Upwards (album)

Upwards
Studio album by Ty
Released	29 September 2003 (2003-09-29)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	58:16
Label	Big Dada
Producer	Ty, Drew Horley
Ty chronology
Awkward (2001) Upwards (2003) Closer (2006)
Singles from Upwards
"Groovement / Ha Ha" Released: 2003 "Wait a Minute" Released: 2003 "Look 4 Me" Released: 2004 "Oh U Want More?" Released: 2004

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
BBC	favorable[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[3]
The Guardian	[4]
PopMatters	unfavorable[5]
Spin	favorable[6]

Upwards is the second studio album by British hip hop musician Ty. It was released on Big Dada in 2003. It peaked at number 35 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.^[7] The album was nominated for the 2004 Mercury Prize.^[8]

Critical reception

Jon Dolan of Spin said, "Ty is most reminiscent of robo-voiced Brit MCs like Roots Manuva, and his turtleneck-rocking look suggests a dude too arty to party, but his mix of neo-soul warmth, skip-rope beats, and clever rhymes smoothes out his raggafied rough edges."^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ha Ha"	4:10
2.	"Mpho's Lament (Skit)"	0:18
3.	"Wait a Minute"	3:22
4.	"I Want 2"	4:45
5.	"Awkward Boy (Skit)"	0:24
6.	"Oh U Want More?"	3:59
7.	"Rain"	6:24
8.	"The Willing"	5:12
9.	"Look 4 Me"	4:15
10.	"Groovement Part 1"	3:49
11.	"Dreams"	4:49
12.	"Hot Spice"	3:25
13.	"Music 2 Fly 2 (with hidden track titled Inner Love)"	13:10

Reissue edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
14.	"So U Want More? (Refix)" (featuring Roots Manuva)	4:59
15.	"Wait a Minute (Dwele Remix)"	3:11
16.	"So U Want More? (Revox)" (featuring Roots Manuva)	4:00
17.	"Groovement Parts 1 & 2"	8:53

Charts

Chart	Peak position
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[7]	35

References

1. Bush, John. "Upwards - Ty". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
2. Bakare, Buki (2003). "Ty - Upwards - Review". BBC. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
3. Endelman, Michael (17 January 2015). "Upwards". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
4. Lynskey, Dorian (19 September 2003). "Ty, Upwards". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
5. Sawyer, Terry (17 May 2004). "Ty: Upwards". PopMatters. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
6. Dolan, Jon (November 2004). "More New Music to Hear Now". Spin: 43.
7. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50: 05 October 2003 - 11 October 2003". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
8. Egere-Cooper, Matilda (30 June 2008). "Ty: 'Hip-hop has no culture'". The Independent. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

External links

• Upwards at Discogs (list of releases)