ABBA Live is an album of live recordings by Swedish pop group ABBA, released by Polar Music in 1986 (see 1986 in music). When this LP/CD was released, the band's popularity was at an all-time low and none of the members themselves were involved in the production of the album. ABBA Live contains recordings from 1977, 1979 and 1981 - much to the dismay of both music critics and ABBA fans it also had 80's synth drums overdubbed on most tracks, taking away the true live feeling of the performances. Neither did it feature any of the tracks that the band had performed live on their tours but never included on any of their studio albums, such as I Am An A, Get On The Carousel, I'm Still Alive, or the original live versions of the songs from the 1977 mini-musical The Girl With The Golden Hair; Thank You For The Music, I Wonder (Departure) and I'm A Marionette, all of which had slightly different lyrics and/or musical arrangements to the subsequent studio recordings included on ABBA - The Album. Fernando and Money, Money, Money recorded 3 and 12 March 1977, Australia, Two For The Price Of One, Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!, Super Trouper and On and On and On, recorded in SVT Studios for TV program Dick Cavett Meets Abba, April 29 1981, all other tracks recorded during performances at the Wembley Arena, 5/10 Nov 1979
01 - Dancing Queen 02 - Take A Chance On Me 03 - I Have A Dream 04 - Does Your Mother Know 05 - Chiquitita 06 - Thank You For The Music 07 - Two For The Price Of One 08 - Fernando 09 - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 10 - Super Trouper 11 - Waterloo 12 - Morningside Of The Mountain 13 - The Name Of The Game 14 - On And On And On
