Up Off The Floor is the 2004 album released by God Lives Underwater

God Lives Underwater

God Lives Underwater was an industrial rock band from rural Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania , formed in 1993 by band members David Reilly and Jeff Turzo. God Lives Underwater was originally signed to American Recordings after being discovered by Rick Rubin, who subsequently produced the band's first...

 and is their third full length album. The album was originally recorded in 2000 but due to drug problems within the band and their record label going bankrupt the album was shelved until Megaforce Records

Megaforce Records

Megaforce Records is an American independent record label which was founded in 1982 by Jon and Marsha Zazula to publish the first works of Metallica. It has offices in New York and Philadelphia. The label is distributed in the U.S. by Sony Music Entertainment/RED Distribution...

 picked it up. There have been numerous complaints amongst fans about the quality of the album's mastering, as well as complaints that two of the more well-known songs from the album's sessions ("Choir Boy" and "Fame") were removed and not included in the official release for undisclosed reasons. The album was, however, released to somewhat modest success, with the song "1% (The Long Way Down)" featured in the movie 15 Minutes

15 Minutes

15 Minutes is a 2001 film starring Robert De Niro , Edward Burns and Karel Roden. It is about a homicide detective and a fire marshal who must stop a couple of Eastern European murderers from videotaping their killing and becoming sensationalized by the media. Melina Kanakaredes and Kelsey Grammer,...

.

Track listing

All songs written by David Reilly

David Reilly

David Reilly , was the singer and songwriting/production partner in the electro-rock band God Lives Underwater , signed by Rick Rubin to American Recordings in 1993.-Life and career:...

 and Jeff Turzo

Jeff Turzo

Jeff Turzo, as singer/programming and songwriting/production partner in the electro-rock band God Lives Underwater , spent the better part of the 1990s as a producer and touring artist, first signed by Rick Rubin to American Recordings in 1993....

, except where noted.

1. "White Noise" (Scott Garret
   Scott Garret
   Scott Garrett is the former drummer for Pop's Cool Love, The Cult and Dag Nasty. He currently plays drums for Wired All Wrong and has been support drummer for J since 1997. He was also temporary drummer at the last few shows of God Lives Underwater....
   
   , Andrew McGee
   Andrew McGee
   Andrew McGee is the former guitarist for God Lives Underwater. He currently plays guitar in Wired All Wrong.- References :...
   
   , Reilly, Turzo) – 3:14
2. "Tricked (That's the Way I Like It)
   Tricked (That's the Way I Like It)
   "Tricked " is a song by the band God Lives Underwater. It was originally released on their album Up Off The Floor in 2004, resulting in significant airplay....
   
   " – 3:49
3. "1% (The Long Way Down)" – 3:44
4. "Whatever You've Got" – 4:18
5. "No Way (You Must Understand)" – 4:19
6. "Slip To Fall" – 4:11
7. "History" – 4:45
8. "72 Hour Hold" (McGee, Reilly, Turzo)– 4:14
9. "Miss You More Than Anything" – 4:25
10. "Positivity" – 3:04

Personnel

God Lives Underwater

• David Reilly
  David Reilly
  David Reilly , was the singer and songwriting/production partner in the electro-rock band God Lives Underwater , signed by Rick Rubin to American Recordings in 1993.-Life and career:...
  
   - Lead Vocals
• Jeff Turzo
  Jeff Turzo
  Jeff Turzo, as singer/programming and songwriting/production partner in the electro-rock band God Lives Underwater , spent the better part of the 1990s as a producer and touring artist, first signed by Rick Rubin to American Recordings in 1993....
  
   - Guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , backing vocals
• Andrew McGee
  Andrew McGee
  Andrew McGee is the former guitarist for God Lives Underwater. He currently plays guitar in Wired All Wrong.- References :...
  
   - Bass
  Bass (instrument)
  Bass describes musical instruments that produce tones in the low-pitched range. They belong to different families of instruments and can cover a wide range of musical roles...
  
  
• Scott Garret
  Scott Garret
  Scott Garrett is the former drummer for Pop's Cool Love, The Cult and Dag Nasty. He currently plays drums for Wired All Wrong and has been support drummer for J since 1997. He was also temporary drummer at the last few shows of God Lives Underwater....
  
   - Drums

CD Audio Quality

The CD release by Megaforce Records/Locomotive Spain suffers from audio fidelity issues. One with a talented ear will notice artifacts akin to MP3

MP3

MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...

 or Windows Media Audio

Windows Media Audio

Windows Media Audio is an audio data compression technology developed by Microsoft. The name can be used to refer to its audio file format or its audio codecs. It is a proprietary technology that forms part of the Windows Media framework. WMA consists of four distinct codecs...

compression. In fact, the album will test positive as being sourced from an MPEG-style stream when run through an audio fidelity testing application such as "auCDtect." How Megaforce Records' final master suffered this problem is unknown, but suspicions such as carelessness on the record label's behalf are possible. It is worth noting that several bootleg "promo" copies of the album do not suffer from this problem. This is a rare case where a bootleg release of an album has a better quality sound than the official release.