ABC - The Lexicon Of Love (Steven Wilson 5.1 & Dolby Atmos remixes coming in August 2023; SDE Blu-Ray #12)

[NYMo]

Has Steven mixed/remixed any other Trevor Horn productions? I'd love to hear his take on 90125, but I doubt he'd be interested, even though he's done the core Yes '70s catalogue.

No....but Steven has mined most of the 70s stuff, so the 80s is now ripe for the picking !

 

[NYMo]

ABC was among the New Romantics !

 

[baward]

https://360degreesound.com/thats-the-look-abcs-martin-fry-on-the-lexicon-of-love-40-years-later

Kudos then, to the albums composer and guitarist Mark White (who is no longer involved with ABC.)

 

[DuncanS]

In Sweden we did definitely not call this new wave, that name was more used for new rock music in the punk era that was not punk, like Graham Parker, Elvis Costello and The Pretenders. I know these categorisations and labels can sometimes differ a lot between countries - the most obvious example in Sweden is Prog(ressive) Rock, which in Sweden stands for folk/rock/pop from the 70's with political lyrics in Swedish. go figure

Same in the UK, to me ABC are pure Pop!

 

[IMachine]

Pure Pop for me too like Duran Duran

 

[himey]

Pure Pop for me too like Duran Duran

Hair bands were played on the radio where I lived. Yes Duran Duran had MTV video's along with ABC, but to call them popular at the time would be a reach. Thank God for Nirvana which kicked the hair bands to the curb.

 

[sjcorne]

I'd love to hear his take on 90125, but I doubt he'd be interested, even though he's done the core Yes '70s catalogue.

I remember him praising "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" in one of the Album Years podcasts - if the label commissioned that one track as an Atmos single for streaming (as was done for A-Ha's "Take On Me"), I bet he'd do it.

 

[bayards]

Wow! I bought this while serving Her Maj in Jakarta, Indonesia. Was always on the record player. New Romantic - bring me my frilly shirt!

 

[Pitscher]

ABC is pop for me. "The Look Of Love" is a great Album. No doubt. But i like "Alphabet City" more.

 

[SeeMoreDigital]

Same in the UK, to me ABC are pure Pop!

Pure Pop for me too like Duran Duran

ABC is pop for me. "The Look Of Love" is a great Album. No doubt. But i like "Alphabet City" more.

What??!! No mention of Spandau Ballet

 

[John Svensson]

Wouldn't call it New Wave even in the US....British Synth Pop, there is a whole channel devoted to it on Sirius XM, "1st Wave". Which I generally like, just was never a big ABC fan.

 

[Sixtyten]

I always thought of ABC as being New Romantics. Admittedly at the lounge end, falling somewhere between late era Roxy Music and Heaven 17.

 

[DuncanS]

What??!! No mention of Spandau Ballet

......... we don't mention 'them' down here in the sticks

 

[hedkandi]

What??!! No mention of Spandau Ballet

Or The Human League.

 

[markshan]

Or The Human League.

Thompson Twins

 

[hedkandi]

Thompson Twins

Eurythmics, Culture club...

 

[JulesRules]

Credit card at the ready if he does 90125

He said it was too AOR for him, I think it was a post right here on this forum. Edit: Yep.
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/threads/further-yes-reissues.20562/#post-257166

I remember him praising "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" in one of the Album Years podcasts - if the label commissioned that one track as an Atmos single for streaming (as was done for A-Ha's "Take On Me"), I bet he'd do it.

Maybe he softened his stance...

 

[cbmmm3]

Eurythmics, Culture club...

Naked Eyes
Aztec Camera

 

[Tres Discrete]

Naked Eyes
Aztec Camera

Aztec Camera - I second that emotion

 

[privateuniverse]

I remember him praising "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" in one of the Album Years podcasts....

In the interview below he calls it "one of the greatest pop singles of all time". (About 49 minutes in).