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Sheffield, England (1981 – 1991, 1997 – present)
The group’s first single, “
Tears Are Not Enough”, made the UK Top 20 in 1981. Soon afterwards, David Robinson left the band and was replaced by drummer David Palmer.
In 1982, the band released their debut album The Lexicon Of Love, which reached number one in the UK Albums Chart. Produced by Trevor Horn, it often featured in UK critics’ lists of favourite albums: it ranked 42nd in The Observer Music Monthly’s “Top 100 British Albums” (June 2004) and 40th in Q magazine’s “100 Greatest British Albums” (June 2000). The band had three Top 10 hits during 1982: the singles “Poison Arrow”, “The Look Of Love (Part 1)” and “All Of My Heart” and shot high-concept music videos.ABC found it difficult to follow up their debut. The second album, Beauty Stab, was released in November 1983. It performed poorly in comparison to its predecessor. Gary Langan, who had engineered The Lexicon of Love, produced the effort. The first single, “
That Was Then But This Is Now”, briefly appeared in the UK Top 20, followed by a Top 40 showing for “S.O.S.”. The band eschewed remixes for the project, and the 12” single for “That Was Then but This Is Now” featured the disclaimer “This record is exactly the same as the 7” version. The choice is yours.” Stephen Singleton retired from the band in 1984.
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The Lexicon Of Love
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Absolutely
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The Look Of Love - The Very Best Of ABC
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Never More Than Now - The ABC Collection
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herman78
Wich hit? Poison Arrow? The Look of Love? All Of My Heart? They had multiple hits in most countries.
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Rubberbandman16
1 hit wonder, but it was a good 1
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ShockWave3124
Millionaire, billionaire, zillionaire..
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ShadyAdy
'Skyscraping' is sorely overlooked as an album, it would seem. For shame.
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wangyu199x
真酷炫啊
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roots_reggae
That's the look, that's the look, THE LOOK OF LOVE :D
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Akatian
Shoot that poison arrow through my heart
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promisedeyes
So wonderful...
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RaquelTogepi
sensualidades
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fav1985
The Lexicon of Love - absolutely brilliant
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RussellChap
Barbed love songs draped in silk.
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SonnyGideon1
My review of The Luxicon of Love http://sonnygideon.tumblr.com/post/25522509982/as-the-grand-douglas-sirk-esque-1950s-melodrama follow me! :)
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Iamjustapeasant
Хороши
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mrfootball70
ha..i thought these guys were pretty smooth back in the day
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DASHA_CALIGARI
Отличная группа!
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dp263
"The night you murdered love" is great. I escpecially like the long version ...
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I’ve seen the future, I can’t afford it. Tell me the truth sir, someone just bought it.
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IamFlood
More than a band, really, truly.
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violetchild
"If you judge a book by the cover, then you judge the look by the lover........."
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