Upstairs/Downstairs is the second and final full-length album by The Ergs!.CMJ New Music Monthly - Apr 2007 No. 146 Page 42 "THE. ERGS. Upstairs/Downstairs Dirtnap Taking as much from the Beatles as they do from the Descendents, these New Jersey faves have created a well-rounded sophomore album of pop-punk gems that are as unpredictable as they come."
Artwork One version of the cover had a slash upstairs / downstairs on the artwork with words inside two arrows on the stairs, but other versions remove the slash and are simply upstairs downstairs inside the two arrows.
Track listing "Your Cheated Heart" – 0:55 "2nd Foundation" – 2:09 "Boston, Mass." – 0:48 "The Clocks, The Clocks" – 1:03 "It'll Be OK" – 2:39 "Bike Shoppe" – 2:14 "Fluorescent Stars" – 1:25 "See Him Again" – 3:08 "Things I Could Never Find A Way To Say" – 0:32 "Hysterical Fiction" – 2:02 "Stinking Of Whiskey Blues" – 3:38 "Trouble In River City" – 1:33 "Girls Of The Market Square" – 2:30 "Books About Miles Davis" – 2:32 "Upstairs/Downstairs" – 18:09
Personnel The Ergs Mike Yannich – Drums/Vocals Jeff Schroek – Guitar/Vocals Joe Keller – Bass Guitar
Additional personnel Mike Catalano – Guitar Craig Mileski – Keyboards Jason Nixon – Bass Miranda Taylor – Drums
Reception
Brian Schultz of Punknews.org rated the album three out of five stars. Stuart Mason of Allmusic rated it three and a half out of five.
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