Bing Bang Boom

Bing Bang Boom
Studio album by Highway 101
Released	1991
Recorded	The SoundShop, The Money Pit and Javelina West, Nashville, TN
Genre	Country
Length	34:56
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Paul Worley and Ed Seay
Highway 101 chronology
Greatest Hits (1990) Bing Bang Boom (1991) The New Frontier (1993)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic -	[1]

Bing Bang Boom is a 1991 album by the American country music band Highway 101. It was the band's first release following the departure of original lead singer Paulette Carlson, with Nikki Nelson on lead vocals. The album's title track was its first single, reaching #14 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts.^[2] After it came "The Blame" at #31, "Baby, I'm Missing You" at #22 and "Honky Tonk Baby" at #54.

Track listing

1. "Bing Bang Boom" (Hugh Prestwood) – 2:29
2. "Wherever You Are" (Mike Henderson, Mark Irwin) – 3:19
3. "The Blame" (Cactus Moser, Paul Nelson, Gene Nelson) – 3:46
4. "Storm of Love" (Moser, Gary Chapman, Michael James) – 3:01
5. "'Til I Get It Right" (Red Lane, Larry Henley) – 3:59
6. "Restless Kind" (Henderson) – 3:40
7. "Honky Tonk Baby" (Henderson, Irwin) – 2:56
8. "River of Tears" (Curtis Stone, Eric Silver) – 2:46
9. "Baby, I'm Missing You" (Steve Seskin, Nancy Montgomery) – 2:53
10. "Desperate" (Curtis Stone, Randy Boudreaux, Sam Hogin) – 2:45
11. "Big City Bound" (Joy White, Herb McCullough) – 3:08

Personnel

Highway 101

• Jack Daniels – electric guitar, background vocals
• Cactus Moser – drums, background vocals
• Nikki Nelson – rhythm guitar, lead vocals
• Curtis Stone – bass guitar, background vocals

Additional musicians

• Buddy Emmons – pedal steel guitar
• Dave Flint – acoustic guitar
• John Hobbs – piano
• Bill Hullett – mandolin
• John "Skink" Noreen – pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
• Tommy Spurlock – electric Dobro, pedal steel guitar
• Harry Stinson – background vocals
• Dennis Wilson – background vocals
• Paul Worley – acoustic guitar

String section on "Till I Get It Right" by The A-Strings, conducted by Conni Ellisor, arranged by Bergen White.

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1991)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	36

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country	CAN Country
1991	"Bing Bang Boom"	14	27
	"The Blame"	31	27
	"Baby, I'm Missing You"	22	18
1992	"Honky Tonk Baby"	54	26

References

1. Owens, Thom. "Highway 101 — Bing Bang Boom". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 188. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.