Arrival
by ABBA
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Arrival is ranked as the best album by ABBA.
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Arrival track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Arrival rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #1101-1200* | 3/78 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1970s | 60/100 | - |
| 2026 |  nitomano | Top 35 Music Albums of 1976 | 31/35 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 70 Music Albums of 1976 | 54/70 | 1 |
| 2026 | timosbuecherei | Top 90 Music Albums of the 1970s | 77/90 | 3 |
| 2026 | AledJames | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 27/100 | 15 |
| 2026 |  Bach | Top 7 Music Albums of 1976 | 3/7 | 4 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 36 Music Albums of 1976 | 9/36 | 4 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 32 Music Albums of 1976 | 10/32 | 4 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 5/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 310 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,364 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/30/2026 08:26 | Siromynian | 1,786 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/11/2026 20:34 |  HoldenM | 1,904 | 84/100 |
| ! | 09/04/2026 16:54 | platus | 5,896 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 72.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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at the time i am posting this comment, this album is in the top position
let no one forget this day. mamma mia!
"Arrival" from 1976 was Abba at the height of their success and popularity. The album contains three of the group's biggest hits, "Dancing Queen", "Money, Money, Money" and "Knowing Me, Knowing You". On some CDs one more hit ("Fernando" ) was added as a bonus-track. "Arrival" was the best-selling album of 1977 in the United Kingdom.
Apart from the 4 classic hits, it has two more personal favourites if mine. "When I Kissed the Teacher" is a very catchy upbeat song with cruchy acoustic guitars. "Tiger" is a more hard-hitting song; but still also very catchy.
Less significant songs, such as "That's Me", "My Love, My Life", "Dum, Dum Diddle" and "That's Me" are not bad either, making "Arrival" altogether one Abba's most consistent albums.
My Arrival album has Fernando as track 10. You take that out and this album just falls short of their predecessor Abba. Still Dancing Queen and Knowing Me Knowing You are brilliant tracks.
johnner TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/02/2012 19:18 | #34225 | TOP COMMENT
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No one holds a candle against ABBA here, Arrival features some of the best pop songs you're ever likely to hear. Let's face it, they kicked everyone's butt back in the 70s and the world has never been the same ever again.
Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/19/2015 12:52 | #147986 | TOP COMMENT
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Easily their best album. Side 1 (Tracks 1-5) is pop perfection. Side 2 is not as strong but overall a great album.
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