Look Of Love: The Very Best Of Abc

Look of Love: The Very Best of ABC
Look of Love: The Very Best of ABC
Compilation album by ABC
Released	November 6, 2001
Genre	Synthpop, new wave, rock
Length	1:09:48
Label	Mercury, Universal Music
ABC chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]

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". A companion DVD, along with a bonus disc of remixes was also released.^[
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Track listing

Disc one

Original release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	" The Look of Love"	Martin Fry Mark White Stephen Singleton David Palmer Mark Lickley	The Lexicon of Love (1982)	3:29
2.	" All of My Heart"	Fry White Singleton Palmer	The Lexicon of Love	4:49
3.	" Poison Arrow"	Fry White Singleton Palmer Lickley	The Lexicon of Love	3:23
4.	" When Smokey Sings"	Fry White	Alphabet City (1987)	4:18
5.	" That Was Then but This Is Now"	Fry White Singleton	Beauty Stab (1983)	3:33
6.	" Tears Are Not Enough" (original single version)	Fry White Singleton Lickley David Robinson	The Lexicon of Love	3:28
7.	" (How to Be a) Millionaire"	Fry White	How to Be a ... Zillionaire! (1985)	3:34
8.	" The Night You Murdered Love" (single mix)	Fry White	Alphabet City	4:52
9.	"Peace and Tranquility"	Fry Chuck Kentis Dee Palmer	New recording	4:03
10.	" One Better World"	Fry White	Up (1989)	4:30
11.	" S.O.S."	Fry White Singleton	Beauty Stab	4:24
12.	" King Without a Crown"	Fry White	Alphabet City	4:40
13.	" Be Near Me"	Fry White	How to Be a ... Zillionaire!	3:37
14.	" Ocean Blue" (single mix)	Fry White	How to Be a ... Zillionaire!	3:38
15.	" Vanity Kills" (single mix)	Fry White	How to Be a ... Zillionaire!	3:33
16.	" The Real Thing"	Fry White	Up	4:55
17.	"Blame"	Fry White	New recording	5:02
Total length:				1:09:48

Disc two

Deluxe edition bonus disc
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Tears Are Not Enough" (album version)	Fry White Singleton Lickley Robinson	The Lexicon of Love	3:36
2.	"Poison Arrow" (North American jazz mix)	Fry White Singleton David Palmer Lickley	The Lexicon of Love	7:04
3.	"The Look of Love" (1990 remix)	Fry White Singleton David Palmer Lickley	Absolutely (1990)	5:44
4.	"All of My Heart" (Live from Boston)	Fry White Singleton David Palmer	The Lexicon of Love	6:49
5.	"Be Near Me" (Munich disco mix)	Fry White	How to Be a ... Zillionaire!	5:28
6.	"How to Be a Millionaire" (Bond Street mix)	Fry White	How to Be a ... Zillionaire!	6:06
7.	"Vanity Kills" (U.S.A. remix)	Fry White	How to Be a ... Zillionaire!	5:40
8.	"ABC Megamix"	Fry White	How to Be a ... Zillionaire!	8:54
9.	"Ocean Blue"	Fry White	How to Be a ... Zillionaire!	3:32
10.	"When Smokey Sings" (single mix)	Fry White	Alphabet City	4:23
11.	"The Night You Murdered Love" (Sheer-Chic mix)	Fry White	Alphabet City	6:26
12.	"King Without a Crown" (Monarchy mix)	Fry White	Alphabet City	8:39
13.	"One Better World" (garage mix)	Fry White	Up	6:02

Personnel

Martin Fry – vocals
Stephen Singleton – alto and tenor saxophones
Mark White – guitars, keyboards, programming
Mark Lickley – bass guitar
David Palmer – drums, percussion
Fiona Russell Powell – vocals
David Yarritu – vocals

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
UK Albums ( OCC)^[3]	69

References

^ Phares, Heather. "The Look of Love: The Very Best of ABC [2001]". AllMusic.
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Concise ed.). United Kingdom: Omnibus Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-84609-856-7.
^ "ABC | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.

[1] Phares, Heather. "The Look of Love: The Very Best of ABC [2001]". AllMusic.

[2] Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Concise ed.). United Kingdom: Omnibus Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-84609-856-7.

[ac_UK_ABC-3] "ABC | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.

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v t e ABC
Martin Fry Stephen Singleton Mark White Mark Lickley David Robinson David Palmer Fiona Russell Powell David Yarritu
Studio albums	The Lexicon of Love Beauty Stab How to Be a ... Zillionaire! Alphabet City Up Abracadabra Skyscraping Traffic The Lexicon of Love II
Live albums	The Lexicon of Live
Compilation albums	Absolutely Look of Love: The Very Best of ABC The Ultimate Collection
Singles	" Tears Are Not Enough" " Poison Arrow" " The Look of Love (Part One)" " All of My Heart" " That Was Then but This Is Now" " S.O.S." " (How to Be a) Millionaire" " Be Near Me" " Vanity Kills" " Ocean Blue" " When Smokey Sings" " The Night You Murdered Love" " King Without a Crown" " One Better World" " The Real Thing" " The Look of Love (1990 Mix)" " Love Conquers All" " Say It" " Stranger Things" " Skyscraping" " Rolling Sevens"
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