Up (ABC album)
Up is the fifth studio album by the 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.
Personnel
ABC- Martin Fry – vocals
- Mark White – keyboards, programming
- Dave Clayton – keyboards
- Ritchie Close – keyboards
- Mike Pickering – keyboards, programming and DJ
- Rob Dean – guitars
- Maurice Michael – guitars, backing vocals
- Danny Cummings – drums, percussion
- David Palmer – drums, percussion
- Phil Smith – saxophones
- Graeme Park – DJ
- Alan Carvell – backing vocals
- Lorenza Johnson – backing vocals
Production
- Martin Fry – producer
- Mark White – producer
- Blaze – additional production
- Mark Stent – engineer
- Bob Kraushaar – mixing, engineer, remixing
- Julian Mendelsohn – mixing
- Graeme Park – remixing
- Mike Pickering – remixing
- Tim Burrell – assistant engineer
- Ian Cooper – mastering at Townhouse Studios
- ABC – sleeve design
- Design KB – sleeve design
- Paul Cox – photography
- Bennett Freed – management