CD Re-issues, Bonus Tracks
The Visitors album was remastered in 1997 and released with bonus tracks: "Should I Laugh Or Cry", "The Day Before You Came", "Under Attack" and "You Owe Me One". In 2001, a new remastered edition with bonus tracks: "Should I Laugh or Cry", "The Day Before You Came" "Under Attack" and Cassandra . In 2005, a third remastered version of The Complete Studio Recordings box set, with bonus tracks "Should I Laugh or Cry" (a version with a brief count-in), "No Hay A Quien Culpar" (Spanish version of "When All Is Said And Done"), "Se Me Está Escapando" (Spanish version of "Slipping Through My Fingers)", "The Day Before You Came", "Cassandra", "Under Attack" and "You Owe Me One". The Visitors was reissued once again in 2008 as part of the The Albums box set but without any bonus tracks.
The Visitors Deluxe Edition was released on 23 April 2012. As with previous releases in the Deluxe Edition series, this version of ABBA’s final album offered a DVD of archive material along with CD bonus tracks – including the demo medley ‘From A Twinkling Star To A Passing Angel’, the first previously unreleased ABBA recordings since 1994.
THE VISITORS - DELUXE EDITION (CD + DVD)
All songs written and composed by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus.
| DISC 01: CD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | |
| 1. | "The Visitors (Crackin' Up)" | ||
| 2. | "Head Over Heels" | ||
| 3. | "When All Is Said And Done" | ||
| 4. | "Soldiers" | ||
| 5. | "I Let The Music Speak" | ||
| 6. | "One of Us" | ||
| 7. | "Two For the Price of One" | ||
| 8. | "Slipping Through My Fingers" | ||
| 9. | "Like An Angel Passing Through My Room" |
| Bonus Tracks: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | |
| 10. | "Should I Laugh Or Cry" | ||
| 11. | "I Am The City" | ||
| 12. | "You Owe Me One" | ||
| 13. | "Cassandra" | ||
| 14. | "Under Attack" | ||
| 15. | "The Day Before You Came" |
| Extra Bonus Track: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | |
| 16. | "From A Twinkling Star To A Passing Angel (demos)" |
| DISC 02: DVD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | |
| 1. | "Two For The Price Of One (Dick Cavett Meets ABBA)" | ||
| 2. | "Slipping Through My Fingers (Dick Cavett Meets ABBA)" | ||
| 3. | "When All Is Said And Done (Original Promo Clip)" | ||
| 4. | "ABBA In London, November 1982 (The Late Late Breakfast Show, BBC)" | ||
| 5. | "ABBA In Stockholm, November 1982 (Nöjesmaskinen, SVT)" | ||
| 6. | "The Visitors TV commercial I (UK)" | ||
| 7. | "The Visitors TV commercial II (Australia)" | ||
| 8. | "The Singles - The First Ten Years I (UK)" | ||
| 9. | "The Singles - The First Ten Years II (Australia)" | ||
| 10. | "International Sleeve Gallery" |
Songs 1–10, 16 digitally recorded and mixed 16 March – 14 November 1981 at Polar Music Studios, Stockholm, Sweden.
Songs 11–15 digitally recorded and mixed 3 May – 26 August 1982 at Polar Music Studios, Stockholm, Sweden scheduled for 9th studio album, which was finally completed, and these songs were released as singles 18 October 1982 "The Day Before You Came"/"Cassandra" and 21 February 1983 "Under Attack"/"You Owe Me One".
REVIEWS OF 2012 DELUXE EDITION
Pitchfork Media gave it a 8.6 grade, saying "even as the band's commercial star faded and its professional relationships quietly unravelled, they were perfectionists. ABBA's music on The Visitors is more pristine and ambitious than it had ever been, its themes darker, its personal politics more tangled."
The Arts Desk: "The Visitors is not their best, but it is their most interesting, pointing to where Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson would go next."
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