Straight Up

Straight Up
LP by Badfinger
Released	December 13, 1971
Recorded	?
Genre	Power pop
Length	64 min 31 s
Record label	Capitol Records
Producer	Todd Rundgren
Professional reviews
	4.5 stars out of 5
Badfinger Chronology
No Dice 1970)	Straight Up (1971)	Ass (1973)

Straight Up is an album by power pop band Badfinger, released on December 13, 1971). Widely regarded as one of Badfinger's best albums, apart from perhaps No Dice, Straight Up is more heavily produced by Todd Rundgren.

Straight Up peaked at number 31 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart. The singles "Baby Blue" and "Day After Day" peaked at number 14 and number 4, respectively, on the Pop Singles chart.

Track listing

1. "Take It All" (Ham) - 4:25
2. "Baby Blue" (Ham) - 3:37
3. "Money" (Evans) - 3:29
4. "Flying" (Evans/Molland) - 2:38
5. "I'd Die Babe" (Molland) - 2:33
6. "Name of the Game" (Ham) - 5:19
7. "Suitcase" (Molland) - 2:53
8. "Sweet Tuesday Morning" (Molland) - 2:31
9. "Day After Day" (Ham) - 3:09
10. "Sometimes" (Molland) - 2:56
11. "Perfection" (Ham) - 5:07
12. "It's Over" (Evans) - 3:34

Personnel

• Andy Davis - Liner Notes
• Badfinger - Composer
• George Harrison - Guitar (Steel), Producer
• Todd Rundgren - Producer
• Joey Molland - Guitar, Vocals
• Geoff Emerick - Producer
• Tom Evans - Bass, Vocals
• Ron Furmanek - Research, Digital Remastering
• Mike Gibbins - Drums
• Pete Ham - Guitar, Vocals
• Peter Mew - Engineer
• Mike Jarratt - Engineer
• Marcia McGovern - Pre-Production Director
• Roberta Ballard - Production Manager
• Gene Mahon - Design
• Richard DiLello - Design, Photography