accustomed to using the new 32-track digital recorder that had been purchased for Polar Music Studios. He said, "Digital recording...cut out all the hiss, but it also meant that sounds were sharply cut off below a certain level. The sound simply became too clean, so I had to find ways of compensating for that." The first three tracks for the album had already been recorded using analogue tape and therefore Tretow had to transfer all subsequent tracks from digital to analogue and back again to avoid a difference in quality. On its release, The Visitors reached the top of the charts in a number of territories but was not as successful as their previous albums. The Visitors was released as a Deluxe Edition in April 2012. As with previous releases in the Deluxe Edition series, this version offered a DVD of archive material along with a CD featuring the original album (although a different mix of "Head Over Heels" was used) and bonus tracks; one of the bonus tracks included was the demo medley "From a Twinkling Star to a Passing Angel", the first previously unreleased ABBA recordings since 1994. Pitchfork gave it an 8.6 grade, saying "even as the band's commercial star faded and its professional relationships quietly unravelled, they were perfectionists. ABBA's music on The Visitors is more pristine and ambitious than it had ever been, its themes darker, its personal politics more tangled." The Arts Desk: "The Visitors is not their best, but it is their most interesting [album], pointing to where Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson would go next." Album cover Rune Söderqvist designed the cover and photographed the group in a room containing Julius Kronberg's painting of Eros. The room is the Atelje Studio in Skansen Park, Stockholm. The group are positioned apart and appear to be waiting solemnly in the shadows. Track listing Source: All tracks written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. Personnel ABBA Agnetha Fältskog – vocals Anni-Frid Lyngstad – vocals Björn Ulvaeus – acoustic guitar, guitar, mandolin, vocals Benny Andersson – synthesizers, keyboards, vocals Additional personnel Ola Brunkert – drums Rutger Gunnarsson – bass, mandolin Janne Kling – flute and clarinet Per Lindvall – drums (on "Soldiers" and "The Visitors") Åke Sundqvist – percussion Lasse Wellander – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin Production Producers: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus Arrangers: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus Engineer: Michael B. Tretow Design: Rune Söderqvist Remastered