Strait Up
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{{Infobox album
| name = Strait Up
| type = studio
| artist = Snot
| cover = Strait up.jpg
| alt =
| released = November 7, 2000
| recorded = 1998–2000
| venue =
| studio = *4th Street Recording (Santa Monica, California)
- Grand Master Studios (Hollywood, California)
- Westlake Studios (West Hollywood, California)
| genre = {{flatlist|
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| length = 50:17
| label = Immortal
| producer = Mike Doling, John "Tumor" Fahnestock, Jim Wirt
| prev_title = Get Some
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = Alive!
| next_year = 2002
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Alternative cover
| type = studio
| cover = Snot Strait Up.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption =
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Strait Up is the second studio album by the American nu metal band Snot, released on November 7, 2000. The album features appearances by various alternative metal musicians.{{cite book |last=Iannini |first=Tommaso |title=Nu metal |year=2003 |publisher=Giunti |language=it |isbn=88-09-03051-6 |pages=78–79 |chapter=Snot }}{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r505096|pure_url=yes}} |title=Review of Strait Up |access-date=August 23, 2008 |last=Huey |first=Steve |publisher=Allmusic}} The album was released as a tribute to Snot's lead singer Lynn Strait, who was killed in a car accident on December 11, 1998.{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p207274|pure_url=yes}} |title=Biography of Snot |access-date=August 23, 2008 |last=Jeffries |first=Vincent |publisher=Allmusic}}
Reception
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The album peaked at No. 56 on the Billboard 200.{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r505096/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} |title=Charts and awards for Strait Up |access-date=August 23, 2008 |publisher=Allmusic}} CMJ called the album "A vivid cross section of nu-metal styles".12/00, p. 70 Melody Maker gave the album 4 stars out of 5 and said that "The riffs are diamond hard and magnificently driven... the best of the band is found in their quieter moments."11/21/00, p. 58 It won a 2000 Metal Edge Readers' Choice Award for Hits/Compilation/Live Album of the Year.Metal Edge, June 2001
Track listing
{{track listing
| total_length = 50:17
| writing_credits =
| title1 = Starlit Eyes
| length1 = 2:58
| note1 = featuring Serj Tankian of System of a Down
| writer1 = Mike Doling, John Fahnestock, Jamie Miller, Serj Tankian
| title2 = Take It Back
| length2 = 3:03
| note2 = featuring Jonathan Davis of Korn
| writer2 = Doling, Fahnestock, Jonathan Davis, Nathan Cox
| title3 = I Know Where You're At
| length3 = 4:39
| note3 = featuring M.C.U.D. of Hed PE
| writer3 = Doling, Fahnestock, Jared Gomes
| title4 = Catch a Spirit
| length4 = 3:55
| note4 = featuring Max Cavalera of Soulfly
| writer4 = Doling, Fahnestock, MaxCavalera
| title5 = Until Next Time
| length5 = 3:11
| note5 = featuring Jason Sears of R.K.L.
| writer5 = Doling, Fahnestock, Lynn Strait, Jason Sears
| title6 = Divided (An Argument for the Soul)
| length6 = 3:46
| note6 = featuring Brandon Boyd of Incubus
| writer6 = Doling, Fahnestock, Brandon Boyd
| title7 = Ozzy Speaks
| length7 = 0:16
| note7 = a spoken word track featuring Ozzy Osbourne
| writer7 =
| title8 = Angel's Son
| length8 = 3:49
| note8 = featuring Lajon Witherspoon, Clint Lowery, and Morgan Rose of Sevendust
| writer8 = Lajon Witherspoon, Clint Lowery
| title9 = Forever
| length9 = 2:55
| note9 = featuring Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit
| writer9 = Doling, Fahnestock, Fred Durst
| title10 = Funeral Flights
| length10 = 2:59
| note10 = featuring Dez Fafara of Coal Chamber
| writer10 = Doling, Fahnestock, Dez Fafara
| title11 = Requiem
| length11 = 3:36
| note11 = featuring Corey Taylor of Slipknot & Stone Sour
| writer11 = Doling, Fahnestock, Corey Taylor
| title12 = Reaching Out
| length12 = 4:39
| note12 = featuring Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray & Whitfield Crane of Ugly Kid Joe
| writer12 = Doling, Fahnestock, Mark McGrath, Whitfield Crane, Stan Frasier
| title13 = Absent
| length13 = 5:30
| note13 = one of only two completed tracks for Snot's unfinished second album (appears on Strangeland's soundtrack featuring backing vocals by Aimee Echo)
| writer13 = Strait, Doling, Fahnestock, Miller, Sonny Mayo
| title14 = Sad Air
| length14 = 2:11
| note14 = a spoken word track featuring Lynn Strait, with backing guitar by Snot guitarist Sonny Mayo
| writer14 = Mayo
| title15 = Strait Up
| length15 = 5:58
| note15 = a hidden track that is mixed by DJ Lethal
| writer15 =
}}
Personnel
Credits adapted from album's liner notes.{{cite AV media notes|title= Strait Up |year= 2000 |type= booklet |publisher= Immortal}}
Snot
- Lynn Strait – vocals {{small|(tracks 13)}}, spoken word {{small|(track 14)}}
- Mike Doling – guitars {{small|(tracks 1–6, 8–13)}}, additional vocals {{small|(tracks 11, 12)}}
- Sonny Mayo – guitars {{small|(tracks 8, 10, 14)}}, programming {{small|(track 14)}}
- John Fahnestock – bass {{small|(tracks 1–6, 8–13)}}, additional vocals {{small|(tracks 11, 12)}}
- Jamie Miller – drums {{small|(track 13)}}
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Guest musicians
- Brandon Boyd – vocals {{small|(track 6)}}
- Max Cavalera – vocals {{small|(track 4)}}
- Mike "Mad Dog" Combs – additional guitars {{small|(track 10)}}
- Nathan Cox – additional vocals {{small|(track 2)}}
- Whitfield Crane – additional vocals {{small|(track 12)}}
- Jonathan Davis – vocals {{small|(track 2)}}
- Marcello Dias – additional bass {{small|(track 4)}}
- Fred Durst – vocals {{small|(track 9)}}
- Aimee Echo – additional vocals {{small|(track 13)}}
- Klaus Eichstad – additional guitars {{small|(track 9)}}
- Dez Fafara – vocals {{small|(track 10)}}
- Stan Frasier – additional vocals {{small|(track 12)}}
- Jared "M.C.U.D." Gomes – vocals {{small|(track 3)}}
- Shannon Larkin – drums {{small|(tracks 1–6, 9–12)}}
- Clint Lowery – guitar and vocals {{small|(track 8)}}
- Mark McGrath – vocals {{small|(track 12)}}
- Shavo Odadjian – additional bass {{small|(track 4)}}
- Ozzy Osbourne – spoken word {{small|(track 7)}}
- DJ Product – turntables {{small|(track 3)}}
- Morgan Rose – drums {{small|(track 8)}}
- Jason Sears – vocals {{small|(track 5)}}
- Serj Tankian – vocals {{small|(track 1)}}
- Corey Taylor – vocals {{small|(track 11)}}
- Jim Wirt – strings {{small|(track 6)}}, Hammond organ {{small|(track 8)}}, piano {{small|(track 12)}}
- Lajon Witherspoon – vocals {{small|(track 8)}}
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Production
- Nic Adler – executive producer
- Andrew Alekel – additional engineering
- Stefan Broadley – Pro Tools, programming
- Terry Date – vocal engineer {{small|(track 9)}}
- Mike Doling – producer {{small|(tracks 1–6, 8–12)}}
- John Fahnestock – producer {{small|(tracks 1–6, 9–12)}}, art concept
- Diane Gallemore – front cover photo
- Sean Henning – executive producer
- Dave Holdridge – Pro Tools
- Donat Kazarinoff – engineer {{small|(track 14)}}, pro-tools, programming
- Marek – assistant mix engineer
- Steve Piper – Pro Tools
- Justin Risley – Pro Tools
- Ross Robinson – producer {{small|(track 13)}}
- Wendy Sherman – art direction and design
- Happy Walters – co-executive producer
- Rick Will – mixing
- Jim Wirt – producer and engineer {{small|(tracks 1–6, 8–12)}}
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References
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