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A pivot toward the burgeoning house music scene of 1989. Polished synth-pop meets Balearic grooves and soulful, widescreen optimism.

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It's ABC hitting the house club in 1989 with a pocketful of piano riffs and optimism.

A bright, rhythmic optimism that feels like the first light of dawn after a long night out.

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Tracklist · 11 Tracks
01
Never More Than Now
6:04
02
The Real Thing
4:55
03
One Better World
5:38
04
Where Is the Heaven?
6:28
05
The Greatest Love of All
5:35
06
North
5:42
07
I’m in Love With You
4:35
08
Paper Thin
5:51
09
One Better World (Pickering-Park mix)
4:24
10
The Greatest Love of All (Kraushaar mix)
5:44
11
Never More Than Now (Kraushaar mix)
5:58
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition into the house-inflected piano groove on One Better World.
The melancholic lyrical shift from Sunset Boulevard to Notting Hill in the track North.
The way the percussion layers build during the extended intro of Never More Than Now.
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