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Beauty Stab
Rock · 1983 · 12 tracks

Beauty Stab

ABC

A sharp pivot from orchestral pop to jagged art rock. Gritty guitars, political snarl, and a live-band energy that trades romance for social realism.

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The one where the synth-pop kings traded their tuxedos for leather jackets and started a protest.

A sharp, cynical, and restless energy that trades romantic fantasy for cold urban reality.

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Defiant+4.0σ

Defiant saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
That Was Then but This Is Now
3:34
02
Love’s a Dangerous Language
3:39
03
If I Ever Thought You’d Be Lonely
3:55
04
The Power of Persuasion
3:31
05
Beauty Stab
2:06
06
By Default by Design
4:07
07
Hey Citizen!
3:55
08
King Money
4:02
09
Bite the Hand
3:06
10
Unzip
2:49
11
S.O.S.
4:48
12
United Kingdom
3:18
Moments Worth Waiting For
The explosive, distorted guitar opening of track 1 that signals the death of their previous orchestral sound.
The cynical, spoken-inflected delivery of the 'apple crumble' line, dripping with British irony.
The stark, haunting piano and saxophone interplay on the closing track United Kingdom.
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