ABBA-Ring, Ring-(Full album 1973)

“Ring Ring” is the debut studio album by the Swedish group credited to Björn, Benny & Agnetha, Frida, who later became the pop group ABBA. It was released in Scandinavia and a limited number of other territories, including Germany, Australia, South Africa and Mexico, on 26 March 1973 through Polar Music. The album was a chart-topping album in Belgium, and a big success in the Netherlands, Norway and South Africa.
The album was re-released in Australasia in 1975, but was not released in the United Kingdom until 1992, and the United States until 1995.

“Ring,Ring” este albumul de studio de debut al trupei suedeze compusa din Björn ,Benny & Agnetha, Frida, care mai tarziu a devenit trupa ABBA. A fost lansat in Scandinavia si intr-un numar limitat d eteritorii, incluzand Germania, Australia, Africa de Suds i Mexic, la 26 martie 1973, de catre Polar Music. Albumul a atins locul 1 in clasamentele din Belgia si a avut mare success in Olanda, Norvegia si Africa de Sud.
Albumul a fost relansat in Australasia (Australia, Noua Zeelandă, insula Noua Guinee și insulele vecine din Oceanul Pacific) in 1975, dar nu a fost relansat in Marea Britanie pana in 1992 si in Statele Unite pana in 1995.

List of tracks

Side 1

1.       "Ring Ring (Bara Du Slog En Signal)"                                3:04

2.       "Another Town, Another Train"                                         3:12

3.       "Disillusion"                                                                        3:04

4.       "People Need Love"                                                          2:46

5.       "I Saw It in the Mirror"                                                       2:34

6.       "Nina, Pretty Ballerina"                                                      2:51

Side 2

1.       "Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)"                 2:53

2.       "Me and Bobby and Bobby's Brother"                                        2:50

3.       "He Is Your Brother"                                                          3:18

4.       "Ring Ring" (English version)                                            3:03

5.       "I Am Just a Girl"                                                                3:01

6.       "Rock'n Roll Band"                                                            3:09

Personnel

Agnetha Fältskog – lead vocals (1, 3, 6, 11), co-lead vocals (4, 7, 9), backing vocals

Anni-Frid Lyngstad – lead vocals (8), co-lead vocals (1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11), backing vocals

Benny Andersson – piano, keyboards, mellotron, co-lead vocals (4, 5, 7-12, 14), backing vocals

Björn Ulvaeus – acoustic guitar, guitar, lead vocals (2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12-14), co-lead vocals (8, 11), backing vocals[8]

Additional musicians

Ola Brunkert – drums

Rutger Gunnarsson – electric bass

Roger Palm – drums

Janne Schaffer – acoustic guitar, electric guitar

Mike Watson – electric bass

Production

Benny Andersson; Björn Ulvaeus – producers, arrangers

Michael B. Tretow – engineer

Björn Almstedt; Lennart Karlsmyr; Rune Persson – assistant engineers

Sven-Olof Walldoff – string arrangements on "I Am Just a Girl"[9]

Lars Falck; Bengt H. Malmqvist – photography

Peter Wiking – original album design

Jon Astley; Tim Young; Michael B. Tretow – remastering for the 1997 remasters

Jon Astley; Michael B. Tretow – remastering for the 2001 remasters

Henrik Jonsson – remastering for The Complete Studio Recordings box set