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The Lexicon Of Love
 
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The Lexicon Of Love
~ ABC (Artist)
4.9 out of 5 stars  (16 customer reviews)
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Product details
  • Audio CD (16 Nov 1998)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Mercury Records Ltd (London)
  • ASIN: B00000I2PG
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,358 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Show Me
2. Poison Arrow
3. Many Happy Returns
4. Tears Are Not Enough
5. Valentine's Day
6. Look of love (part one)
7. Date Stamp
8. All Of My Heart
9. 4 Ever 2 Gether
10. The look of love (part four)
11. Theme from "Mantrap"

Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Homegrown soul produced by Trevor Horn and including the pop hit "Look of Love", The Lexicon of Love is bursting with hooks, clever lyrics and synthetic funk-inspired grooves that hold up better than most others from the early 1980s. ABC leader Martin Frey sings with a histrionic despair, at once naive and cynical, and all dressed up by horn and string sections that feel positively overwhelming. Such larger-than-life arrangements may seem over-the-top to some listeners, but as the soundtrack to a lexicon of love--how else would you expect it to sound? --David Cantwell

Description
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 skilful 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'sliterate, witty lyrics and commanding voice and White's encyclopaedic 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.

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