Look of Love: The Very Best of ABC

• Artist: ABC
• Rating:
• Release Date: November 06, 2001
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Rock

Review

With a deeper and broader track listing than most ABC compilations, Look of Love: The Very Best of ABC more or less lives up to its name. Concentrating on the band's glory days, the album covers the highlights of ABC's first five albums, including de rigeur hits like the title track, "Poison Arrow," "When Smokey Sings," "Be Near Me," and "How to Be a Millionaire," as well as album tracks like "S.O.S.," "All of My Heart," and "The Night You Murdered Love." While some of the later inclusions, such as "The Real Thing," don't quite pack the punch of ABC's prime work, the 2001 track "Peace and Tranquility" fits in with the earlier material surprisingly well. Likewise, the somewhat random track listing might be somewhat annoying to anyone trying to track ABC's chronological development, but it does spotlight how consistent their brand of suave synth pop is. With a new song, a more diverse track listing, and no unnecessary remixes, Look of Love has a slight edge over Absolutely ABC: The Best of ABC as the group's definitive retrospective. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
The Look of Love	Martin Fry, Steve Singleton, Mark White, David Palmer	ABC	(3:29)
All of My Heart (Lyrics)	Martin Fry, Steve Singleton, Mark White, David Palmer	ABC	(4:49)
Poison Arrow (Lyrics)	Martin Fry, Mark Lickley, Steve Singleton, Mark White	ABC	(3:23)
When Smokey Sings (Lyrics)	Martin Fry, Mark White	ABC	(4:18)
That Was Then but This Is Now (Lyrics)	Martin Fry, Steve Singleton, Mark White, David Palmer	ABC	(3:33)
Tears Are Not Enough (Lyrics)	Martin Fry, Mark Lickley, Steve Singleton, Mark White	ABC	(3:28)
How to Be a Millionaire (Lyrics)	Martin Fry, Mark White	ABC	(3:34)
The Night You Murdered Love	Martin Fry, Mark White	ABC	(4:52)
Peace and Tranquility	Martin Fry, Chuck Kentis, David Palmer	ABC	(4:03)
One Better World (Lyrics)	Martin Fry, Mark White	ABC	(4:30)
S.O.S. (Lyrics)	Martin Fry, Steve Singleton, Mark White	ABC	(4:24)
King Without a Crown (Lyrics)	Martin Fry, Mark White	ABC	(4:40)
Be Near Me (Lyrics)	Martin Fry, Mark White	ABC	(3:37)
Ocean Blue (Lyrics)	Martin Fry, Mark White	ABC	(3:38)
Vanity Kills (Lyrics)	Martin Fry, Mark White	ABC	(3:33)
The Real Thing	Martin Fry, Mark White	ABC	(4:55)
Blame	Martin Fry, Mark White	ABC	(5:02)

Credits

Garry Hughes (Producer), ABC (Main Performer), Bernard Edwards (Producer), Blaze (Producer), Martin Fry (Producer), Martin Fry (Liner Notes), Trevor Horn (Producer), Gary Langan (Producer), Steve Singleton (Producer), Mark White (Producer), William T. Hunt (Wardrobe), Gered Mankowitz (Photography), Steve Brown (Producer)