Thank You for the Music (album)

Thank You for the Music: A Collection of Love Songs
Compilation album by
Released11 November 1983
RecordedAugust 1976–August 1982
GenrePop
Length62:56
LabelEpic
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ABBA chronology
The Singles: The First Ten Years
(1982)
Thank You for the Music: A Collection of Love Songs
(1983)
ABBA Live
(1986)
Singles from Thank You for the Music: A Collection of Love Songs
  1. "Thank You for the Music"
    Released: 4 November 1983 (UK)
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Thank You for the Music (subtitled A Collection of Love Songs) is a compilation album by the Swedish recording group ABBA. It was released on 11 November 1983, exclusively to the United Kingdom and Ireland, via Epic Records, the group's British distributor. The compilation features fourteen of the group's songs. The Spanish version of "Fernando" is featured on the compilation, which marked its first time released in the United Kingdom. The group had effectively broken up for nearly a year when the compilation was released.

Seen as an unnecessary release, Thank You for the Music broke ABBA's streak of eight consecutive British number one albums, beginning with Greatest Hits in 1976 and ending with The Singles: The First Ten Years in 1982; it reached number 17 on the UK Albums Chart. Despite under-performing, it was still certified Gold by the BPI for sales of over 100,000 units. "Thank You for the Music", originally released in 1978 as a double A-side single with "Eagle" was reissued as a single, peaking at number 33 on the UK Singles Chart.

Thank You for the Music was later deleted following releases of later compilations.