Straightaways

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Straightaways
Straightaways.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 22, 1997
RecordedEcho Park, Bloomington, Indiana and
Pachyderm Studios, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
Genre Alternative country
Length40:21
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Brian Paulson, Son Volt
Son Volt chronology
Trace
(1995)
Straightaways
(1997)
Wide Swing Tremolo
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide Rating-Christgau-dud.svg [3]
Entertainment Weekly C [4]
NME 6/10 [5]
Orlando Sentinel Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [6]
Pitchfork 5.5/10 [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Spin 3/10 [9]
Wall of Sound 85/100 [10]

Straightaways is the second release of the band Son Volt. It was released on April 22, 1997.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Jay Farrar except where indicated.

  1. "Caryatid Easy" - 4:43
  2. "Back into Your World" - 3:43
  3. "Picking Up the Signal" - 3:45
  4. "Left a Slide" - 5:10
  5. "Creosote" - 4:10
  6. "Cemetery Savior" - 3:12
  7. "Last Minute Shakedown" - 4:03
  8. "Been Set Free" (Jay Farrar, Monica Farrar) - 4:33
  9. "No More Parades" - 3:19
  10. "Way Down Watson" - 3:42

Personnel

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