Tracklist

A1	That Was Then But This Is Now	3:33
A2	Love's A Dangerous Language	3:39
A3	If I Ever Thought You'd Be Lonely	3:55
A4	The Power Of Persuasion	3:31
A5	Beauty Stab	2:06
A6	By Default By Design	4:07
B1	Hey Citizen!	3:55
B2	King Money	4:02
B3	Bite The Hand	3:06
B4	Unzip	2:49
B5	S.O.S.	4:48
B6	United Kingdom	3:19

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd.
• Recorded At – Sarm West Studios
• Recorded At – Sarm East Studios
• Recorded At – The Town House
• Recorded At – Abbey Road Studios

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Stephen Singleton
• Arranged By [Strings] – ABC, David Bedford
• Bass – Alan Spenner
• Design [Album Sleeve] – ABC, Keith Breeden
• Drums – Andy Newmark
• Engineer [Abbey Road Studios] – John Kurlander
• Engineer [Sarm Studios East And West] – Bob Kraushaar
• Engineer [Townhouse Studios] – Keith Nixon
• Guitar, Piano, Synthesizer – Mark White
• Management [For Partisan Management Ltd.] – Robert Warr
• Management [North America, For Lookout Management, Inc.] – Bill Gerber
• Oboe – David Theodore
• Percussion – Louis Jardim*
• Photography By – Gered Mankowitz
• Producer – ABC, Gary Langan
• Recorder – Adrian Brett
• Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Howie Casey
• Vocals – Martin Fry
• Written-By, Arranged By – White*, Fry*, Singleton*

Notes

Japan pressing with obi & fold out lyric / picture insert in English & Japanese.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
NTRL 2, 814 661-1	ABC	Beauty Stab ‎(LP, Album)	Neutron Records, Phonogram	NTRL 2, 814 661-1	UK	1983
VOG-1-3332	ABC	Beauty Stab ‎(LP, Album)	Vertigo	VOG-1-3332	Canada	1983
536 397-2	ABC	Beauty Stab ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Mercury, Spectrum Music	536 397-2	UK	Unknown
814 661-4	ABC	Beauty Stab ‎(Cass, Album)	Mercury	814 661-4	Netherlands	1983
NTRL 2, 814 661-1	ABC	Beauty Stab ‎(LP, Album)	Neutron Records, Neutron Records	NTRL 2, 814 661-1	Ireland	1983

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