Album
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Why this album mattered
The Album (1978) is a Abba album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #14 and charted for 41 weeks. Major singles from the album include "Take A Chance On Me", "The Name Of The Game".
The music
- 1
Eagle
2 Take a Chance on Me
- 3
One Man, One Woman
4 The Name of the Game
- 5
Move On
- 6
Hole in Your Soul
- 7
Thank You for the Music
- 8
I Wonder (Departure)
- 9
I’m a Marionette
- 10
Thank You for the Music (Doris Day version)
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
A long tail — 41 weeks on the chart, outlasting most peers without ever claiming the summit. Entered at #80, exploded upward for 23 weeks to reach #14 and fell quickly across 41 weeks on the chart.
The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
