Straight In a Gay Gay World was the third studio album released by Australian '70s rock band, Skyhooks. The album was released on 23 August 1976. With the exception of "Million Dollar Riff", it was recorded at The Record Plant in Sausalito, California

Sausalito, California

Sausalito is a San Francisco Bay Area city, in Marin County, California, United States. Sausalito is south-southeast of San Rafael, at an elevation of 13 feet . The population was 7,061 as of the 2010 census. The community is situated near the northern end of the Golden Gate Bridge, and prior to...

 after the band's first tour of the United States earlier in the same year. The title and songs are a sort of view the band had on their experience in the States. Like the band's first two albums, Living in the Seventies

Living in the Seventies

Living in the 70's was the debut album released by Melbourne band Skyhooks in October 1974 on the Mushroom Records label. Initially charting in Melbourne only in 1974, by early 1975 the rest of the nation began to catch on...

and Ego is not a Dirty Word

Ego Is Not a Dirty Word

Ego Is Not a Dirty Word was the second album released by Australian band Skyhooks in mid-1975. The album was the follow-up to their highly successful album, Living in the Seventies. As with the former album, it was also produced by Ross Wilson....

, Straight In a Gay Gay World was produced by former Daddy Cool

Daddy Cool (band)

Daddy Cool is an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1970 with the original line-up of Wayne Duncan , Ross Hannaford , Ross Wilson and Gary Young . Their debut single "Eagle Rock" was released in May 1971 and stayed at number 1 on the Australian singles chart for ten weeks...

 leader Ross Wilson

Ross Wilson

Ross Andrew Wilson is an Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer who fronted the groups Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock, and produced albums by Australian band Skyhooks. He has also performed solo, and as a judge on celebrity singing TV series It Takes Two from 2005...

.

Two singles were lifted from this album, "This Is My City" / "Somewhere In Sydney" and "Blue Jeans" / "Mumbo Jumbo", both in the year of the album's release. These peaked at #19 and #13 respectively on Australian charts.
"Million Dollar Riff" was released as a single in 1975 before Skyhooks toured the States and reached #2 in Australia.
The album was released by Mushroom Records. It peaked at #2 on Australian charts the same year.
"Mumbo Jumbo" features vocals from guitarist Red Symons

Red Symons

Redmond Symons is an Australian musician, writer, actor and radio host, probably best known as lead guitarist with Skyhooks and as the snide judge of "Red Faces", a segment of the long-running Hey Hey It's Saturday variety television show...

, which was also an occurrence on the band's two previous albums where Symons sang lead vocals to a single track on each album.

Track listing

All tracks by Greg Macainsh, except where noted. Red Symons provides lead vocals on "Mumbo Jumbo".

1. "Million Dollar Riff" - 3:50
2. "Is This America" - 4:32
3. "Blue Jeans" - 2:30
4. "Somewhere In Sydney" - 3:46
5. "The Girl Says She's Bored" - 3:33
6. "This Is My City" - 3:40
7. "Straight In A Gay Gay World" - 4:29
8. "I'm Normal" - 3:15
9. "Mumbo Jumbo" - 3:24 (Red Symons
   Red Symons
   Redmond Symons is an Australian musician, writer, actor and radio host, probably best known as lead guitarist with Skyhooks and as the snide judge of "Red Faces", a segment of the long-running Hey Hey It's Saturday variety television show...
   
   )
10. "Crazy Heart" - 4:47

Personnel

• Graeme "Shirley" Strachan - Lead Vocals
• Redmond Symons - Guitar, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals (9)
• Bob "Bongo" Starkie - Guitar
• Greg Macainsh - Bass
• Imants Alfred Strauks - Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals