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Album by BB Gabor
BB Gabor
Studio album by B. B. Gabor
Released1980
RecordedJune 1979
Studio5 studios in Toronto
GenreNew wave
Length37:00
LabelAnthem
ProducerTerry Brown
B. B. Gabor chronology
BB Gabor
(1980) 		'Girls of the Future'
(1981)

BB Gabor is a 1980 album by the Hungarian Canadian artist B. B. Gabor. It featured two Canadian hit singles: "Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewellery)" and "Metropolitan Life." The album focused on themes such as city life, Soviet oppression, love, and consumerism.

In 2007, 17 years after Gabor's death, the Canadian label Pacemaker Entertainment combined his two albums, BB Gabor and Girls of the Future, onto a single CD.

Track listing

Order Title Length Writer(s) Ref
1 "Metropolitan Life" 2:41 Gabor, Stevenson
2 "Consumer" 2:48 Gabor, Stevenson
3 "Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewellery)" 2:38 Gabor, Armstrong
4 "Laser Love" 4:10 Gabor, Stevenson
5 "Moscow Drug Club" 4:25 Gabor, Stevenson, Keldie
6 "Underground World" 3:09 Gabor
7 "All the Time" 5:06 Gabor, Scott
8 "Hunger, Poverty & Misery" 3:46 Gabor
9 "Ooh Mama" 2:16 Gabor
10 "Big Yellow Taxi" 5:43 Joni Mitchell (cover)

Personnel

  • B. B. Gabor: Guitars, vocals
  • David Bendeth: Guitars
  • David Stone: Synthesizers, synthesized bass, clavinet
  • Jim Jones: Acoustic & electric bass
  • Mike Sloski: Drums
  • Paul Armstrong: Drums, percussion
  • Peter Follett: Guitar
  • Polly T. & The Buros: Vocal backing
  • Rob Gusevs: Piano, organ
  • Simon Stone: Flute
  • Terry Brown: Tambourine
  • Tom Griffiths: Bass
  • Denis Keldi: Writer
  • Leon Stevenson: Writer
  • "Cosmic" Ray Scott: Writer

References

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  11. "Quick Spins: Various Artists". The journal. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK. 1980-02-15. Retrieved 2022-03-12 – via newspapers.com.
  12. "Soviet invasion boosts album's sales". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 1980-02-28. Retrieved 2022-03-11 – via newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Gabor, BB - Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)". Citizen Freak. n.d. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
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