![]() ![]() The band had three Top 10 hits during 1982: the singles " Poison Arrow", " The Look of Love" (both of which were recorded whilst Mark Lickley was still a member of the band), and " All of My Heart". Produced by Trevor Horn, it often featured in UK critics' lists of favourite albums: it ranked 42nd in The Observer Music Monthly's "Top 100 British Albums" (June 2004) and 40th in Q magazine's "100 Greatest British Albums" (June 2000). In 1982, the band released their debut studio album The Lexicon of Love, which reached number one on the UK Albums Chart. Soon afterwards, Robinson left the band and was replaced by David Palmer Lickley departed shortly thereafter and was not replaced. The band's first single, " Tears Are Not Enough", made the UK Top 20 in 1981. In the new year they were joined by Mark Lickley on bass and David Robinson on drums. The last performance as Vice Versa was at the Futurama 2 Festival in Leeds in September 1980, from there on it was as ABC with Singleton playing saxophone and White playing guitars and keyboards. Fry accepted and by late 1980 the band had evolved into ABC, with Fry becoming lead singer. Martin Fry, who wrote the fanzine Modern Drugs, interviewed Vice Versa and shortly afterwards they asked him to join as synthesizer player. They founded their own label, Neutron Records, releasing the EP Music 4. ![]() Their debut gig was as the support to Wire at the Outlook club in Sheffield. ![]() 1.5 The Lexicon of Love II : 2016 and beyondĪBC has its roots in the band Vice Versa, a Sheffield band formed in 1977 by synthesizer-players Stephen Singleton and Mark White. ![]()
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