Nearly 40 years since the release of their last album, we are celebrating ABBA’s entire studio discography with an 8LP box set that features each of their groundbreaking records for the first time on coloured vinyl, and with replica LP artwork.

Benny Andersson (born 16 December 1946 in Stockholm, Sweden) became (at age 18) a member of a popular Swedish pop-rock group, the Hep Stars, that performed covers, amongst other things, of international hits. Inside Black … They also set up Hep House, their equivalent of Apple Corps. 1975 studio album by ABBA ABBA Studio album by ABBA Released21 April 1975 Recorded22 August 1974–16 March 1975 StudioGlen, Metronome and Ljudkopia Studios in Stockholm GenrePop Length36:09 Label Polar Epic Atlantic Producer Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus ABBA chronology Waterloo ABBA Greatest Hits Singles from ABBA "So Long" Released: 18 November 1974 "I've Been Waiting for You" Released: 18 November 1974, December 1977 "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" Released: Apri… Andersson played the keyboard and eventually started writing original songs for his band, many of which became major hits, including "No Response", which hit number three in 196… 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. ABBA's self-titled third album was the one that really broke the group on a worldwide basis.The Eurovision Song Contest winner "Waterloo" had been a major international hit and "Honey, Honey" a more modest one, but ABBA was still an exotic novelty to most of those outside Scandinavia until the release of ABBA in the spring of 1975. ABBA: The Album (also known as simply The Album) is the fifth studio album by the Swedish pop group ABBA.It was released in Scandinavia on 12 December 1977 through Polar Music, but due to the massive pre-orders the UK pressing plants were not able to press sufficient copies before Christmas 1977 and so it was not released in the UK until January 1978. ABBA: The Studio Albums, due for release on July 24th. Find ABBA discography, albums and singles on AllMusic. The Hep Stars were known as "the Swedish Beatles". Related Blog Posts.