Upbeats and Beatdowns

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Upbeats and Beatdowns
Studio album by 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
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Real Magazine link Jesus Freak Hideout link Cross Rhythms link[1]
Five Iron Frenzy chronology
It's Funny but Not Very Creative (1996) Upbeats and Beatdowns (1996) 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.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Lineup 3 Personnel 4 Miscellaneous 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Track listing

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Personnel

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• All Music Guide album main page
• Five Iron Frenzy official website discography

v • d • e Five Iron Frenzy Reese Roper - Keith Hoerig - Micah Ortega - Dennis Culp - Leanor "Jeff" Ortega -Andrew Verdecchio - Nathanael "Brad" Dunham - Sonnie Johnson - Scott Kerr Studio albums and EPs It's Funny, but Not Very Creative - Upbeats and Beatdowns - Our Newest Album Ever! - Miniature Golf Courses of America - Brad Is Dead - Quantity Is Job 1 - All the Hype That Money Can Buy - Five Iron Frenzy 2: Electric Boogaloo - The End Is Near Live albums Proof That the Youth Are Revolting - The End Is Here B-Sides Cheeses...(of Nazareth)