Strait Up

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]

Strait Up
Studio album by
Snot
ReleasedNovember 7, 2000
Recorded1998–2000
Studio
Genre
Length50:17
LabelImmortal
ProducerMike Doling, John "Tumor" Fahnestock, Jim Wirt
Snot chronology
Get Some
(1997)		 Strait Up
(2000)		 Alive!
(2002)
Alternative cover

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

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
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Starlit Eyes" (featuring Serj Tankian of System of a Down)Mike Doling, John Fahnestock, Jamie Miller, Serj Tankian2:58
2."Take It Back" (featuring Jonathan Davis of Korn)Doling, Fahnestock, Jonathan Davis, Nathan Cox3:03
3."I Know Where You're At" (featuring M.C.U.D. of Hed PE)Doling, Fahnestock, Jared Gomes4:39
4."Catch a Spirit" (featuring Max Cavalera of Soulfly)Doling, Fahnestock, MaxCavalera3:55
5."Until Next Time" (featuring Jason Sears of R.K.L.)Doling, Fahnestock, Lynn Strait, Jason Sears3:11
6."Divided (An Argument for the Soul)" (featuring Brandon Boyd of Incubus)Doling, Fahnestock, Brandon Boyd3:46
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 Lowery3:49
9."Forever" (featuring Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit)Doling, Fahnestock, Fred Durst2:55
10."Funeral Flights" (featuring Dez Fafara of Coal Chamber)Doling, Fahnestock, Dez Fafara2:59
11."Requiem" (featuring Corey Taylor of Slipknot & Stone Sour)Doling, Fahnestock, Corey Taylor3:36
12."Reaching Out" (featuring Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray & Whitfield Crane of Ugly Kid Joe)Doling, Fahnestock, Mark McGrath, Whitfield Crane, Stan Frasier4:39
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 Mayo5:30
14."Sad Air" (a spoken word track featuring Lynn Strait, with backing guitar by Snot guitarist Sonny Mayo)Mayo2:11
15."Strait Up" (a hidden track that is mixed by DJ Lethal) 5:58
Total length:50:17

Personnel

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)

References
  1. Huey, Steve. "Review of Strait Up". Allmusic. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
  2. 12/00, p. 70
  3. Iannini, Tommaso (2003). "Snot". Nu metal (in Italian). Giunti. pp. 78–79. ISBN 88-09-03051-6.
  4. Jeffries, Vincent. "Biography of Snot". Allmusic. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
  5. "Charts and awards for Strait Up". Allmusic. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
  6. 11/21/00, p. 58
  7. Metal Edge, June 2001
  8. Strait Up (booklet). Immortal. 2000.
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