Skyscraping (1997) by ABC (Full Album Listen)

Skyscraping is the 7th studio album by English pop band ABC, released in March 1997 by Blatant and Deconstruction. According to this Wiki-entry; "The album was produced as a homage to lead singer Martin Fry's several musical heroes, including David Bowie, Roxy Music and the Sex Pistols."

Admittedly, Had actively stopped listening to ABC by this album (as much as I had adored them previously), and if my oldmanmuddledmemory serves, I might have even bought this album (the cover if familiar lol), but I have not actively listened to the tracks - so here I am today on TUNESTALKSG :)



Wikipedia: "It is their first album without founding member, keyboardist and guitarist Mark White, who had up until that point been heavily involved in the composition and production of their work. As the line-up of ABC without White consisted solely of Fry, Glenn Gregory of Heaven 17 and Keith Lowndes were brought in as songwriting and performance collaborators. The album was met with positive reviews from critics but little commercial success."



Three singles were released from "Skyscraping": "Stranger Things", "Skyscraping" and "Rolling Sevens". An expanded 2CD edition of the album was released by Cherry Red Records on 23 September 2013.

Featured here today is a audio-only listen to the "1997 Blatant/Deconstruction" track-list.

"Stranger Things"


"Ask a Thousand Times"


"Skyscraping"


"Who Can I Turn To?"


"Rolling Sevens"


"Only The Best Will Do"


"Love Is Its Own Reward"


"Light Years"


"Seven Day Weekend"


"Heaven Knows"


"Faraway"


I need to hear the "Japan-only" release of "Stranger Things (Acoustic Version)" tho...!