Up in It explained

Up in It
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Afghan Whigs
Cover:	Afghan_Whigs_-_Up_in_It.jpg
Released:	April 1990
Genre:	Alternative rock punk rock^[1] garage rock grunge
Length:	45:38
Label:	Sub Pop^[2]
Producer:	Jack Endino
Prev Title:	Big Top Halloween
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	Congregation
Next Year:	1992

Up in It is the second album by the Afghan Whigs, released in 1990 via Sub Pop.^{[3] [4]} It marked the first time Sub Pop had released an album by a band hailing from outside the northwestern United States.^[5]

Production

The album was produced by Jack Endino.^[1]

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."^[6] 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."^[7]

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]

External links

• Album LP/Cassette track listing on the Summer's Kiss website
• Album CD track listing on the Summer's Kiss website

Notes and References

1. Book: Miller, Judy. Gary . Graff . Daniel . Durchholz . 1999 . MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide . The Afghan Whigs. . Detroit . 12-13.
2. Web site: Up In It. Sub Pop Records.
3. Web site: The Afghan Whigs | Biography & History. AllMusic.
4. Book: Thompson, Dave. Alternative Rock. March 1, 2000. Hal Leonard Corporation. 9780879306076. Google Books.
5. Web site: The Afghan Whigs: "We stayed true to ourselves; always walked our own line" | The Skinny. www.theskinny.co.uk.
6. Web site: Afghan Whigs . Trouser Press . 1 March 2021.
7. Web site: He stole the soul. Gina. Arnold. May 16, 1996. Dallas Observer.