Badfinger

 

Artist:   Badfinger

Origin:  UK Group formed 1960
Genre:  Rock, Power Pop, Contemporary Pop, AM Pop, Soft Rock, Album Rock

Original line-up:

Pete Ham:       Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards 
Mike Gibbons: Drums
Tom Evans:     Vocals, Bass
Ron Griffiths:   Guitar, (later replaced by Joey Molland)

Classic line-up:

Pete Ham:  Vocals, Guitar, Piano
Tom Evans:  Vocals, Bass
Joey Molland:  Vocals, Guitar
Mike Gibbins:  Vocals, Drums

Badfinger formed in 1960, sound like early British Invasion comparison with The Beatles, play Power Pop and Painful Rock  Ballad, the first hit  "Come and Get It: composed by Paul McCartney from soundtrack album called "The Magic Christian"(1969).

Badfinger's second album "No Dice" with many classic hits:  "
No Matter What" and Grammy Award Winning "Without You",  made famous by Harry Nilsson, and later Mariah Carey, "I Can't Take It", "Midnight Caller"-A Lovely Ballad Song by Pete Ham.        

Title:  Straight Up  (1971)
Genre:  Rock, Power Pop, Contemporary Pop, AM Pop, Soft Rock, Album Rock
Label:  Apple Records
Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks: 

Side One:

 1.  Take It All (4:25)
 2.  Baby Blue   (3:37)
 3.  Money  (3:29)
 4.  Flying  (2:38)
 5.  I'd Die Babe  (2:33)
 6.  Name Of The Game  (5:19)

Side Two:

 1.  Suitcase  ( 2:53)
 2.  Sweet Tuesday Morning  (2:31)
 3.  Day After Day  (3:09)
 4.  Sometimes  (2:56)
 5.  Perfection  (5:07)
 6.  It's Over  (3:34)

Personnel:

Pete Ham:  Vocals, Guitar, Piano
Tom Evans:  Vocals, Bass
Joey Molland:  Vocals, Guitar
Mike Gibbins:  Vocals, Drums

Straight Up is the fourth studio album by Badfinger, was released on December 13, 1971 by Apple Records, included classic tracks "Baby Blue", and "Day After Day".  Highly Recommended!.