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The Lexicon of Love

ABC
87/100
classic
New Wave, Synth Pop

I love this album, it was one of the first or the first album i had on repeat when going through my parents CDs so it means a lot to me. Not picked randomly but picked because it slaps. I love Show Me as a starting track and Poison Arrow SLAPSSS like it feels so good having those two tracks together like "you thought the opening was good, fuck you!! have another one". Many Happy Returns is nice and usually I'm not a huge fan of very obvious bits between tracks but I don't hate the bit where Tears Are Not Enough starts and have grown to like it. Valentines Day is good but I don't know if there is anything more I can say about it, probably the weakest track on the album and even then I quite like it and have played it on its own a few times.

The Look of Love Pt.1 is the highlight of the album of course, what a banging track. Glad I listened to it before otherwise I don't think I would have discovered the rest of the album until the point at which I went through all my parents CDs. All of My Heart bangs like it's sweet, not quite Show Me/Poison Arrow level but almost there. 4 Ever 2 Gether is a good final full song but that phone call noise in the right ear always spooks me even though there is nothing to my right other than my PC. Pt 4 is a nice closer but I think the start of it could be less abrupt and the end of it could fade out although I don't know if that's just the version I have.

I think it probably is more dated than other stuff that was released in that year but I still love it, such a gem.

The Lexicon of Love
Show Me9/10
Poison Arrow9/10
Many Happy Returns8/10
Tears Are Not Enough8/10
Valentine's Day8/10
The Look of Love, Pt.110/10
Date Stamp8/10
All of My Heart9/10
4 Ever 2 Gether8/10
The Look of Love, Pt.49/10
1996 Remaster Bonus Tracks
Tears Are Not Enough (demo)/10
Poison Arrow (Jazz remix)/10
Tears Are Not Enough (demo)/10
The Look of Love (1990 remix)/10
Alphabet Soup (12" mix")/10
Theme From "Mantrap"/10
The Look of Love (live)/10
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