[7][8] It marked the first time Sub Pop had released an album by a band hailing from outside the northwestern United States.

[1] Trouser Press wrote: "Typically gauzy Jack Endino production instantly brands Up in It as a Sub Pop issue.

While the increased volume follows suit, the Whigs still wax more lyrical than their thrash’n’burn label contemporaries.

"[10] The New Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that "thudding production hides the band's latent smarts in sludge.

"[5] The Dallas Observer deemed the album "the first indication grunge could be created in a vacuum (i.e., Cincinnati) by four isolated 20-year-olds just as potently as if it were manufactured by a whole slew of Mark Arms.