''Point Blank'' is the debut album by American

Southern rock Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music and a genre of Americana. It developed in the Southern United States from rock and roll, country music, and blues and is focused generally on electric guitars and vocals. Author Scott B. Bomar speculat ...

band

Point Blank Point-blank range is any distance over which a certain firearm can hit a target without the need to compensate for bullet drop, and can be adjusted over a wide range of distances by sighting in the firearm. If the bullet leaves the barrel paral ...

. Produced by

Bill Ham Billy Mack Ham (February 4, 1937 – June 20, 2016) was an American music impresario, best known as the manager, producer, and image-maker for the blues-rock band ZZ Top. Ham also gained prominence in the country music world by discovering and man ...

, the album was released in 1976 by

Arista Records Arista Records () is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. The label was previously handled by BMG Entertainmen ...

Cover artwork

The cover art consists of double barrel shotgun barrel in the white background with the 3-D Point Blank logo up front.

Track listing

#"Free Man" – 5:08 (John O'Daniel, Rusty Burns) #"Moving" – 2:57 (O'Daniel, Kim Davis, Peter Gruen, Philip Petty, Burns) #"Wandering" – 5:19 (O'Daniel, Davis, Gruen, Petty, Burns) #"Bad Bees" – 2:31 (Petty, Burns) #"That's the Law" – 3:41 (O'Daniel, Davis, Gruen, Petty, Burns) #"Lone Star Fool" – 4:19 (O'Daniel, Davis) #"Distance" – 5:12 (O'Daniel, Davis, Gruen, Petty, Burns) #"In This World" – 3:09 (O'Daniel, Davis)

Personnel

*Rusty Burns – guitar,

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, vocals *Kim Davis – guitar, vocals *Peter Buzzy Gruen- drums, percussion *John O'Daniel – vocals *Phillip Petty – bass guitar

References

{{Authority control 1976 debut albums Arista Records albums Point Blank (band) albums Albums produced by Bill Ham