''Up'' is the fifth
studio album by English
pop band
ABC
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, 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
"One Better World" is a song by English band ABC, released as the first single from their fifth studio album, '' Up'' (1989).
The song, sung with accompanying children's chorus, concerned love, peace and tolerance ("one better world"), and pe ...
", an ode to love, peace and tolerance. "
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" 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
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Martin Fry
Martin David Fry (born 9 March 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, composer, musician, and record producer.
Fry's music career spans more than 40 years. He came to prominence in the early 1980s as co-founder and lead singer of the pop band ...
– vocals
*
Mark White – keyboards, programming
Additional personnel
* Dave Clayton – keyboards
* Ritchie Close – keyboards
*
Mike Pickering
Mike Pickering (born 21 February 1954) is an English musician and DJ.
Career
Pickering was a DJ at The Haçienda's Nude and Hot nights, and later Shine. He worked for Factory Records, where he signed Happy Mondays, To Hell with Burgundy and ...
– keyboards, programming and
DJ (9)
*
Rob Dean
Rob Dean (born 23 April 1955) is a British musician turned professional illustrator, who rose to prominence playing lead guitar as a member of the British new wave band Japan from 1975 to 1981.
Biography
He is from the Clapton district of ...
– 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
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* Fin ...
(tracks 1 & 3–11);
Bob Kraushaar
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(track 2).
* Assistant engineer – Tim Burrell
* Mixing – Bob Kraushaar (tracks 1, 2 & 4–8);
Julian Mendelsohn
Julian Mendelsohn is an Australian record producer, audio engineer and mixer.
Early life
After completing school in Australia, Mendelsohn moved to the United Kingdom. He secured his first job in 1974 at Milner Sound Fulham Rd. Chelsea, run b ...
(track 3).
* Remix – Graeme Park and Mike Pickering (track 9); Bob Kraushaar (tracks 10 & 11).
* Mixed at Marcus Studios and
Sarm West Studios
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(London, UK).
* Mastered by Ian Cooper at
Townhouse Studios
The Town House (also known as Townhouse Studios) was a recording studio located at 150 Goldhawk Road, Shepherd's Bush in London, built in 1978 under the direction of Richard Branson for Virgin Records. The studios changed ownership and eventuall ...
(London, UK).
* Sleeve design – ABC and
Design KB
* Photography – Paul Cox
* Management – Bennett Freed
Chart performance
Weekly charts
References
External links
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1989 albums
ABC (band) albums
Mercury Records albums