The Lexicon of Love

NME (Magazine): Ranked #15 in NME's list of "The 50 Greatest Albums Of The '80s."

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CD Details

Released: November 8, 2004
Originally Released: 2004
Label: Universal Uk

Entertainment Reviews:

Q - 6/00, p.72

Ranked #40 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums"

Q - 9/99, p.124

3 stars (out of 5) - "...superb....The set has been carefully chosen to reflect the highs...and...lesser known but equally forthright slices of powerpop..."

Uncut - p.160

4 stars out of 5 - "[A] grand love story, or at the very least an elaborate seduction. It's the sound of a band - a generation - falling in love with the new stylistic and technological promise of '80s pop..."

Melody Maker - 4/6/96, p.38

Bloody Essential - "...Martin Fry was 23 when he conceived this masterpiece of orchestral songcraft and audacious lyrical insights, this celebration/deconstruction of photo story romance....sounds like the future, still."

Mojo (Publisher) - p.124

4 stars out of 5 - "[Including] songs as perfect as 'The Look Of Love' - replete with knowingly absurd talkover - or the jaw-dropping 'All Of My Heart,' still one of the '80s most underrated singles..."

NME (Magazine) - 9/25/93, p.19

Ranked #15 in NME's list of "The 50 Greatest Albums Of The '80s."

Tracks:

1.Show Me
2.Poison Arrow
3.Many Happy Returns
4.Tears Are Not Enough
5.Valentine's Day
6.Look Of Love
7.Date Stamp
8.All Of My Heart
9.4 Ever 2 Gether
10.Look Of Love, Part Lv
11.Overture
12.Tears Are Not Enough
13.Alphabet Soup - (12" Mix)
14.Theme From "Man Trap"
15.Poison Arrow - (Jazz mix)
16.Into The Valley Of The Heathen Go - (Lexicon Of Love Outtake)
17.Alphabet Soup - (Swapshop Version)
18.Tears Are Not Enough - (Phonogram Demo)
19.Show Me - (Phonogram Demo)
20.Surrender - (Phonogram Demo)
21.Overture - (Live At Hammersmith Odeon: November, 1982)
22.Show Me - (Live At Hammersmith Odeon: November, 1982)
23.Many Happy Returns - (Live At Hammersmith Odeon: November, 1982)
24.Tears Are Not Enough - (Live At Hammersmith Odeon: November, 1982)
25.Date Stamp - (Live At Hammersmith Odeon: November, 1982)
26.Look Of Love - (Live At Hammersmith Odeon: November, 1982)
27.All Of My Heart - (Live At Hammersmith Odeon: November, 1982)
28.Valentine's Day - (Live At Hammersmith Odeon: November, 1982)
29.4 Ever 2 Gether - (Live At Hammersmith Odeon: November, 1982)
30.Alphabet Soup - (Live At Hammersmith Odeon: November, 1982)
31.Poison Arrow (Encore) - (Live At Hammersmith Odeon: November, 1982)