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Up in It

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{{Infobox album

| name = Up in It

| type = studio

| artist = the Afghan Whigs

| cover = Afghan_Whigs_-_Up_in_It.jpg

| alt =

| released = April 1990

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre =

  • Alternative rock
  • punk rock{{cite book|first= Judy|last= Miller|editor1-first= Gary |editor1-last= Graff |editor2-first= Daniel |editor2-last= Durchholz |year= 1999 |title= MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |chapter= The Afghan Whigs|publisher= Visible Ink Press |location= Detroit |pages= 12–13}}
  • garage rock
  • grunge

| length = 45:38

| label = Sub Pop{{Cite web|url=https://www.subpop.com/releases/the_afghan_whigs/up_in_it|title=Up In It|website=Sub Pop Records}}

| producer = Jack Endino

| prev_title = Big Top Halloween

| prev_year = 1988

| next_title = Congregation

| next_year = 1992

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/up-in-it-mw0000677565|title=Up in It - The Afghan Whigs | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}

|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=1 |page=69}}

|rev3 = MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide

|rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}

|rev4 = The New Rolling Stone Album Guide

|rev4score = {{rating|2.5|5}}{{cite book |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=2004 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |page=9}}

|rev5 = Spin Alternative Record Guide

|rev5score = 4/10{{cite book |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |date=1995 |publisher=Vintage Books |page=9}}

}}

Up in It is the second album by the Afghan Whigs, released in 1990 via Sub Pop.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-afghan-whigs-mn0000602859/biography|title=The Afghan Whigs | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHP-r9-eqdAC&dq=up+in+it+afghan+whigs+1990&pg=PA147|title=Alternative Rock|first=Dave|last=Thompson|date=March 1, 2000|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780879306076|via=Google Books}} It marked the first time Sub Pop had released an album by a band hailing from outside the northwestern United States.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/interviews/the-afghan-whigs-we-stayed-true-to-ourselves-always-walked-our-own-line|title=The Afghan Whigs: "We stayed true to ourselves; always walked our own line" | The Skinny|website=www.theskinny.co.uk}}

Production

The album was produced by Jack Endino.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote: "Typically gauzy Jack Endino production instantly brands Up in It as a Sub Pop issue. While the increased volume follows suit, the Whigs still wax more lyrical than their thrash’n’burn label contemporaries."{{cite web |title=Afghan Whigs |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/afghan-whigs/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=1 March 2021}} The New Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that "thudding production hides the band's latent smarts in sludge." The Dallas Observer deemed the album "the first indication grunge could be created in a vacuum (i.e., Cincinnati) by four isolated 20-year-olds just as potently as if it were manufactured by a whole slew of Mark Arms."{{Cite web|url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/he-stole-the-soul-6403751|title=He stole the soul|first=Gina|last=Arnold|date=May 16, 1996|website=Dallas Observer}}

Track listing

All tracks written by Greg Dulli except where noted.

  1. "Retarded" (Dulli, McCollum) – 3:25
  2. "White Trash Party" – 3:05
  3. "Hated" – 3:37
  4. "Southpaw" – 3:20
  5. "Amphetamines and Coffee" (Kopasz) – 1:55
  6. "Now We Can Begin" - 2.43 [LP/Cassette version] OR "Hey Cuz" – 3:49 [CD version]
  7. "You My Flower" – 3:48
  8. "Son of the South" – 4:12
  9. "I Know Your Little Secret" – 4:22
  10. "Big Top Halloween" (Dulli, Curley) – 3:31 [CD version only]
  11. "Sammy" (Dulli, Curley) – 3:15 [CD version only]
  12. "In My Town" (Dulli, Curley) – 2:59 [CD version only]
  13. "I Am the Sticks" – 4:19 [CD version only]

References

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External links

  • [http://www.summerskiss.com/27/up-in-it/ Album LP/Cassette track listing on the Summer's Kiss website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306022945/http://www.summerskiss.com/27/up-in-it/ |date=2012-03-06 }}
  • [http://www.summerskiss.com/63/up-in-it-v2/ Album CD track listing on the Summer's Kiss website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714220808/http://www.summerskiss.com/63/up-in-it-v2/ |date=2014-07-14 }}

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Category:The Afghan Whigs albums

Category:1990 albums

Category:Sub Pop albums