Upbeats and Beatdowns

Infobox Album |
Name = Upbeats and Beatdowns
Type = Album
Artist = Five Iron Frenzy


Released = November 1996
Recorded = 2 – 10 September 1996
at One Way Studio in Concord, CA
Genre = Third-wave ska
Length = 47:25
Label = Five Minute Walk/Warner Bros. Records
Producer = Masaki Liu
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ph87gj4ro6ib link]
*Real Magazine [http://www.realmagazine.com/new/reviews/fif1.html link]
*"Jesus Freak Hideout" Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/UpbeatsandBeatdowns.asp link]
*"Cross Rhythms" [http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Five_Iron_Frenzy/Upbeats_And_Beatdowns/176/ link] cite journal |last=Lobaugh |first=Rod |year=1997 |month=June |title=Five Iron Frenzy - "Upbeats And Beatdowns" |journal=Cross Rhythms |issue=39 |pages= |accessdate=]
Last album = "It's Funny but Not Very Creative"
(1996)
This album = "Upbeats and Beatdowns"
(1996)
Next album = "Our Newest Album Ever!"
(1997)

"Upbeats and Beatdowns" is the first full-length album of the band Five Iron Frenzy. It was released April 8, 1997 on Five Minute Walk, under the SaraBellum imprint, with distribution from Warner Bros. Records.

Track listing

# "Old West" – 2:20
# "Where the Zero Meets the Fifteen" – 3:04
# "Cool Enough For You" – 3:45
# "Anthem" – 2:43
# "Faking Life" – 2:49
# "Shut Up" – 0:04
# "Arnold and Willis and Mr. Drummond" – 2:36
# "I Feel Lucky" – 3:18
# "Milestone" – 3:12
# "Beautiful America" – 3:43
# "Combat Chuck" – 2:09
# "Amalgamate" – 2:58
# "Everywhere I Go" – 2:16
# "A Flowery Song" – 3:40
# "Third World Think Tank" – 8:42
#*"Combat Chuck's Call"; – 1:42 (hidden track)

Lineup

*Reese Roper - Lead vocals, Kitty on A Flowery Song
*Micah Ortega - Lead guitar, vocals, Sheep on A Flowery Song
*Scott Kerr - Guitar, vocals, Monkey on A Flowery Song
*Keith Hoerig - Bass guitar, Log on A Flowery Song
*Andrew Verdecchio - Drums, vocals, Other Birdie on A Flowery Song
*Nathanel "Brad" Dunham - Trumpet, BGVs, Sloth on A Flowery Song
*Dennis Culp - Trombone, BGVs, Vocals on Beautiful America, Birdie on A Flowery Song
*Leanor Ortega "Jeff The Girl" - Saxophone, BGVs, Fungus on A Flowery Song

Personnel

*Jamie Awbrey - Rooster Crow on "A Flowery Song"
*Masaki - says "yah" on "Beautiful America"
*Edith Bunker - Background vocals on "I Feel Lucky"

Miscellaneous

*The liner notes for "Old West" implore us to learn from the Sand Creek and Meeker Massacres.
*According to the Five Iron Frenzy MySpace blog, "Milestone" is often given the title "Nintendo" due to an incorrectly-named mp3 distributed on file-sharing networks.

References

External links

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ph87gj4ro6ib All Music Guide album main page]
* [http://www.fiveironfrenzy.com/disc/ Five Iron Frenzy official website discography]