Straightaways

This article is about the album. For the sporting term, see Straight (racing).

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

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	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	C[4]
NME	6/10[5]
Orlando Sentinel	[6]
Pitchfork	5.5/10[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
Spin	3/10[9]
Wall of Sound	85/100[10]

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