Super Trouper

by ABBA

Super Trouper cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 3 November 1980
  • Label: Polar
  • Country: Sweden
  • Length: 50:11
  • Community rating: 3.99/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: George Piros

Album Notes & Community Reviews

On 'Super Trouper', ABBA begins to transition away from pure disco into more sophisticated, synth-driven pop territories. The album maintains the group's signature melodic brilliance while incorporating darker, more melancholic lyrical themes reflecting interpersonal tensions. It serves as a polished and theatrical late-career highlight for the Swedish ensemble.

Genres

Descriptors: theatrical, polished, melodic, accessible, infectious

Tracklist

  1. Super Trouper (4:12)
  2. The Winner Takes It All (4:54)
  3. On And On And On (3:40)
  4. Andante, Andante (4:38)
  5. Me And I (4:54)
  6. Happy New Year (4:23)
  7. Our Last Summer (4:19)
  8. The Piper (3:26)
  9. Lay All Your Love On Me (4:34)
  10. The Way Old Friends Do - Live At Wembley Arena, London, England / 1979 (2:55)
  11. Elaine (3:44)
  12. Put On Your White Sombrero (4:32)

Credits

  • Rune S枚derqvist - design, design/illustration
  • Michael B. Tretow - engineer
  • Lars Larsson - photography by, photography
  • Bj枚rn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson - written-by, arranged by, producer
  • George Piros - mastering

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