Up in Flames

Up in Flames
Studio album by Manitoba
Released March 31, 2003
Genre Folktronica, neo-psychedelia, shoegazing
Length 39:02
Label Leaf, Domino
Producer Dan Snaith
Manitoba chronology
Start Breaking My Heart
(2001)		 Up in Flames
(2003)		 The Milk of Human Kindness
(2005)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic88/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Alternative Press[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA–[4]
Mojo[5]
Pitchfork Media8.6/10[6]
PopMatters8/10[7]
Q[8]
Sputnikmusic4.5/5[9]
Uncut[10]

Up in Flames is the second studio album by Canadian musicain Dan Snaith, released on March 31, 2003 under his stage name Manitoba. It was reissued in 2006 and in 2013 under Snaith's new name, Caribou.

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

Reception

Up in Flames was released to acclaim from critics. Metacritic assigns the album a mean score of 88 out of 100 based on reviews from 20 critics, translating to "universal acclaim."[1] Online music magazine Pitchfork Media placed Up in Flames at number 106 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.[11]

Track listing

  1. "I've Lived on a Dirt Road All My Life" – 5:35
  2. "Skunks" – 3:45
  3. "Hendrix with Ko" (featuring Koushik) – 3:57
  4. "Jacknuggeted" – 3:29
  5. "Why the Long Face" – 0:44
  6. "Bijoux" – 4:18
  7. "Twins" – 1:46
  8. "Kid You'll Move Mountains" – 5:01
  9. "Crayon" (featuring Koushik) – 2:40
  10. "Every Time She Turns Round It's Her Birthday" – 7:47

Reissue bonus tracks

The 2006 reissue also contained a bonus disc with the following tracks:

  1. "Cherry Bomb"
  2. "Silver Splinters"
  3. "Olé"
  4. "Thistles and Felt"
  5. "Seaweed"
  6. "Cherrybomb Part II"

In 2015, Up in Flames was selected by fans to be one of the 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.[12]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Reviews for Up In Flames by Manitoba". Metacritic. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
  2. ↑ Bush, John. "Up in Flames – Manitoba / Caribou". AllMusic. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Manitoba: Up in Flames". Alternative Press (179): 110. June 2003.
  4. ↑ "Up in Flames". Entertainment Weekly: 112. April 2003.
  5. ↑ "Manitoba: Up in Flames". Mojo (113): 114. April 2003.
  6. ↑ Richardson, Mark (April 3, 2003). "Manitoba: Up in Flames". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  7. ↑ Richardson, Mark (August 18, 2006). "Caribou: Up In Flames". PopMatters. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Manitoba: Up in Flames". Q (203): 100. June 2003.
  9. ↑ Ponton, Jared (June 23, 2010). "Caribou – Up In Flames". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Manitoba: Up in Flames". Uncut (71): 120. April 2003.
  11. ↑ Pitchfork staff (September 28, 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200–151". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  12. ↑ "The Leaf Label: Leaf 20". The Leaf Label. Retrieved October 28, 2015.

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