“All of My Heart” (1983) – ABC * Written by ABC * 45: “All of My Heart” / “Overture” * LP: The Lexicon of Love * Produced by Trevor Horn * Label: Neutron/Mercury
On the lavish Lexicon of Love album’s climactic track, quipmaster Martin Fry confronts genuine heartache. Orchestra strings swell, bells and piano keys sparkle, and memories of pink silk, colliding stars, hearts and flowers spill forth with a sigh. This was—and still is—British New Pop music of the highest order. Trevor Horn produced, with the true “poison arrow” being Anne Dudley’s orchestration.