Bang! (World Party album)

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All tracks are written by Karl Wallinger, with additional writers noted.

Bang!
World Party Bang UK original.jpg
Studio album by
World Party
Released20 April 1993 (1993-04-20)
StudioSeaview Studios (London)
Genre Rock
Length52:22
Label Ensign
Producer Karl Wallinger
World Party chronology
Goodbye Jumbo
(1990)		Bang!
(1993)		 Egyptology
(1997)
Singles from Bang!
  1. "Is It Like Today?"
    Released: 29 March 1993 [1]
  2. "Give It All Away"
    Released: 28 June 1993 [2]
  3. "All I Gave"
    Released: 20 September 1993 [3]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Kingdom Come" 5:27
2."Is It Like Today?" 5:11
3."What Is Love All About?" 4:06
4."And God Said..." Guy Chambers 0:26
5."Give It All Away" 4:23
6."Sooner or Later" 4:34
7."Hollywood" 4:09
8."Radio Days"Chambers, David Caitlin-Birch4:53
9."Rescue Me" 6:06
10."Sunshine" 4:31
11."All I Gave" 3:47
12."Give It All Away (Reprise)" 4:48
13."Kuwait City" (Hidden track after 21:36 of silence) 3:11
Total length:55:32
Bonus Tracks (Japan)
No.TitleLength
1."Basically"4:48
2."Closer Still"1:07
3."World Without Love" (From the compilation album "Ruby Trax – The NME's Roaring Forty")3:11
Total length:64:38

Personnel

Band

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Bang!
Chart (1993)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [10] 40
Canadian Albums Chart [11] 49
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [12] 55
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [13] 69
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [14] 9
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [15] 29
UK Albums Chart [16] 2
US Billboard 200 126

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [17] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 27 March 1993. p. 27.
  2. ↑ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 26 June 1992. p. 27.
  3. ↑ "Singles Releases". Music Week. 18 September 1993. p. 25.Misprinted as the previous week, 13 September, on source.
  4. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Bang! – World Party". AllMusic . Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  5. ↑ Kot, Greg (20 May 1993). "World Party: Bang! (Ensign)". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  6. ↑ Hochman, Steve (23 May 1993). "World Party 'Bang' Chrysalis". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  7. ↑ Bailie, Stuart (17 April 1993). "Long Play: Exploding Drastic Inevitable". New Musical Express . p. 29.
  8. ↑ Sutcliffe, Phil (May 1993). "Irresistible". Q . No. 80. p. 100.
  9. ↑ Sprague, David (8–22 July 1993). "World Party: Bang". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on 25 December 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  10. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – World Party – Bang!". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  11. ↑ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 57, No. 21 Jun 05, 1993". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  12. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – World Party – Bang!" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  13. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – World Party – Bang!" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  14. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – World Party – Bang!". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  15. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – World Party – Bang!". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  16. ↑ "Artists". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  17. ↑ "British album certifications – World Party – Bang". British Phonographic Industry.


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