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Released
  
July 1970

James Gang Rides Again (1970)
  
Thirds (1971)

Release date
  
July 1970

Label
  
ABC Records

Length
  
35:09

Artist
  
James Gang

Producer
  
Bill Szymczyk

Genres
  
Rock music, Hard rock

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Recorded
  
November 1969 at The Record Plant

Similar
  
James Gang albums, Rock music albums

James gang rides again full album 1970


James Gang Rides Again is the second studio album by the American rock band James Gang. The album was released in mid 1970, on the label ABC Records. It is the James Gang's first album to feature bassist Dale Peters.

Contents

Critical reception

Writing for AllMusic, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote of the album "With their second album Rides Again, the James Gang came into their own... Walsh's songwriting had improved, giving the band solid support for their stylistic experiments. What ties the two sides of the record together is the strength of the band's musicianship, which burns brightly and powerfully on the hardest rockers, as well as on the sensitive ballads."

Track listing

All songs by Joe Walsh, except where noted.

  • On the initial pressings of James Gang Rides Again, a 1:25 electric rendition of Maurice Ravel's "Boléro" is interpolated into the song "The Bomber." Ravel's estate threatened suit against both the James Gang and ABC Records for its unauthorized use. As a result, the track was edited, and the "Boléro" section was removed on most subsequent pressings of the album. The edited song's running time on such pressings is 5:39. Some late 70's LP pressings included "Boléro" by mistake, and the most recent CD re-issue of Rides Again contains the full version of "The Bomber," with the "Boléro" section restored.

    • Personnel

  • Joe Walsh – guitars, vocals, keyboards, piano, percussion
  • Dale Peters – bass guitars, vocals, guitars, keyboards, percussion
  • Jim Fox – drums, vocals, percussion, keyboards, organ, piano

    • Guest Musician

  • Rusty Young – pedal steel guitar (7)

    • Production

  • Producer: Bill Szymczyk
  • Engineer: Bill Szymczyk
  • Remastering: Bill Szymczyk and Ted Jensen
  • Liner notes: Dale Peters, Jim Fox and Joe Walsh
  • Photography: Tom Wright

    • Cultural significance

    James Gang Rides Again's lead track "Funk #49" has become a standard of the "classic rock" period, and has been used in various media, including:

  • in the 1998 film Rounders
  • in the 2000 television drama The '70s
  • in the 2002 documentary film Dogtown and Z-Boys
  • in the 2004 drama film House of D
  • in the 2005 horror film The Devil's Rejects
  • in the sixth season episode Soprano Home Movies of the HBO drama series The Sopranos.
  • in the 2006 comedy film Artie Lange's Beer League.
  • in the 2008 drama film Sleepwalking.
  • in a sample at the opening of NOFX's song "Straight Edge," from their album White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean.
  • in the video game Test Drive Unlimited.
  • in the video game Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned.
  • in the video game Rock Band (as downloadable content).
  • in the video game Rocksmith (as downloadable content).
  • during the closing credits of the Season 1 finale of Entourage.
  • in commercials for Fox Sports 1.

    • The track "Ashes, the Rain and I" was sampled by Fatboy Slim for the song "Right Here, Right Now".

    Songs

    1Funk #493:54
    2Asshton Park1:51
    3Woman4:38

    References

    James Gang Rides Again Wikipedia
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