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Infobox Album | Name = Beauty Stab| Type = Album | Artist = ABC (band)|ABC | Cover = Sl_beauty.jpg| Released = 1983| Recorded = 1981/1982| Genre = Rock music|Rock | Length =| Label = Neutron Records (UK) Mercury Records (USA) Vertigo Records (Canada and Europe)| Producer =|| Last album = The Lexicon of Love (1982)| This album = Beauty Stab (1983)| Next album = How to Be a...Zillionaire! (1985)Album ratings| rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = Rating|3|5Allmusic|class=album|id=r813419 |tab=review |label="ABC: Beauty Stab Bonus Tracks > Review |first=Mike |last=DeGagne |accessdate=date|2011-10-01| rev2 = Robert Christgau | rev2Score = Rating-Christgau|A-cite web |url= http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php? id=16 |title=ABC: Beauty Stab |first=Robert |last=Christgau |publisher=RobertChristgau.com |accessdate=date|2011-10-01 Beauty Stab is the second album by the British band ABC (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).cite web |url= http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php? id=3528 |title=ABC |publisher=ChartStats.com |accessdate=date|2011-10-01
The band employed the rhythm section of Andy Newmark (drums) and Alan Spenner (bass) which had most recently played and toured with Roxy Music.
In 2005 a digitally remastered reissue of the album was released.
Track listing
Track listing| all_writing = ABC | headline = Side one | title1 = That Was Then but This Is Now | length1 = 3:34 | title2 = Love's a Dangerous Language | length2 = 3:40 | title3 = If I Ever Thought You'd Be Lonely | length3 = 3:55 | title4 = The Power of Persuasion | length4 = 3:32 | title5 = Beauty Stab | length5 = 2:06 | title6 = By Default by Design | length6 = 4:07 Track listing| headline = Side two | title1 = Hey Citizen! | length1 = 3:55 | title2 = King Money | length2 = 4:02 | title3 = Bite the Hand | length3 = 3:06 | title4 = Unzip | length4 = 2:49 | title5 = S.O.S. (ABC song)|S.O.S. | length5 = 4:49 | title6 = United Kingdom | length6 = 3:23 Track listing| collapsed = yes | headline = 2005 re-release bonus tracks | title13 = Vertigo | length13 = 1:58 | title14 = Selections from the Magnificent New ABC Long-Player 'Beauty Stab' | length14 = 5:48 | title15 = That Was Then But This Is Now | note15 = Unedited | length15 = 5:58
References
reflist ABC (band) Category:1983 albums Category:ABC (band) albums Category:Mercury Records albums Category:Vertigo Records albums
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