The Complete Studio Recordings is a box set of all of the studio material released by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released on November 7, 2005 and consists of 9 CDs and 2 DVDs, plus a full color booklet with a timeline and photos. Another booklet containing complete lyrics to all of the music was also included.
There is one CD for each of ABBA's 8 studio albums. These CDs also include bonus tracks in the form of non-album tracks and foreign language versions. The final CD contains additional rare tracks, including songs released after the group had disbanded. Of particular interest is the rare alternate mix of "Waterloo", which has never been available on CD before. The extended mono version of "On and On and On"—featuring an extra verse and previously only available as the soundtrack to the song's video—is also released on CD for the first time.
The two DVDs feature all of the band's music videos (except for the "When I Kissed the Teacher" video), plus a documentary (The History) and concert footage from the television special Dick Cavett Meets ABBA, a co-production between Polar Music International and Sveriges Television (SVT). Five of the performances from this program are included on the DVD, as four of the original nine songs are no longer to be found in the SVT archives.
The Complete Studio Recordings was only available for a short period of time and in limited numbers. However, a simpler version of the box set featuring only the 9 CDs and the timeline booklet was released in Denmark in 2006.
The box set was re-released in 2008 to coincide with the release of Mamma Mia! but had limited chart success, mainly due to its high price tag.
As of 2020, The Complete Studio Recordings is not in print and many of the tracks included have made their way on to deluxe editions of ABBA's established albums. As of 2021, this set is no longer “complete” as ABBA released the reunion album Voyage.
Track listings
CD 1: Ring Ring (1973) "Ring Ring" "Another Town, Another Train" "Disillusion" "People Need Love" "I Saw It in the Mirror" "Nina, Pretty Ballerina" "Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)" "Me and Bobby and Bobby’s Brother" "He Is Your Brother" "She's My Kind of Girl" "I Am Just a Girl" "Rock'n Roll Band" Bonus tracks "Ring Ring (Bara du slog en signal)" (Swedish version of "Ring Ring") "Åh, vilka tider" "Merry-Go-Round" "Santa Rosa" "Ring Ring" (Spanish version) "Wer Im Wartesaal Der Liebe Steht" (German version of "Another Town, Another Train") "Ring Ring" (German version)
CD 2: Waterloo (1974) "Waterloo" "Sitting in the Palmtree" "King Kong Song" "Hasta Mañana" "My Mama Said" "Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)" "Honey, Honey" "Watch Out" "What About Livingstone?" "Gonna Sing You My Lovesong" "Suzy-Hang-Around" Bonus tracks "Ring Ring" (U.S. 1974 remix) "Waterloo" (Swedish version) "Honey, Honey" (Swedish version) "Waterloo" (German version) "Hasta Mañana" (Spanish version) "Ring Ring" (UK 1974 remix) "Waterloo" (French version)
CD 3: ABBA (1975) "Mamma Mia" "Hey, Hey Helen" "Tropical Loveland" "SOS" "Man in the Middle" "Bang-A-Boomerang" "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" "Rock Me" "Intermezzo No. 1" "I've Been Waiting for You" "So Long" Bonus tracks "Crazy World" "Medley: Pick a Bale of Cotton – On Top of Old Smokey – Midnight Special" (1978 remix) "Mamma Mia" (Spanish version)
CD 4: Arrival (1976) "When I Kissed the Teacher" "Dancing Queen" "My Love, My Life" "Dum Dum Diddle" "Knowing Me, Knowing You" "Money, Money, Money" "That's Me" "Why Did It Have to Be Me?" "Tiger" "Arrival" Bonus tracks "Fernando" (from Greatest Hits (1975)) "Happy Hawaii" (Early version of "Why Did It Have to Be Me?") "La Reina Del Baile" (Spanish version of "Dancing Queen") "Conociéndome, Conociéndote" (Spanish version of "Knowing Me, Knowing You") "Fernando" (Spanish version)
CD 5: The Album (1977) "Eagle" "Take a Chance on Me" "One Man, One Woman" "The Name of the Game" "Move On" "Hole in Your Soul" The Girl With the Golden Hair–3 Scenes From a Mini-Musical "Thank You for the Music" "I Wonder (Departure)" "I'm a Marionette" Bonus tracks "Al Andar" (Spanish version of "Move On") "Gracias Por La Música" (Spanish version of "Thank You for the Music")