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Amazing Artwork! ABC 40 Years Ago Today

Posted on June 21, 2022 by JL

Eye-catching album cover art

British new wave romantics ABC led by grand voice Martin Fry scored a
No 1 hit in the UK with their glossy debut pop album THE LEXICON OF LOVE.

It came out today 40 years ago, on 21 June 1982.

Creem (former American music monthly mag) said: “It’s a piece of sumptuous kitsch.
The whole shebang is so florid, so exaggerated, so damned catchy – you want to hear the album a second time before it’s even half over.”

The album features repeated themes in which Fry experiences heartache as he tries and fails to have a meaningful relationship. The cover of the longplayer visualized his battle
of love.

FRONT COVER

BACK COVER

Singles/clips: The Look Of Love / All Of My Heart / Poison Arrow

– THE LOOK OF LOVE –

– ALL OF MY HEART –

– POISON ARROW –

Martin Fry celebrates the LP’s anniversary on the road.

ABC: Story

Amazing Album Artwork Of 5 LPs Turning 40 in 2022

Posted on January 9, 2022 by JL

Amazing artwork of 5 LPs released in 1982

1. Plastic Surgery Disasters by DEAD KENNEDYS

The black-and-white photograph titled ‘Hands’ was taken by Michael Wells. The photo depicts the emaciated forearm and hand of a malnourished Ugandan child in the palm
of a European missionary to highlight the horrors of famine in parts of the African continent during the 1970s and 80s.

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2. PETER GABRIEL IV by PETER GABRIEL

Peter Gabriel: “The artwork on album four was something I’d been working on with a sculptor called Malcolm Poynter whose work I thought was really strong; he used to do these things out of very dark heads, and then figures made out of toys soldiers.”

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