ABC
–
That
Was Then But This Is Now
Vinyl 7” Single, 45 rpm, 1983
Mercury
For
me, my favorite ABC song. After the hype, the over-the-top
arrangements of their first album The
Lexicon of Love and
all the visuals that came with it, this record was a refreshing but
still biting and angry sound from Martin and company. In their own
fashion it was their Anarchy
in the U.K. What's
interesting is that they obviously felt the need to throw off the
image of the first album, into something more edgy and guitar
orientated. And again, I feel they were following or looking up to
Roxy Music and how they transformed their sound/image (very slightly)
at this time period. ABC never returned to the sound of That
Was Then...,
but it was a glorious noise from what I feel is an extremely
underrated band.
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