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Essential ABC - ABC

Essential ABC

ABC  

Format: 3 CD

Genre: electronic, pop, Funk / Soul, Synth-pop

Barcode: 0600753928196

 

 
 

Artist

Formed 1980, Sheffield, UK

White and Singleton started out as Vice Versa (4), who released an EP "Music 4" in 1979 and contributed the track "Genetic Warfare" to a compilation, "1980: The First Fifteen Minutes" before adding Fry to the lineup and mutating into ABC.

During the late '70s, Fry ran his own fanzine, Modern Drugs, while he attended Sheffield University. ABC formed in 1980, after Fry interviewed Vice Versa members Mark White (guitar) and Stephen Singleton (saxophone) for his fanzine. The two musicians asked Fry to join their band as a vocalist, and he soon became part of the group; the lineup also featured drummer David Robinson and bassist Mark Lickley.

Soon, Fry had taken control of the electronic band, he recruited Trevor Horn as producer to steer them in a more pop-oriented direction and renamed the group ABC. By the fall of 1981, the band had signed a record contract with Phonogram Records, which agreed to distribute ABC's own label, Neutron. ABC released their first single, "Tears Are Not Enough," in November; it peaked at number 19 on the U.K. charts.

Tracks

1-1  Poison Arrow  03:24

1-2  Tears Are Not Enough  03:29

1-3  Overture  03:59

1-4  That Was Then But This Is Now  03:33

1-5  Many Happy Returns  03:59

1-6  Date Stamp  03:51

1-7  Show Me  04:05

1-8  Theme From "Mantrap"  04:19

1-9  The Night You Murdered Love  04:52

1-10  Love's A Dangerous Language  03:41

1-11  The Power Of Persuasion  03:32

1-12  Hey Citizen!  03:57

1-13  How To Be A Millionaire  03:35

1-14  Tower Of London  03:38

1-15  15 Storey Halo  05:35

2-1  The Look Of Love (Pt. 1)  03:30

2-2  All Of My Heart  05:19

2-3  S.O.S.  04:48

2-4  Be Near Me  03:36

2-5  Vanity Kills  03:33

2-6  Ocean Blue (Single Mix)  03:39

2-7  Poison Arrow (Jazz Remix)  07:03

2-8  Bad Blood  03:59

2-9  Rage And Then Regret  03:34

2-10  When Smokey Sings (The Miami Mix)  07:06

2-11  The Night You Murdered Love (The Whole Story)  08:15

2-12  King Without A Crown (Monarchy Mix)  08:40

2-13  Vanity Kills (U.S.A. Remix)  05:40

2-14  How To Be A Millionaire (Bond Street Mix)  06:08

3-1  When Smokey Sings  04:20

3-2  One Better World  05:38

3-3  The Real Thing  04:55

3-4  I'm In Love With You  04:35

3-5  North  05:42

3-6  Paper Thin  05:51

3-7  King Without A Crown  04:41

3-8  Tears Are Not Enough (12" Mix)  07:46

3-9  Alphabet Soup (12" Mix)  08:02

3-10  The Look Of Love (USA Remix)  07:41

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Members

Martin Fry,Mark White,David Palmer,Stephen Singleton,Mark Lickley,Eden (15),David Yarritu,David Robinson (23)

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