On this date in 1982, ABC released their debut studio album, THE LEXICON OF LOVE, (June 21st, 1982). THE LEXICON OF LOVE was a piece of sophisticated, widescreen pop, a study of romance spun out across orchestral strings and golden age Hollywood glamour. The rhythm section bolted right through the door onto the dance floor, the strings enveloped poor lovelorn Martin Fry, and the whole shebang was so beautifully florid, so exaggerated, so damned catchy – you wanted to hear the whole album a secon