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Straight Up (CD)

By: Badfinger (Artist)

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Badfinger Artist Snapshot:

Welsh quartet Badfinger was discovered by the Beatles' Apple Records label, and had their first big hit with a song given to them by Paul McCartney. From 1968-1975 the group's melodic power-pop sound earned them several international hit singles, including "No Matter What," "Come and Get It," and "Day After Day." Although the band is now regarded as a heavy influence on multiple generations of power pop bands and songwriters, they were beset, in their heyday, by legal and financial troubles, as well as bouts with clinical depression and, eventually, the suicide of two members.

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DISC 1 for Straight Up (CD) Album By Badfinger (Artist)
1   Take It All
2   Baby Blue
3   Money
4   Flying
5   I'd Die Babe
6   Name Of The Game
7   Suitcase
8   Sweet Tuesday Morning
9   Day After Day
10   Sometimes
11   Perfection
12   It's Over
13   Money - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
14   Flying - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
15   Name Of The Game - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
16   Suitcase - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
17   Perfection - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
18   Baby Blue - (U.S. single mix, bonus track)
 

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Review

Q (6/93, p.115) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...Poignantly written, brimming with mature melodies and bracing verse/chorus interplay, STRAIGHT UP is one not to miss. More complete than their other long-play selections and resplendent with previously unheard gems, it's quality stuff..."
NME (Magazine) (6/5/93, p.34) - "...A stone cold beauty of an album....an impossibly good album....Love it like your mother..."

Title Note

Badfinger: Joey Molland (vocals, guitar); Pete Ham (guitar); Tom Evans (bass instrument); Mike Gibbins (drums).

Additional personnel: George Harrison (slide guitar); Leon Russell (piano).

Recording information: Abbey Road, London, England (1971); Air Studios, London, England (1971); Command Studios, London, England (1971).

STRAIGHT UP is Badfinger's best-known album and perhaps the definitive example of their sparkling brand of Beatles-influenced pop. Expertly produced by George Harrison and Todd Rundgren, this 1972 album spawned two hit singles (both written by group leader Pete Ham): the romantic ballad "Day After Day" (Badfinger's only gold record) and "Baby Blue," a soaring power pop classic that is still regularly played on rock radio. Most people remember Badfinger for those two songs, but the 10 other tracks on STRAIGHT UP are equally impressive.

Less rock-oriented than their previous album NO DICE (although guitarist Joey Molland contributes several excellent high-energy rock songs like "Sometimes" and "Suitcase"), the majority of STRAIGHT UP consists of gentle, melodic songs like Molland's folkish "Sweet Tuesday Morning" and superb Pete Ham compositions like the epic existentialist ballad "Name Of The Game." Now reissued with alternate versions of five of the album's songs and a rare single version of "Baby Blue," STRAIGHT UP sounds better than ever and is an essential addition to any rock fan's music collection.

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