Beauty Stab
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| Studio album by ABC | ||||
| Released | 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1981/1982 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Neutron Records (UK) Mercury Records (USA) Vertigo Records (Canada and Europe) |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | A− [2] |
Beauty Stab is the second album by the British band ABC. Released in 1983, it was a departure from the stylized production of the band's first album, The Lexicon of Love, preferring a more guitar-oriented sound.
The album was not as commercially successful as its predecessor, peaking at no. 12 in the UK album charts and spawning only two top 40 singles (neither of which made the top 10).[3]
The band employed the rhythm section of Andy Newmark (drums) and Alan Spenner (bass)[1] which had most recently played and toured with Roxy Music.
In 2005 a digitally remastered reissue of the album was released.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written and composed by ABC.
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| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "That Was Then but This Is Now" | 3:34 | |||||||
| 2. | "Love's a Dangerous Language" | 3:40 | |||||||
| 3. | "If I Ever Thought You'd Be Lonely" | 3:55 | |||||||
| 4. | "The Power of Persuasion" | 3:32 | |||||||
| 5. | "Beauty Stab" | 2:06 | |||||||
| 6. | "By Default by Design" | 4:07 | |||||||
| Side two | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Hey Citizen!" | 3:55 | |||||||
| 2. | "King Money" | 4:02 | |||||||
| 3. | "Bite the Hand" | 3:06 | |||||||
| 4. | "Unzip" | 2:49 | |||||||
| 5. | "S.O.S." | 4:49 | |||||||
| 6. | "United Kingdom" | 3:23 | |||||||
| 2005 re-release bonus tracks | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 13. | "Vertigo" | 1:58 | |||||||
| 14. | "Selections from the Magnificent New ABC Long-Player 'Beauty Stab'" | 5:48 | |||||||
| 15. | "That Was Then But This Is Now" (Unedited) | 5:58 | |||||||
[edit] References
- ^ a b DeGagne, Mike. "ABC: Beauty Stab [Bonus Tracks] > Review at Allmusic. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "ABC: Beauty Stab". RobertChristgau.com. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=16. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
- ^ "ABC". ChartStats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=3528. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
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