Up in It

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]

Up in It
Studio album by the Afghan Whigs
Released	April 1990
Genre	Alternative rock punk rock[1] garage rock[1] grunge[1]
Length	45:38
Label	Sub Pop[2]
Producer	Jack Endino
The Afghan Whigs chronology
Big Top Halloween (1988) Up in It (1990) Congregation (1992)

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]

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.

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]