Posted by cassidyaudacity on 2008-02-19 18:38:15
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This was the first Ergs! album I bought, and the first one I listened to, so I'm pretty partial to it.
It's not as cohesive as dorkrockcorkrod, but it's still really catchy and fun, definetely worth listening to over and over again.

what the hell is juxtaposition?

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 1, 2007 at 1:14 PM (EDT)
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i waited for what seemed like years on this album and though it is still fucking awesome, it's no dork rock. I probably shouldnt compare any album to that but i still expected better. Ergs fuckin rule tho

they did it on purpose to sound like husker du

Guy below me is spot-on; the guitar sounds like it's coming from a practice amp.

the only potential problem with this cd is the mix, the guitar, which tone somehow got shittier from previous albums, sounds pretty bad, other than that, great album

I'm definitely going to their free show on June 15th.

Posted by graphix on 2007-05-30 10:33:37
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In regards to overall albums in the scene right now, U/D is def' up there, 7.5 - 8 - maybe even an 8.5!

However as far as stacking up against OTHER Ergs! releases, this falls around a piss poor 5-6. It's good, but it just feels like this album didn't have the overall love and sweet sweet juice that their other releases have.

If you're looking for a rockin' good time - check out their 7 inches first, then their older CDs, then come back to this. Oi!

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 6:49 AM (EDT)
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I thought the album was fantastic. it flowed very nicely and i am eager to listen to the ablum again and again. With the exception of HEAD (the only ramonescore band that matters, fuck teenage bottleinthebum), the pop punk genre is boring right now. i can't get into the copyrights or the leftovers. pound for pound this album has lasting power. oh ya, i think they are more descendentscore than ramonescore.

ricky gervais is stoked

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at 9:47 PM (EDT)
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Review is crap. You didn't get the album at all and made no mention of lyrics. There is plenty of jazz riffing from bass and guitars. Get your ears checked. This is the successor to "Kerplunk."

Whatever else one might say about Up/Down, this much is true: Hysterical Fiction is the saddest song I have ever heard.

Personally, I like this one better than DRCR, and although it's not as perfect as Jersey's Best Prancers, it has an equal number (six) of great songs. Actually, it has more.
-Nato

I'm still up in the air about the album but I enjoyed the way the record paces itself more than DorkRockCorkRod. I think it is better than a 6, J Church still have the best pop-punk album thsi year, then The Copyrights but this is a great record.

Posted by holla on 2007-05-29 17:32:44
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The best song is "things I could never find a way to say." This album is better than Dorkcork but not as good as Jerseys Best. The best Dirtnap release this year is going to be The Revisions album, it already sounds amazing. http://www.myspace.com/therevisions

This is really boring compared to their other stuff. Sucks, I was really looking forward to this.

Posted by cooltobeyou on 2007-05-29 14:08:00
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It took me a couple listens to really get into this album, but now I think its much better than there other releases.

The only thing really holding this back from being the best pop-punk release this year is the fact that The Copyrights newest album kicks too much @ss.

Now lets bring on The Methadones, The Leftovers, and Teenage Bottlerocket's new albums.

My favorite record of the year, next to the new R. Kelly.

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at 12:30 PM (EDT)
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this is awful. very disappointed. Trouble in river city is good but that's it. Too slow and monotonous

shame as i really liked their other stuff

I can see people feeling this way about the album, but I still think that on this record the Ergs shot for, and achieved more than your average generic pop-punk band, because they are (and they know it) way MORE than that.

These songs are chock full of little details and the melodies and changes are all really unique and almost completely avoid the normal "3 notes up and down the major scale to variations of the Blitzkrieg Bop progression" sort of thing.

That type of sorta-technical thing isn't what makes great albums, granted, but I do think these are great songs that just take a little longer to sink in and hit you than almost anything else you'd call a pop punk record. The lyrics are fantastic too.

Dorkrockcorkrod was a great record but it could have stood to drop about 5 songs. I think Upstairs/Downstairs beats it. Their best songs are on the Jersey's Best Prancers EP.

and c'mon you fucks, you know the jazz influence almost never touched their best songs anyway.

About the long-ass finale, i thought it was really cool!
-Jives

I'm a huge Ergs! fan and would have agreed with this review at first. Now that I've listened to it multiple times, I really have grown to like it. I think they were trying to just write simple pop-punk songs that are fun to play. 'Books About Miles Davis' is a great song.

Posted by jacktheskipper on 2007-05-29 03:23:35
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I really miss something on this album, it`s alright but really not as good as I expected it to be ... review kinda nails it ...

I agree with this review for the most part, especially that they should have incorporated more jazz. I actually kind of like most of the last track, and I think the rest is supposed to be a joke. What else would you do with all that extra CD space? Seems like something I would do so I like it. One thing I disagree with is that this is not Ramonescore but Descendentscore.

I actually like this one more than DorkRockCorkRod and I think I might be the only one. I love their EPs but by the time all of DRCR was over I'd be pretty sick of it; I don't get that feeling with this album.

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 28, 2007 at 11:55 PM (EDT)
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This record's definetly no Dorkrockcorkrod.

fairly weak compared to their earlier material

at least new strung out RULES