Up in It
Studio album by
The Afghan Whigs
ReleasedApril 1990
GenreAlternative rock
Length45:38
LabelSub Pop[1]
ProducerJack Endino
The Afghan Whigs chronology
Big Top Halloween
(1988)		 Up in It
(1990)		 Congregation
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[4]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]
Spin Alternative Record Guide4/10[6]

Up in It is the second album by the Afghan Whigs, released in 1990 via Sub Pop.[7][8] It marked the first time Sub Pop had released an album by a band hailing from outside the northwestern United States.[9]

Production

The album was produced by Jack Endino.[4]

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."[10] The New Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that "thudding production hides the band's latent smarts in sludge."[5] 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."[11]

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

  1. ↑ "Up In It". Sub Pop Records.
  2. ↑ "Up in It - The Afghan Whigs | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 69.
  4. 1 2 MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 13.
  5. 1 2 The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 9.
  6. ↑ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 9.
  7. ↑ "The Afghan Whigs | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  8. ↑ Thompson, Dave (March 1, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.
  9. ↑ "The Afghan Whigs: "We stayed true to ourselves; always walked our own line" | The Skinny". www.theskinny.co.uk.
  10. ↑ "Afghan Whigs". Trouser Press. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  11. ↑ Arnold, Gina (May 16, 1996). "He stole the soul". Dallas Observer.
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