# Up from Below

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Up from Below
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros](/source/Edward_Sharpe_and_the_Magnetic_Zeros)
| cover      = UpFromBelow.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = July 7, 2009
| recorded   = June 2008 – June 2009
| studio     = Woodrow Hideaway, Laurel Canyon
| genre      = [Indie folk](/source/Indie_folk), [folk rock](/source/folk_rock), [neo-psychedelia](/source/neo-psychedelia)
| length     = 56:58
| label      = [Vagrant](/source/Vagrant_Records), [Rough Trade](/source/Rough_Trade_Records)
| producer   = Nicolo Aglietti, Aaron Older, Edward Sharpe,
| prev_title = [Here Comes](/source/Here_Comes_EP)
| prev_year  = 2009
| next_title = [Here](/source/Here_(Edward_Sharpe_album))
| next_year  = 2012
}}
{{Music ratings
|MC = 66/100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/up-from-below/edward-sharpe-the-magnetic-zeros|title=Up From Below by Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros|website=[Metacritic](/source/Metacritic) |access-date=3 October 2016}}</ref>
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/up-from-below-mw0000819730|title=Up From Below - Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Z... |website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)|access-date=14 July 2024}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[Drowned in Sound](/source/Drowned_in_Sound)''
| rev2score = 7/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Grant |first=William |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14528/reviews/4137436 |title=Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Up From Below |publisher=Drownedinsound.com |date=2009-07-22 |access-date=2010-07-12 |archive-date=2010-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100510025203/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14528/reviews/4137436 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)''
| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/aug/07/edward-sharpe-magnetic-zeroes-review | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Michael | last=Hann | title=Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes: Up from Below | date=August 7, 2009}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))''
| rev4score = 4.1/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13852-up-from-below/|title=Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros: Up From Below Album Review - Pitchfork|website=[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website)) |access-date=3 October 2016}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''Prefix Mag''
| rev5score = 8.5/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/edward-sharpe-the-magnetic-zeros/up-from-below/30471/|title=Album Review: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Up from Below|access-date=3 October 2016}}</ref>
| rev6 = Sputnikmusic
| rev6score = 2.5/5<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=40192|title=Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Up From Below (album review 2) - Sputnikmusic|access-date=3 October 2016}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[Uncut](/source/Uncut_(magazine))''
| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}
}}

'''''Up from Below''''' is the first album from [Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros](/source/Edward_Sharpe_and_the_Magnetic_Zeros). It was preceded by ''[Here Comes EP](/source/Here_Comes_EP)''.

==Commercial performance==
As of July 4, 2013, the album has sold 363,000 copies in United States.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1556564/in-the-studio-with-edward-sharpe-the-magnetic-zeroes-as-they-tap-third-album|magazine=Billboard |title=In the Studio With Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros as They Tap Third Album|first=Phil|last=Gallo|date=4 July 2013|access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing     = Alex Ebert (credited as the fictitious "Edward Sharpe"), except where noted
| headline        = ''Up from Below'' track listing
| title1          = [40 Day Dream](/source/40_Day_Dream%2FGeez_Louise)
| length1         = 3:54
| title2          = Janglin
| length2         = 3:50
| title3          = Up from Below
| note3           = Nico Aglietti, Tay Strathairn, Ebert
| length3         = 4:10
| title4          = Carries On
| length4         = 4:31
| title5          = Jade!
| note5           = Christian Letts, Ebert
| length5         = 3:44
| title6          = [Home](/source/Home_(Edward_Sharpe_and_the_Magnetic_Zeros_song))
| note6           = Jade Castrinos, Ebert
| length6         = 5:06
| title7          = Desert Song
| length7         = 4:30
| title8          = Black Water
| length8         = 3:51
| title9          = Come in Please
| note9           = Aglietti, Ebert
| length9         = 5:07
| title10         = Simplest Love
| length10        = 2:53
| title11         = Kisses over Babylon
| length11        = 5:16
| title12         = Brother
| note12          = Aglietti, Ebert
| length12        = 3:57
| title13         = Om Nashi Me
| length13        = 6:16
| title14         = Carries On
| note14          = KCRW.com presents) (US digital-only bonus track
| length14        = 4:26
| title15         = Desert Song
| note15          = US digital-only bonus video
| length15        = 6:54
}}

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Chart performance for ''Up from Below''
!scope="col"|Chart (2009)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
!scope="row"|[Australian Albums Chart](/source/ARIA_Charts)<ref name="aria">{{Cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue1041.pdf|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20100204130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20100205-0000/issue1041.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-02-04|title=The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 8 February 2010|date=February 8, 2010|publisher=[Australian Web Archive](/source/Australian_Web_Archive)|issue=1041|access-date=December 3, 2012}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|86
|-
!scope="row"|[Canadian Albums Chart](/source/Canadian_Albums_Chart)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627062005/http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 27, 2015|title=Albums : Top 100|date=January 13, 2011|work=JAM! Music|publisher=[Canadian Online Explorer](/source/Canadian_Online_Explorer). [Quebecor Media](/source/Quebecor_Media)|access-date=January 16, 2011}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|132
|-
!scope="row"|US [''Billboard'' 200](/source/Billboard_200)<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros|chart=all}} |title=Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes Chart History |magazine=Billboard |date=2010-09-11 |access-date=2010-10-28}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|76
|}

{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"|Chart (2013)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
!scope="row"|[UK Albums](/source/UK_Albums_Chart) (2013)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/22367/edward-sharpe-and-magnetic-zeros/ |title=Edward Sharpe & Magnetic Zeros |work=Official Charts Company |date=20 July 2013 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|52
|}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Up from Below''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=New Zealand|artist=Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros|title=Up from Below|award=Gold|certyear=2023|relyear=2009|source=radioscope|access-date=August 15, 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros|title=Up from Below|award=Gold|certyear=2019|relyear=2009|access-date=April 15, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/mb/mb090528edward_sharpe_and_th Live on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic]
* [https://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=8281336 On ABC's Amplified]
* [http://www.fuel.tv/askaband?bcpid=24555192001&bclid=31522676001&bctid=31675184001 FuelTV Interview]
* [http://video.fuel.tv/services/player/bcpid570322908?bctid=28223612001 Live On FuelTV's The Daily Habit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901074210/http://video.fuel.tv/services/player/bcpid570322908?bctid=28223612001 |date=September 1, 2011 }}

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