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)

| 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

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}

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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 =

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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

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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