Strait Up

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}} {{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| *Alternative metal<ref name="Huey"/> *nu metal<ref name="p70"/> }} | length = 50:17 | label = * Immortal * Virgin | producer = {{hlist|Mike Doling|John "Tumor" Fahnestock|Jim Wirt|Ross Robinson}} | 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 = }} }} '''''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.<ref name="Iannini">{{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 }}</ref><ref name="Huey">{{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}}</ref> The album was released as a tribute to Snot's original lead singer Lynn Strait, who was killed in a car accident on December 11, 1998.<ref name="Iannini"/><ref name="Jeffries">{{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}}</ref>

==Reception== {{Music ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="Huey"/> }} The album peaked at No. 56 on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref>{{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}}</ref> ''CMJ'' called the album "A vivid cross section of nu-metal styles".<ref name="p70">12/00, p. 70</ref> ''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."<ref>11/21/00, p. 58</ref> It won a 2000 Metal Edge Readers' Choice Award for Hits/Compilation/Live Album of the Year.<ref>Metal Edge, June 2001</ref>

==Track listing== {{track listing | total_length = 50:17 | writing_credits =

| title1 = Starlit Eyes | note1 = featuring Serj Tankian of System of a Down | lyrics1 = Serj Tankian | music1 = {{hlist|Mikey Doling|John Fahnestock|Jamie Miller}} | length1 = 2:58

| title2 = Take It Back | note2 = featuring Jonathan Davis of Korn | lyrics2 = {{hlist|Jonathan Davis|Nathan Cox}} | music2 = {{hlist|Doling|Fahnestock}} | length2 = 3:03

| title3 = I Know Where You're At | note3 = featuring M.C.U.D. of Hed PE | lyrics3 = Jared Gomes | music3 = {{hlist|Doling|Fahnestock}} | length3 = 4:39

| title4 = Catch a Spirit | note4 = featuring Max Cavalera of Soulfly | lyrics4 = Max Cavalera | music4 = {{hlist|Doling|Fahnestock}} | length4 = 3:55

| title5 = Until Next Time | note5 = featuring Jason Sears of R.K.L. | lyrics5 = Jason Sears | music5 = {{hlist|Lynn Strait|Doling|Fahnestock}} | length5 = 3:11

| title6 = Divided (An Argument for the Soul) | note6 = featuring Brandon Boyd of Incubus | lyrics6 = Brandon Boyd | music6 = {{hlist|Doling|Fahnestock}} | length6 = 3:46

| title7 = Ozzy Speaks | length7 = 0:16 | note7 = a spoken word track featuring Ozzy Osbourne | writer7 =

| title8 = Angel's Son | note8 = featuring Lajon Witherspoon, Clint Lowery, and Morgan Rose of Sevendust | lyrics8 = {{hlist|Lajon Witherspoon|Clint Lowery}} | music8 = Lowery | length8 = 3:49

| title9 = Forever | note9 = featuring Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit | lyrics9 = Fred Durst | music9 = {{hlist|Doling|Fahnestock}} | length9 = 2:55

| title10 = Funeral Flights | note10 = featuring Dez Fafara of Coal Chamber | lyrics10 = Dez Fafara | music10 = {{hlist|Doling|Fahnestock}} | length10 = 2:59

| title11 = Requiem | note11 = featuring Corey Taylor of Slipknot | lyrics11 = {{hlist|Corey Taylor|Doling|Fahnestock}} | music11 = {{hlist|Doling|Fahnestock}} | length11 = 3:36

| title12 = Reaching Out | note12 = featuring Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray & Whitfield Crane of Ugly Kid Joe | lyrics12 = {{hlist|Mark McGrath|Whitfield Crane|Fahnestock|Stan Frazier|Doling}} | music12 = {{hlist|Doling|Fahnestock}} | length12 = 4:39

| title13 = Absent | note13 = one of only two completed tracks for Snot's unfinished second album <small>(appears on Strangeland's soundtrack featuring backing vocals by Aimee Echo)</small> | lyrics13 = Strait | music13 = Snot | length13 = 5:30

| title15 = Strait Up | note15 = a hidden track that is mixed by DJ Lethal | length15 = 5:58

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Note: On streaming, Ozzy Speaks is cut, and a song called 'Untitled' is added after 'Absent'

'Untitled' plays the song Absent, with Sad Air added at the end of the track.

The song erroneously labelled as "Sad Air Lynn Strait" plays Strait Up from the physical release.

==Personnel== Credits adapted from album's liner notes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title= Strait Up |year= 2000 |type= booklet |publisher= Immortal}}</ref>

'''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)}} {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} '''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 Frazier – 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)}} {{col-2}} '''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 {{small|(tracks 1–6, 9–12)}}, co-producer {{small|(track 8)}}, engineer {{small|(tracks 1-6, 8-12)}} {{col-end}}

==References== {{reflist}}

Category:2000 albums Category:Snot (band) albums Category:2000s tribute albums Category:Immortal Records albums

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