Straightaways

{{short description|1997 studio album by Son Volt}}

{{about|the album|the sporting term|Straight (racing)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Straightaways

| type = studio

| artist = Son Volt

| cover = Straightaways.jpg

| alt =

| released = April 22, 1997

| recorded = Echo Park, Bloomington, Indiana and
Pachyderm Studios, Cannon Falls, Minnesota

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Alternative country

| length = 40:21

| label = Warner Bros.

| producer = Brian Paulson, Son Volt

| prev_title = Trace

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = Wide Swing Tremolo

| next_year = 1998

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/straightaways-mw0000019136 |title=Straightaways |last=Leaver |first=Jack |website=AllMusic |access-date=2018-01-17}}

| rev2 = Chicago Tribune

| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1997/04/18/son-volt-2/ |title=Son Volt |last=Caro |first=Mark |date=1997-04-18 |work=Chicago Tribune |access-date=2018-01-17 |language=en}}

| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev4Score = C{{Cite magazine |last=Browne |first=David |author-link=David Browne (journalist) |date=1997-04-25 |title=Straightaways |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20179366,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421161949/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20179366,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 21, 2009 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}}

| rev5 = NME

| rev5Score = 6/10{{Cite magazine |last=Fadele |first=Dele |author-link=Dele Fadele |date=1998 |title=Son Volt - Straightaways |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000952reviews.html |magazine=NME |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817174602/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000952reviews.html |archive-date=2000-08-17 }}

| rev3 = Christgau's Consumer Guide

| rev3Score = {{Rating-Christgau|dud}}{{Cite book |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |chapter=Son Volt |chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Son+Volt |date=2000-10-15 |publisher=Macmillan Publishing |isbn=9780312245603 |language=en |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/christgausconsum00chri_0 }}

| rev6 = Orlando Sentinel

| rev6score = {{rating|5|5}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1997/05/02/son-volt-2/ |title=Son Volt |last=Gettelman |first=Parry |date=1997-05-02 |work=Orlando Sentinel |access-date=2018-01-17 |language=en}}

| rev8 = Rolling Stone

| rev8Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/sonvolt/albums/album/169943/review/5941261/straightaways |title=Son Volt: Straightaways |last=O'Connor |first=Rob |date=1997-03-28 |work=Rolling Stone |access-date=2018-01-17 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002082631/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/sonvolt/albums/album/169943/review/5941261/straightaways |archive-date=2007-10-02 }}

| rev7 = Pitchfork

| rev7Score = 5.5/10{{Cite web |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/21876-straightaways |title=Son Volt: Straightaways: Pitchfork Record Review |last=Schreiber |first=Ryan |website=Pitchfork Media |access-date=2018-01-17 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080427030003/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/21876-straightaways |archive-date=2008-04-27 }}

| rev9 = Spin

| rev9score = 3/10{{Cite magazine |last=Hunter |first=James |date=June 1997 |title=Records |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=774lMJwGjVcC |magazine=Spin |language=en |publisher=SPIN Media LLC |pages=119–120}}

| rev10 = Wall of Sound

| rev10score = 85/100{{Cite web |last=Gulla |first=Bob |author-link=Bob Gulla |date= |title=Wall of Sound Review: Straightaways |url=http://wallofsound.go.com/archive/reviews/stories/2561_47Index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010210090958/http://wallofsound.go.com/archive/reviews/stories/2561_47Index.html |archive-date=2001-02-10 |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=Wall of Sound}}

}}

Straightaways is the second release of the band Son Volt. It was released on April 22, 1997.