Straight Shooter (James Gang album)

Straight Shooter is the fourth studio album by James Gang, which was released in July 1972 on ABC Records in the US and Probe Records in the UK. This is the first James Gang album recorded after their guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist, Joe Walsh left the band and went on to form the band, Barnstorm. The remaining members, Dale Peters (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Jim Fox (drums and organ) were joined on this album by ex-Bush singer Roy Kenner and guitarist Domenic Troiano. Bush, whose lone album was released in the United States by ABC's subsidiary label Dunhill Records, had broken up at about the same time as Walsh left the James Gang, so Kenner's and Troiano's joining Peters and Fox effectively merged the remnants of the two bands.

Straight Shooter
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 31, 1972
RecordedEarly 1972
StudioQuadrafonic Sound Studios, Nashville, Tennessee[1]
GenreRock, hard rock
Length35:15
LabelABC, Probe
ProducerJames Gang
James Gang chronology
James Gang Live in Concert
(1971)
Straight Shooter
(1972)
Passin' Thru
(1972)

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [2]

Reviewing for Allmusic, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote of the album "the band was saddled by a noticeable lack of strong material, since none of the members could write songs with memorable hooks."[2]

Track listing

All songs by Roy Kenner and Domenic Troiano, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Madness" 3:13
2."Kick Back Man" 4:51
3."Get Her Back Again"Domenic Troiano2:45
4."Looking For My Lady" 2:53
5."Getting Old"Troiano3:43
6."I'll Tell You Why"Dale Peters, Troiano3:53
7."Hairy Hypochondriac"Roy Kenner, Peters, Troiano2:57
8."Let Me Come Home"Peters, Troiano4:59
9."My Door Is Open" 5:55

Personnel

Additional personnel
Engineering
  • Gene Eichelberger - Engineering, Remixing
Cover artwork

Sales chart performance

Album - Billboard (United States)

Year Chart Position
1972 Billboard 200 58

References

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