Up in Flames (album) explained

Up in Flames
Type:	Album
Artist:	Manitoba
Cover:	Manitoba-Up in Flames (album cover).jpg
Released:	^[1]
Genre:	Folktronica^[2] indie pop^[3]
Producer:	Dan Snaith
Chronology:	Manitoba / Dan Snaith
Prev Title:	Start Breaking My Heart
Prev Year:	2001
Next Title:	The Milk of Human Kindness
Next Year:	2005

Up in Flames is the second studio album by Canadian musician Dan Snaith, released under the moniker Manitoba on March 31, 2003, by The Leaf Label and Domino Recording Company.^[4] It is Snaith's second and final album credited under Manitoba, and received critical acclaim when it was released.

In 2006, a special edition of Up in Flames was released. In 2013, the album was reissued under Snaith's current moniker, Caribou, and in 2015, it was selected by fans as one of ten albums re-issued by The Leaf Label as part of the label's 20th anniversary celebrations. This saw the album released on limited edition double vinyl and made available to fans via the PledgeMusic service.^[5]

News program Democracy Now! uses "Kid You'll Move Mountains" as part of their regular theme music.

Reception

Up in Flames received acclaim from critics and has been assigned a score of 88 based on 20 critic reviews, translating to "universal acclaim", from Metacritic. Online magazine Pitchfork placed Up in Flames at number 106 on its list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.^[6]

External links

Up in Flames at official Caribou website

Notes and References

Web site: Up In Flames Caribou.
Selena . HS . Manitoba Up In Flames . . August 15, 2003 . October 3, 2016 .
Web site: Pitchfork Staff . The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s . . October 2, 2009. The 2003 release of Caribou’s (then Manitoba’s) Up in Flames served as an unofficial death knell for the “indietronica” marketing ploy...Dan Snaith, [applied] an effortless technical mastery to the heart-on-sleeve charm of indie pop.. April 28, 2023.
Web site: Up In Flames . Caribou.fm . April 18, 2019.
Web site: The Leaf Label: Leaf 20 . . October 28, 2015.
Web site: The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s . . September 28, 2009 . October 1, 2009 . Pitchfork staff . 5 . February 15, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150215202014/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7707-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-150-101/5/ . dead .