The Lexicon Of Love

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El Hunt (17 September 2020). "The story of new wave in 15 classic albums". NME . Retrieved 22 March 2023. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number 1 and remained on the charts for 50 weeks. It was the fourth biggest selling album in the UK in 1982. [13]

The Top Albums of 1983". RPM. Vol.39, no.17. 24 December 1983. ISSN 0033-7064– via Library and Archives Canada.ABC: The Lexicon of Love". Mojo: 124. [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... The majority of the album was recorded at Sarm East Studios in London, as well as at Abbey Road Studios, Townhouse Studios, RAK Studios and Good Earth Studios. The production includes both orchestral arrangements and the use of the then latest technology. [13] The Lexicon of Love was ABC's debut studio album. The band had formed a few years earlier as electronic band Vice Versa and released their first single as ABC " Tears Are Not Enough" in 1981. Widely hailed as a new wave masterpiece and one of the greatest albums of the 1980s, ‘The Lexicon of Love’ shot straight to Number 1 upon its release in June 1982 and it spawned the hit singles ‘Poison Arrow’, ‘The Look Of Love’ ‘Tears Are Not Enough’, and ‘All Of My Heart’. Harrington, Richard (17 December 1982). "The ABC's of Cool Brit Disco Funk". The Washington Post . Retrieved 30 April 2023.

In 2004, a two-disc deluxe reissue including previously unreleased outtakes and early demos and a live performance of the album from 1982 was released by Neutron Records. Rees, Dafydd; Lazell, Barry; Jones, Alan (1983). "The Top 100 UK Albums". Chart File Volume 2. London: Virgin Books. pp.82–83. ISBN 0-907080-73-1. The Lexicon of Love was again performed live in its entirety on 18 December 2012 at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. This marked the 30th anniversary of the album's release and once again featured Dudley as conductor, performing with the Southbank Sinfonia Orchestra. The same line-up (with Dudley and Southbank Sinfonia) concluded a four-date mini-tour at this same venue on 30 March 2014 performing the album in its entirety. Martin Fry and band were once more accompanied by the Southbank Sinfonia Orchestra for dates at Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sheffield City Hall, the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London and Symphony Hall, Birmingham, between November 4 and 9, 2015. a b c d e Simspson, Dave (26 May 2016). "ABC: The Lexicon of Love II review – old master revisits highs of heyday". The Guardian . Retrieved 7 June 2016.Hodgkinson, Will (26 May 2016). "Pop: ABC: The Lexicon of Love II". The Times . Retrieved 7 June 2016. ABC will celebrate the 40th anniversary of their seminal debut album ‘The Lexicon of Love’ with a very special UK orchestral tour in June 2022. Top 100 Albums 82". RPM. Vol.37, no.19. 25 December 1982. p.19. ISSN 0033-7064– via Library and Archives Canada. The Lexicon of Love II was released on 27 May 2016 on Virgin EMI. [5] [2] The release of the album was followed by a tour of festival shows during mid-2016, followed by a scheduled ABC tour in the later half of the year including one show with an orchestra, the Southbank Sinfonia, at the Royal Festival Hall, conducted by Anne Dudley. [3]