The Lexicon Of Love
by ABC

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The Lexicon Of Love by ABC
Year: 1982
Release date: 1982-06-21
Overall rank: 1,081st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 271 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1982 (15th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (163rd)
Award Best albums of all time (1,081st)

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Overall rank: 1,081st | 1980s rank: 163rd | 1982 rank: 15th  Overall chart history
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77/100 (from 271 votes)
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From BestEverAlbums 09/14/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5435): By flamingyesdept
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From 03/02/2017 12:54 | #186646 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
New Romantic was almost over. Martin Fry used to say that he never was "a Blitz kid" but that he wanted this album to be seen as influenced by Punk. Which I can understand quite well, Punk was so over in 1982, but this was the new way to say "No!" though it sounded like a "Yes!". The lyrics of "Date stamp" still bring me to tears. Love in the age of shopping. One of the masterpieces of the great Pop year 1982. (Edited)
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From 05/30/2016 14:40 | #167296 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
A classic early eighties pop album. If you want to know what popular music was like in 1982, this is the LP to listen to. Obviously heavily influenced by David Bowie's 'plastic soul' record, young Americans, Lexicon of love, is super slick and smooth, in a good way, and it's also a microcosm of the eighties, in which it's all about show and less about heart and soul. The music captures that brilliantly, a kind of superficial presentation on love and life, but still with a sense of yearning. It includes classic pop singles in, poison arrow, and, the look of love, which are perfect examples of beautiful pop.
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85/100
From 09/25/2017 22:18 | #198727 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Due to Trevor Horn's lush production, this is one of the finest albums of the 1980's. (Edited)
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I can see why you might not like it...you need a love of camp and eccentric to dig this. But if you do, it's a riot. One of the funnest 80s synth-pop records and tight as all get out. (Edited)
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From 11/13/2008 00:32 | #1724 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This is one of my personal favourites!! Never really get mentioned these days but still a classic!!
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2. The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden
3. The Dreaming by Kate Bush
4. Pornography by The Cure
5. Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen
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