Bangin'

Bangin'
Studio album by
the Outfield
Released12 June 1987[1]
Recorded1986
StudioAir, London
GenrePop rock
Length40:36
LabelColumbia
ProducerWilliam Wittman
The Outfield chronology
Play Deep
(1985) 		Bangin'
(1987) 		Voices of Babylon
(1989)

Bangin' is the second album by the English pop rock band the Outfield, released in 1987.[2][3] It yielded the top 40 hit, "Since You've Been Gone". The album also contained two other singles, "No Surrender" and "Bangin' on My Heart". "Bangin' on My Heart" reached number 40 on the Billboard rock chart. The album was certified gold by the RIAA. The band supported the album with a North American tour.[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
New Musical Express3/10[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]
Windsor StarC[4]

The St. Petersburg Times wrote: "The Outfield specializes in what you could call an early '80s American Sound... It's music by recipe: You take hyper-macho hard rock and tone it down so it will appeal to the over-17 set."[9] USA Today called the band a "middleweight, pop-rock group."[10] The Los Angeles Times deemed them "nice, clean Anglo popsters with plenty of teeth in their smiles but none in their music."[6] Newsday opined that some songs "make Bon Jovi sound like innovators, make the Starship seem like a band on the cutting edge."[11]

Track listing

All songs were written by John Spinks except noted.

  1. "Somewhere in America" – 4:12
  2. "Bangin' on My Heart" – 3:57
  3. "No Surrender" – 4:47
  4. "Moving Target" – 4:18
  5. "Long Way Home" (John Spinks, Rick DiFonzo) – 4:22
  6. "Playground" – 4:59
  7. "Alone with You" – 3:17
  8. "Main Attraction" – 3:54
  9. "Better Than Nothing" – 4:04
  10. "Since You've Been Gone" – 4:46

Personnel

The Outfield
  • Tony Lewis – vocals, bass guitar
  • John Spinks – guitar, vocals
  • Alan Jackman – drums
Additional personnel
  • Frank Callaghan – additional vocals
  • Peter Wood – synthesizers on Track 7
  • The Filth Sisters – synthesizers on Track 3
  • Dee Long – synthesizer programming

References

  1. ^ "RIAA".
  2. ^ Rosen, Craig (23 August 1987). "Sophomore Jinx Often Blights Bands That Debut with a Smash". Sun-Sentinel. p. 12J.
  3. ^ "Outfield guitarist says band got picky on album". Show World. Austin American-Statesman. 10 September 1989. p. 7.
  4. ^ a b Laycock, John (11 July 1987). "Record Review". Windsor Star. p. F2.
  5. ^ Bangin' at AllMusic
  6. ^ a b Hochman, Steve (2 August 1987). "Bangin' The Outfield". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 69.
  7. ^ DJ Fontana (7 November 1987). "Terraplane: Moving Target / The Outfield: Bangin". New Musical Express. p. 34.
  8. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 525.
  9. ^ Wamsley, Annelise (26 June 1987). "The Outfield is knocking; will we let them in?". St. Petersburg Times. p. 3D.
  10. ^ Milward, John (2 July 1987). "Popular". USA Today. p. 4D.
  11. ^ Robins, Wayne (6 September 1987). "The Outfield Bangin'". Part II. Newsday. p. 35.


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