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The Lexicon of Love was ranked as the 4th best album of the 1980s by Record Mirror in December 1989. [38] NME ranked it at number 15 on their "Greatest Albums: The 1980's" in 1993, [39] and at number 117 on their "The Greatest albums of all time" in 2013. [40] Record Collector included it on their list "70 Landmark Albums" in 2019. [41]
The Lexicon of Love II is the ninth studio album by English band ABC.It was released on 27 May 2016 on Virgin EMI, eight years after their previous album Traffic.After a performance of ABC's studio album The Lexicon of Love in concert with Anne Dudley, lead singer of the band Martin Fry felt that it was time to develop a proper follow-up to the album.
ABC achieved ten UK and five US top 40 hit singles between 1981 and 1990, and their 1982 debut studio album, The Lexicon of Love, was a UK number one. Their early-1980s success in the US saw them associated with the Second British Invasion. [6] [7] ABC continue to tour and released a ninth studio album, The Lexicon of Love II, in 2016.
"Tears Are Not Enough" is the debut single by English pop band ABC. It was released on 16 October 1981 [5] on two formats (7" and 12"). The two singles versions of the song are both different from the version on their debut studio album, The Lexicon of Love (1982). Originally produced by Steve Brown, it was remixed for the album by Trevor Horn.
Released as a single and as a 12" remix, it consists of four parts, referred to as "Parts One, Two, Three and Four". Part One is the standard album version, Part Two is an instrumental version, Part Three is a vocal version without the orchestral overdubs and Part Four is a short acoustic instrumental part of the song, containing strings and horns, as well as occasional harp plucks and xylophone.
"All of My Heart" is a song by English pop band ABC, from their debut studio album, The Lexicon of Love (1982). It was released as a single in the UK on 27 August 1982 [3] and peaked at No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart. The B-side, "Overture", was an instrumental, orchestral medley of songs from The Lexicon of Love, arranged by Anne Dudley.
"Poison Arrow" is a song by English pop band ABC, released as the second single from their debut studio album, The Lexicon of Love (1982). The single was released in the United Kingdom on 15 February 1982 [6] on 7" and 12", with the same mix appearing on both formats; however a subsequent U.S. 12" remix (also known as the "Jazz Remix") appears on several ABC compilations, and as a bonus track ...
The album's songs were written while the band toured the United States in 2006. One critic has described the album as the most "satisfying ABC album since the mid-'80s by far". [1] Drummer David Palmer, who left the band in 1982 after recording The Lexicon of Love, returned to record this album, for which he co-wrote all of the tracks.