# 168: Badfinger - Straight Up (1971)

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Podcast: [Discord and Rhyme: An Album Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/discord-and-rhyme-an-album-podcast-727978)
Published: 2025-11-25T10:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 6535

## Resource

Of all the casualties of the Beatles’ Apple label, Badfinger is the most tragic. They had a very promising start, helped along by the Beatles and their associates, but a combination of bad management and personal tragedy stopped them from being as successful as they should have been. However, for a brief period everything worked out exactly right, and Badfinger came up with an album that deserves to be ranked among the all-time classics. From power pop to boogie rock and various points in between, Straight Up is a no-skips album that deserves your attention, so listen up.

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