Straight Ahead (Pennywise album)
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Trivia
The bonus track "Down Under" from the album´s Australian release is a cover of Men at WorkMen at Work
Men at Work are an Australian rock band who achieved international success in the 1980s. They are the only Australian artists to have a simultaneous #1 album and #1 single in the United States . They achieved the same distinction of a simultaneous #1 album and #1 single in the United Kingdom...
´s same titled song
Down Under (song)
"Down Under" is a pop song recorded by Men at Work for their debut album Business as Usual . The song went to #1 on American, British, Canadian and Australian charts....
and a tribute to the many Australian Pennywise fans.
Personnel
- Jim LindbergJim LindbergJames William Lindberg is an American singer and guitarist. Active since the 1980s, when he played in local bands in his early career, Lindberg is best known for being the frontman and songwriter of the influential punk rock band Pennywise, where he had remained as a member for 21 years...
- Vocals - Fletcher DraggeFletcher DraggeFletcher Dragge is the lead guitar player of the punk rock band Pennywise, which was formed in 1988.Before he joined Pennywise, he was also in the local punk rock band CON/800...
- Guitar - Randy BradburyRandy BradburyRandy Bradbury is the current bass guitar player for the Californian punk band Pennywise.He joined in October 1995 when founding bass player Jason Thirsk left the band. Randy was supposed to switch to rhythm guitar when Thirsk returned, but it never happened due to Thirsk's suicide in 1996...
- Bass - Byron McMackin - Drums
Production
- Producer: Darian Rundall, Pennywise
- Engineer: Darian Rundall
- Mastering: Eddie Schreyer
- Art direction: Jesse Fischer
- Layout: Jesse Fischer
- Cover illustrator: Dave Leamon
Album
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(North America) and the ARIA Charts
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
(Australia).
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
62 |
| 1999 | Top Canadian Albums | 17 |
| 1999 | Australian Albums Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
8 |
Singles
BillboardBillboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
(North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | "Alien" | Hot Modern Rock Tracks | 36 |