Album
Alphabet City
1987 · Electronic, Pop
9 collectors on Gatefold own this
Alphabet City is an Electronic album by ABC, originally released in 1987. On Gatefold: 51 pressings tracked, owned by 9 collectors.
About
Alphabet City is an album by the band ABC released in 1987 by Mercury. It was released in Vinyl, and CD. There is also a remastered 2005 version. Following a hiatus while singer Martin Fry was treated for Hodgkin's disease, ABC returned to the studio to record Alphabet City, which they thought might be their final album. Best known for "When Smokey Sings", a tribute to Smokey Robinson, the album also spawned "The Night You Murdered Love" and "King Without a Crown" as singles. Many critics lauded Alphabet City as a return to form for the group, noting its polished production by Fry and White in conjunction with Bernard Edwards, best known for his work with Chic. The album's title and the names of several songs were inspired by the Alphabet City section of Manhattan, New York, where Fry and White lived for a time prior to the album's release.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Avenue A
- A2When Smokey Sings
- A3The Night You Murdered Love
- A4Think Again
- A5Rage And Then Regret
- A6Ark Angel
Side B
- B1King Without A Crown
- B2Bad Blood
- B3Jealous Lover
- B4One Day
- B5Avenue Z
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Synth-Pop / New Wave
- polished
- celebratory
- urban
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Alan CarvellBACKING VOCALS FEATURING, BACKING VOCALS
- Brad LangBASS FEATURING, BASS
- Danny ThompsonDOUBLE BASS FEATURING, DOUBLE BASS
- Dave ClaytonFEATURING, KEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS
- Dolette McDonaldBACKING VOCALS FEATURING, BACKING VOCALS
- Graham BroadDRUMS FEATURING, DRUMS
- Howie CaseyFEATURING, SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE
- Judd LanderFEATURING, HARMONICA HARMONICA
- Linda TaylorBACKING VOCALS FEATURING, BACKING VOCALS
- Luis JardimFEATURING, PERCUSSION PERCUSSION
- Mark WhiteGUITAR GUITAR, KEYBOARDS, PROGRAMMED BY GUITAR, KEYBOARDS, PROGRAMMED BY, WRITTEN-BY
- Martin FryVOCALS VOCALS, LINER NOTES, COMPILED BY VOCALS, WRITTEN-BY
- Miriam StockleyBACKING VOCALS FEATURING, BACKING VOCALS
- Pandit DineshFEATURING, PERCUSSION PERCUSSION
- Tessa NilesBACKING VOCALS FEATURING, BACKING VOCALS
- Anne DudleyARRANGED BY STRINGS
- Richard NilesARRANGED BY STRINGS
9 collectors on Gatefold own this · 51 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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