The album has been reissued in digitally remastered form four times; first in 1997, then in 2001, again in 2005 as part of The Complete Studio Recordings box set and as a Deluxe Edition (containing a bonus DVD) in 2011.
The previous year's divorce between Björn and Agnetha was explored in "The Winner Takes It All", and the members' lives in Stockholm high society circles coloured the lyrics for "On and On and On".
On some European vinyl issues, the cheering and applause at the end of "The Way Old Friends Do" is recorded up to the run-out groove, playing in an endless loop on manual turntables.
Returning to the Polar Studios in Stockholm, the group then recorded and mixed the five tracks written, also including "The Piper" and "Elaine" (which would be released as a single b-side).
[4] Lyrically, many of the songs feature personal themes, most notably "The Winner Takes It All" which partly is about the break-up of Björn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Fältskog's marriage.
The album has been reissued in digitally remastered form four times; first in 1997, then in 2001, again in 2005 as part of The Complete Studio Recordings box set and as a Deluxe Edition (containing a bonus DVD) in 2011.
[9] It featured the stereo mix of the original, full length version of "On And On And On", that was previously only found in mono, as well as "Put on Your White Sombrero", a song recorded during the album's sessions, released until 1994 for the Thank You for the Music box set.
[12] The second disc contained a variety of television content, including: ABBA's appearance on ZDF's Show Express, that included performances of "The Winner Takes It All", "Super Trouper", and "On And On And On"; a performance of "Happy New Year" from SVT; Words And Music, a documentary produced by Polar Music International that features the group talking about the album after its completion; the new featurette, Somewhere In The Crowd There's You – On Location With ABBA, that compiles footage from the night of the photo shoot for the album's sleeve; remastered promo clips of "Super Trouper" and "Happy New Year"; two Super Trouper TV commercials; and the "International Sleeve Gallery".
[9] Paul Sinclair of SuperDeluxeEdition said that Super Trouper's deluxe edition "doesn't offer a great deal that fans will not already be familiar with" but that "for those wishing to explore beyond the boundaries of the enduring ABBA Gold collection... [it] could be a very good place to start".
[13] Super Trouper is a registered trademark owned by Strong Entertainment Lighting for their brand of followspots, i.e., directional spotlights used to follow a performer on stage.
[citation needed] Several of ABBA's friends were also invited to take part and the following also appear on the cover: Görel Hanser (vice-president of Polar Music who subsequently married the band's photographer Anders Hanser), Berka Bergkvist (another Polar Music employee), Tomas Ledin, and Anders Anderson (ABBA's manager's son).
[15] Christopher Thelen, from The Daily Vault gave the album an A− and wrote that "whatever was happening to the band, internally or externally, they were able to take it and put the best creative spin on it.