The Lexicon Of Love

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Opening at Oxford New Theatre on Friday 17th June 2022 and closing at Southend Cliffs Pavilion on Thursday 30th June 2022, the tour includes a very special homecoming show at Sheffield City Hall on Tuesday 17th 21st June – exactly 40 years to the day since the release of ‘The Lexicon of Love.’ Registered office: Media House, Peterborough Business Park, Lynch Wood, Peterborough PE2 6EA and H Bauer Publishing, Company number: LP003328; Tears Are Not Enough" (in its initial release produced by Steve Brown), " All of My Heart", " Poison Arrow" and " The Look of Love (Part One)" were all top-20 entries in the UK; the latter two also charted in the US, peaking at No. 25 and No. 18, respectively. [14] The album reached No. 1 on the UK charts and peaked at No. 24 in the US charts.

Himmelsbach, Erik. "ABC: The Lexicon of Love". Blender. Archived from the original on 15 December 2003 . Retrieved 5 July 2016. Offiziellecharts.de – ABC – The Lexicon of Love" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 11 June 2019. Bauer Media Group consists of : Bauer Consumer Media Ltd, Company number 01176085; Bauer Radio Limited, Company number: 1394141 Simpson, Dave (10 April 2019). "ABC review – big-budget love-in for Martin Fry's 80s pop masterpiece". The Guardian . Retrieved 22 March 2023. The cover of The Lexicon of Love II makes reference to the original album. [4] The Guardian opined that the cover, which shows Martin Fry watching two young models from the wings of a theatre, represented "Fry’s younger self and the sort of unattainable, irresistible woman that he used to pursue in song." [4] Release [ edit ]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 Gill, Andy (25 May 2016). "ABC, The Lexicon Of Love II, album review". The Independent. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022 . Retrieved 7 June 2016. Hodgkinson, Will (26 May 2016). "Pop: ABC: The Lexicon of Love II". The Times . Retrieved 7 June 2016.In 2009, ABC member Martin Fry played The Lexicon of Love in its entirety at the Royal Albert Hall with the BBC Concert Orchestra which was conducted by Anne Dudley. [2] This performance led to Fry desiring to create a proper follow-up to The Lexicon of Love. Fry created the album with the title The Lexicon of Love II, noting that "People have a great affection for the first record, [but] I'm beyond risk now." [2] Okamoto, Satoshi (2006). Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. ISBN 4-87131-077-9. British album certifications – ABC – Lexicon of Love". British Phonographic Industry. 4 October 1982 . Retrieved 18 May 2022. Shirley, Ian (May 2016). "Believe In Love All Over Again". Record Collector . Retrieved 7 June 2016. Top 100 Albums 82". RPM. Vol.37, no.19. 25 December 1982. p.19. ISSN 0033-7064– via Library and Archives Canada.

American album certifications – ABC – Lexicon of Love". Recording Industry Association of America. 15 February 1995 . Retrieved 11 June 2019. Medsker, David (9 April 2002). "ABC: The Lexicon of Love". PopMatters . Retrieved 14 February 2023. The Lexicon of Love is the debut album by British new wave band ABC. It was released on June 25, 1982 and reached number 24 in the United Kingdom and number 24 in the US Billboard 200. Some of the founding members of the later record label ZTT Records and the band The Art of Noise collaborate in the production of the album. With the concept album, singer Martin Fry processed a separation, which the often critical to cynical lyrics make clear.Ramirez, AJ (28 January 2015). "Looking for the Girl That Meets Supply with Demand: ABC's 'The Lexicon of Love' ". PopMatters . Retrieved 22 March 2023. The album was followed by a tour with the band extended to an 11-piece onstage, reaching Europe, USA and Japan. The shows at Hammersmith Odeon in November 1982 were recorded for inclusion in ABC's forthcoming film Mantrap. [13]

a b c Harrison, Andrew (27 April 2016). "ABC's new video for Viva Love: return of the band who dreamed in Technicolor" . Retrieved 7 June 2016. Harrington, Richard (17 December 1982). "The ABC's of Cool Brit Disco Funk". The Washington Post . Retrieved 30 April 2023.The Lexicon of Love II emulated the style of ABC's debut album, The Lexicon of Love. [1] Dave Simpson ( The Guardian) expanded on this noting "lush orchestrations, hurtling brass and synth stabs." [1] 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. Though lead vocalist Martin Fry has declined to label it a concept album, [12] the album features repeated themes in which Fry experiences heartache as he tries and fails to have a meaningful relationship. A longform music video and film, Mantrap, featuring songs from the album was released in 1983. Kent Music Report No 453 – 28 February 1983 > Platinum Albums 1982 (Continued)" . Retrieved 26 December 2022– via Imgur.com. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th conciseed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.