{{More citations needed|date=December 2007}} {{Infobox album | name = Putting It Straight | type = studio | artist = Pat Travers | cover = Puttinitstraight.jpg | alt = | released = 1977 | recorded = 1977 | venue = | studio = Eastern Sound, Toronto, Canada | genre = {{hlist|Blues rock|hard rock}} | length = 36:59 | label = Polydor | producer = *Dennis MacKay *Pat Travers | prev_title = Makin' Magic | prev_year = 1977 | next_title = Heat In The Street | next_year = 1978 }} {{Album ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r51413|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref> |rev2 = ''Record Mirror'' |rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="RMreview">{{cite news|last=Pike|first=Kelly|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/70s/77/Record-Mirror-1977-11-12.pdf|title=Review: Pat Travers — Putting It Straight|work=Record Mirror|date=12 November 1977|access-date=16 May 2021|page=12|via=American Radio History|issn=0144-5804}}</ref> }}<!-- Automatically generated by DASHBot-->
'''''Putting It Straight''''' is the third rock album by Pat Travers, released in 1977 on Polydor Records.
"Gettin' Betta" was often played in Travers' late 1970s sets and "Dedication" remains a stand out song on the album.
==Original LP track listing== All tracks composed by Pat Travers; except where indicated
Side one #"Life in London" - 4:22 #"It Ain't What It Seems" - 4:13 #"Speakeasy" - 3:18 #"Runnin' from the Future" - 3:47 #"Lovin' You" - 4:03
Side two #"Off Beat Ride" [instrumental] - 4:36 #"Gettin' Betta" (Peter Cowling, Travers) - 4:45 #"Dedication Parts 1 & 2" - 7:55
==Incorrect CD track sequence== #"Life in London" #"Gettin' Betta" #"Runnin' from the Future" #"It Ain't What It Seems" #"Off Beat Ride" #"Lovin' You" #"Dedication" #"Speakeasy"
==Personnel== *Peter "Mars" Cowling - bass *Nicko McBrain - drums *Pat Travers - guitar, keyboard, vocals
'''Additional personnel''' *Tony Carey - mini Moog ("Off Beat Ride") *Scott Gorham - additional guitar ("Speakeasy") *Bert Hermiston - saxophone ("Off Beat Ride" and "Dedication") *Susie McKinley - background vocals ("Lovin' You")
==Charts== {| class="wikitable" ! Chart (1978) ! Peak<br/>position |- | US Top LPs & Tape (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web |title=Billboard 200 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1978-03-25/ |website=Billboard |access-date=September 2, 2025 |date=March 25, 1978}}</ref> |align="center"|70 |- |}
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Category:1977 albums Category:Pat Travers albums Category:Polydor Records albums