This is the canon from whence the term "Europop" sprang. With a continental sense of vocal neoclassicism, informed by just the right ethnic clichés (and oft wed to the era's insistent 4/4 disco beat) to make songs like "Mama Mia," "Fernando," "Chiquitita," and "Voulez-Vous" work on a global scale, the writing team of Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson and their respective partners in music and life, Agnetha Faltskog and Frida Lyngstad, developed the seamless, wall-of-sound productions contained herein. The Definitive Collection features a rare single remix of "Ring, Ring" and a 1979 promo-only extended mix of "Voulez-Vous" as bonus tracks, as well as a concise, illustrated history of the band and each track. --Jerry McCulley

The Definitive Collection Track Listing:

Disc 1

1. People Need Love
2. Ring Ring
3. Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)
4. Waterloo
5. Honey, Honey
6. So Long
7. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
8. SOS
9. Mamma Mia
10. Fernando
11. Dancing Queen
12. Money, Money, Money
13. Knowing Me, Knowing You
14. The Name Of The Game
15. Take A Chance On Me
16. Eagle
17. Summer Night City
18. Chiquitita
19. Does Your Mother Know

Disc 2

1. Voulez-Vous
2. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
3. I Have A Dream
4. The Winner Takes It All
5. Super Trouper
6. On And On And On
7. Lay All Your Love On Me
8. One Of Us
9. When All Is Said And Done
10. Head Over Heels
11. The Visitors (Crackin' Up)
12. The Day Before You Came
13. Under Attack
14. Thank You For The Music
15. Ring Ring (1974 Remix, Single Version)
16. Voulez-Vous (Extended Remix, 1979 US Promo)