Upbeats and Beatdowns

Upbeats and Beatdowns
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 29, 1996
RecordedSeptember 2–10, 1996
StudioOne Way (Concord, California)
GenreChristian ska
Length47:25
LabelFive Minute Walk/Warner Bros. Records
ProducerMasaki Liu
Five Iron Frenzy chronology
It's Funny but Not Very Creative
(1996)
Upbeats and Beatdowns
(1996)
Our Newest Album Ever!
(1997)
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Upbeats and Beatdowns is the first full-length album of the band Five Iron Frenzy. It was originally released independently on November 29, 1996 before receiving a national release on April 8, 1997, on Five Minute Walk, under the SaraBellum imprint, with distribution from Warner Bros. Records.