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Up is ABC's fifth and final PolyGram

PolyGram

PolyGram was the name of the major label recording company started by Philips from as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. In 1999 it was sold to Seagram and merged into Universal Music Group.-Hollandsche Decca Distributie , 1929-1950:...

studio album, released in 1989. This time experimenting with house music

House music

House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

, ABC scored a minor UK hit with the single "One Better World

One Better World

"One Better World" is a song by ABC released as the first single from their album Up.The song, sung with accompanying children's chorus, is about love, peace and tolerance , peaked at #32 on the UK Singles Chart.- UK 12" Single :...

", an ode to love, peace and tolerance. "The Real Thing

The Real Thing (ABC song)

"The Real Thing" is a song by ABC released as the second single from their album Up.The song peaked at #68 on the UK Singles Chart, their lowest charting single there since "Vanity Kills" in 1986.- Chart positions :...

" was also released as a single.

Side One

"Never More Than Now"
"The Real Thing
The Real Thing (ABC song)
"The Real Thing" is a song by ABC released as the second single from their album Up.The song peaked at #68 on the UK Singles Chart, their lowest charting single there since "Vanity Kills" in 1986.- Chart positions :...

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"One Better World
One Better World
"One Better World" is a song by ABC released as the first single from their album Up.The song, sung with accompanying children's chorus, is about love, peace and tolerance , peaked at #32 on the UK Singles Chart.- UK 12" Single :...

"
"Where Is the Heaven?"

Side Two

"The Greatest Love of All"
"North"
"I'm in Love With You"
"Paper Thin"

Bonus tracks on CD (1989)

"One Better World" (Pickering-Park Mix)
"The Greatest Love of All" (Kraushaar Mix)
"Never More Than Now" (Kraushaar Mix)

2005 Reissue

"Never More Than Now"
"The Real Thing"
"One Better World"
"Where Is the Heaven?"
"The Greatest Love of All"
"North"
"I'm in Love with You"
"Paper Thin"
"One Better World (Pickering Park Mix)"
"One Better World (Percapella Mix)"
"The Real Thing (Frankie Knuckles Due Mix)"
"The Greatest Love of All (May Day Mix)"
"Paper Thin (1986 Demo)"

All of the tracks on the 2005 reissue have been digitally remastered.

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