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ABC is an English pop band that originated in Sheffield in 1980, evolving from the earlier ensemble Vice Versa. The band's classic formation featured Martin Fry as the lead vocalist, Mark White on guitar and keyboards, Stephen Singleton playing the saxophone, and David Palmer behind the drums.
Martin David Fry (born 9 March 1958) [4] is an English singer, songwriter, composer, musician, and record producer.. Fry's music career spans more than 40 years. He came to prominence in the early 1980s as co-founder and lead vocalist of the pop band ABC, which released six singles that entered the top 20 charts in the United Kingdom during the 1980s, including "Tears Are Not Enough", "Poison ...
Look of Love: The Very Best of ABC is a compilation album by English synth-pop band ABC, release on November 6, 2001. Although essentially a reissue of greatest hits package Absolutely (which was released in 1990), the album featured two new songs by Fry titled " Peace and Tranquility " and "Blame".
Upon its release in October 1983, it was "Single Of The Forthnight" in Smash Hits.. "[A]part from the lousy chorus, I think it's one of the most exciting things they've done", Peter Martin wrote, "Fast and furious, the song still manages to retain a feeling of stylish grandeur that is the hallmark of ABC's work".
1999 Classic ABC; 2000 One Better World (Germany only release) 2000 The Best of ABC: 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection (US release only) 2000 ABC Best – The Look of Love (Germany only release) 2000 Hello! An Introduction To ABC; 2001 The Look of Love (Re-issued in 2002 as Poison Arrow) 2001 Look of Love – The Very Best of ABC
The Lexicon of Love is the debut studio album by the English pop band ABC.Released by Neutron Records on 21 June 1982, it entered the UK Albums Chart at number one, also topping the New Zealand and Finnish charts.
Skyscraping is the seventh studio album by the English pop band ABC, released in March 1997 by Blatant and Deconstruction.The album was produced as a homage to lead vocalist Martin Fry's several musical heroes, including David Bowie, Roxy Music and the Sex Pistols.
After releasing one studio album with the band in 1980, Vice Versa member Martin Fry emerged as lead vocalist and the band opted to transform into a new band called ABC. White resigned himself to composing ABC's music while also playing guitar and keyboards before retiring from the music industry a year after the release of their sixth studio ...