ABBA Super Trouper el Álbum

Super Trouper es el séptimo álbum de estudio, publicado el 3 de noviembre de 1980 por Polar Music. Se observa cierta madurez en las canciones del disco, al tratar temas menos triviales como el divorcio, el fascismo y las separaciones… abandonando, definitivamente, el estilo de música disco.

Con sólo nueve meses de trabajo, el álbum fue uno de los grabados más rápidamente, a pesar de que, Björn y Benny, tuvieron que ir a las Barbados para buscar inspiración. Allí encontraron a John Cleese, a quién le propusieron hacer un musical. Al declinar éste la invitación, sólo quedo de ese proyecto, Happy New Year.

Sesiones de Grabación

4 February
Polar Music Studios. Recording "Hold Me Close" (working title of "Andante, Andante").

Benny Andersson (keyboards), Lasse Wellander (guitar), Rutger Gunnarsson (bass), Ola Brunkert (drums).

February

Polar Music Studios. Recording "Elaine".

Benny Andersson (keyboards), Lasse Wellander (guitar), Rutger Gunnarsson (bass), Ola Brunkert (drums).

7 February

Polar Music Studios. Recording "Ten Tin Soldiers" (working title of "Sherwood", a working title of "Äntligen krig", a working title of "The Piper").

Benny Andersson (keyboards), Björn Ulvaeus, Lasse Wellander (guitar), Rutger Gunnarsson (bass), Ola Brunkert (drums).

8 February

Polar Music Studios. Recording "Hold Me Close" (working title of "Andante, Andante").

Björn Ulvaeus, Lasse Wellander and Rutger Gunnarsson (Mandolin overdubs).

11 February

Polar Music Studios. Recording "Daddy Don’t Get Drunk On Christmas Day" (working title of "Happy New Year").

Benny Andersson (keyboards), Janne Schaffer (guitar), Rutger Gunnarsson (bass), Ola Brunkert (drums).

12 February

Polar Music Studios. Recording "Esses vad det svänger när man spelar jazz" (working title of "’Til The Night Is Gone", a working title of "On And On And On").

Benny Andersson (keyboards), Janne Schaffer (guitar), Rutger Gunnarsson (bass), Ola Brunkert (drums).

11 April

Polar Music Studios. Mixing "Andante, Andante".

17 and 21 April

Polar Music Studios. Recording "The Piper"; "’Til The Night Is Gone" (working title of "On And On And On"); "Elaine".

23-25 and 29 April

Polar Music Studios. Mixing "’Til The Night Is Gone" (working title of "On And On And On"); "The Piper"; "Happy New Year"; "Elaine".

2 June

Polar Music Studios. Recording "The Story Of My Life" (working title of "The Winner Takes It All").

Benny Andersson (keyboards), Lasse Wellander (guitar), Mike Watson (bass), Ola Brunkert (drums).

3 June

Polar Music Studios. Recording "Burning My Bridges".

Benny Andersson (keyboards), Lasse Wellander (guitar), Mike Watson (bass), Ola Brunkert (drums).

4-5 and 10-12 June

Polar Music Studios. Recording "Our Last Summer"; "The Story Of My Life II/III" (working title of "The Winner Takes It All").

Benny Andersson (keyboards), Lasse Wellander (guitar), Mike Watson (bass), Ola Brunkert (drums); Åke Sundqvist (percussion; 6 June only).

6 June

Polar Music Studios. Recording "Our Last Summer"; "The Story Of My Life II/III" (working title of "The Winner Takes It All").

Benny Andersson (keyboards), Lasse Wellander (guitar), Mike Watson (bass), Ola Brunkert (drums); Åke Sundqvist (percussion).

16 June

Polar Music Studios. Recording "The Winner Takes It All".

18 June

Polar Music Studios. Mixing "The Winner Takes It All".

19 June

Polar Music Studios. Mixing "Our Last Summer".

September

Polar Music Studios. Recording "Jackass" (working title of "Piccolino", a working title of "Me And I").

Benny Andersson (keyboards), Lasse Wellander (guitar), Rutger Gunnarsson (bass), Ola Brunkert (drums), Åke Sundqvist (percussion).

September

Polar Music Studios. Recording "Yarrafat" (working title of "Lay All Your Love On Me"); "Spansk II" (working title of "Pig Party On Mallorca", a working title of "Padre", a working title of "Put On Your White Sombrero").

Benny Andersson (keyboards), Lasse Wellander (guitar), Rutger Gunnarsson (bass), Ola Brunkert (drums).

25 September

Polar Music Studios. Mixing "Me And I".

3 October

Polar Music Studios. Recording "Blinka lilla stjärna" (working title of "Super Trouper").

Benny Andersson (keyboards), Janne Schaffer (guitar), Mike Watson (bass), Per Lindvall (drums), Åke Sundqvist (percussion).

6-8 October

Polar Music Studios. Mixing "The Piper"; "Our Last Summer". Recording "The Way Old Friends Do".

9-12 October

Polar Music Studios. Mixing "Lay All Your Love On Me"; "The Way Old Friends Do"; "Andante, Andante".

14 October

Polar Music Studios. Recording "Super Trouper".

Late October

Polar Music Studios. Recording "Andante, Andante"; "Felicidad"

Super Trouper fue publicado, por primera vez en Escandinavia, el 3 de noviembre de 1980, bajo el sello de Polar Music. En países hispanos los temas, "Andante, Andante" y "Happy New Year", fueron sustituidos por sus versiones en español. En el Reino Unido fue lanzado un Box Set de edición especial, que contenía el LP, un fólder con la imagen del grupo, el libro ABBA For The Record de John Trobler y un póster con la portada del disco.

Super Trouper entró al Top 30 en más de veinte países, y alcanzó la posición número uno en casi la mitad de ellos. Fue el último disco del cuarteto en llegar al Top 20 del Billboard 200 y el último álbum del grupo en llegar al Top Ten de las listas japonesas.

Super Trouper, junto con Arrival, es uno de los álbumes de estudio más vendidos del grupo y uno de los más exitosos a la vez. Obtuvo catorce certificaciones por sus ventas: tres de oro, siete de platino y cuatro multi-platino.

Super Trouper fue recibido bien por la mayor parte de las críticas. La mayoría de ellas resaltan el hecho de que ABBA deja atrás la música disco y que las letras empiezan a ser interesantes.

LP original (1980)

Lado A
N.º	Título	Duración
1.	«Super-Trouper»	4:11
2.	«The Winner Takes It All»	4:55
3.	«On and On and On»	3:40
4.	«Andante, andante»	4:39
5.	«Me And I»	4:19

Lado B
N.º	Título	Duración
6.	«Happy New Year»	4:23
7.	«Our Last Summer»	4:19
8.	«The Piper»	3:26
9.	«Lay All Your Love On Me»	4:33
10.	«The Way Old Friends Do» (En vivo Londres Wembley Stadium noviembre 1979)	2:57

Pistas adicionales

N.º	Título	Duración
11.	«Elaine» (Lado B de "The Winner Takes It All")	3:44
12.	«Put On Your White Sombrero» (Outtake de las sesiones para el álbum)	4:34

12.	«Andante, Andante» (Versión en español)	4:40
13.	«Felicidad» (Versión en español de "Happy New Year")	4:24

Bonus no incluidos en los álbumes (En rojo las versiones editadas que NO tengo)

Andante, Andante (3.50 edit)

Andante, Andante (alternate mix)

Lay All Your Love On Me (3.23 edit)

Lay All Your Love On Me (4.06 edit)

Lay All Your Love On Me (extended)

Lay All Your Love On Me (remastered 1992)

Lay All Your Love On Me (single edit)

Lay All Your Love On Me (video edit)

Lay All Your Love On Me (A Raul Dance Mix)
Lay All Your Love On Me (Live at ABBA Arena)

On And On And On (video version mono and stereo)

On And On And On (video extended)
On And On And On (remix)
Super Trouper (1.52 edit)
Super Trouper (2.48 edit)
Super Trouper (3.16 edit)
Super Trouper (3.49 edit)

The Way Old Friends Do (live)

The Way Old Friends Do (remastered 1993)
The Winner Takes It All (3.03 edit)
The Winner Takes It All (4.20 promotional edit)

The Winner Takes It All (4.24 edit)

The Winner Takes It All (4.35 edit)

The Winner Takes It All (4.49 edit)
The Winner Takes It All (ABBA Voyage)

Versiones para descargar

Super Trouper (Original Album) FLAC MP3

Super Trouper (Extended) FLAC MP3

El álbum tiene una multitud de versiones que podéis ver en Discogs, aquí sólo os presento las más importantes.

Polar POLCD 322, Polar 800 023-2 Sweden, 1983	01 - Super Trouper [4:11] 02 - The Winner Takes It All [4:55] 03 - On And On And On [3:40] 04 - Andante, Andante [4:39] 05 - Me And I [4:54] 06 - Happy New Year [4:23] 07 - Our Last Summer [4:19] 08 - The Piper [3:26] 09 - Lay All Your Love On Me [4:33] 10 - The Way Old Friends Do {Live London (Tour 79-80)(November 5)} [2:57]
Polydor 533 979-2, Polar 533 979-2 Europe, 1997	01 - Super Trouper {Remastered 1997} [4:11] 02 - The Winner Takes It All {Remastered 1997} [4:55] 03 - On And On And On {Remastered 1997} [3:40] 04 - Andante, Andante {Remastered 1997} [4:39] 05 - Me And I {Remastered 1997} [4:54] 06 - Happy New Year {Remastered 1997} [4:23] 07 - Our Last Summer {Remastered 1997} [4:19] 08 - The Piper {Remastered 1997} [3:26] 09 - Lay All Your Love On Me {Remastered 1997} [4:33] 10 - The Way Old Friends Do {Live London (Tour 79-80)(November 5) Remastered 1997} [2:57] 11 - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) {Remastered 1997} [4:46] 12 - Elaine {Remastered 1997} [3:44] 13 - Put On Your White Sombrero {Remastered 1997} [4:26]
Polar 549 964-2 Europe, 2001	01 - Super Trouper {Remastered 1997} [4:12] 02 - The Winner Takes It All {Remastered 1997} [4:54] 03 - On And On And On {Remastered 1997} [3:40] 04 - Andante, Andante {Remastered 1997} [4:38] 05 - Me And I {Remastered 1997} [4:54] 06 - Happy New Year {Remastered 1997} [4:23] 07 - Our Last Summer {Remastered 1997} [4:19] 08 - The Piper {Remastered 1997} [3:26] 09 - Lay All Your Love On Me {Remastered 1997} [4:34] 10 - The Way Old Friends Do {Live London (Tour 79-80)(November 5) Remastered 1997} [2:55] 11 - Elaine {Remastered 1997} [3:44] 12 - Put On Your White Sombrero {Remastered 1997} [4:32]
Deluxe Edition (CD & DVD) Polar 060252746446 Europe, 9 mai 2011	CD 01 - Super Trouper {Remastered 1997} [4:11] 02 - The Winner Takes It All {Remastered 1997} [4:55] 03 - On And On And On {Remastered 1997} [3:40] 04 - Andante, Andante {Remastered 1997} [4:39] 05 - Me And I {Remastered 1997} [4:54] 06 - Happy New Year {Remastered 1997} [4:23] 07 - Our Last Summer {Remastered 1997} [4:19] 08 - The Piper {Remastered 1997} [3:26] 09 - Lay All Your Love On Me {Remastered 1997} [4:33] 10 - The Way Old Friends Do {Live London (Tour 79-80)(November 5) Remastered 1997} [2:57] 11 - Elaine {Remastered 1997} [3:44] 12 - On And On And On {Extended Full Length Stereo Mix} [4:13] 13 - Put On Your White Sombrero {Remastered 1997} [4:26] 14 - Andante, Andante {Spanish Remastered 1999} [4:39] 15 - Felicidad {Spanish Remastered 1999} [4:24] DVD 01 - Show Express {Video 1980} [12:13] 02 - Happy New Year {Video Sur Son 31} [4:29] 03 - Words And Music {Video} [26:11] 04 - Somewhere In The Crowd There'S You - On Location With ABBA {Video} [13:51] 05 - Super Trouper {Videoclip Remastered} [4:15] 06 - Happy New Year {Videoclip Remastered} [4:27] 07 - Super Trouper TV Commercial {Video Version I} [0:37] 08 - Super Trouper TV Commercial {Video Version II} [0:12] 09 - International Sleeve Gallery {Video Super Trouper} [2:59]
Picture LP Polar 0602508379888, Polar POLS 322 Europe, 10 June 2022	A1 - Super Trouper [4:13] A2 - The Winner Takes It All [4:55] A3 - On And On And On [3:41] A4 - Andante, Andante [4:38] A5 - Me And I [4:53] B1 - Happy New Year {LP Version} [4:37] B2 - Our Last Summer [4:18] B3 - The Piper [3:25] B4 - Lay All Your Love On Me [4:33] B5 - The Way Old Friends Do {Live London (Tour 79-80)(November 5)} [2:53]