Tracklist

A1	That Was Then But This Is Now	3:33
A2	Love's A Dangerous Language	3:43
A3	If I Ever Thought You'd Be Lonely	3:50
A4	The Power Of Persuasion	3:31
A5	Beauty Stab	2:07
A6	By Default By Design	4:03
B1	Hey Citizen!	3:55
B2	King Money	4:02
B3	Bite The Hand	3:07
B4	Unzip	2:50
B5	S.O.S.	4:53
B6	United Kingdom	3:13

Companies, etc.

• Marketed By – PolyGram Records, Inc.
• Manufactured By – PolyGram Records, Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Phonogram Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Phonogram Ltd.
• Published By – Virgin Music, Inc.
• Recorded At – Sarm West Studios
• Recorded At – Sarm East Studios
• Recorded At – The Town House
• Recorded At – Abbey Road Studios
• Pressed By – PRC Recording Company, Compton, CA

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Stephen Singleton
• Arranged By [Strings] – ABC, David Bedford
• Bass Guitar – Alan Spenner
• Design [Sleeve] – ABC, Keith Breeden
• Drums – Andy Newmark
• Engineer [Assistant] – Bob Kraushaar, John Kurlander, Keith Nixon
• Engineer [Recorder] – Adrian Brett
• Guitar, Piano, Synthesizer – Mark White
• Management [Manager North America] – Bill Gerber
• Management [Manager] – Robert Warr
• Oboe – David Theodore
• Percussion – Louis Jardim*
• Photography By – Gered Mankowitz
• Producer – ABC, Gary Langan
• Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Howie Casey
• Vocals – Martin Fry
• Written-By, Arranged By – White*, Fry*, Singleton*

Notes

Recorded at Sarm Studios East and West, Townhouse Studios and Abbey Road Studios.
Recording took place throughout August, September and October 1983.
All songs published by Virgin Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
Lyrics reproduced by kind permission of Neutron Music/10 Music Ltd.

(C)(P)1983 Phonogram Ltd.

ABC are managed by Partisan Management Ltd. and in North America by Lookout Management Inc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Plant id): 26

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
NTRL 2, 814 661-1	ABC	Beauty Stab ‎(LP, Album)	Neutron Records, Phonogram	NTRL 2, 814 661-1	UK	1983
9117	ABC	Beauty Stab ‎(Cass, Album, Unofficial)	747	9117	Saudi Arabia	1983
25PP-103	ABC	Beauty Stab ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	Mercury	25PP-103	Japan	1983
VOG-1-3332	ABC	Beauty Stab ‎(LP, Album)	Vertigo	VOG-1-3332	Canada	1983
536 397-2	ABC	Beauty Stab ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Mercury, Spectrum Music	536 397-2	UK	Unknown

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