''Bang!'' is the fifth album by
Corey Hart, released in 1990. It was his last album to chart in the U.S., reaching #134, and generated just one hit single, "A Little Love", which reached #37. The track "Ballade for
Nien Cheng
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" was inspired by Cheng's memoir ''
Life and Death in Shanghai
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[''Bang!'' album liner notes]
"Chase the Sun" is a re-recorded version of a track from Hart's previous album ''
Young Man Running
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Track listing
All songs written by Corey Hart.
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Track listing
All songs written by Corey Hart.
# "A Little Love" 4:09
# "Bang! (Starting Over)" 3:48
# "Rain On Me" 4:38
# "Chase the Sun" 3:15
# "Diamond Cowboy" 4:32
# "Icon" 3:52
# "Can't Stand Losin' You" 4:30
# "Kisses on the Train" 4:15
# "Art of Color" 4:17
# "Slowburn" 2:50
# "Ballade for Nien Cheng" 2:51
Production
* Corey Hart – producer
* Greg Edward – producer, recording, mixing
* Matt D'Arbanlay-Butler – engineer
* Jeff Poe – assistant engineer
* Andy Udoff – assistant engineer
*
Toby Wright
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Credits Producer
* 3rd Strike - '' Lost Angel''
* 8stops7 - ''In Moderation''
*Alice in Chains ...
– assistant engineer
*
Bob Ludwig – mastering at
Masterdisk (New York City, New York).
* Julia Eisenthal – album coordinator
* Henry Marquez – art direction
* Erika Gagnon – art direction, design
*
Dewey Nicks – photography
Personnel
* Corey Hart – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, acoustic piano
* Charles Judge – keyboards
*
Randy Kerber
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Kerber was born in Encino, California. He began his first national ...
– additional keyboards
*
Michael Landau – guitars
* Michael Hehir – additional guitars
*
John Pierce – bass
*
Kenny Aronoff
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Early life
Aronoff grew up in Stockbridge, Massachusetts He developed an interest in music at an early age and gravitated to the drums as "drumming was one hundred percent ener ...
– drums, percussion, additional backing vocals (1)
*
Gerald Albright
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Biography
Born in Los Angeles, Albright grew up in its ...
– saxophones
* Jimmy Z. –
harmonica
* Doug Cameron – violin (7)
* Greg Edward – additional backing vocals (1)
*
Ruby Turner
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In a music career spanning more than 30 years, Turner is best known for her album and single releases in Europe and North Ame ...
– backing vocals
References
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1990 albums
Corey Hart (singer) albums
EMI Records albums