Up Popped the Two Lips
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{{Infobox album
| name = Up Popped the Two Lips
| type = Album
| artist = Henry Threadgill
| cover = Up Popped the Two Lips.jpg
| alt =
| released = 2001
| recorded = April 28–30, 2001
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Pi Recordings
| producer = Henry Threadgill
| prev_title = Everybodys Mouth's a Book
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title = Pop Start the Tape, Stop
| next_year = 2005
}}
Up Popped the Two Lips is an album by Henry Threadgill featuring seven of Threadgill's compositions performed by Threadgill's Zooid.Backstrom, L. & Lopez, R. [http://discography.backstrom.se/threadgill/#01.04.28 Henry Threadgill discography] accessed February 12, 2010 The album was the second album on the Pi Records label and was released simultaneously with Everybodys Mouth's a Book by Threadgill & Make a Move in 2001.[http://pirecordings.com/album/pi01 Pi Recordings catalogue] accessed February 12, 2010
Reception
Both of Threadgill's initial Pi Recordings releases attracted critical approval. The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "This is a fun, deft, and smart record. Threadgill is more on his game as a composer and as a bandleader than at any point in his career."Jurek, T. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r554658|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed February 12, 2010. The All About Jazz review by Glenn Astarita stated, "it is a joy to delve into the band's multidirectional evolutionary processes."Astarita, G. [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=9890 Up Popped the Two Lips & Everybodys Mouth's a Book Review] All About Jazz, May 13, 2002 The Boston Phoenix's Ed Hazell
stated, "Threadgill has mixed these elements before, but not all in one working band, and he’s rarely given himself as much solo room in music so heavily composed."Hazell, E. [http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/other_stories/documents/02046164.htm Changing Tunes: Two Sides of Henry Threadgill] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227220944/http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/other_stories/documents/02046164.htm |date=2010-12-27 }} The Boston Phoenix, December 13–20, 2001
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1402}}
}}
Track listing
All compositions by Henry Threadgill
- "Tickled Pink" - 6:54
- "Dark Black" - 5:26
- "Look" - 4:54
- "Around My Goose" - 8:00
- "Calm Down" - 5:35
- "Did You See That" - 7:43
- "Do the Needful" - 6:53
Recorded at Orange Music Sound Studio, West Orange, NJ, on April 28, 29 & 30, 2001