Bing Bang Boom

Studio album by

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)

Singles from Paint the Town

"Bing Bang Boom"
Released: April 1991
"The Blame"
Released: September 14, 1991
"Baby, I'm Missing You"
Released: January 11, 1992
"Honky Tonk Baby"
Released: May 1992

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic -	^[1]

Bing Bang Boom is the fourth studio album by American country music band Highway 101, released in 1991 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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bing Bang Boom"	Hugh Prestwood	2:29
2.	"Wherever You Are"	Mike Henderson, Mark Irwin	3:19
3.	"The Blame"	Scott "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 Lynn 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
Year	Single	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

^ Owens, Thom. "Highway 101 — Bing Bang Boom". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.

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Paulette Carlson Jack Daniels Curtis Stone Scott "Cactus" Moser Nikki Nelson Chrislynn Lee Charlie White Justin Weaver Andy Gurley
Studio albums	Highway 101 101² Paint the Town Bing Bang Boom The New Frontier Reunited
Compilations	Greatest Hits
Notable singles	"The Bed You Made for Me" "Whiskey, If You Were a Woman" "Somewhere Tonight" "Cry, Cry, Cry" "(Do You Love Me) Just Say Yes" "All the Reasons Why" "Setting Me Up" "Honky Tonk Heart" "Who's Lonely Now" "Walkin', Talkin', Cryin', Barely Beatin' Broken Heart" "This Side of Goodbye" "Someone Else's Trouble Now" "Bing Bang Boom" "Baby, I'm Missing You"
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