Album
The Lexicon Of Love
1982 · Pop
33 collectors on Gatefold own this
The Lexicon Of Love is an Electronic album by ABC, originally released in 1982. On Gatefold: 134 pressings tracked, owned by 33 collectors.
About
The wit and rigor of ABC’s first album make it a standard-bearer for the opulent strain of '80s pop known as New Romanticism. Crooning, whispering, or bellowing, Martin Fry is the group's suave center of gravity; Trevor Horn's vivid production on disco-pop numbers like "Poison Arrow" and "The Look of Love, Pt. 1"—full of sparkling keys, slap bass, multitracked background vocals, and digital artifice—only dials up the drama. That unlikely contrast between fastidiousness and heart-on-sleeve abandon yields songs as thrilling as love's first blush.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Show Me
- A2Poison Arrow
- A3Many Happy Returns
- A4Tears Are Not Enough
- A5Valentine's Day
Side B
- B1The Look Of Love (Part One)
- B2Date Stamp
- B3All Of My Heart
- B44 Ever 2 Gether
- B5The Look Of Love (Part Four)
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Synth-Pop / New Wave
- lush
- urban
- euphoric
The Lexicon of Love is the debut album by British new wave band ABC. It was released on June 25, 1982 and reached number 1 in the United Kingdom and number 24 in the US Billboard 200. Some of the founding members of the later record label ZTT Records and the band The Art of Noise collaborate in the production of the album. With the concept album, singer Martin Fry processed a separation, which the often critical to cynical lyrics make clear.
Released in UK June 1982 on cassette and LP, and later in 1983 on CD.
4 singles were released in UK:
- Tears Are Not Enough (opens in a new tab) (October 1981)
- Poison Arrow (opens in a new tab) (February 1982)
- The Look Of Love (opens in a new tab) (May 1982)
- All Of My Heart (opens in a new tab) (August 1982)
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- ABCWRITTEN BY, WRITTEN-BY, PERFORMER WRITTEN-BY, PERFORMER WRITTEN BY, PERFORMER
- Andy GrayGUEST , TROMBONE MUSICIAN, GUEST GUEST, MUSICIAN, TROMBONE
- Anne DudleyGUEST , KEYBOARDS, ORCHESTRATED BY GUEST, KEYBOARDS, ORCHESTRATED BY GUEST, MUSICIAN, KEYBOARDS, ORCHESTRATED BY
- Brad LangBASS BASS GUITAR BASS, GUITAR
- David PalmerDRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Gaynor SadlerGUEST , HARP GUEST, HARP GUEST, MUSICIAN, HARP
- J.J. JeczalikGUEST , PROGRAMMED BY GUEST, MUSICIAN, PROGRAMMED BY GUEST, PROGRAMMED BY
- Kim WearGUEST , TRUMPET GUEST, MUSICIAN, TRUMPET GUEST, TRUMPET
- Luis JardimGUEST , PERCUSSION GUEST, MUSICIAN, PERCUSSION GUEST, PERCUSSION
- Mark LickleyBASS MUSICIAN, GUEST BASS GUITAR
- Mark WhiteGUITAR GUITAR , KEYBOARDS GUITAR, KEYBOARDS
- Martin FryVOCALS VOCALS, COMPILED BY
- Stephen SingletonALTO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE, ALTO SAXOPHONE
- Tessa NilesGUEST, VOCALS VOCALS
- Tessa WebbBACKING VOCALS GUEST , VOCALS GUEST, MUSICIAN, VOCALS
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