Bang! | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | March 12, 1990 | |||
Recorded | 1989–1990 | |||
Studio | Rumbo Recorders (Los Angeles, California); Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, California). | |||
Genre | Pop, rock | |||
Length | 42:57 | |||
Label | EMI | |||
Producer | Corey Hart, Greg Edward | |||
Corey Hart chronology | ||||
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Bang! is an album by the Canadian musician Corey Hart, released in 1990. [1] [2] It was his last album to chart in the U.S., reaching No. 134, and generated one hit single, "A Little Love", which reached No. 37. [3] Hart supported the album with a North American tour. [4]
The album was recorded in California. [5] The track "Ballade for Nien Cheng" was inspired by Cheng's memoir Life and Death in Shanghai . [6] "Chase the Sun" is a re-recorded version of a track from Hart's previous album, Young Man Running . Kenny Aronoff played drums. [7]
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AllMusic | [8] |
The Toronto Star wrote that Hart's voice "is a martyr's bleat that strains for soulfulness but ends up suggesting something closer to discomfort." [9] The Orlando Sentinel noted Hart's "continuing bid to prove Canadian MOR can be just as middle-of-the-road as American MOR." [10]
All songs written by Corey Hart.
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