Gangagain

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GangAGAIN
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Studio album by
GANGgajang
Released18 September 1987
Label True Tone Records/Polygram Records
GANGgajang chronology
GANGgajang
(1985)		GangAGAIN
(1987)		 True to the Tone
(1990)
Singles from GangAGAIN
  1. "Initiation"
    Released: 1986
  2. "American Money"
    Released: 27 July 1987 [1]
  3. "Luck of the Irish"
    Released: 1987

Gangagain (styled as GangAGAIN) is the second studio album recorded by Australian band GANGgajang. It was released in 1987 by True Tone Records and distributed by Polygram Records.

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Mark Callaghan unless otherwise indicated. [2]

  1. "Tree of Love"
  2. "Luck of the Irish"
  3. "In Spite of Love" (Geoffrey Stapleton) [2]
  4. "Roof Only Leaks (When It's Raining)" (Graham Bidstrup, Robert James, Callaghan, Kayellen Bidstrup) [2]
  5. "Initiation" (Callaghan, G Bidstrup) [2]
  6. "Thanks to Dave" (G Bidstrup, Callaghan) [2]
  7. "American Money" (Stapleton) [2]
  8. "Live and Learn"
  9. "Fire of Genius" (K Bidstrup, G Bidstrup, Stapleton) [2]
  10. "The Rise and the Rise of the Reverend Bobby's Buskers"
  11. "Baby has Eyes for You " (James) [2]

Charts

Chart (1987)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [3] 51

Personnel

Gang Gajang

Additional Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "Australian Music Report No 679 – 27 July 1987 > Singles: New Releases". Imgur.com (original document published by Australian Music Report). Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Australasian Performing Right Association Archived January 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.


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