Go Bang!

1988 studio album by Shriekback

Go Bang!

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

Big Night Music
(1986)

Go Bang!
(1988)

Sacred City
(1992)

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
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"	Harry Wayne Casey Richard Finch	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

^ Shriekback - Chart history, Billboard, retrieved 16 June 2016
^ Shriekback - Chart history, Billboard Dance/Club chart, retrieved 23 June 2016
^ Go Bang! (media notes). Shriekback. Island. 1988. CID-1190.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)