Up from Below

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Up from Below
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Studio album by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Released July 7, 2009
Genre Indie folk, folk rock, neo-psychedelia
Length 56:58
Label Vagrant Records, Rough Trade Records
Producer Aaron Older, Edward Sharpe, Nicolo Aglietti
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros chronology
Here Comes
(2009)Here Comes2009		 Up from Below
(2009)		 Here
(2012)Here2012
Singles from Up from Below
  1. "Carries On/Mexico"
    Released: March 23, 2009
  2. "Simplest Love/Home (demo)"
    Released: March 23, 2009
  3. "40 Day Dream/Geez Louise"
    Released: August 30, 2009
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 66/100[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars [2]
The Arts Section (Positive) [3]
Drowned in Sound (7/10) [4]
The Guardian 3/5 stars [5]
Pitchfork Media (4.1/10) [6]
Prefix Mag (8.5/10) [7]
Sputnikmusic 2.5/5 stars [8]
Uncut 4/5 stars

Up from Below is the first full-length album from Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. It was preceded by Here Comes EP.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Alex Ebert (credited fictitiously as "Edward Sharpe"), except where noted. 

Up from Below
No. Title Length
1. "40 Day Dream"   3:54
2. "Janglin"   3:50
3. "Up from Below" (Nico Aglietti,Tay Strathairn, Ebert) 4:10
4. "Carries On"   4:31
5. "Jade" (Christian Letts, Ebert) 3:44
6. "Home" (Jade Castrinos, Ebert) 5:06
7. "Desert Song"   4:30
8. "Black Water"   3:51
9. "Come in Please" (Aglietti, Ebert) 5:07
10. "Simplest Love"   2:53
11. "Kisses Over Babylon"   5:16
12. "Brother" (Aglietti, Ebert) 3:57
13. "Om Nashi Me"   6:16
14. "Carries On" (KCRW.com Presents [U.S. digital-only bonus track]) 4:26
15. "Desert Song" ([U.S. digital-only bonus video]) 6:54

In popular culture

"Kisses Over Babylon" the music video appeared in 8th season of Beavis and Butthead in the episode "Bathroom Break"

"40 Day Dream" was featured in a promo for season 5 of Mad Men.

"Janglin" was featured in a commercial for the 2011 Ford Fiesta.

"Home" was featured in a commercial for the NFL that focused on many cities and their home fans. It was used in the 2014 movie The Book of Life[9] as well as in an episode of Community entitled "Debate 109". "Home" was covered by the cast of Glee in the sixth season episode "Homecoming".

"Om Nashi Me" was featured in Andrew Reynold's part for the Emerica video "Stay Gold"

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[10] 86
Canadian Albums Chart[11] 132
UK Chart (2013) 72
Billboard 200[12] 76

References

  1. ↑ http://www.metacritic.com/music/up-from-below/edward-sharpe-the-magnetic-zeros
  2. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1591520
  3. ↑ http://www.theartssection.com/2010/10/music-edward-sharpe-magnetic-zeros.html
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  6. ↑ http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13852-up-from-below/
  7. ↑ http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/edward-sharpe-the-magnetic-zeros/up-from-below/30471/
  8. ↑ http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=40192
  9. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2262227/soundtrack
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External links

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