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Bang! (World Party album)

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Released
  
26 April 1993

Bang! (1993)
  
Egyptology (1997)

Release date
  
26 April 1993

Label
  
Ensign Records

Length
  
52:22

Artist
  
World Party

Producer
  
Karl Wallinger

Genre
  
Rock music

Recorded
  
March 1991 – October 1992

Similar
  
World Party albums, Rock music albums

Bang! is the third album by British group World Party, released by Ensign Records on April 26, 1993. While previous World Party albums were essentially solo projects by one-man orchestra Karl Wallinger, for this album World Party officially became a three-person group: Wallinger (vocals, keyboards, guitars, basses, etc.), Dave Catlin-Birch (guitars), and Chris Sharrock (drums). As well, the band is aided by a number of guest artists.

Contents

In 2000, the album was re-released by Papillon Records with new cover art.

Track listing

All songs written by Karl Wallinger, except as noted.

  1. "Kingdom Come"
  2. "Is It Like Today?"
  3. "What Is Love All About?"
  4. "And God Said..." (Wallinger/Guy Chambers)
  5. "Give It All Away" §
  6. "Sooner or Later"
  7. "Hollywood"
  8. "Radio Days" (Wallinger/Chambers/Catlin-Birch)
  9. "Rescue Me"
  10. "Sunshine"
  11. "All I Gave"
  12. "Give It All Away (Reprise)" ¥
  • § Give It All Away is an extended mix of 8m34s in the UK version. The US version is shorter at 4m23s.
  • There is a hidden track towards the end of Give It All Away (Reprise), a track only on the US release, entitled 'Surfing in Kuwait City' or, more simply, 'Kuwait City'. It is a satirical song and a pastiche in the style of the Beach Boys. It makes a social commentary on the 1991 Gulf War.

    • Charts

    Album
    Singles

    Billboard (North America)

    Songs

    1Kingdom Come5:27
    2Is It Like Today?5:12
    3What Is Love All About?4:07

    References

    Bang! (World Party album) Wikipedia
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