Skyscraping

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Skyscraping
Skyscraping cover
Studio album by ABC
Released 1997
Recorded -
Genre Rock
Length -
Label Blatant/Deconstruction
Producer -
Professional reviews
ABC chronology
Abracadabra (Album)
(1991)		 Skyscraping (1997) The Lexicon of Live (1999)

Martin Fry resurrected ABC's name in 1997 for the album Skyscraping, a homage to several of his musical heroes, including David Bowie, Roxy Music and The Sex Pistols. A collaboration with Glenn Gregory of Heaven 17 and Keith Lowndes, the album was met with critical approval rather than broad commercial success. Three singles were released: "Rolling Sevens" , "Skyscraping" , and "Stranger Things".

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by ABC except where indicated.

[edit] Original release

  1. "Stranger Things"
  2. "Ask A Thousand Times"
  3. "Skyscraping"
  4. "Who Can I Turn To?"
  5. "Rolling Sevens"
  6. "Only The Best Will Do"
  7. "Love Is Its Own Reward"
  8. "Light Years"
  9. "Seven Day Weekend"
  10. "Heaven Knows"
  11. "Faraway"

[edit] See also

  • Honeyroot (The ambient music project of Glenn Gregory and Keith Lowndes)

[edit] Honeyroot

Honeyroot is an ambient dance collaboration between Glenn Gregory and Keith Lowndes, that is signed to the 'Just Music' recording company. The project has it's origins in the 1997 Blatant album release Skyscraping by ABC. As ABC was essentially Martin Fry, after the departure of co-member Mark White, Keith Lowndes and fellow Sheffield native Glenn Gregory of the electropop-funk band Heaven 17, were brought in for co-writing duties on the album.

[edit] Singles

Honeyroot reached the Top 75 of the UK Singles chart with their ambient reading of the Joy Division song "Love Will Tear Us Apart".

[edit] Album

  • Honeyroot - Sound Echo Location (Just Music 2005)

[edit] External links

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