| Bang | ||||
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| Released | September 1973 | |||
| Recorded | March 1973 | |||
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| Genre | Rock, hard rock | |||
| Length | 38:03 | |||
| Label | Atco | |||
| Producer | James Gang | |||
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Bang is the sixth studio album by James Gang, released in 1973. This is the first James Gang album featuring lead guitarist Tommy Bolin after Domenic Troiano left the band.
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
Writing for AllMusic, critic David Jeffries wrote the album "feels less like a band album and more like talented studio musicians on the loose, but die-hard fans of either the Gang or the late Bolin will enjoy it, if only in fits and starts." [1]
All songs by Tommy Bolin and John Tesar except where noted.
Album - Billboard (United States)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1972 | Billboard 200 | 122 |
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