Bang Bang (Kelly Willis album)

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Bang Bang
KellyWillisBangBang.jpg
Studio album by
Released1991
Genre Country
Label MCA Records
Producer Tony Brown
Kelly Willis chronology
Well Travelled Love
(1990)
Bang Bang
(1991)
Kelly Willis
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide B+ [3]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [4]

Bang Bang is an album by country music artist Kelly Willis, released in 1991 on MCA Records. [5] It received little attention from country radio, although it was the biggest-selling of her three MCA albums. It includes the Billboard minor country hit "Baby Take a Piece of My Heart," which rose to #51 on the charts.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "I'll Try Again" (Jim Lauderdale, Monte Warden) – 2:55
  2. "Too Much to Ask" (Mas Palermo) – 3:10
  3. "The Heart That Love Forgot" (Kostas, Palermo) – 3:07
  4. "Sincerely (Too Late to Turn Back Now)" (Steve Earle, Robert Earl Keen) – 4:39
  5. "Baby Take a Piece of My Heart" (Kostas, Kelly Willis) – 3:44
  6. "Bang Bang" (Clavelle Isnard) – 3:16
  7. "Hidden Things" (Paul Kelly) – 4:08
  8. "Not Afraid of the Dark" (Lauderdale) – 4:36
  9. "Standing by the River" (Tom Clifford) – 3:09
  10. "Settle for Love" (Joe Ely) – 3:40

Personnel

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