Beauty Stab

by ABC

Beauty Stab cover art

Actively rebelling against the luxurious, Trevor Horn-produced perfection of their massive debut, the British group adopted a significantly harsher, guitar-driven rock sound for this deeply polarizing sophomore release. 'Beauty Stab' deliberately strips away the synthetic gloss, employing raw rhythm sections, prominent distortion, and intensely political, socially conscious lyricism from Martin Fry. The incredibly jarring stylistic pivot severely alienated their massive pop audience and effectively derailed their commercial momentum.

Genres

  • New Wave
  • Pop

Tracklist

  1. That Was Then But This Is Now
  2. Love's A Dangerous Language
  3. If I Ever Thought You'd Be Lonely
  4. The Power Of Persuasion
  5. Beauty Stab
  6. By Default By Design
  7. Hey Citizen!
  8. King Money
  9. Bite The Hand
  10. Unzip
  11. S.O.S.
  12. United Kingdom
  13. Vertigo
  14. Medley - Beauty Stab - Yellow Vinyl Flexidisc (MADDOX 1)
  15. That Was Then But This Is Now - Unedited