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DISCID=1b0d7f13
DTITLE=ABBA / The Complete Studio Recordings - Disc 01 of 11 : Ring Ring
DYEAR=1973
DGENRE=Pop
TTITLE0=Ring Ring
TTITLE1=Another Town, Another Train
TTITLE2=Disillusion
TTITLE3=People Need Love
TTITLE4=I Saw It In The Mirror
TTITLE5=Nina, Pretty Ballerina
TTITLE6=Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)
TTITLE7=Me And Bobby And Bobby's Brother
TTITLE8=He Is Your Brother
TTITLE9=She's My Kind Of Girl
TTITLE10=I Am Just A Girl
TTITLE11=Rock'n Roll Band
TTITLE12=Ring Ring (Bara Du Slog En Signal) (Swedish Version)
TTITLE13=h, Vilka Tider
TTITLE14=Merry-Go-Round
TTITLE15=Santa Rosa
TTITLE16=Ring Ring (Spanish Version)
TTITLE17=Wer Im Wartesaal Der Liebe Steht
TTITLE18=Ring Ring (German Version)
EXTD=The Complete Studio Recordings - Disc 01 of 11 : Ring Ring\n
EXTD=2005 Polar Music International\n
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EXTD=Originally Released 1973\n
EXTD=Remastered Edition Released March 16, 1999\n
EXTD=DigiPak Edition With Bonus Tracks Released October 16, 2001\n
EXTD=Complete Studio Recordings Box Released \n
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EXTD=24-bit digital remaster with new liner notes, complete lyrics and bonus tracks: 'Merry Go Round', 'Santa Rosa' and 'Ring Ring' (Swedish Version). \n
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EXTD=AMG EXPERT REVIEW: This, the first album by the group later called ABBA (they were called Bjorn, Benny, Agnetha & Annifrid at the time), originally was released only in Sweden; England and America didn't show any interest until the group won the Euro
EXTD=vision Song Contest with "Waterloo" the following year, although "Ring Ring" had been a hit in several other countries. It's clear that this team has spent a lot of time listening to albums like Abbey Road and Honky Chateau, not to mention Sweet Baby
EXTD= James. But they've also been absorbing a broad range of the pop charts of the late '60s and early '70s. At the same time, they haven't put together the ABBA sound yet. For one thing, the men sing almost as much as the women, and for another, Benny A
EXTD=ndersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus have underproduced the recordings, even as they have overarranged the music. (Eventually released in Europe, Ring Ring has not been released officially in the U.S., although import copies are readily available.) -- William 
EXTD=Ruhlmann\n
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EXTD=Amazon.com Editorial Reviews\n
EXTD=ABBA was originally called Bjorn, Benny, Agnetha & Frida--the name with which the title track of this, their 1973 debut album, was entered into the Swedish heat of the Eurovision Song Contest. The tune didn't get picked, but the resultant public outc
EXTD=ry was such that ABBA's future was assured. Both Bjorn and Benny had already been Swedish rock icons in the '60s--Benny, most notably, in the Hep Stars, better known as "the Swedish Beatles," while Bjorn sang in a folk-rock combo. Anni-Frid, meanwhil
EXTD=e, had won several national talent contests and Agnetha had topped the Swedish singles chart by the age of 18. Ring Ring, although lightweight, does contain some poignant rumblings of albums to come. Mostly, though, it is along the lines of the winso
EXTD=me "She's My Kind of Girl" and fun-time "Me and Bobby and Bobby's Brother"--music that reflected the group's past, not its future. --Everett True \n
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EXTD=CD Connection Review\n
EXTD=Folks familiar with ABBA's singles from their five-year stranglehold on AM radio in the late-'70s may be surprised by this, the Swedish foursome's 1973 debut. Not only is the title track--a runner-up in the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest--the only tune
EXTD= that ever shows up on the group's many anthologies, the other 11 songs show only traces of the compositional maturity, lyrical depth and production flourishes that make ABBA's later work so intoxicating. \n
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EXTD=Instead, RING RING is a sterling example of early-'70s bubblegum, not really that different from the Partridge Family or Andy Kim. Most surprising may be how many of the songs feature the lead vocals of Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson in addition t
EXTD=o (and, in some cases, instead of) Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Faltskog. Whoever is singing, songs like "She's My Kind of Girl" and "Love Isn't Easy" make RING RING a package of pure, chewy pop confections. YEAR: 1973 ID3G: 13
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