Straight Up, by the rocking, rolling, and troubled English group Badfinger, is now available in MP3 format from Amazon this month for only $5.00.

Badfinger remains a nice musical anomaly that existed from the late 1960s to the mid 1970s, was born somewhat out of the Beatles inference, both as songwriters for the band and friends (most releases by the band were on the Beatles’ Apple Record label), and had a few hits which still rotate on the radio to this day (“No Matter What,” “Day After Day,” and the super soppy soaker “Without You”). Plagued with inner circle dramas from management which led to fund embezzlement, which no doubt contributed to the suicides of two of its key members (Pete Ham and Tom Evans), Badfinger nonetheless still contributed their sonic talents to some wide-ranging albums, filled with a sort of puckish adventurous skein with rock, ballads, slight progressive arrangements, and a cool feel overall aurally. Straight Up is no exception. With songs like “Take It All,” the aforementioned “Day After Day,” “Sometimes,” “Perfection,” and the now immortalized as musically accompanying the final scene in the television program Breaking Bad, “Baby Blue,” Straight Up, like the rest of Badfinger’s work, remains essential listening for the curious, the diehard, and the casual fan of the band.

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