Quite fearfully, I listened twice through the other day and was positively shocked by how much I enjoyed it. The first three or four songs, in particular, are terrific.
Curious what others think...
― Davey D, Sunday, 29 May 2016 23:53 (eight years ago) link
criminal that "hip hip hooray / yippie-yi, yippie-yi-ay" wasn't an option in this poll
― ejemplo (crüt), Monday, 30 May 2016 00:32 (eight years ago) link
Tom Ewing writes about it here:
http://tomewing.tumblr.com/post/145006620611/blame-cupid
― etc, Monday, 30 May 2016 01:15 (eight years ago) link
And Chris Roberts writes about it here for The Quietus:
http://thequietus.com/articles/20313-abc-lexicon-of-love-2-album-review
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 30 May 2016 13:20 (eight years ago) link
Good review from Chris Roberts. "One of the fey, foppish, book-reading, film-watching, idealist army"? Haha, yes, guilty.
Clearly I need to dedicate some time to check out this sequel.
― doug watson, Monday, 30 May 2016 17:47 (eight years ago) link
I'm curious as to whether this holds up as a sequel to The Lexicon of Love, or whether it may as well be just another late-period ABC album with the name bolted onto it.
― Turrican, Monday, 30 May 2016 18:13 (eight years ago) link
This sounded like a bad idea but I couldn't resist listening to it and it's actually really good. Well done! Don't be afraid to give it a chance.
― everything, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:03 (eight years ago) link
I liked it a lot. Only recall one eh track, but it was in the background so maybe I didn't hear it right. Don't really get the idea of it as a sequel, though, any more than any band with an identifiable sound essentially releases a series of sequels. When was the last ABC album, anyway?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 2 June 2016 00:54 (eight years ago) link
I'm not too enamoured with it although the strings are nice. I miss the hard brittle funk edge that was on the original record
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Sunday, 5 June 2016 20:56 (seven years ago) link
man all these basslines are insane
― frogbs, Friday, 9 June 2023 02:27 (eleven months ago) link