# Skyscraping
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{{Infobox album
| name = Skyscraping
| type = [Album](/source/Album)
| artist = [ABC](/source/ABC_(band))
| cover = sl_skyscrapLP.jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1997|3|24|df=y}}[{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/repeat-after-me-abc-1272741.html|title = Repeat after me: ABC|website = [Independent.co.uk](/source/Independent.co.uk)|date = 23 October 2011}}]
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [Pop](/source/Pop_music)[{{cite book |last1= Lewis|first1= Justin|editor1-last=Buckley |editor1-first=Peter |title=The Rough Guide to Rock |date=2003 |publisher=[Rough Guides](/source/Rough_Guides) |location=London |isbn=978-1-84353-105-0 |pages= 2–3|edition=3rd
|chapter= ABC}}]
| length = 51:11
| label = * Blatant
* [Deconstruction](/source/Deconstruction_Records)
| producer = * [Martin Fry](/source/Martin_Fry)
* [Glenn Gregory](/source/Glenn_Gregory)
* Keith Lowndes
| prev_title = [Abracadabra](/source/Abracadabra_(ABC_album))
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = [The Lexicon of Live](/source/The_Lexicon_of_Live)
| next_year = 1999
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r261142}}]
| rev2 = ''[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music](/source/The_Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)''
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}[{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2007 |publisher=Omnibus Press |location=United Kingdom |isbn=978-1-84609-856-7 |pages=32 |edition=5th Concise}}]
}}
'''''Skyscraping''''' is the seventh [studio album](/source/Album) by the English [pop](/source/Pop_music) band [ABC](/source/ABC_(band)), released on
24 March 1997 by Blatant and [Deconstruction Records](/source/Deconstruction_Records). The album was produced as a homage to lead vocalist [Martin Fry](/source/Martin_Fry)'s several musical heroes, including [David Bowie](/source/David_Bowie), [Roxy Music](/source/Roxy_Music) and the [Sex Pistols](/source/Sex_Pistols).{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}
It is their first album without founding member, keyboardist and guitarist [Mark White](/source/Mark_White_(British_musician)), who had up until that point been heavily involved in the composition and production of their work. As the line-up of ABC without White consisted solely of Fry, [Glenn Gregory](/source/Glenn_Gregory) of [Heaven 17](/source/Heaven_17) and Keith Lowndes were brought in as songwriting and performance collaborators. The album was met with positive reviews from critics but little commercial success.
Three singles were released: "[Stranger Things](/source/Stranger_Things_(ABC_song))", "[Skyscraping](/source/Skyscraping_(song))" and "[Rolling Sevens](/source/Rolling_Sevens)". An expanded 2CD edition of the album was released by [Cherry Red Records](/source/Cherry_Red_Records) on 23 September 2013.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00E9UAJOE/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B00E9UAJOE&linkCode=as2|title = Skyscraping|website = Amazon UK|year = 2013}}]
In September 2022, the album was finally released on [Spotify](/source/Spotify) and other digital platforms.
It was released on vinyl for the first time in 2024, as a limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on white and blue marble vinyl.
== Track listing ==
All songs written and composed by [Martin Fry](/source/Martin_Fry), [Glenn Gregory](/source/Glenn_Gregory), and Keith Lowndes except where indicated.
=== 1997 Blatant/Deconstruction 74321 45653 2/BMG Japan BVCP-6029 ===
#"[Stranger Things](/source/Stranger_Things_(ABC_song))" – 5:18
#"Ask a Thousand Times" – 5:13
#"[Skyscraping](/source/Skyscraping_(song))" – 4:20
#"Who Can I Turn To?" – 3:48
#"[Rolling Sevens](/source/Rolling_Sevens)" – 4:31
#"Only The Best Will Do" – 4:19
#"Love Is Its Own Reward" – 4:08
#"Light Years" – 6:40
#"Seven Day Weekend" (John Uriel) – 3:31
#"Heaven Knows" – 3:59
#"Faraway" – 5:20
#"Stranger Things (Acoustic Version)" (Japan only) – 5:09
=== 2013 Cherry Pop Remaster bonus disc ===
#"The World Spins On" ("Stranger Things" B-side) – 3:44
#"All We Need" ("Stranger Things" B-side) – 4:33
#"Stranger Things" (Acoustic) – 5:09
#"Skydubbing" (dub mix of "Skyscraping") – 7:27
#"Stranger Things" (Live) – 4:55
#"Rolling Sevens" (Radio Edit) – 3:33
#"The Look of Love" (Live) – 3:54
#"All of My Heart" (Live) – 5:53
#"Skyscraping" (Alternate Version) – 4:16
==Chart performance==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Chart (1997)
!Peak
position
|-
|align="left"|UK Albums Chart[{{cite web|url=http://zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_A.HTM |title=Chart Log UK: A - Azzido Da Bass |publisher=Zobbel.de |date= |accessdate=2012-06-23}}]
| style="text-align:center;"|97
|}
== Personnel ==
'''ABC'''
* [Martin Fry](/source/Martin_Fry) – lead vocals, backing vocals
'''Musicians'''
* Keith Lowndes – keyboards, guitars, drum programming
* [Glenn Gregory](/source/Glenn_Gregory) – additional keyboards (1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10), backing vocals (1, 2, 4–6, 9, 10)
* Paul Rabiger – additional acoustic piano (2), saxophone (2, 4, 8)
* Phil 'Snake' Davies – saxophone (7)
* Dinah Bemish – cello (1, 3, 4)
* Jocelyn Pook – viola (1, 3, 4)
* Sally Herbert – violin (1, 3, 4)
* Sonia Slany – violin (1)
* Jules Singleton – violin (3, 4)
* [Carol Kenyon](/source/Carol_Kenyon) – backing vocals (2, 5, 10)
* [Juliet Roberts](/source/Juliet_Roberts) – backing vocals (3, 4, 11)
* Paul 'Tubbs' Williams – backing vocals (3, 4, 11)
'''Production and artwork'''
* Martin Fry – producer
* Glenn Gregory – producer
* Keith Lowndes – producer
* Danton Supple – recording (1, 3, 7, 11), mixing (1–4, 6, 7, 10, 11)
* Paul Rabiger – recording (2, 4–6, 8–10), mixing (5, 8, 9)
* Farrow Design – art direction, design
* Andy Earl – photography
== See also ==
* [Honeyroot](/source/Honeyroot) (The ambient music project of Glenn Gregory and Keith Lowndes)
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{discogs master|98859}}
{{ABC (band)}}
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