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| name = The Lexicon of Love | type = studio | artist = ABC | cover = ABC-Lexicon.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1982|06|21|df=y}} | recorded = 1981–82 | venue = | studio = | genre = {{hlist|New wave|synth-pop|sophisti-pop[1]}} | length = {{duration|m=37|s=25}} | label = Neutron (UK) Mercury (US) Vertigo (Canada and Europe) | producer = {{hlist| Trevor Horn|Steve Brown}} | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Beauty Stab | next_year = 1983 | misc = {{Singles | name = The Lexicon of Love | type = studio | single1 = Tears Are Not Enough | single1date = 16 October 1981 | single2 = Poison Arrow | single2date = 5 February 1982 | single3 = The Look of Love | single3date = 7 May 1982 | single4 = All of My Heart | single4date = 27 August 1982 | single5 = Valentine's Day | single5date = 1982 [Japan-only release] }} }} The Lexicon of Love is the debut album by English pop band ABC. It was originally released in June 1982, on the labels Neutron, Mercury and Vertigo. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number-one and has been certified Platinum by the BPI. It features four UK Top 20 hit singles, including "Tears Are Not Enough", "Poison Arrow", "The Look of Love" and "All of My Heart". Though not a concept album,[2] the album features repeated themes in which the singer experiences heartache as he tries and fails to have a meaningful relationship. A longform music video/film, Mantrap, featuring songs from the album was released in 1983. BackgroundThe Lexicon of Love was ABC's debut album. The band had formed a few years earlier as Vice Versa and released their first single as ABC "Tears Are Not Enough" in 1981. The songs on the album were written collectively by the band, with arranger Anne Dudley given song writing credits on some tracks. Martin Fry said that the bands ambition was to fuse punk and disco, music that was more sophisticated but still had some attitude. Lyrically the songs are all about the matters of the heart. "Most of the other people were writing about electric pylons. We wanted to hark back to Cole Porter and his ilk, but in a very modern way", Fry said. The title The Lexicon of Love originated from a headline of a live review of ABC in NME.[3] Recording and release datesThe majority of the album was recorded at Sarm East Studios in London, as well as at Abbey Road Studios, Townhouse Studios, RAK Studios and Good Earth Studios. The production includes both orchestral arrangements and the use of the then latest technology.[3] The album was produced by Trevor Horn, engineered by Gary Langan and features orchestrations by Anne Dudley and Fairlight CMI programming by J. J. Jeczalik; Horn, Langan, Dudley and Jeczalik would later form the Art of Noise a year after the release of this album. Indeed, most of the production team and session players on the album would form the basis for the ZTT label, and their work with Horn meant all concerned would be in constant demand throughout the industry in years to come. The cover photo is by Gered Mankowitz.[3] "Tears Are Not Enough" (in its initial release produced by Steve Brown), "All of My Heart", "Poison Arrow" and "The Look of Love (Part One)" were all Top 20 hits in the UK; the latter two also charted in the US, peaking at No. 25 and No. 18, respectively[4]. The album reached No. 1 on the UK charts and peaked at No. 24 in the US charts. The album was followed by a tour with the band extended to a 11-piece on stage, reaching Europe, USA and Japan. The shows at Hammersmith Odeon in November 1982 were recorded for inclusion in ABC's forthcoming film Mantrap.[3] In 2004, a deluxe 2-disc reissue including previously unreleased outtakes and early demos and a live performance of the album from 1982 was released on the Neutron label. In 2009, ABC performed the album integrally at the Royal Albert Hall in London, accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra and conducted by arranger and composer Anne Dudley. They were joined onstage by the album's producer Trevor Horn.[5] The Lexicon of Love was again performed live in its entirety on 18 December 2012 at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. This marked the 30th anniversary of the album's release and once again featured Dudley as conductor, performing with the Southbank Sinfonia Orchestra. The same line-up (with Dudley and Southbank Sinfonia) concluded a four-date mini-tour at this same venue on 30 March 2014 performing the album in its entirety. Martin Fry and band were once more accompanied by the Southbank Sinfonia Orchestra for dates at Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sheffield City Hall, the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London and Symphony Hall, Birmingham, between November 4th and 9th, 2015. A sequel album The Lexicon of Love II was released on 27 May 2016.[6] Reception{{Album ratings| noprose = yes | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}[7] | rev2 = Blender | rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}[8] | rev3 = Christgau's Record Guide | rev3Score = A−[9] | rev4 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music | rev4Score = {{Rating|5|5}}[10] | rev5 = Mojo | rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[11] | rev6 = Q | rev6Score = {{Rating|5|5}}[12] | rev7 = Rolling Stone | rev7Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[13] | rev8 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide | rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[14] | rev9 = Select | rev9Score = 4/5[15] | rev10 = Spin Alternative Record Guide | rev10Score = 9/10[16] }} The album was a critical and commercial success. It entered the UK Albums Chart at number 1 and remained on the charts for 50 weeks. It was the fourth biggest selling album in the UK in 1982.[3] In a review of the 2004 Deluxe Edition BBC stated that "The Lexicon of Love stands as a landmark album in British pop". Rob Webb wrote: "It underpins just what a sharp band ABC were: witty, lyrical and very, very funky (...) Each track is a love affair in miniature: some are touching ("All of My Heart", "Show Me"), others a bitter invective at misplaced passion ("Many Happy Returns"). There is more going on in "2 Gether 4 Ever" than many bands squeeze into an entire album (...) Dance music had rarely been so literate."[17] AllMusic wrote: "The production style was dense and noisy, but frequently beautiful, and the group's emotional songs gave it a depth and coherence later Horn works (...) would lack." "Fry and company used the sound to create moving dancefloor epics like "Many Happy Returns," which, like most of the album's tracks, deserved to be a hit single."[18]
Track listing{{Track listing| headline = Side one | all_writing = Martin Fry, Mark White, Stephen Singleton and David Palmer, except where noted | title1 = Show Me | length1 = 4:02 | title2 = Poison Arrow | writer2 = {{flatlist|
}} | length2 = 3:24 | title3 = Many Happy Returns | length3 = 3:56 | title4 = Tears Are Not Enough | writer4 = {{flatlist|
}} | length4 = 3:31 | title5 = Valentine's Day | length5 = 3:42 }}{{Track listing | headline = Side two | total_length = 37:25 | title6 = The Look of Love | note6 = Part One | writer6 = {{flatlist|
}} | length6 = 3:26 | title7 = Date Stamp | length7 = 3:51 | title8 = All of My Heart | length8 = 5:12 | title9 = 4 Ever 2 Gether | writer9 = {{flatlist|
}} | length9 = 5:30 | title10 = The Look of Love | note10 = Part Four | writer10 = {{flatlist|
}} | length10 = 1:02 }}
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.classicpopmag.com/2018/08/top-15-sophisti-pop-albums/|title=Top 15 Sophisti-Pop Albums|date=20 August 2018|publisher=}} Bibliography2. ^{{cite interview |last= |first= |subjectlink= |interviewer=Stuart Maconie |title=BBC 6 Music interview with Martin Fry|date= |work=Radcliffe and Maconie|accessdate=19 September 2012}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 The Lexicon of Love Deluxe Edition Booklet, 2004 4. ^{{cite web|title= ABC – Awards |publisher= AllMusic. All Media Network |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/abc-mn0000574597/awards |accessdate= 25 July 2013}} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00jrvgg |title=ABC and The BBC Concert Orchestra present The Lexicon of Love |publisher=BBC |accessdate=21 June 2012}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/abc-to-release-lexicon-of-love-ii/ |title=ABC to release The Lexicon of Love II |publisher=superdeluxeedition.com |accessdate=28 April 2016}} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-lexicon-of-love-mw0000649803 |title=The Lexicon of Love – ABC |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=1 October 2011 |last=Ruhlmann |first=William}} 8. ^{{cite journal |url=http://www.blender.com/reviews/review_807.html |title=ABC: The Lexicon of Love |journal=Blender |accessdate=5 July 2016 |last=Himmelsbach |first=Erik |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031215182122/http://www.blender.com/reviews/review_807.html |archivedate=15 December 2003}} 9. ^{{cite book |chapter-url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=15 |chapter=ABC: The Lexicon of Love |title=The '80s |last=Christgau |first=Robert |authorlink=Robert Christgau |publisher=Pantheon Books |year=1990 |isbn=0-679-73015-X}} 10. ^{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |last=Larkin |first=Colin |authorlink=Colin Larkin (writer) |publisher=Omnibus Press |edition=5th concise |year=2011 |isbn=0-85712-595-8}} 11. ^{{cite journal |title=ABC: The Lexicon of Love |journal=Mojo |issue= |date= |page=124 |quote=[Including] songs as perfect as 'The Look Of Love' – replete with knowingly absurd talkover – or the jaw-dropping 'All of My Heart,' still one of the '80s most underrated singles...}} 12. ^{{cite journal |title=ABC: The Lexicon of Love |journal=Q |issue=360 |date=July 2016 |page=117}} 13. ^{{cite journal |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/248814/review/5943342/thelexiconoflove |title=ABC: The Lexicon of Love |journal=Rolling Stone |issue=378 |date=16 September 1982 |accessdate=1 October 2011 |last=Fricke |first=David |authorlink=David Fricke |issn=0035-791X |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707125519/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/248814/review/5943342 |archivedate=7 July 2007}} 14. ^{{cite book |chapter=ABC |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |authorlink=Rob Sheffield |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |year=2004 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |edition=4th |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |page=2}} 15. ^{{cite journal |title=ABC: The Lexicon of Love |journal=Select |issue=71 |date=May 1996 |last=Harrison |first=Ian |page=102}} 16. ^{{harvnb|Weisbard|Marks|1995|p=4}} 17. ^ABC The Lexicon of Love Review BBC 18. ^[https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-lexicon-of-love-mw0000649803 The Lexicon of Love] AllMusic.com 19. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/the-lexicon-of-love-deluxe-edition-mr0001062544/credits|title=ABC: The Lexicon of Love|website=Allmusic.com}} 20. ^{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=10}} 21. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=11jq1uuicfbth860997u8p11q4&q1=abc+lexicon&q2=Top+Albums%2FCDs&interval=50 |title=Results – RPM – Library and Archives Canada |publisher=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date= |accessdate=23 June 2012}} 22. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6165a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=11jq1uuicfbth860997u8p11q4 |title=Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada |publisher=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date= |accessdate=23 June 2012}} 23. ^{{cite web|first=Steffen|last=Hung |url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=ABC&titel=The+Lexicon+Of+Love&cat=a |title=ABC – The Lexicon of Love |publisher=dutchcharts.nl |date= |accessdate=23 June 2012}} 24. ^{{cite web|first=Steffen|last=Hung |url=http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=ABC&titel=The+Lexicon+Of+Love&cat=a |title=ABC – The Lexicon of Love |publisher=charts.org.nz |date= |accessdate=23 June 2012}} 25. ^{{cite web|first=Steffen|last=Hung |url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=ABC&titel=The+Lexicon+Of+Love&cat=a |title=ABC – The Lexicon of Love |publisher=norwegiancharts.com |date= |accessdate=23 June 2012}} 26. ^{{cite web|first=Steffen|last=Hung |url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=ABC&titel=The+Lexicon+Of+Love&cat=a |title=ABC – The Lexicon of Love |publisher=swedishcharts.com |date= |accessdate=23 June 2012}} 27. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/search-results-album/_/The+Lexicon+Of+Love#album|title=The Official Charts Company – The Lexicon of Love by ABC Search |date=6 May 2013|publisher=The Official Charts Company}} 28. ^{{cite web|author=ABC |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/abc-mn0000574597/awards |title=ABC – Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=23 June 2012}} 29. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=ABC&title=The+Lexicon+Of+Love&cat=a&country=de |title=charts.de |publisher=charts.de |date= |accessdate=23 June 2012}}
| editor-last1= Weisbard | editor-first1 = Eric | editor-last2 = Marks | editor-first2 = Craig | title = Spin Alternative Record Guide | publisher = Vintage Books | year = 1995 | isbn = 0-679-75574-8 | ref = harv }}
|title=ABC: The Lexicon of Love |at=Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc |publisher= AcclaimedMusic.net |accessdate=1 October 2011 }} External links
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