Up from Below

Up from Below
Studio album by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Released	July 7, 2009
Recorded	June 2008 – June 2009
Studio	Woodrow Hideaway, Laurel Canyon
Genre	Indie folk, folk rock, neo-psychedelia
Length	56:58
Label	Vagrant, Rough Trade
Producer	Nicolo Aglietti, Aaron Older, Edward Sharpe,
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros chronology
Here Comes (2009) Up from Below (2009) Here (2012)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	66/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Drowned in Sound	7/10 [3]
The Guardian	[4]
Pitchfork	4.1/10 [5]
Prefix Mag	8.5/10 [6]
Sputnikmusic	2.5/5 [7]
Uncut

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

Commercial performance

As of July 4, 2013, the album has sold 363,000 copies in United States. ^[8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Alex Ebert (credited as the fictitious "Edward Sharpe"), except where noted.

Up from Below track listing

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) (US digital-only bonus track)	4:26
15.	"Desert Song" (US 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 and season 3 episode 6 of Chuck in Chuck Versus the Nacho Sampler
• "Janglin" was featured in a commercial for the 2011 Ford Fiesta.
• "Brother" was named after Ebert's good friend and famed actor Heath Ledger, who died in 2008. Ebert said in an interview with the BuildSeriesNYC in early 2020 that he and Ledger, the night before Ledger's death, were talking about a movie script concept where they are brothers, and one of them dies, and the spirit is with the other. Ebert talked about being stunned the next morning to find out Ledger had died.
• "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] in an episode of Community entitled "Debate 109", and in the season 1 finale of Raising Hope . "Home" was covered by the cast of Glee in the sixth-season episode "Homecoming". The commercial ubiquity of "Home" and other derivative pop folk songs eventually grew to frustrate Ebert. ^[10]
• "Om Nashi Me" was featured in Andrew Reynold's part for the Emerica video "Stay Gold".

Charts

Chart performance for Up from Below

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart [11]	86
Canadian Albums Chart [12]	132
US Billboard 200 [13]	76

Chart (2013)	Peak position
UK Albums (2013) [14]	52

Certifications

Certifications for Up from Below

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ) [15]	Gold	7,500‡
United States (RIAA) [16]	Gold	500,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Up From Below by Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros". Metacritic . Retrieved October 3, 2016.
2. "Up From Below - Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Z..." AllMusic . Retrieved July 14, 2024.
3. Grant, William (July 22, 2009). "Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Up From Below". Drownedinsound.com. Archived from the original on May 10, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
4. Hann, Michael (August 7, 2009). "Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes: Up from Below". The Guardian. London.
5. "Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros: Up From Below Album Review - Pitchfork". Pitchfork . Retrieved October 3, 2016.
6. "Album Review: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Up from Below" . Retrieved October 3, 2016.
7. "Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Up From Below (album review 2) - Sputnikmusic" . Retrieved October 3, 2016.
8. Gallo, Phil (July 4, 2013). "In the Studio With Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros as They Tap Third Album". Billboard. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
9. "The Book of Life". October 17, 2014. Retrieved October 3, 2016– via IMDb.
10. "Edward Sharpe Is Dead: Alex Ebert on The Magnetic Zeros' Pursuit of Failure, Identity, and Unrealism". April 12, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
11. "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 8 February 2010" (PDF). Australian Web Archive. February 8, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 4, 2010. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
12. "Albums : Top 100". JAM! Music. Canadian Online Explorer. Quebecor Media. January 13, 2011. Archived from the original on December 26, 2004. Retrieved January 16, 2011.
13. "Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes Chart History". Billboard. September 11, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
14. "Edward Sharpe & Magnetic Zeros". Official Charts Company. July 20, 2013.
15. "New Zealand album certifications – Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – Up from Below". Radioscope. Retrieved August 15, 2025.Type Up from Below in the "Search:" field.
16. "American album certifications – Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros – Up from Below". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved April 15, 2019.

External links

• Live on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic
• On ABC's Amplified
• FuelTV Interview
• Live On FuelTV's The Daily Habit