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.[3][1] 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.[3][4]
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| Released | November 7, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 1998–2000 | |||
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| Length | 50:17 | |||
| Label | Immortal | |||
| Producer | Mike Doling, John "Tumor" Fahnestock, Jim Wirt | |||
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Reception edit
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The album peaked at No. 56 on the Billboard 200.[5] CMJ called the album "A vivid cross section of nu-metal styles".[2] 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."[6] It won a 2000 Metal Edge Readers' Choice Award for Hits/Compilation/Live Album of the Year.[7]
Track listing edit
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Starlit Eyes" (featuring Serj Tankian of System of a Down) | Mike Doling, John Fahnestock, Jamie Miller, Serj Tankian | 2:58 |
| 2. | "Take It Back" (featuring Jonathan Davis of Korn) | Doling, Fahnestock, Jonathan Davis, Nathan Cox | 3:03 |
| 3. | "I Know Where You're At" (featuring M.C.U.D. of Hed PE) | Doling, Fahnestock, Jared Gomes | 4:39 |
| 4. | "Catch a Spirit" (featuring Max Cavalera of Soulfly) | Doling, Fahnestock, MaxCavalera | 3:55 |
| 5. | "Until Next Time" (featuring Jason Sears of R.K.L.) | Doling, Fahnestock, Lynn Strait, Jason Sears | 3:11 |
| 6. | "Divided (An Argument for the Soul)" (featuring Brandon Boyd of Incubus) | Doling, Fahnestock, Brandon Boyd | 3:46 |
| 7. | "Ozzy Speaks" (a spoken word track featuring Ozzy Osbourne) | 0:16 | |
| 8. | "Angel's Son" (featuring Lajon Witherspoon, Clint Lowery, and Morgan Rose of Sevendust) | Lajon Witherspoon, Clint Lowery | 3:49 |
| 9. | "Forever" (featuring Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit) | Doling, Fahnestock, Fred Durst | 2:55 |
| 10. | "Funeral Flights" (featuring Dez Fafara of Coal Chamber) | Doling, Fahnestock, Dez Fafara | 2:59 |
| 11. | "Requiem" (featuring Corey Taylor of Slipknot & Stone Sour) | Doling, Fahnestock, Corey Taylor | 3:36 |
| 12. | "Reaching Out" (featuring Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray & Whitfield Crane of Ugly Kid Joe) | Doling, Fahnestock, Mark McGrath, Whitfield Crane, Stan Frasier | 4:39 |
| 13. | "Absent" (one of only two completed tracks for Snot's unfinished second album (appears on Strangeland's soundtrack featuring backing vocals by Aimee Echo)) | Strait, Doling, Fahnestock, Miller, Sonny Mayo | 5:30 |
| 14. | "Sad Air" (a spoken word track featuring Lynn Strait, with backing guitar by Snot guitarist Sonny Mayo) | Mayo | 2:11 |
| 15. | "Strait Up" (a hidden track that is mixed by DJ Lethal) | 5:58 | |
| Total length: | 50:17 | ||
Personnel edit
Credits adapted from album's liner notes.[8]
Snot
- Lynn Strait – vocals (tracks 13), spoken word (track 14)
- Mike Doling – guitars (tracks 1–6, 8–13), additional vocals (tracks 11, 12)
- Sonny Mayo – guitars (tracks 8, 10, 14), programming (track 14)
- John Fahnestock – bass (tracks 1–6, 8–13), additional vocals (tracks 11, 12)
- Jamie Miller – drums (track 13)
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References edit
- ^ a b c Huey, Steve. "Review of Strait Up". Allmusic. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
- ^ a b 12/00, p. 70
- ^ a b Iannini, Tommaso (2003). "Snot". Nu metal (in Italian). Giunti. pp. 78–79. ISBN 88-09-03051-6.
- ^ Jeffries, Vincent. "Biography of Snot". Allmusic. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
- ^ "Charts and awards for Strait Up". Allmusic. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
- ^ 11/21/00, p. 58
- ^ Metal Edge, June 2001
- ^ Strait Up (booklet). Immortal. 2000.