Strait Up

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.^[3]^[1] 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.^[3]^[4]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

The album peaked at No. 56 on the Billboard 200.^[5] CMJ called the album "A vivid cross section of nu-metal styles".^[2] 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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Starlit Eyes" (featuring Serj Tankian of System of a Down)	Mike Doling, John Fahnestock, Jamie Miller, Serj Tankian	2:58
2.	"Take It Back" (featuring Jonathan Davis of Korn)	Doling, Fahnestock, Jonathan Davis, Nathan Cox	3:03
3.	"I Know Where You're At" (featuring M.C.U.D. of Hed PE)	Doling, Fahnestock, Jared Gomes	4:39
4.	"Catch a Spirit" (featuring Max Cavalera of Soulfly)	Doling, Fahnestock, MaxCavalera	3:55
5.	"Until Next Time" (featuring Jason Sears of R.K.L.)	Doling, Fahnestock, Lynn Strait, Jason Sears	3:11
6.	"Divided (An Argument for the Soul)" (featuring Brandon Boyd of Incubus)	Doling, Fahnestock, 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)	Lajon Witherspoon, Clint Lowery	3:49
9.	"Forever" (featuring Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit)	Doling, Fahnestock, Fred Durst	2:55
10.	"Funeral Flights" (featuring Dez Fafara of Coal Chamber)	Doling, Fahnestock, Dez Fafara	2:59
11.	"Requiem" (featuring Corey Taylor of Slipknot & Stone Sour)	Doling, Fahnestock, Corey Taylor	3:36
12.	"Reaching Out" (featuring Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray & Whitfield Crane of Ugly Kid Joe)	Doling, Fahnestock, Mark McGrath, Whitfield Crane, Stan Frasier	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, Doling, Fahnestock, Miller, Sonny Mayo	5:30
14.	"Sad Air" (a spoken word track featuring Lynn Strait, with backing guitar by Snot guitarist Sonny Mayo)	Mayo	2:11
15.	"Strait Up" (a hidden track that is mixed by DJ Lethal)		5:58
Total length:			50:17

Personnel

Credits adapted from album's liner notes.^[8]

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)

Guest musicians

Brandon Boyd – vocals (track 6)
Max Cavalera – vocals (track 4)
Mike "Mad Dog" Combs – additional guitars (track 10)
Nathan Cox – additional vocals (track 2)
Whitfield Crane – additional vocals (track 12)
Jonathan Davis – vocals (track 2)
Marcello Dias – additional bass (track 4)
Fred Durst – vocals (track 9)
Aimee Echo – additional vocals (track 13)
Klaus Eichstad – additional guitars (track 9)
Dez Fafara – vocals (track 10)
Stan Frasier – additional vocals (track 12)
Jared "M.C.U.D." Gomes – vocals (track 3)
Shannon Larkin – drums (tracks 1–6, 9–12)
Clint Lowery – guitar and vocals (track 8)
Mark McGrath – vocals (track 12)
Shavo Odadjian – additional bass (track 4)
Ozzy Osbourne – spoken word (track 7)
DJ Product – turntables (track 3)
Morgan Rose – drums (track 8)
Jason Sears – vocals (track 5)
Serj Tankian – vocals (track 1)
Corey Taylor – vocals (track 11)
Jim Wirt – strings (track 6), Hammond organ (track 8), piano (track 12)
Lajon Witherspoon – vocals (track 8)

Production

Nic Adler – executive producer
Andrew Alekel – additional engineering
Stefan Broadley – Pro Tools, programming
Terry Date – vocal engineer (track 9)
Mike Doling – producer (tracks 1–6, 8–12)
John Fahnestock – producer (tracks 1–6, 9–12), art concept
Diane Gallemore – front cover photo
Sean Henning – executive producer
Dave Holdridge – Pro Tools
Donat Kazarinoff – engineer (track 14), pro-tools, programming
Marek – assistant mix engineer
Steve Piper – Pro Tools
Justin Risley – Pro Tools
Ross Robinson – producer (track 13)
Wendy Sherman – art direction and design
Happy Walters – co-executive producer
Rick Will – mixing
Jim Wirt – producer and engineer (tracks 1–6, 8–12)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Huey, Steve. "Review of Strait Up". Allmusic. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
^ ^a ^b 12/00, p. 70
^ ^a ^b Iannini, Tommaso (2003). "Snot". Nu metal (in Italian). Giunti. pp. 78–79. ISBN 88-09-03051-6.
^ Jeffries, Vincent. "Biography of Snot". Allmusic. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
^ "Charts and awards for Strait Up". Allmusic. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
^ 11/21/00, p. 58
^ Metal Edge, June 2001
^ Strait Up (booklet). Immortal. 2000.

v t e Snot
Mikey Doling John Fahnestock Jamie Miller Sonny Mayo Carl Bensley James Fed Carrol Shannon Larkin Mike Smith Tommy Vext Brandon Espinoza Lynn Strait
Studio albums	Get Some Strait Up
Live albums	Alive!

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