Strait Up

Strait Up is an album released by Snot in 2000 (the album has been credited to Various Artists and Strait Up as well). Originally intended to be Snot's second album, for release in 1999, plans were drastically changed when lead singer Lynn Strait died in a car accident on December 11, 1998.

Though 11 tracks themselves had been recorded, Strait had only recorded vocals for one of them by the time of his death. By 1999, Snot's surviving members decided to finish the vocal-less tracks by getting musicians from other popular bands (many of which were friends of the band) to write lyrics and sing on the unfinished tracks. The finished album was released on November 7, 2000, featuring the 11 tracks, a spoken word tribute from Ozzy Osbourne, another spoken word piece by Strait himself, and Snot's last recorded song with their original lineup. Snot released a live album in 2002, but have otherwise disbanded.

[edit] Reception

Professional reviews:

CMJ (12/00, p.70) - "A vivid cross section of nu-metal styles."

Melody Maker (11/21/00, p.58) - 4 stars out of 5 - "The riffs are diamond hard and magnificently driven...the best of the band is found in their quieter moments."

[edit] Track listing

"Starlit Eyes", featuring Serj Tankian of System of a Down (2:58)
"Take It Back", featuring Jonathan Davis of KoЯn (3:03)
"I Know Where You're At", featuring M.C.U.D. of (hed) p.e. (4:39)
"Catch A Spirit", featuring Max Cavalera of Soulfly (3:55)
"Until Next Time", featuring Jason Sears of R.K.L. (3:11)
"Divided (An Argument For The Soul)", featuring Brandon Boyd of Incubus (3:46)
"Ozzy Speaks", a spoken word track featuring Ozzy Osbourne (0:16)
"Angel's Son", featuring Lajon Witherspoon and Clint Lowery of Sevendust (3:49)
"Forever", featuring Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit (2:55)
"Funeral Flights", featuring Dez Fafara of Coal Chamber (2:59)
"Requiem", featuring Corey Taylor of Slipknot (3:36)
"Reaching Out", featuring Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray (4:39)
"Absent", featuring Snot (5:30)
"Sad Air", a spoken word track featuring Lynn Strait, with backing guitar by ex-Snot guitarist Sonny Mayo.(2:11)
A hidden track that starts 3:13 into the song. It is a mix of songs from Get Some mixed by DJ Lethal^{[citation needed]}.(5:57)

[edit] Miscellaneous

"Starlit Eyes" was a track originally recorded with Lynn's vocals. It can be found on Snot's album Alive, under the name "Choose What?"

A slightly different version of "Absent" (4:42) was first released on the Strangeland soundtrack in 1998.

"Angel's Son" was the single from the album. It received strong airplay on rock radio, and was later re-recorded by all the members of Sevendust for their album Animosity. A live acoustic version of the song can also be found on Sevendust's album Southside Double-Wide: Acoustic Live

The hidden track on the album starts 3:13 into the song. The number 313 seems to be significant to the band in some way, as there was a song called "313" on Get Some, and John Fahnestock's clothing company is called Three Thirteen Merchandise.