Straight Up
LP by Badfinger
Release	December 13, 1971
Recorded	?
Genre	Power pop
Length	64 min 31 s
Label	Apple
Producer	Todd Rundgren
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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. Cover of the Badfinger album Straight Up. ... 33â…“ LP vinyl record album The vinyl record is a type of gramophone record, most popular from the 1950s to the 1990s, that was most commonly used for mass-produced recordings of music. ... Badfinger was a British band from the 1960s and 70s. ... December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Power pop is a long-standing musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American pop music. ... A minute is: a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour and to 60 seconds. ... The second (symbol s) is a unit for time, and one of seven SI base units. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Apple Records logo, featuring a Granny Smith apple. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music prodcuer) is responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. ... Todd Rundgren Todd Rundgren (born June 22, 1948) is a American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer born in Upper Darby, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Rundgren began his career in Woodys Truck Stop, a locally popular Philadelphia electric blues band on the model of the Paul Butterfield... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links Description: Rating stars. ... Badfinger was a British band from the 1960s and 70s. ... No Dice is a power pop album by Badfinger, released on November 9, 1970. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Ass is a power pop album by Badfinger, released on November 26, 1973. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Power pop is a long-standing musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American pop music. ... Badfinger was a British band from the 1960s and 70s. ... December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 1970 in music, other events of 1971, 1972 in music, 1970s in music and the list of years in music // Events February 8 - Bob Dylans hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New Yorks Academy of Music. ... No Dice is a power pop album by Badfinger, released on November 9, 1970. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music prodcuer) is responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. ... Todd Rundgren Todd Rundgren (born June 22, 1948) is a American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer born in Upper Darby, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Rundgren began his career in Woodys Truck Stop, a locally popular Philadelphia electric blues band on the model of the Paul Butterfield...

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. Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ...

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