Strait Up
2000 studio album by Snot
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. 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.
01Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
The album peaked at No. 56 on the Billboard 200. CMJ called the album "A vivid cross section of nu-metal styles". 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." It won a 2000 Metal Edge Readers' Choice Award for Hits/Compilation/Live Album of the Year.
02Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Starlit Eyes" (featuring Serj Tankian of System of a Down) | Serj Tankian |
| 2:58 |
| 2. | "Take It Back" (featuring Jonathan Davis of Korn) |
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| 3:03 |
| 3. | "I Know Where You're At" (featuring M.C.U.D. of Hed PE) | Jared Gomes |
| 4:39 |
| 4. | "Catch a Spirit" (featuring Max Cavalera of Soulfly) | Max Cavalera |
| 3:55 |
| 5. | "Until Next Time" (featuring Jason Sears of R.K.L.) | Jason Sears |
| 3:11 |
| 6. | "Divided (An Argument for the Soul)" (featuring Brandon Boyd of Incubus) | 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) |
| Lowery | 3:49 |
| 9. | "Forever" (featuring Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit) | Fred Durst |
| 2:55 |
| 10. | "Funeral Flights" (featuring Dez Fafara of Coal Chamber) | Dez Fafara |
| 2:59 |
| 11. | "Requiem" (featuring Corey Taylor of Slipknot) |
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| 3:36 |
| 12. | "Reaching Out" (featuring Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray & Whitfield Crane of Ugly Kid Joe) |
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| 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 | Snot | 5:30 |
| 14. | "Sad Air" (a spoken word track featuring Lynn Strait, with backing guitar by Snot guitarist Sonny Mayo) | Strait | Sonny Mayo | 2:11 |
| 15. | "Strait Up" (a hidden track that is mixed by DJ Lethal) | 5:58 | ||
| Total length: | 50:17 | |||
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.
03Personnel
Credits adapted from album's liner notes.
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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Guest musicians
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Sources and credits
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