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Released
  
24 March 1997

Label
  
Blatant/Deconstruction

Genre
  
Pop

Skyscraping (1997)
  
The Lexicon of Live (1999)

Skyscraping is an album by music group ABC, released in March 1997. 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.

Contents

As the line-up of ABC then consisted solely of Fry; Glenn Gregory 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: "Rolling Sevens", "Skyscraping", and "Stranger Things". An expanded 2CD edition of the album was released by Cherry Red Records on 23 September 2013.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Martin Fry, Glenn Gregory, and Keith Lowndes except where indicated.

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  1. "Stranger Things"
  2. "Ask a Thousand Times"
  3. "Skyscraping"
  4. "Who Can I Turn To?"
  5. "Rolling Sevens"
  6. "Only The Best Will Do"
  7. "Love Is Its Own Reward"
  8. "Light Years"
  9. "Seven Day Weekend" (John Uriel)
  10. "Heaven Knows"
  11. "Faraway"

1997 BMG Japan BVCP-6029

  1. "Stranger Things"
  2. "Ask a Thousand Times"
  3. "Skyscraping"
  4. "Who Can I Turn To?"
  5. "Rolling Sevens"
  6. "Only The Best Will Do"
  7. "Love Is Its Own Reward"
  8. "Light Years"
  9. "Seven Day Weekend" (Uriel)
  10. "Heaven Knows"
  11. "Faraway"
  12. "Stranger Things (Acoustic Version)"
  • Bonus Track

    • CD1

    1. "Stranger Things"
    2. "Ask a Thousand Times"
    3. "Skyscraping"
    4. "Who Can I Turn To?"
    5. "Rolling Sevens"
    6. "Only The Best Will Do"
    7. "Love Is Its Own Reward"
    8. "Light Years"
    9. "Seven Day Weekend" (John Uriel)
    10. "Heaven Knows"
    11. "Faraway"

    CD2

    1. "The World Spins On"
    2. "All We Need"
    3. "Stranger Things" (Acoustic)
    4. "Skydubbing"
    5. "Stranger Things" (Live)
    6. "Rolling Sevens" (Radio Edit)
    7. "The Look of Love" (Live)
    8. "All of My Heart" (Live)
    9. "Skyscraping" (Alternate Version)

    Personnel

  • Martin Fry - vocals
    • Additional personnel
  • Glenn Gregory - keyboards, backing vocals
  • Keith Lowndes - guitars, keyboards, programming

    • References

    Skyscraping Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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