How to Be a Zillionaire
ABC
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Fear of the World | ABC | 3:51 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Be near Me | ABC | 3:39 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Vanity Kills | ABC | 3:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Ocean Blue | ABC | 3:33 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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15 Storey Halo | ABC | 5:35 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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A to Z | ABC | 2:50 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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How to Be a Millionaire | ABC | 3:35 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Tower of London | ABC | 3:39 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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So Hip It Hurts | ABC | 4:19 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Between You and Me | ABC | 3:19 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Fear of the World (In Cinemascope) | ABC | 4:40 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Be near Me (Munich Disco Mix) | ABC | 5:27 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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How to Be a Millionaire (Bond Street Mix) | ABC | 6:05 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Vanity Kills (The Abigails Party Mix) | ABC | 5:08 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 14 Songs |
Album Review
Moving away from the guitar histrionics of Beauty Stab, Martin Fry reduced ABC to a duo of himself and Mark White for 1985's danceable How to Be a...Zillionaire! Incorporating light hip-hop rhythms, ABC made sure Zillionaire sounded contemporary for mid-'80s dance clubs, and as a result, some of the record sounds stiff and dated. Still, when Fry's sense of melody is on, as on the catchy single "Be Near Me," or when he works in his vicious, cynical wit, as on "How to Be a Millionaire" and "So Hip It Hurts," the record rivals the peaks of Lexicon of Love.
Biography
Formed: 1980 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Genre: Pop
Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s
One of the most popular new wave bands of the early '80s, the British group ABC built upon the detached, synthesized R&B pop of David Bowie and Roxy Music, adding a self-conscious, campy sense of theatrics and style. Under the direction of vocalist Martin Fry, the group scored several catchy, synth-driven...
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