Lexicon Of Love (Bonus Tracks) (1983) (Remastered)

Artist: Abc

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Label: Polygram Label Group

UPC: 00731453825024

Release Date: 2/5/2002

Buy.com Sku: 60514698

Item#: MNX2PV

Buy.com Sales Rank: 24297

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Song Listing

Disc 1
Song Title	Sample
1. Show Me ~ ABC
2. Poison Arrow ~ ABC
3. Many Happy Returns ~ ABC
4. Tears Are Not Enough ~ ABC
5. Valentine's Day ~ ABC
6. Look Of Love, The - (part one) ~ ABC
7. Date Stamp ~ ABC
8. All Of My Heart ~ ABC
9. 4 Ever 2 Gether ~ ABC
10. Look Of Love, The - (part four) ~ ABC
11. Theme From "Mantrap" ~ ABC

(P) 1998 Mercury Records Limited
(C) 1998 Mercury Records Limited

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	ABC includes: Martin Fry (vocals); Mark White (guitar, keyboards); Stephen Singleton (alto & tenor saxophones); David Palmer (drums, percussion).
	Additional personnel includes: Gaynor Sadler (harp); Kim Wear (trumpet); Andy Gray (trombone); Anne Dudley (keyboards); Brad Lang, Mark Lickley (bass); Louis Jardin (percussion); J.J. Jeczalik (programming); Tessa Webb (background vocals).
	Producer: Trevor Horn.
	Compilation producers: Paul Reidy, Martin Fry.
	Recorded in 1982. Includes liner notes by Martin Fry and Giles Smith.
	All tracks have been digitally remastered.
	Easily one of the '80s' finest albums, THE LEXICON OF LOVE not only established singer Martin Fry and guitarist Mark White as two of the decade's smartest and most skillful cross-breeders of Motownish dance grooves, Beatlesque pop and Roxy Music-style art-rock urgency, it cemented ex-Buggle Trevor Horn's status as the era's defining producer.
	Throughout THE LEXICON OF LOVE, Horn's over-the-top blend of strings, horns, lush choirs and bizarre production tricks battles Fry's literate, witty lyrics and commanding voice and White's encyclopedic knowledge of pop hooks for the listener's attention. While the singles "Poison Arrow" and "The Look of Love"--aided by stylish, funny videos--garnered the most interest, there's not a single less-than-brilliant track, from the compelling opener "Show Me" to the near-desperate closer "4 Ever 2 Gether" and the lovely orchestral coda "The Look of Love (Part Four)." THE LEXICON OF LOVE is a classic.

Artist Overview

ABC was the epitome of the flashy "new pop" sound that dominated the British charts in the first half of the '80s. The band's roots lay in the Sheffield electro-pop group Vice Versa, which shifted gears when singer/songwriter Martin Fry joined, moving towards a glam/soul sound that fit in nicely with the Duran Duran/Spandau Ballet New Romantic school. Fry's Bowie/Roxy Music-influenced image and witty lyrics, along with the band's smashing pop hooks and Trevor Horn's lush production, earned the band a batch of hits straight out of the gate with 1982's THE LEXICON OF LOVE. While ABC never duplicated that album's success, they persevered through stylistic shifts and personnel changes, achieving a longevity few might have predicted.

Compilation Appearances

	1998 Ultimate New Wave Dance Party
	More Pure 80's
	I Want My 80's Box! (Box Set)
	Casey Kasem Americas Top 10: 80s New Wave Greatest Hits
	Rewind: Best Of The 80's (w/Bonus DVD)(w/ Bonus DVD)
	Another Lost Decade: 80's Romance
	Produced By Trevor Horn
	Another Lost Decade: The '80s Hard to Find
	Friends Reunited:music Of The Year 19
	Friends Reunited:music Of The Year 19
	Friends Reunited:music Of The Year 19
	Friends Reunited:music Of The Year 19
	Friends Reunited:music Of The Year 19
	Old School Nation 3
	This Is 80'S New Wave(2cd
	'80S Dance-gold(2cd) 906
	Gold:80s British
	Dance Number 1's
	New Wave Gold
	80s Hits Live
	Totally 80S For Kids
	Hamelet 2 (Ost)

Technical Info

	Release Date : 02/05/2002
	Original Release Date : 1983
	Catalog ID : 538 250
	Label : Mercury
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : AAD
	UPC : 00731453825024

Professional Reviews

Q (6/00, p.72)
- Ranked #40 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums"

Q (9/99, p.124)
- 3 stars (out of 5)
- "...superb....The set has been carefully chosen to reflect the highs...and...lesser known but equally forthright slices of powerpop..."

Uncut (p.160)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "[A] grand love story, or at the very least an elaborate seduction. It's the sound of a band - a generation - falling in love with the new stylistic and technological promise of '80s pop..."

Melody Maker (4/6/96, p.38)
- Bloody Essential - "...Martin Fry was 23 when he conceived this masterpiece of orchestral songcraft and audacious lyrical insights, this celebration/deconstruction of photo story romance....sounds like the future, still."

Mojo (Publisher)
(p.124)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "[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..."

NME (Magazine)
(9/25/93, p.19)
- Ranked #15 in NME's list of "The 50 Greatest Albums Of The '80s."

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