ABC - How to Be A...Zillionaire!

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Album Details

Title: How to Be A...Zillionaire!
Artist: ABC
Release Date: 1985
Label: Mercury
Duration: 59:18
Album Type(s): lyrics/libretto
UPCs: 042282490421, 042282490445
Genre: Rock
Styles: Dance-Pop, Synth Pop, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Punk/New Wave, Dance-Rock
Moods: Carefree, Elegant, Slick, Sophisticated, Stylish, Theatrical, Witty, Wry, Bright, Clinical, Confident, Ironic, Lively, Reserved, Romantic, Smooth, Acerbic, Campy, Humorous, Irreverent, Playful, Sparkling, Fun, Dreamy
Total Copies: 3
Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

Track Listings

Fear of the World
Be Near Me
Vanity Kills
Ocean Blue
15 Storey Halo
A to Z
How to Be a Millionaire
Tower of London
So Hip It Hurts
Between You & Me
Fear of the World [In Cinemascope][Mix]
Be Near Me [Munich Disco Mix]
How to Be a Millionaire [Bond St. Mix]
Vanity Kills [The Abigails Party Mix]

Additional Releases

Year	Type	Label	Catalog #
1985	CD	Mercury	824904-2

Other Editions

How to Be A...Zillionaire! [Bonus Tracks]

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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, All Music Guide

Credits

Name	Credits
Alan Carvell	Vocals (Background)
Brad Lang	Guitar (Bass)
Charles Harrowell	Assistant Engineer
Chris Whitten	Drums
David Levine	Photography
David Palmer	Hi Hat
David Williams	Guitar
Dietmar Schillinger	Assistant Engineer
Don Snow	Synthesizer, Piano
Gary Moberley	CMI, Fairlight CMI, Fairlight, Brass Arrangement
Guy Barker	Trumpet
Heff Moraes	Assistant Engineer
Ian Cooper	Mastering
Jackie Challenor	Vocals (Background)
Julian Mendelsohn	Mixing
Keith Breeden	Art Direction, Artwork
Keith LeBlanc	Drums, Programming, Beat Box, ?
Lorenza Johnson	Vocals (Background)
Mark "Spike" Stent	Assistant Engineer
Mark White	Fairlight, Emulator, CMI, Synthesizer, Producer, Arranger
Martin Fry	Vocals, Producer
Martyn Webster	Engineer, Mixing
Mike Drake	Assistant Engineer
Nick Knight	Photography
Paul Corkett	Assistant Engineer
Paul Wright	Assistant Engineer
Skip McDonald	Guitar