre degli album più venduti nel 2008" (in Italian). Musica e Dischi. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012 . Retrieved 29 June 2022.a b "British album certifications – ABBA – Gold: Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 5 June 2023. With pure sales of 5.61 million copies, [2] Gold: Greatest Hits is the second-highest selling album of all time in the United Kingdom, [3] after Queen's Greatest Hits. [4] In August, 2019, Gold: Greatest Hits became the longest-running top 100 album of all time, spending 900 weeks on the UK Albums Chart. The album spent 61 (non-consecutive) weeks in the top 10 and topped the British chart 5 times, most recently for two weeks in 2008 following release of the motion picture Mamma Mia!. [5] As of July 2021, "Gold" became the first album to reach 1000 weeks on the Official Charts in United Kingdom with pure sales of 5.61 million copies sold in United Kingdom. [2] In November 2021, it was awarded 20× Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry, denoting six millions album-equivalent unit in the UK. [6] Goofy cover bands like Australian outfit Björn Again built on this enthusiasm for ABBA’s music and became genuine sensations at clubs around the world, dialing up the kitsch with even more outlandish attire and between-song banter delivered in Swedish accents. And if the commercial potential of ABBA’s music wasn’t already evident, it became impossible to ignore in mid-1992 when Erasure’s cover EP Abba-esque topped the charts across the UK and continental Europe. Main release years: 1992, 1999 (remastered), 2002 (redesigned), 2003 (DVD), 2008 (new remaster) and 2010 (restored DVD, released as CD+DVD).