Beauty Stab

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Beauty Stab
Beauty Stab cover
Studio album by ABC
Released 1983
Recorded 1981/1982
Genre Rock
Label Mercury Records
Professional reviews
ABC chronology
The Lexicon of Love
(1982)		 Beauty Stab
(1983)		 How to Be a...Zillionaire!
(1985)

Beauty Stab is the 1983 album by the band ABC. It was the band's second album. It was a dramatic departure from the sweeping melodrama and stylized production of the band's first album, The Lexicon of Love, preferring a more guitar-oriented sound. It was poorly received by critics.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by ABC except where indicated.

[edit] Original release

  1. "That Was Then But This Is Now"
  2. "Love's a Dangerous Language"
  3. "If I'd Ever Thought You'd Be Lonely"
  4. "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"

[edit] 2005 Re-Release

  1. "That Was Then But This Is Now"
  2. "Love's a Dangerous Language"
  3. "If I'd Ever Thought You'd Be Lonely"
  4. "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. "Selections From The Magnificent New ABC Long-Player "Beauty Stab""
  15. "That Was Then But This Is Now (Unedited)"

All of the tracks on the 2005 reissue have been digitally remastered.

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