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Up in It
Up in It
Studio album by the Afghan Whigs
Released	April 1990
Genre	Alternative rock; punk rock; garage rock; grunge;
Length	45:38
Label	Sub Pop
Producer	Jack Endino
The Afghan Whigs chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	^[1]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[5]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	4/10^[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.^[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."^[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.

"Retarded" (Dulli, McCollum) – 3:25
"White Trash Party" – 3:05
"Hated" – 3:37
"Southpaw" – 3:20
"Amphetamines and Coffee" (Kopasz) – 1:55
"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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Miller, Judy (1999). "The Afghan Whigs". In Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds.). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 12–13.
^ "Up In It". Sub Pop Records.
^ "Up in It - The Afghan Whigs | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 69.
^ ^a ^b The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 9.
^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 9.
^ "The Afghan Whigs | Biography & History". AllMusic.
^ Thompson, Dave (March 1, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.
^ "The Afghan Whigs: "We stayed true to ourselves; always walked our own line" | The Skinny". www.theskinny.co.uk.
^ "Afghan Whigs". Trouser Press. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
^ Arnold, Gina (May 16, 1996). "He stole the soul". Dallas Observer.