Straight Up 2020

When the final mixes of ‘Straight Up 2020’, a re-working of The Dogs D’Amour ‘Straight’ album, were sent for mastering the file-transfer system automatically put the songs into alphabetical order. On hearing this fortuitous new running order Tyla felt it was nothing short of inspiring and had breathed new life into the album. This was a gamble well worth taking. The change in running order has changed the album from one you’d listen to in order to go back in time, to an album you’d listen to for now. The original ‘Straight’ was The Dogs D’Amour’s fifth studio album & was originally released in 1990. As good a song as ‘Cardboard Town’ was as the original opener with its “For what you are about to receive” spoken intro, the re-recorded version of ‘Back on the Juice’ is a much stronger album opener as it is here on the 2020 update.