Up (ABC album)

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Up is the fifth studio album by the English pop band ABC, released in October 1989. This time experimenting with house music, it was their 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 label PolyGram.

In 2005, a digitally remastered CD of the album was released with five bonus tracks.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Martin Fry and Mark White, except where noted

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Never More Than Now"	Martin Fry Mark White David Clayton	6:02
2.	"The Real Thing"		4:52
3.	"One Better World"		5:45
4.	"Where Is the Heaven?"		6:25

Side two

No.	Title	Length
5.	"The Greatest Love of All"	5:33
6.	"North"	5:39
7.	"I'm in Love With You"	4:33
8.	"Paper Thin"	5:52
Total length:		44:41

Additional tracks on initial CD pressing

No.	Title	Length
9.	"One Better World" (Pickering-Park Mix)	4:23
10.	"The Greatest Love of All" (Kraushaar Mix)	5:50
11.	"Never More Than Now" (Kraushaar Mix)	5:56

Additional tracks on 2005 version

No.	Title	Length
9.	"One Better World" (Pickering Park Mix)	6:33
10.	"One Better World" (Percapella Mix)	4:00
11.	"The Real Thing" (Frankie Knuckles Due Mix)	5:18
12.	"The Greatest Love of All" (May Day Mix)	6:06
13.	"Paper Thin" (1986 Demo)	6:23

Personnel

ABC

• Martin Fry – vocals
• Mark White – keyboards; programming

Production

• Martin Fry – producer
• Mark White – producer
• Mark Stent – engineer
• Tim Burrell – assistant engineer
• Mike Pickering – mixing
• Graeme Park – mixing
• Bob Kraushaar – mixing engineer
• Julian Mendelsohn – mixing engineer
• Ian Cooper – mastering
• Paul Cox – photography

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart	Peak Position
German Albums Chart	38
UK Albums Chart	58

External links

• Up at Discogs (list of releases)