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Look of Love: The Very Best of ABC
Compilation album by
ReleasedNovember 6, 2001
GenreSynthpop, new wave, rock
Length1:09:48
LabelMercury, Universal Music
ABC chronology
The Lexicon of Live
(1999)
Look of Love: The Very Best of ABC
(2001)
Ultimate Collection
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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.[when?][citation needed]

Track listing[edit]

Disc one[edit]

Original release
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."The Look of Love"
  • 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 Love4:49
    3."Poison Arrow"
    • Fry
  • White
  • Singleton
  • Palmer
  • Lickley
  • The Lexicon of Love3:23
    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 Love3:28
    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 City4:52
    9."Peace and Tranquility"
    • Fry
  • Chuck Kentis
  • Dee Palmer
  • New recording4:03
    10."One Better World"
    • Fry
  • White
  • Up (1989)4:30
    11."S.O.S."
    • Fry
  • White
  • Singleton
  • Beauty Stab4:24
    12."King Without a Crown"
    • Fry
  • White
  • Alphabet City4:40
    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
  • Up4:55
    17."Blame"
    • Fry
  • White
  • New recording5:02
    Total length:1:09:48

    Disc two[edit]

    Deluxe edition bonus disc
    No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
    1."Tears Are Not Enough" (album version)
    • Fry
  • White
  • Singleton
  • Lickley
  • Robinson
  • The Lexicon of Love3:36
    2."Poison Arrow" (North American jazz mix)
    • Fry
  • White
  • Singleton
  • David Palmer
  • Lickley
  • The Lexicon of Love7:04
    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 Love6:49
    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 City4:23
    11."The Night You Murdered Love" (Sheer-Chic mix)
    • Fry
  • White
  • Alphabet City6:26
    12."King Without a Crown" (Monarchy mix)
    • Fry
  • White
  • Alphabet City8:39
    13."One Better World" (garage mix)
    • Fry
  • White
  • Up6:02

    Personnel[edit]

    Charts[edit]

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

    References[edit]

    1. ^ 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.

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