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]
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.
"Now We Can Begin" - 2.43 [LP/Cassette version] OR "Hey Cuz" – 3:49 [CD version]
"You My Flower" – 3:48
"Son of the South" – 4:12
"I Know Your Little Secret" – 4:22
"Big Top Halloween" (Dulli, Curley) – 3:31 [CD version only]
"Sammy" (Dulli, Curley) – 3:15 [CD version only]
"In My Town" (Dulli, Curley) – 2:59 [CD version only]
"I Am the Sticks" – 4:19 [CD version only]
References
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abcdeMiller, Judy (1999). "The Afghan Whigs". In Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds.). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit:
Visible Ink Press. pp. 12–13.