Go Bang!
Go Bang! | ||||
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Studio album by Shriekback | ||||
Released | 1988 | |||
Recorded | January 7–March 1, 1988 | |||
Studio | Compass Point Studios (Bahamas) | |||
Genre | Modern rock | |||
Length | 32:40 | |||
Label | Island | |||
Producer | Richard James Burgess | |||
Shriekback chronology | ||||
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Go Bang! is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Shriekback, released in 1988. It produced a significant number of Billboard modern rock hits, including "Get Down Tonight," "Intoxication," and "Shark Walk". Released after the departure of founding member and bassist, Dave Allen, the album revolves around Barry Andrews.
The band was under considerable pressure from Island Records to produce a hit from this album and British hitmaker Richard James Burgess was brought in to produce and mix the album. The album is significantly more commercial than the previous or subsequent albums and this caused some tension in the studio. However, it produced the necessary hits, including lead single "Intoxication", which peaked at #6 on the newly introduced Modern Rock Tracks chart.[1] "Get Down Tonight", a cover of the KC and the Sunshine Band track, spent 6 weeks in the Billboard Dance/Club chart, peaking at #20.[2] The album sold well but unfortunately Joel Webber who was the A&R man at Island, died shortly before the album was released.
Andrews returned to a more traditional Shriekback sound with 1992's Sacred City.
Track listing
All songs written by Shriekback (Barry Andrews, Martyn Barker, Michael Cozzi, Sarah Partridge, Wendy Partridge), except where noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Intoxication" | 3:44 | |
2. | "Shark Walk" | 3:57 | |
3. | "Over the Wire" | 3:28 | |
4. | "New Man" | 3:47 | |
5. | "Nighttown" | 4:11 | |
6. | "Go Bang!" | 2:21 | |
7. | "Big Fun" | 3:11 | |
8. | "Get Down Tonight" |
| 3:26 |
9. | "Dust and a Shadow" | 4:35 | |
Total length: | 32:40 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from the Go Bang! media notes.[3]
Shriekback
- Barry Andrews – keyboards, vocals
- Martyn Barker – drums, percussion, programming
- Michael Cozzi – guitar
- Sarah Partridge – backing vocals
- Wendy Partridge – backing vocals
Production
- Richard James Burgess – producer, engineer, mixing, programming
- Stuart Bruce – engineer
- Alex Dee – assistant engineer
Imagery
- Stylorouge – design/art direction
- Simon Fowler – photography
References
External links
- Go Bang! at Discogs (list of releases)
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- Barry Andrews
- Martyn Barker
- Carl Marsh
- Dave Allen
- Finn Andrews
- Emma Burnham
- Mike Cozzi
- Lu Edmonds
- Steve Halliwell
- Clare Hirst
- Ivan Julian
- Eve Moon
- Brian Nevill
- Linda Nevill
- Pedro Ortiz
- Jessica Palin/Jose Fina Cupido
- Sarah Partridge
- Wendy Partridge
- Mark Raudva
- Kevin "Doc" Sullivan
- Luc van Acker
- Tench
- Care
- Jam Science
- Oil and Gold
- Big Night Music
- Go Bang!
- Sacred City
- Naked Apes and Pond Life
- Having a Moment
- Cormorant
- Glory Bumps
- Life in the Loading Bay
- Without Real String or Fish
- Why Anything? Why This?
- Some Kinds of Light
- Tench
- Knowledge, Power, Truth and Sex
- The Peel Sessions
- The Infinite (The Best of Shriekback)
- Evolution - Best of Shriekback vol. 2
- The Dancing Years
- Natural History - The Very Best of Shriekback
- Priests and Kannibals: The Best of Shriekback
- The Y Records Years
- Aberrations 81-84
- Vicissitudes
- Secrets Of The City
- Island of the Hopeful Monsters
- Peel Sessions And Singularities
- The Elated World
- 2 Live Shows
- Live at Hatfield
- Live At Park West, Chicago '87
- Big Live Band 2017
- "Sexthinkone"
- "My Spine Is the Bassline"
- "Lined Up"
- "Working on the Ground"
- "Lined Up (remix)"
- "Hand On My Heart"
- "Mercy Dash"
- "Nemesis"
- "Fish Below the Ice"
- "Gunning for the Buddha"
- "Running on the Rocks"
- "Intoxication"
- "Shark Walk"
- "Get Down Tonight"
- "The Bastard Sons of Enoch"
- Jungle Of The Senses
- Electric Guitars
- Gang of Four
- Happyhead
- King Swamp
- The League of Gentlemen
- Out On Blue Six
- The Veils
- XTC