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{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2016}} {{Infobox album | name = Upbeats and Beatdowns | type = studio | artist = [[Five Iron Frenzy]] | cover = UpbeatsAndBeatDowns.jpg | alt = | released = November 29, 1996 | recorded = September 2β10, 1996 | studio = One Way (Concord, California) | genre = [[Christian ska]] | length = 47:25 | label = [[Five Minute Walk]]/[[Warner Bros. Records]] | producer = [[Masaki Liu]] | prev_title = [[It's Funny but Not Very Creative]] | prev_year = 1996 | next_title = [[Our Newest Album Ever!]] | next_year = 1997 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r259549}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Cornerstone (magazine)|Cornerstone]]'' | rev2Score =<ref name="CSTONE_26_112">{{cite journal |last=Canfield |first=Dave |year=1997 |title=Reviews: Five Iron Frenzy ''Upbeats & Beatdowns'' |journal=[[Cornerstone (magazine)|Cornerstone]] |issn=0275-2743 |volume=26 |issue=112 |pages=52 }}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[Cross Rhythms]]'' | rev3Score=<ref name="CM_39">{{cite journal |last=Lobaugh |first=Rod |date=June 1997 |title=Five Iron Frenzy β ''Upbeats And Beatdowns'' |journal=[[Cross Rhythms (magazine)|Cross Rhythms]] |issue=39 }}</ref> | rev4 = ''Jesus Freak Hideout'' | rev4Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/UpbeatsandBeatdowns.asp|title=Five Iron Frenzy, "Upbeats and Beatdowns" Review|access-date=November 12, 2016}}</ref> | rev5 = Real Magazine | rev5Score =<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.realmagazine.com/new/reviews/fif1.html |title=Upbeats and Beatdowns by Five Iron Frenzy < Music ReViews < ReALMagazine.com |access-date=2007-01-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005130043/http://www.realmagazine.com/new/reviews/fif1.html |archive-date=October 5, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> | rev6 = ''[[YouthWorker Journal|YouthWorker]]'' | rev6Score =<ref name="YW_XIII4">{{cite journal |last=Houge |first=Ty Chap |date=MarchβApril 1997 |title=Tools / Music / ''Upbeats and Beatdowns'' |journal=[[YouthWorker Journal]] |issn=0747-3486 |volume=XIII |issue=4 |pages=66 }}</ref> | noprose = yes }} '''''Upbeats and Beatdowns''''' is the first full-length album of the band [[Five Iron Frenzy]]. It was originally released independently on November 29, 1996{{citation needed|date=November 2016}} before receiving a national release on April 8, 1997, on [[Five Minute Walk]], under the SaraBellum imprint, with distribution from [[Warner Bros. Records]]. ==Overview== The lyrics were generally received as being "relevant and forceful;"<ref name="YW_XIII4"/> one reviewer commented that the band offered [[Contemporary worship music|praise and worship]] "by the pound."<ref name="CSTONE_26_112"/> The first track, "Old West", begins one of many themes that would recur on the band's subsequent releases. The track is critical of the ill treatment of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] in the name of Christ,<ref name="tAAS_97-11-15">{{cite news |first=William |last=Friar |title=Christian rock music spires in popularity |publisher=[[The Austin American-Statesman]] |pages=E5 |date=November 15, 1997 }}</ref> and the liner notes implore us to learn from the [[Sand Creek Massacre|Sand Creek]] and [[Meeker massacre]]s. 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. "A Flowery Song," was nominated for a Dove Music Award in the "Short Form Music Video of the Year" category.<ref>"allmusic ((( Five Iron Frenzy > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))" (Web). allmusic.com. 2006. Retrieved December 21, 2006.</ref> The video was filmed in Albuquerque, south of the band's hometown of Denver. Its content included an unusually energetic, raucous scene, in which volunteers wearing colorful costumes danced down a suburban street. These costumes were not obviously connected to the lyrical content of the video, and ranged from Disney princesses skipping to an Ace of Hearts aggressively dance-punching the air.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/or1EdRvhPOk Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20191208002021/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or1EdRvhPOk Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or1EdRvhPOk&t=104| title = A Flowery Song - Five Iron Frenzy | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ==Track listing== All music written by Scott Kerr and Dennis Culp and all lyrics written by [[Reese Roper]], except where noted otherwise. {{track listing | collapsed = | headline = | total_length = 47:25 | title1 = The Old West | length1 = 2:20 | writer1 = | title2 = Where Zero Meets 15 | length2 = 3:04 | writer2 = Kerr | title3 = Cool Enough for You | length3 = 3:45 | writer3 = | title4 = Anthem | length4 = 2:43 | writer4 = Kerr | title5 = Faking Life | length5 = 2:49 | writer5 = <small>lyrics:</small> [[Leanor Ortega|L. Ortega]] | title6 = Shut Up | length6 = 0:06 | title7 = Arnold & Willis & Mr. Drummond | length7 = 2:36 | writer7 = Kerr | title8 = I Feel Lucky | length8 = 3:18 | writer8 = Kerr | title9 = Milestone | length9 = 3:12 | title10 = Beautiful America | length10 = 3:43 | writer10 = Culp, [[Leonard Bernstein|Bernstein]], [[Stephen Sondheim|Sondheim]] | title11 = Combat Chuck | length11 = 2:09 | title12 = Amalgamate | length12 = 2:58 | title13 = [[Everywhere I Go (Amy Grant song)|Everywhere I Go]] | length13 = 2:16 | writer13 = [[Mary Lee Kortes|Kortes]] | title14 = A Flowery Song | length14 = 3:40 | title15 = Third World Think Tank | length15 = 8:42 | writer15 = Kerr, [[Keith Hoerig|Hoerig]] | title16 = Combat Chuck's Call | length16 = 1:42 }} ==Personnel== '''Five Iron Frenzy''' * Leanor Ortega - saxophone, background vocals * Nathanael Dunham - trumpet, background vocals * Dennis Culp - trombone, background vocals, lead vocals on "Beautiful America" * Scott Kerr - guitar, background vocals *[[Keith Hoerig]] - bass *([[Andrew Verdecchio]]) - drums * [[Micah Ortega]] - guitar * [[Reese Roper]] - lead vocals '''Additional personnel''' * Jamie Awbrey β rooster crow on "A Flowery Song" * [[Masaki Liu]] β producer, mixing, background vocals on "Beautiful America" * Edith Bunker β background vocals on "I Feel Lucky" * Frank Tate β executive producer ==References== {{reflist}} {{Five Iron Frenzy}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Five Iron Frenzy albums]] [[Category:1997 debut albums]]
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