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<p><b><i>ABBA </b></i> is the third studio album by the Swedish pop group <a href="/pages/w/112202625459423">of the same name</a>. It was originally released on 21 April 1975 through <a href="/pages/w/263641653748079">Polar Music</a> and featured the hits "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamma_Mia_" class="wikipedia">Mamma Mia</a>" and "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOS_" class="wikipedia">SOS</a>".</p><h2>Overview</h2><p>Following the <a href="/pages/w/105514969480877">Eurovision</a> success of "Waterloo", <i>ABBA</i> saw the band gaining worldwide recognition. "<a href="/pages/w/106091296089872">I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do</a>" topped the charts in Australia, as did "<a href="/pages/w/112287718786539">Mamma Mia</a>" shortly after. "<a href="/pages/w/104030129634769">SOS</a>" and "Mamma Mia" became hits in both the United States and the United Kingdom. The album saw ABBA dabble into reggae with "Tropical Loveland", and includes a grand pseudo-classical keyboard instrumental in the traditions of <a href="/pages/w/104028252967017">Keith Emerson</a> and <a href="/pages/w/109297045755700">Rick Wakeman</a> with "Intermezzo No. 1" (early working title: "Mama").</p><p><i>ABBA</i> was first released on CD in Japan in 1986, with an alternative mix of "Man in the Middle" not found on any subsequent CD pressing. <i>ABBA</i> was then released on CD in West Germany in 1987 (later released internationally), with five bonus tracks of songs from the albums <i><a href="/pages/w/108531292504552">Waterloo</a></i> and <i><a href="/pages/w/108451195841816">Ring Ring</a></i>, which had not been released on CD at that time. <i>ABBA</i> was released on CD in Sweden in 1988 featuring the original 11 tracks only. The album has been reissued in digitally remastered form several times; first in 1997, then in 2001 and again in 2005 as part of <i><a href="/pages/w/108146459206574">The Complete Studio Recordings</a></i> <a href="/pages/w/106041832759967">box set</a>. In 2012, it was released as a deluxe edition CD / <a href="/pages/w/108342515856969">DVD</a> set. On the original UK cassette release of the album "Bang a Boomerang" was split in two parts, being faded during the second verse at the end of side one and continued at the beginning of side two.</p>