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Strait Up is the second studio album by the band Snot, released on November 7, 2000. The album features appearances by various musicians.[1][2] 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.[1][3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic[2]

The album peaked at #56 on the Billboard 200.[4] CMJ called the album "A vivid cross section of nu-metal styles."[5] 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

  1. "Starlit Eyes" (featuring Serj Tankian of System of a Down) (2:58) (Fahnestock, Miller)
  2. "Take It Back" (featuring Jonathan Davis of Korn) (3:03) (Fahnestock)
  3. "I Know Where You're At" (featuring M.C.U.D. of Hed PE) (4:39) (Fahnestock, Doling)
  4. "Catch A Spirit" (featuring Max Cavalera of Soulfly) (3:55) (Fahnestock, Cavalera)
  5. "Until Next Time" (featuring Jason Sears of R.K.L.) (3:11) (Fahnestock, Sears, Strait)
  6. "Divided (An Argument for the Soul)" (featuring Brandon Boyd of Incubus) (3:46) (Fahnestock, Boyd)
  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) (3:49) (Lowery, Witherspoon)
  9. "Forever" (featuring Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit) (2:55) (Fahnestock, Durst)
  10. "Funeral Flights" (featuring Dez Fafara of Coal Chamber) (2:59) (Fahnestock)
  11. "Requiem" (featuring Corey Taylor of Slipknot & Stone Sour) (3:36) (Fahnestock, Taylor)
  12. "Reaching Out" (featuring Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray & Whitfield Crane of Ugly Kid Joe) (4:39) (Fahnestock, Crane, McGrath)
  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)) (5:30) (Strait)
  14. "Sad Air" (a spoken word track featuring Lynn Strait, with backing guitar by Snot guitarist Sonny Mayo) (2:11) (Mayo)
  15. "Strait Up" (a hidden track that is mixed by DJ Lethal) (5:58)

References

  1. ^ a b Iannini, Tommaso (2003). "Snot". Nu metal (in Italian). Giunti. pp. 78–79. ISBN 88-09-03051-6. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ a b Huey, Steve. "Review of Strait Up". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  3. ^ Jeffries, Vincent. "Biography of Snot". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  4. ^ "Charts and awards for Strait Up". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  5. ^ 12/00, p. 70
  6. ^ 11/21/00, p. 58
  7. ^ Metal Edge, June 2001
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