ABC - The Lexicon Of Love (1982, 2004 2CD Deluxe Edition)

ABC are an English new wave group that first came to prominence in the early 1980s. Their 1982 debut album, The Lexicon of Love, was a UK number one and they achieved ten UK and five US Top 40 hit singles between 1981 and 1990.
The Lexicon of Love is the RIAA Gold-certified debut album by the British new wave band ABC, released in 1982. It is not a concept album,^[1] but features repeated themes in which the singer experiences heartache as he tries and fails to have a meaningful relationship.
It was produced by Trevor Horn, engineered by Gary Langan, and featured orchestrations by Anne Dudley and Fairlight CMI programming by JJ Jeczalik; Horn, Langan, Dudley and Jeczalik would later form the Art of Noise. Indeed, most of the production team and sessions players listed below would form the basis for the ZTT label, and their work with Horn meant all concerned would be in constant demand throughout the industry in years to come.
"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 hits in the UK; the latter two also charted in the US, peaking at No. 25 and No. 14 respectively. The album reached No. 1 on the British charts, and peaked at No. 24 in the US charts.
In 2004, a deluxe 2-disc reissue including previously unreleased outtakes and early demos and a live performance of the album from 1982 was released on the Neutron label.
In 2009, ABC performed the album integrally at the Royal Albert Hall in London, accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra, and conducted by arranger and composer Anne Dudley. They were joined on stage by album producer Trevor Horn.^[2]
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 complete album.

Disc 1: The Original Album
01.  "Show Me" - 4:02
02 . "Poison Arrow" - 3:24
03.  "Many Happy Returns" - 3:56
04.  "Tears Are Not Enough" - 3:31
05.  "Valentine's Day" - 3:42
06.  "The Look of Love" (Part One) - 3:26
07.  "Date Stamp - 3:51
08.  "All of My Heart" - 5:12
09.  "4 Ever 2 Gether" (ABC/Anne Dudley) - 5:30
10.  "The Look of Love" (Part Four) - 1:02
11.  "Overture" (ABC/Anne Dudley) - 3:59
12.  "Tears Are Not Enough" (original single version) - 3:36
13.  "Alphabet Soup" - 8:03
14.  "Theme from Man Trap" - 4:19
15.  "Poison Arrow" (North American Jazz Mix) - 7:06
16.  "Into the Valley of the Heathen Go" - 2:00
17. "Alphabet Soup" (BBC Swapshop version)  - 3:13

Disc 2: 2004 deluxe edition
01.  "Tears Are Not Enough" (Phonogram Demo 20 July 1981) - 3:32
02.  "Show Me" (Phonogram Demo 20 July 1981) - 4:03
03.  "Surrender" (Phonogram Demo 20 July 1981 - song deleted from album's original release at "the 11th hour") - 3:29

The Lexicon of Love - Live at Hammersmith Odeon November 1982
04.  "Overture" (ABC/Anne Dudley) - 3:56
05.  "Show Me" - 4:21
06.  "Many Happy Returns" - 7:02
07.  "Tears Are Not Enough" - 5:33
08.  "Date Stamp" - 7:07
09.  "The Look of Love" (Complete Suite) - 5:59
10.  "All of My Heart" - 6:45
11.  "Valentine's Day" - 4:44
12.  "4 Ever 2 Gether" (ABC/Anne Dudley) - 6:53
13.  "Alphabet Soup" - 8:26
14.  "Poison Arrow" - 5:22

Label - Mercury