Absolutely (ABC album)

Absolutely is a greatest hits album by English pop band ABC, released in 1990. It includes most of the band's singles, from 1981 until the album's release. A video package featuring their promos was also released. A new remix of "The Look of Love" was released to promote the album, but not with approval of the band.

Absolutely
Greatest hits album by ABC
Released	1990 (1990)
Genre	New wave synth-pop pop rock sophisti-pop blue-eyed soul
Label	Neutron
ABC chronology
Up (1989) Absolutely (1990) Abracadabra (1991)
Singles from Abracadabra
"The Look of Love '90" Released: 13 April 1990

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
Record Mirror	[3]
Robert Christgau	[4]
Smash Hits	[5]

Track listing

UK edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Poison Arrow"	Fry White Stephen Singleton David Palmer	The Lexicon of Love	3:25
2.	"The Look of Love"	Fry White Singleton Palmer Mark Lickley	The Lexicon of Love	3:30
3.	"All of My Heart"	Fry White Singleton Palmer	The Lexicon of Love	4:50
4.	"Tears Are Not Enough"	Fry White Singleton Palmer Lickley David Robinson	The Lexicon of Love	3:31
5.	"That Was Then but This Is Now"	Fry White Singleton	Beauty Stab	3:35
6.	"S.O.S."	Fry White Singleton	Beauty Stab	4:31
7.	"(How to Be A) Millionaire"		How to Be a ... Zillionaire!	3:37
8.	"Be Near Me"		How to Be a ... Zillionaire!	3:39
9.	"When Smokey Sings"		Alphabet City	4:22
10.	"The Night You Murdered Love"		Alphabet City	4:54
11.	"King Without a Crown"		Alphabet City	4:41
12.	"One Better World"		Up	4:29
13.	"Ocean Blue" (Pacific mix[lower-alpha 1])			3:40
14.	"The Look of Love" (remix[lower-alpha 2])			5:45
15.	"When Smokey Sings" (the Miami mix)			5:10
16.	"Be Near Me" (Munich Disco mix)			5:00
17.	"One Better World" (Pickering-Park mix)			6:10

All tracks are written by Martin Fry and Mark White, except where noted

US edition

No.	Title	Original album	Length
14.	"The Look of Love" (1990 remix[lower-alpha 2])	original mix from The Lexicon of Love	4:38

1. "Ocean Blue" is not labeled as a remix on the compilation but is the alternate single mix, remixed by Julian Mendelsohn after the release of the How to Be a ... Zillionaire! album.
2. The US pressing of Absolutely features the "1990 Remix" of "The Look of Love". The earlier UK pressing, however, features an edited version of the original "US Remix" of "The Look of Love", labeled simply as "The Look of Love (Remix)". This edited remix version was released earlier as "The Look of Love (Part 5)" on the UK CD single version of "The Real Thing". It is approximately two minutes shorter than the full length 12" version from 1982 and also appeared on the German (red-border) remaster of The Lexicon of Love as a bonus track, incorrectly labeled as "The Look of Love (1990 Remix)".

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart	Peak position
UK Albums Chart[6]	7

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[7]	Gold	100,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. AllMusic review
2. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Concise ed.). United Kingdom: Omnibus Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-84609-856-7.
3. Nicholson, Tim (14 April 1990). "Albums". Record Mirror. p. 15. ISSN 0144-5804.
4. "Robert Christgau: Album: ABC: Absolutely". www.robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
5. Heath, Chris (18 April 1990). "Review: LPs". Smash Hits.
6. "ABC - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
7. "British album certifications – Abc – Absolutely Abc". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 26 December 2019.

External links

• Absolutely at Discogs (list of releases)