THE VISITORS

:''For the French film, see ''Les Visiteurs''.''
'''The Visitors''' is the eighth and final album by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music). The LP was the first in history to be issued in the new CD format.[1] ''The Visitors'' has been reissued in digitally remastered form three times; first in 1997, then in 2001 and again in 2005 as part of The Complete Studio Recordings box set.

Contents

Track listing

Personnel

Production

Charts

See also

Track listing

All songs by Andersson and Ulvaeus.
#"The Visitors (Crackin' Up)" – 5:47
#"Head Over Heels" – 3:48
#"When All Is Said And Done" – 3:17
#"Soldiers" – 4:40
#"I Let The Music Speak" – 5:23
#"One Of Us" – 3:57
#"Two For The Price Of One" – 3:38
#"Slipping Through My Fingers" – 3:53
#"Like An Angel Passing Through My Room" – 3:40
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★ This is Abba's only song done completely by one person, Frida. The song opens with the ticking of a metronome and closes the same way. It was originally entitled An Angel's Passing Through My Room and had more of a disco feel, similar to Lay All Your Love On Me, but was extensively redone as a poignant ballad with a music box.
''The Visitors'' was remastered and reissued in 1997 and 2001 with four bonus tracks:

10. "Should I Laugh Or Cry?" – 4:29
    
11. "The Day Before You Came" – 5:53
    
12. "Cassandra" – 4:56 (on 2001 remaster only)
    
13. "Under Attack" – 3:48
    
14. "You Owe Me One" – 3:26 (on 1997 remaster only)
    

''The Visitors'' was remastered and reissued again in 2005 as part of The Complete Studio Recordings box set with several bonus tracks:

10. "Should I Laugh Or Cry" – 4:32
    
    ★ B-side of "One Of Us". This version with an opening count-in was taken from Epic single (EPC A 1740, UK, December 4, 1981).
    
11. "No Hay A Quien Culpar" (Andersson, Ulvaeus, Buddy McCluskey, Mary McCluskey) – 3:14
    
    ★ Spanish version of "When All Is Said And Done".
    
12. "Se Me Está Escapando" (Andersson, Ulvaeus, B. McCluskey, M. McCluskey) – 3:54
    
    ★ Spanish version of "Slipping Through My Fingers".
    
13. "The Day Before You Came" – 5:51
    
14. "Cassandra" – 4:54
    
    ★ B-side of "The Day Before You Came".
    
15. "Under Attack" – 3:49
    
16. "You Owe Me One" – 3:26
    
    ★ B-side of "Under Attack".
    

Tracks 11–12 are from the Spanish and Latin American version of the album ''The Visitors''.
Tracks 13–16 are recorded and originally published in 1982.

Personnel

'ABBA'

★ Benny Andersson – synthesizer, keyboards, vocals

★ Agnetha Fältskog – vocals

★ Anni-Frid Lyngstad – vocals

★ Björn Ulvaeus – acoustic guitar, guitar, vocals
''Additional personnel'

★ Ola Brunkert – drums

★ Rutger Gunnarsson – bass, percussion

★ Janne Kling – wind

★ Per Lindvall – drums

★ Åke Sundqvist – percussion

★ Three Boys – bass, mandolin, keyboards

★ Lasse Wellander – acoustic guitar, electric guitar

Production

★ Producers: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus

★ Arrangers: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus

★ Engineer: Michael B. Tretow

★ Design: Rune Söderqvist

Charts

'Album'

Year	Chart	Position
1981	Australia Album Chart	22
1981	Austria Album Chart	3
1981	Belgium Album Chart	1
1981	Dutch Album Chart	1 (6)
1981	Finland Album Chart	3
1981	France Album Chart	12
1981	Italy Album Chart	35
1981	Japan Album Chart	12
1981	Mexico Album Chart	38
1981	New Zealand Album Chart	19
1981	Norway Album Chart	1 (8)
1981	South Africa Album Chart	3
1981	Spain Album Chart	6
1981	Sweden Album Chart	1 (9)
1981	Switzerland Album Chart	1
1981	UK Album Chart	1 (3)
1982	The Billboard 200	29
1981	West Germany Album Chart	1 (5)
1981	Zimbabwe Album Chart	1 (1)

'Singles' - Australia Singles Chart

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1981	"One Of Us"	Australia Singles Chart	48
1981	"When All Is Said And Done"	Australia Singles Chart	81

'Singles' - Mexico Singles Chart

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1981	"When All Is Said And Done"	Mexico Singles Chart	29
1981	"Head Over Heels"	Mexico Singles Chart	45

'Singles' - New Zealand Singles Chart

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1981	"One Of Us"	New Zealand Singles Chart	43

'Singles' - Sweden Singles Chart

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1981	"One Of Us"	Sweden Singles Chart	2

'Singles' - UK Singles Chart

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1981	"One Of Us"	UK Singles Chart	3
1982	"Head Over Heels"	UK Singles Chart	25

'Singles' - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1982	"When All Is Said and Done"	Adult Contemporary	10
1982	"When All Is Said And Done"	The Billboard Hot 100	27
1982	"The Visitors/When All Is Said And Done"	Club Play Singles	8
1982	"The Visitors"	The Billboard Hot 100	63
1983	"One Of Us"	Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles	107
1983	"One Of Us"	Adult Contemporary	33

See also

★ Visitors