Bang Bang (Kelly Willis album) explained

Bang Bang
Type:	Album
Artist:	Kelly Willis
Cover:	KellyWillisBangBang.jpg
Released:	1991
Genre:	Country
Label:	MCA
Producer:	Tony Brown
Prev Title:	Well Travelled Love
Prev Year:	1990
Next Title:	Kelly Willis
Next Year:	1993

Bang Bang is an album by country music artist Kelly Willis, released in 1991 on MCA Records.^[1] 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 No. 51 on the charts.

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

• • All information taken from allmusic.
• Kelly Willis

Lead Vocals

• Richard Bennett, Bernie Leadon: Acoustic Guitar
• Bernie Leadon, Steuart Smith: Electric guitar
• Steuart Smith: Slide Guitar
• Paul Franklin

Steel Guitar

• John Barlow Jarvis

Keyboards

• Leland Sklar, Michael Rhodes, Brad Fordham: Bass guitar
• Larrie Londin, Mas Palermo: Drums, Percussion
• Harry Stinson, Billy Thomas, Anthony Crawford, Kelly Willis: Background Vocals

Notes and References

1. Web site: KELLY WILLIS, CRACKING INTO COUNTRY. Richard. Harrington. August 10, 1991. www.washingtonpost.com.