- Source: Up (ABC album)
Up is the fifth studio album by English pop band ABC, released in October 1989. This time experimenting with house music, it was ABC's first album not to make the top 40 in the UK. However, they scored a minor UK hit with the single "One Better World", an ode to love, peace and tolerance. "The Real Thing" was also released as a single. Up was the band's final album released on the PolyGram label.
In 2005, a digitally remastered CD of the album was released with five bonus tracks.
Track listing
Personnel
ABC
Martin Fry – vocals
Mark White – keyboards, programming
Additional personnel
Dave Clayton – keyboards
Ritchie Close – keyboards
Mike Pickering – keyboards, programming and DJ (9)
Rob Dean – guitars
Maurice Michael – guitars, backing vocals
Danny Cummings – drums, percussion
David Palmer – drums, percussion
Phil Smith – saxophones
Graeme Park – DJ (9)
Alan Carvell – backing vocals
Lorenza Johnson – backing vocals
Production
Producers – Martin Fry and Mark White
Additional production on tracks 3 & 9 – Blaze
Engineers – Mark Stent (tracks 1 & 3–11); Bob Kraushaar (track 2).
Assistant engineer – Tim Burrell
Mixing – Bob Kraushaar (tracks 1, 2 & 4–8); Julian Mendelsohn (track 3).
Remix – Graeme Park and Mike Pickering (track 9); Bob Kraushaar (tracks 10 & 11).
Mixed at Marcus Studios and Sarm West Studios (London, UK).
Mastered by Ian Cooper at Townhouse Studios (London, UK).
Sleeve design – ABC and Design KB
Photography – Paul Cox
Management – Bennett Freed
Chart performance
= Weekly charts
=References
External links
Up at Discogs (list of releases)