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Super Trouper
Album cover
LP by ABBA
Released December, 1980
Recorded ???
Genre pop
Length 41 min 57 sec
Record label Polygram
Producer Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
Professional reviews
Q review 3 stars out of 5 September 2001, p.126
Rolling Stone review 2 stars out of 5 link
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.

Track listing

  1. "Super Trouper" (Andersson/Ulvaeus) - 4:11
  2. "The Winner Takes It All" (Andersson/Ulvaeus) - 4:55
  3. "On and on and On" (Andersson/Ulvaeus) - 3:40
  4. "Andante, Andante" (Andersson/Ulvaeus) - 4:39
  5. "Me and I" (Andersson/Ulvaeus) - 4:54
  6. "Happy New Year" (Andersson/Ulvaeus) - 4:23
  7. "Our Last Summer" (Andersson/Ulvaeus) - 4:19
  8. "The Piper" (Andersson/Ulvaeus) - 3:26
  9. "Lay All Your Love on Me" (Andersson/Ulvaeus) - 4:33
  10. "The Way Old Friends Do " (Andersson/Ulvaeus) - 2:57

Personnel

  • Janne Schaffer - Guitar
  • Frida - Vocals
  • Benny Andersson - Synthesizer, Arranger, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer
  • Ola Brunkert - Drums
  • Lars Carlsson - Horn
  • Agnetha Faltskog - Vocals
  • Anders Glenmark - Guitar
  • Rutger Gunnarsson - Bass, Guitar, Arranger
  • Janne Kling - Flute, Saxophone, Wind
  • Per Lindvall - Drums
  • Ake Sundqvist - Percussion
  • Michael B. Tretow - Engineer
  • Björn Ulvaeus - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Arranger, Vocals, Producer
  • Mike Watson - Bass
  • Lasse Wellander - Guitar
  • Kajtek Wojciechowski - Saxophone
  • Rune Soderqvist - Design

Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album 

1981	Pop Albums	                No. 17

Billboard (North America) - singles 

1981	The Winner Takes It All	     Adult Contemporary	                No. 1
1981	Lay All Your Love On Me	     Club Play Singles	                No. 1
1981	On And On And On	     Pop Singles	                No. 90
1981	Super Trouper	             Pop Singles	                No. 45
1981	The Winner Takes It All	     Pop Singles	                No. 8