Straight Ahead (Pennywise album)
# Straight Ahead (Pennywise album)

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| Pitchfork Media | 9.3/10 |

Straight Ahead is the fifth studio album by the American punk rock band Pennywise, released in 1999 via Epitaph Records. It contains the single "Alien."

## Release

Straight Ahead was released in June 1999. In October 2000, the band played at Cypress Hill's Smoke Out Festival. The band toured Australia in November 2000; the dates were rescheduled from July 2000 as Lindberg's mother was suffering from cancer. They were supported by Frenzal Rhomb and Game Over.

## Critical reception

Ox-Fanzine called the album "fast, direct, accomplished and powerful." CMJ New Music Report wrote that "the inescapable anger highlights, rather than buries, the metallic power riffs and inspired drumming." Phoenix New Times wrote that Straight Ahead is "rooted in West Coast surfer-skater party-punk, with rough-and-tumble melodies on top of briny torrents of guitars."

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Pennywise.

## Personnel

### Pennywise

* Jim Lindberg - vocals
* Fletcher Dragge - guitar
* Randy Bradbury - bass
* Byron McMackin - drums

### Production

* Darian Rundall - producer, engineer
* Eddie Schreyer - mastering
* Jesse Fischer - art direction, layout
* Dave Leamon - cover illustrator

## Charts

Chart performance for Straight Ahead :

| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) | 8 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard) | 17 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 93 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) | 12 |
| US Billboard 200 | 62 |

## Certifications

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| - | - | - |
| Australia (ARIA) | Gold | $35,000^^$ |
| $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||
