| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Chicago Tribune | [2] |
| Christgau’s Consumer Guide |  [5] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C[3] |
| NME | 6/10[4] |
| Orlando Sentinel | [6] |
| Pitchfork | 5.5/10[8] |
| Rolling Stone |  [7] |
| 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.
Track listing
All songs written by Jay Farrar except where indicated.
- “Caryatid Easy” – 4:43
- “Back into Your World” – 3:43
- “Picking Up the Signal” – 3:45
- “Left a Slide” – 5:10
- “Creosote” – 4:10
- “Cemetery Savior” – 3:12
- “Last Minute Shakedown” – 4:03
- “Been Set Free” (Jay Farrar, Monica Farrar) – 4:33
- “No More Parades” – 3:19
- “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
- ^ Leaver, Jack. “Straightaways”. AllMusic. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
- ^ Caro, Mark (April 18, 1997). “Son Volt”. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
- ^ Browne, David (April 25, 1997). “Straightaways”. Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 21, 2009.
- ^ Fadele, Dele (1998). “Son Volt – Straightaways”. NME. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Christgau, Robert (October 15, 2000). “Son Volt”. Christgau’s Consumer Guide: Albums of the ’90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
- ^ Gettelman, Parry (May 2, 1997). “Son Volt”. Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
- ^ O’Connor, Rob (March 28, 1997). “Son Volt: Straightaways”. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Schreiber, Ryan. “Son Volt: Straightaways: Pitchfork Record Review”. Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on April 27, 2008. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Hunter, James (June 1997). “Records”. Spin. SPIN Media LLC. pp. 119–120.
- ^ Gulla, Bob. “Wall of Sound Review: Straightaways”. Wall of Sound. Archived from the original on February 10, 2001. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
