Tracklist
| A1 | That Was Then But This Is Now | 3:33 | |
| A2 | Love's A Dangerous Language | 3:39 | |
| A3 | If I Ever Thought You'd Be Lonely | 3:55 | |
| A4 | The Power Of Persuasion | 3:31 | |
| A5 | Beauty Stab | 2:06 | |
| A6 | By Default By Design | 4:07 | |
| B1 | Hey Citizen! | 3:55 | |
| B2 | King Money | 4:02 | |
| B3 | Bite The Hand | 3:06 | |
| B4 | Unzip | 2:49 | |
| B5 | S.O.S. | 4:48 | |
| B6 | United Kingdom | 3:19 |
Companies, etc.
- Published By – Neutron Music
- Published By – 10 Music Ltd.
- Recorded At – Sarm West Studios
- Recorded At – Sarm East Studios
- Recorded At – The Town House
- Recorded At – Abbey Road Studios
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Phonogram Ltd. (London)
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Phonogram Ltd.
- Copyright © – Phonogram Ltd.
- Mastered At – The Town House
- Lacquer Cut At – PRS Ltd.
Credits
- Alto Saxophone – Stephen Singleton
- Arranged By [Strings] – David Bedford
- Bass Guitar – Alan Spenner
- Design [Album Sleeve] – Keith Breeden
- Drums – Andy Newmark
- Engineer [Assistant - Abbey Road Studios] – John Kurlander
- Engineer [Assistant - Sarm Studios East And West] – Bob Kraushaar
- Engineer [Assistant - Townhouse Studios] – Keith Nixon
- Guitar, Piano, Synthesizer – Mark White
- Management – Partisan Management Ltd.
- Management [For Partisan Management Ltd.] – Robert Warr*
- Management [North America, For Lookout Management, Inc.] – Bill Gerber
- Oboe – David Theodore
- Percussion – Louis Jardim*
- Photography By – Gered Mankowitz
- Producer – ABC
- Producer [With] – Gary Langan
- Recorder – Adrian Brett
- Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Howie Casey
- Vocals – Martin Fry
- Written-By, Arranged By – Singleton*
Notes
Recording of the album took place throughout August, September and October 1983 at Sarm Studios East and West, Townhouse Studios and Abbey Road Studios.
℗ 1983 Phonogram Ltd (London)
Original sound recording made by Phonogram Ltd. (London)
Made in Britain
© 1983 Phonogram Ltd.
℗ 1983 Phonogram Ltd.
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Track durations are not listed on the release.
℗ 1983 Phonogram Ltd (London)
Original sound recording made by Phonogram Ltd. (London)
Made in Britain
© 1983 Phonogram Ltd.
℗ 1983 Phonogram Ltd.
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Track durations are not listed on the release.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (A Side Runout, Variant 1): NTRL 2 A // 1 ∇ 420 H 12 2 TOWNHOUSE
- Matrix / Runout (B Side Runout, Variant 1): NTRL 2 B // 1 ∇ 420 H 11 1 TOWNHOUSE
- Matrix / Runout (A Side Runout, Variant 2): NTRL 2 A // 1 ∇ 420 H 1 1 1 0 TOWNHOUSE
- Matrix / Runout (B Side Runout, Variant 2): NTRL 2 B // 1 ∇ 420 H 12 5 TOWNHOUSE
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Beauty Stab (Cassette, Album, 72, Dolby System) | Mercury | 814 661-4 M-1, 422 814-661-4 M-1 | US | 1983 | ||
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Beauty Stab (LP, Album, Stereo) | Mercury | 814 661-1 | Netherlands | 1983 | ||
| Beauty Stab (LP, Album) | Neutron Records | VOG-1-3332 | Canada | 1983 | |||
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Beauty Stab (LP, Album, 56 - Pitman Pressing) | Mercury | 814 661-1 M-1, 422-814 661-1 M-1 | US | 1983 | ||
| Beauty Stab (LP, Album, Stereo) | Mercury | 814 661-1 | 1983 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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The debut was good but overrated, this brilliant but underrated second release was much better and could have had 7 singles (almost every track jumped out and charged like a wounded bull). didn';t any fan of the debut notice there was a lot of guitars ? this is my fave ABC release.
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Didn’t like this the 1st time round as it’s so far from the look of love it could be a different group. With that said the more I listen, the more I like it. Less pop, more rock. Well recorded and very punchy on the Rega TT.
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Seriously good lp. A darkness of the 80s is prescient. The shallow image explained. The reality of banality for most - described.
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The single most underrated album of the 80s! It’s their best album and a f***ing feel-good rock masterpiece! -
Very underrated. Has great songs with catchy hooks but played in a much harder rock style which didn’t sit well with their pop fan base
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I personally think it is one of the most underated, but maybe their best album. Less plain pop driven than "The look of...", but not less catchy tunes. One of my favourite songs by ABC is still "Unzip". It has got it all, the pop and the rock elements, that make the band and this record such great. I still prefer the German and the Japanese vinyl record pressings for best possible sound quality -
As nice as the deluxe editions are of the ABC catalogue, they are missing quite a lot of content, such as the extended versions of Tears Are Not Enough, The Look Of Love and Be Near Me to note. Why do this? Why not make a deluxe edition of an album with ALL remixes!?
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