Arrival (ABBA album)

Arrival is the fourth studio album by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was originally released in Sweden on 11 October 1976 by Polar Records. It became one of ABBA's most successful albums to date, producing three of their biggest hits: "Dancing Queen", "Money, Money, Money" and "Knowing Me, Knowing You". The track "Fernando", which had been recently released as a single in March 1976, was included on the Australian and New Zealand versions of the album. Arrival was the best-selling album of 1977 in the United Kingdom and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Arrival
Studio album by
ABBA
Released11 October 1976
Recorded4 August 1975 – 18 September 1976
StudioMetronome, Stockholm, Sweden
GenrePop, euro disco
Length33:09
54:56 (The complete studio recordings)
59:00 (Deluxe edition)
Label
  • Polar
  • Epic (1976 UK release)
Producer
ABBA chronology
Greatest Hits
(1975)		 Arrival
(1976)		 ABBA: The Album
(1977)
Alternative cover
French edition using the inner sleeve image
Singles from Arrival
  1. "Dancing Queen"
    Released: 16 August 1976
  2. "Money, Money, Money"
    Released: 1 November 1976
  3. "Dum Dum Diddle"
    Released: 1976
  4. "Knowing Me, Knowing You"
    Released: 18 February 1977
  5. "That's Me"
    Released: 25 July 1977

The album was first released on compact disc (CD) in 1984 and then re-issued in digitally remastered form a total of four times; first in 1997, then in 2001, 2005 as part of The Complete Studio Recordings box set, and again in 2006 (as a special Deluxe Edition).

On 7 October 2016, the album was released as a double vinyl mastered at Abbey Road Studios using Half Speed Mastering.

In 2024, the album was selected to the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, and/or aesthetically significant".

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