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

Straight Up peaked at #31 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart. The singles "Baby Blue" and "Day After Day" peaked at #14 and #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