ABC
Album: 	How to Be A...Zillionaire!
Rating: * * * * 1/2
Release Date: 1985
Label: 	Mercury

Tracklist:
 1 Fear of the World 		Fry, White 	3:51
 2 Be Near Me 			Fry, White 	3:39
 3 Vanity Kills 		Fry, White 	3:29
 4 Ocean Blue 			Fry, White 	3:33
 5 15 Storey Halo 		Fry, White 	5:35
 6 A to Z 			Fry, White 	2:50
 7 How to Be a Millionaire 	Fry, White 	3:35
 8 Tower of London 		Fry, White 	3:39
 9 So Hip It Hurts 		Fry, White 	4:19
10 Between You & Me 		Fry, White 	3:19 

Bonus Deluxe Version:
11 (How To Be A) Trillionaire (Harajuku Mix) 	3:38
12 What's Your Destination (Be near me -Instr)	3:38
13 Vanity Kills (U.S.A. Remix) 			5:40
14 Vanity Kills (Abigails Party Mix) 		5:12
15 Ocean Blue (Single Mix) 			3:40
16 Judy's Jewels 				2:03
17 Fear Of The World (In Cinemascope) 		4:43
18 Tower Of London (Instrumental) 		3:38


hinzugefügt (weitere Maxi-Versionen:)
21 (How To Be A) Trillionaire (Nickle-Dime Mix) 5:25
22 (How To Be A) Trillionaire (Wall St. Mix) 	5:25
23 (How To Be A) Trillionaire (Accapella) 	3:25
24 (How To Be A) Trillionaire (Bond St. Mix) 	6:05
25 Be near me (Munich Disco Mix)		5:28
26 Be near me (Ecstasy Mix)			4:43
27 Tower of London (Extended Version)		5:57
28 Vanity Kills (Mendelsohn Mix)		6:12
29 Judy's Jewels	(B-Side Vanity Kills)	2:04

AMG Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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.

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

Charts (Billboard)
Album:
1985	 	How to Be A...Zillionaire!	The Billboard 200		30
Singles:
1985	 	Be Near Me	 		Adult Contemporary	 	11
1985	 	Be Near Me	 		Hot Dance Music/Club Play	 1
1985	 	Be Near Me	 		Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Sales	 7
1985	 	Be Near Me	 		The Billboard Hot 100		 9
1985		How to Be A...Zillionaire!	The Billboard 200		30
1985	 	Vanity Kills	 		Hot Dance Music/Club Play	 7
1985	 	Vanity Kills	 		Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Sales	29
1986	 	How to Be a Millionaire	 	The Billboard Hot 100		20
1986	 	Vanity Kills	 		Hot Dance Music/Club Play	 5
1986	 	Vanity Kills	 		The Billboard Hot 100		91