Badfinger - Straight Up (1971/2010) [Complete Album] Deluxe Edition

Straight Up is the fourth studio album by the Welsh rock band Badfinger, released in December 1971 in the United States and February 1972 in Britain. Issued on the Beatles' Apple record label, it includes the hit singles "Day After Day" and "Baby Blue", and the similarly popular "Name of the Game", all of which were written by singer and guitarist Pete Ham. The album marked a departure from the more rock-oriented sound of Badfinger's previous releases, partly as a result of intervention by Apple Records regarding the band's musical direction.

Production on what became Straight Up lasted nine months, at the start of which the group made an album's worth of recordings with producer Geoff Emerick, in between their touring commitments. Once Apple had decided to shelve these recordings, George Harrison took over production, only for him to become indisposed with events associated with the Concert for Bangladesh, at which Badfinger also performed. Harrison then handed the project to American producer Todd Rundgren, who oversaw recording for most of the album.

Although Straight Up received a mixed response from critics on release, many reviewers now regard it as the band's best album. Rolling Stone critic David Fricke has referred to it as "Badfinger's power-pop apex". The album was reissued on CD in 1993, with bonus tracks, and remastered again in 2010.

Tracklist:
01 - Take It All 0:00
02 - Baby Blue 4:26
03 - Money 8:04
04 - Flying
05 - I'd Die Babe
06 - Name Of The Game
07 - Suitcase
08 - Sweet Tuesday Morning
09 - Day After Day
10 - Sometimes
11 - Perfection
12 - It's Over
13 - I'll Be The One

Bonus Tracks:
14 - Name Of The Game (Earlier Version)
15 - Baby Blue (U.S. Single Mix) 49:35
16 - Baby Please 53:12
17 - No Good At All
18 - Sing For The Song
19 - Money (Earlier Version)
20 - Flying (Earlier Version)
21 - Perfection (Earlier Version)
22 - Suitcase (Earlier Version)
23 - Sweet Tuesday Morning [Earlier Version]
24 - Mean Mean Jemima
25 - Loving You

Badfinger
Pete Ham – vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, piano, organ on "Take It All", harmonica on "Perfection" [Earlier version], slide guitar on "Suitcase"
Tom Evans – vocals, bass guitar, twelve string guitar on "Sweet Tuesday Morning" and "Perfection"
Joey Molland – vocals, rhythm and lead guitar
Mike Gibbins – drums, percussion

Additional musicians
George Harrison – slide guitar on "Day After Day", guitar on "I'd Die Babe"
Leon Russell – piano on "Day After Day", guitar on "Suitcase"
Bobby Diebold – bass guitar on "Suitcase"
Keith H - bass guitar session assistant
Klaus Voormann – electric piano on "Suitcase"
Gary Wright - piano on "Name of the Game" (unconfirmed)
Al Kooper - piano on "Name of the Game" (earlier version)
Bill Collins – accordion on "Sweet Tuesday Morning"