Waterloo
by ABBA
Listen & Collect
Complete your collection or upgrade your listening experience.
ABBA bestography
Waterloo is ranked 9th best out of 26 albums by ABBA on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by ABBA is Arrival which is ranked number 1271 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,372.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
Listen to Waterloo on YouTube
Waterloo track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Waterloo rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List Zone 13 Europe North | 51/100 | - |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 43/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1974 | 27/49 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | 4 My Chart Europe Pt 2 | 13/100 | - |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 21 Music Albums of 1974 | 21/21 | 0 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 21 Music Albums of 1974 | 6/21 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1974 | 40/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Top 22 Music Albums of 1974 | 15/22 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 73 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 176 | |||
Waterloo collection
Showing latest 20 members who have this album in their collection | Show all 46 members
Waterloo ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 3 ratings for this album. | Show all 121 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/07/2026 06:53 |  Tamthebam | 23,220 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/04/2026 10:56 | Pluto11 | 12,288 | 72/100 |
| ! | 04/06/2026 17:07 | Olli | 7,932 | 62/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.2/100, a mean average of 66.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
Waterloo favourites
Showing all 9 members who have added this album as a favourite
Forum mentions
paladisiac 05/28/2015 19:50 in What album are you listening to right now? paladisiac 01/24/2015 23:25 in What album are you listening to right now?
albummaster 05/22/2013 14:00 in World album of the day (#266): Waterloo by ABBAWaterloo comments
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First | Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)
Featuring the first of their 9 U.K. No.1's and 20 top 10 hits "Waterloo". Although no other song charted from this album, other strong tracks are "Watch out", "My mama said", "Dance" and "Gonna sing you my love song". This was a taster for what was to come, in which they became the 4th biggest and most successful act worldwide during the 70's. Only Elton John, The Rolling Stones & Pink Floyd kept them out of the top 3.
Boltzmann 05/06/2021 06:11 | #269402
This comment is beneath your viewing threshold.
The second half is a bit of a drag, but I do have a soft spot for this and Ring, Ring.
8.6/10
Top Tracks: "Honey, Honey"
Tamthebam 08/21/2015 13:14 | #148207 | TOP COMMENT
Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Was considered their Debut when it came out in '74 as no-one outside of Sweden had heard of them, then Bang they won the Eurovision and this album was released. Only later did it become clear that this was their 2nd album. There are some really good tracks - Gonna Sing you My Love Song, Hasta Manana, Dance While The Music... Waterloo & Honey Honey. Suzy Hang-Around & My Mama Said are not bad either. Overall 75/100.
Your feedback for Waterloo
The top-voted comments get featured on our charts, Album of the Day, and the site newsletter.
