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
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [1]
Dusted Magazine (positive)[2]
No Ripcord (9/10)[3]
Pitchfork Media (9.0/10)[4]
Popmatters (very positive)[5]
Sputnikmusic [6]
Stylus Magazine (A)[7]
Tiny Mix Tapes [8]

Up in Flames is the second album by Manitoba. It was reissued in 2006 and in 2013 under the artist'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 88/100 (based on the reviews of 20 critics), translating to "universal acclaim." Online music magazine Pitchfork Media placed Up in Flames at number 106 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.[9]

Track listing

  1. "I've Lived on a Dirt Road All My Life" – 5:35
  2. "Skunks" – 3:45
  3. "Hendrix With Ko (Feat. 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 (Feat. Koushik)" – 2:40
  10. "Every Time She Turns Round It's Her Birthday" – 7:47

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"

Notes

  1. ↑ Bush, John. "Manitoba - Up in Flames". Allmusic.
  2. ↑ Hunt, Sam. "Manitoba: Up in Smoke, Down in Flames". Dusted Magazine.
  3. ↑ Harte, Pat. "Caribou: Up in Flames". No Ripcord.
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ "Manitoba: Up in Flames". Popmatters.
  6. ↑ Ponton, J. "Caribou - Up in Flames". Sputnikmusic.
  7. ↑ Southall, Nick. "Manitoba - Up in Flames". Stylus Magazine.
  8. ↑ Amneziak. "Caribou - Up in Flames [as Manitoba]". Tiny Mix Tapes.
  9. ↑ Pitchfork staff (September 28, 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200-151". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved October 1, 2009.

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