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Straightaways
Studio album by Son Volt
Released	April 22, 1997
Recorded	Echo Park, Bloomington, Indiana and Pachyderm Studios, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
Genre	Alternative country
Length	40:21
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Brian Paulson, Son Volt
Son Volt chronology
Trace (1995) Straightaways (1997) Wide Swing Tremolo (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Chicago Tribune
Christgau's Consumer Guide
Entertainment Weekly	C
NME	6/10
Orlando Sentinel
Pitchfork	5.5/10
Rolling Stone
Spin	3/10
Wall of Sound	85/100

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

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

• Jay Farrar - guitars, lead vocals, organ, harmonica
• Dave Boquist - guitars, fiddle, banjo, lap steel guitar
• Eric Heywood - pedal steel guitar, mandolin
• Jim Boquist - bass, backing vocals
• Mike Heidorn - drums
• Pauli Ryan - tambourine

References

1. Leaver, Jack. "Straightaways". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
2. Caro, Mark (1997-04-18). "Son Volt". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
3. Browne, David (1997-04-25). "Straightaways". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 21, 2009.
4. Fadele, Dele (1998). "Son Volt - Straightaways". NME. Archived from the original on 2000-08-17.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
5. Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). "Son Volt". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
6. Gettelman, Parry (1997-05-02). "Son Volt". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
7. O'Connor, Rob (1997-03-28). "Son Volt: Straightaways". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-10-02. Retrieved 2018-01-17.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
8. Schreiber, Ryan. "Son Volt: Straightaways: Pitchfork Record Review". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 2008-04-27. Retrieved 2018-01-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
9. Hunter, James (June 1997). "Records". Spin. SPIN Media LLC. pp. 119–120.
10. Gulla, Bob. "Wall of Sound Review: Straightaways". Wall of Sound. Archived from the original on 2001-02-10. Retrieved 2023-03-11.

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