ABBA "Fernando"
In 1976, the band released the somewhat hubristically titled
Greatest Hits compilation despite having had only six songs that were Top 40 hits in the UK and the US. Reviewing the release,
Melody Maker called ABBA "one of Europe's finest little pop groups with a fine line in vocal harmony", while
New York Times described them as "the ultimate upbeat white pop group" and saw the album as "a most appealing disk...full of clever middle-of-the-road arrangements". It became ABBA's first UK No.1 album and included "
Fernando" (which had originally been written in Swedish for Anni-Frid's 1975 Benny-produced solo LP
Frida ensam and was a smash hit in
Scandinavia, prompting a subsequent English-language recording by ABBA).