The Lexicon of Love
Occupation
- Vocals / Keyboard: Martin Fry
- Guitar / Keyboard: Mark White
- Bass: Mark Lickley
- Drums / Percussion: David Palmer
- Saxophone: Stephen Singleton
Studios
- Recording: Phonogram Studio, London
- Mix: SARM Studio, London
The Lexicon of Love is the debut album by the British New Wave band ABC. It was released on June 25, 1982 and reached the top chart in the UK and number 24 in the U.S. Billboard 200 in the production of the album, some founding members of the future record label ZTT Records and the band The Art of Noise work together. With the concept album processed singer Martin Fry a breakup, what do the often critical to cynical lyrics clearly.
Genesis
Following the release of debut single Tears are not Enough in October 1981 drummer David Robinson left the band and was replaced by David Palmer. The band was able to win a producer Trevor Horn for the album, which had developed with the Buggles Video Killed the Hit the Radio Star and the band had a dollar concept of artificiality. ABC envisioned something similar to a superhuman production, the horn initially understood as arrogance. Horn used for the implementation of this concept his team consisting of the sound engineer Gary Langan and the arranger and keyboardist Anne Dudley, with whom he had collaborated in dollars. The album title The Lexicon of Love goes back to a headline by Ian Penman in the NME. The publication produced by the horn singles Poison Arrow and The Look of Love (Part One ), both placed in the UK Top Ten, led the way for production. The data written by Fry and White songs were arranged with synthesizers Dudley orchestral and full support with Langan and mixed bright sounding. The album sounds like a big budget film, although only four of the pieces were played with real strings.
Title list
Publications and chart success
The album reached number 1 in the UK and in the United States in 24th place
1996 digitally remastered version was released, in addition to the titles of the original edition a demo version of Tears are not Enough, four remixes, a live version of The Look of Love and the theme of the short- Files Man Trap, which presents the volume contains. A re- release of the original album from 1998 contains only shape Theme Man Trap as an additional piece. The deluxe edition of 2004 contains two CDs in addition to the original album, the original versions of the singles, several demo versions and numerous live recordings of a concert at the Hammersmith Odeon in November 1982.
Four singles were released from the album decoupled: Tears are not Enough, All of my Heart, Poison Arrow and The Look of Love (Part One). All four were in the top half of the UK's top 40 place, the latter two reached the Billboard Hot 100 number 25 and number 14 and were able to place in the German single charts.
Reception
William Ruhlmann of allmusic awarded 5 of 5 stars and a pick. His verdict: Most of the songs on the album are " dance-floor epics " that " had deserved to be hit singles ". Rob Webb of BBC Music verdict: " witty, lyrical and very, very funky ." He sees the album as " a landmark in British pop ". Says David Medsker of PopMatters it was the pop album of 1982, par.