Bang! (World Party album)

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.

Bang!
Studio album by
World Party
Released26 April 1993
RecordedMarch 1991 – October 1992
GenreRock
Length52:22
LabelEnsign
ProducerKarl Wallinger
World Party chronology
Goodbye Jumbo
(1990)		 Bang!
(1993)		 Egyptology
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Q[2]
NME6/10[3]

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

Track listing

All songs written by Karl Wallinger, except where noted.

  1. "Kingdom Come" – 5:27
  2. "Is It Like Today?" – 5:11
  3. "What Is Love All About?" – 4:06
  4. "And God Said..." (Wallinger, Guy Chambers) – 0:26
  5. "Give It All Away"[t 1] – 4:23
  6. "Sooner or Later" – 4:34
  7. "Hollywood" – 4:09
  8. "Radio Days" (Wallinger, Chambers, David Catlin-Birch) – 4:53
  9. "Rescue Me" – 6:06
  10. "Sunshine" – 4:31
  11. "All I Gave" – 3:47
  12. "Give It All Away (Reprise)"[t 2]

Notes:

  1. "Give It All Away" is an extended mix of 8:34 in the UK version. The US version is shorter at 4:23.
  2. 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
Chart (1993) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA Charts)[4] 40
UK Albums Chart 2[5]
US Billboard 200 126

Notes
  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r169745
  2. Sutcliffe, Phil (May 1993). "Irresistible". Q (80): 100.
  3. "World Party: Bang!". NME. 17 April 1993. p. 29.
  4. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  5. http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/world%20party/



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