''Bang'' is the sixth studio album by

James Gang James Gang is an American rock band formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1966. The band went through a variety of line-up changes until they recorded their first album as a power trio consisting of Joe Walsh (guitars, lead vocals), Tom Kriss (bass), and ...

, released in 1973. This is the first

album featuring lead guitarist

Tommy Bolin Thomas Richard Bolin (August 1, 1951 – December 4, 1976) was an American guitarist and songwriter who played with Zephyr (from 1969 to 1971), The James Gang (from 1973 to 1974), and Deep Purple (from 1975 to 1976), in addition to maintaining a ...

after

Domenic Troiano Domenic Michele Antonio Troiano (January 17, 1946 – May 25, 2005) was a Canadian guitarist and songwriter, best known as a member of Mandala, Bush, James Gang, and The Guess Who. He also recorded music for film and television, often made guest ...

left the band.

Critical reception

Writing for

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, critic David Jeffries wrote the album "feels less like a band album and more like talented studio musicians on the loose, but die-hard fans of either the Gang or the late Bolin will enjoy it, if only in fits and starts."

Track listing

All songs by

and John Tesar except where noted. # "Standing in the Rain" (Tommy Bolin) – 5:05 # "The Devil Is Singing Our Song" – 4:22 # "Must Be Love" (Bolin, Jeff Cook) – 3:48 # "Alexis" (Bolin, Cook) – 5:07 # "Ride the Wind" (Bolin, Roy Kenner) – 3:45 # "Got No Time for Trouble" – 3:47 # "Rather Be Alone With You (Song For Dale)" (Kenner) – 2:05 # "From Another Time" – 4:00 # "Mystery" – 6:10

Personnel

Roy Kenner Roy Douglas Kenner (born January 14, 1948 in Toronto) is a Canadian singer and songwriter, most notable as the lead vocalist of Mandala in the late 1960s and as the lead vocalist of the James Gang during 1972–1974. History Kenner's internationa ...

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guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

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, lead vocal on "Alexis,"

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* Dale Peters –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

, backing vocals, percussion * Jim Fox –

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, backing vocals, percussion,

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Sales chart performance

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(United States)

References

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