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Moving away from the guitar histrionics of Beauty Stab, Martin Fry reduced ABC to a duo of himself and Mark White for 1985's danceable How to Be a...Zillionaire! Incorporating light hip-hop rhythms, ABC made sure Zillionaire sounded contemporary for mid-'80s dance clubs, and as a result, some of the record sounds stiff and dated. Still, when Fry's sense of melody is on, as on the catchy single "Be Near Me," or when he works in his vicious, cynical wit, as on "How to Be a Millionaire" and "So Hip It Hurts," the record rivals the peaks of Lexicon of Love.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Mark White, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Julian Mendelsohn, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Fry, Producer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - ABC, MainArtist
℗ 1985 Mercury Records Limited
Mark White, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Fry, Producer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - ABC, MainArtist - Martyn Webster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 Mercury Records Limited
Mark White, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Julian Mendelsohn, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Fry, Producer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - ABC, MainArtist - Martyn Webster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 Mercury Records Limited
Mark White, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Julian Mendelsohn, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Fry, Producer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - ABC, MainArtist - Martyn Webster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 Mercury Records Limited
Mark White, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Julian Mendelsohn, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Fry, Producer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - ABC, MainArtist - Martyn Webster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 Mercury Records Limited
Mark White, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Fry, Producer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - ABC, MainArtist - Martyn Webster, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 Mercury Records Limited
Mark White, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Fry, Producer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - ABC, MainArtist - Martyn Webster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 Mercury Records Limited
Mark White, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Julian Mendelsohn, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Fry, Producer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - ABC, MainArtist - Martyn Webster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 Mercury Records Limited
Mark White, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Julian Mendelsohn, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Fry, Producer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - ABC, MainArtist - Martyn Webster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 Mercury Records Limited
Mark White, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Julian Mendelsohn, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Fry, Producer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - ABC, MainArtist
℗ 1985 Mercury Records Limited
Mark White, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Julian Mendelsohn, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Fry, Producer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - ABC, MainArtist
℗ 1985 Mercury Records Limited
Mark White, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Fry, Producer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - ABC, MainArtist - Martyn Webster, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 Mercury Records Limited
Mark White, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Julian Mendelsohn, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Fry, Producer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - ABC, MainArtist - Martyn Webster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 Mercury Records Limited
Mark White, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Fry, Producer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - ABC, MainArtist - Martyn Webster, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 Mercury Records Limited
Album review
Moving away from the guitar histrionics of Beauty Stab, Martin Fry reduced ABC to a duo of himself and Mark White for 1985's danceable How to Be a...Zillionaire! Incorporating light hip-hop rhythms, ABC made sure Zillionaire sounded contemporary for mid-'80s dance clubs, and as a result, some of the record sounds stiff and dated. Still, when Fry's sense of melody is on, as on the catchy single "Be Near Me," or when he works in his vicious, cynical wit, as on "How to Be a Millionaire" and "So Hip It Hurts," the record rivals the peaks of Lexicon of Love.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:59:07
- Main artists: ABC
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1985 Mercury Records Limited ℗ 1985 Mercury Records Limited
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