I REMEMBER
HOLDING YOU
WHILE YOU SLEEP
EVERY DAY,
I FEEL THE TEARS
YOU WEEP
Straight Up
is the fourth
studio album
by the
Welsh Rock band
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"
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