Album

The Lexicon Of Love

ABC

1982 · Pop

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The Lexicon Of Love by ABC

The Lexicon Of Love is an Electronic album by ABC, originally released in 1982. On Gatefold: 134 pressings tracked, owned by 31 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

  1. A1Show Me
  2. A2Poison Arrow
  3. A3Many Happy Returns
  4. A4Tears Are Not Enough
  5. A5Valentine's Day

Side B

  1. B1The Look Of Love (Part One)
  2. B2Date Stamp
  3. B3All Of My Heart
  4. B44 Ever 2 Gether
  5. B5The Look Of Love (Part Four)

Sound DNA

  • Electronic
  • Synth-Pop / New Wave
  • lush
  • urban
  • euphoric

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

31 collectors on Gatefold own this · 134 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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