Newborn (album)

Newborn
Studio album by James Gang
Released	May 5, 1975
Recorded	1974-1975
Genre	Rock
Length	33:34
Label	Atlantic
Producer	James Gang
James Gang chronology
Miami (1974) Newborn (1975) Jesse Come Home (1976)

Newborn is the eighth album by James Gang, released in 1975, and the only released on Atlantic Records.

Guitarist Tommy Bolin and singer Roy Kenner left the band, and were replaced by guitarist Richard Shack and vocalist Bubba Keith. This album is notable for being perhaps the most boogie-based James Gang release and for featuring a cover of the Elvis Presley classic "Heartbreak Hotel".

Both Newborn and its follow-up Jesse Come Home have been reissued on one CD by Wounded Bird Records.

The album cover artwork features a reproduction of Salvador Dali's "Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of the New Man"

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Writing for Allmusic, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote of the album "The record was another collection of mediocre songs—a problem that plagued the band ever since the departure of Joe Walsh in 1971."^[1]

Track listing

All songs by Bubba Keith & Richard Shack, except where noted.

1. "Merry-Go-Round" – 3:05
2. "Gonna Get By" (Bubba Keith, Mark Smith) – 3:59
3. "Earthshaker" (Keith) – 3:48
4. "All I Have" – 2:17
5. "Watch It" (Keith) – 3:32
6. "Driftin' Dreamer" – 3:31
7. "Shoulda' Seen Your Face" – 3:46
8. "Come With Me" – 2:30
9. "Heartbreak Hotel" (Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley) – 2:15
10. "Red Satin Lover" – 2:17
11. "Cold Wind" – 2:34

Personnel

• Bubba Keith – guitars, vocals
• Richard Shack – guitars, vocals
• Dale Peters – bass guitar, percussion, vocals
• Jim Fox – drums, percussion, keyboards, vocals
• Al Perkins – guitars
• David Briggs – keyboards
• Kenneth Hamann – keyboards, synthesizer
• Don Brooks – harmonica
• George Ricci – cello

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1975	Pop Albums	97

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Newborn > Review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r10179. Retrieved July 9, 2011.