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- Bangin'
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The Outfield
Released 1986

Since You've Been Gone
04:46
5,339 plays

Alone With You
03:17
2,935 plays

Bangin' On My Heart
03:57
2,795 plays

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- 1
- Somewhere In America
- 04:12
- 2,486 plays

- 2
- Bangin' On My Heart
- 03:57
- 2,795 plays

- 3
- No Surrender
- 04:47
- 2,553 plays

- 4
- Moving Target
- 04:18
- 2,180 plays

- 5
- Long Way Home
- 04:22
- 2,208 plays

- 6
- Playground
- 04:59
- 2,285 plays

- 7
- Alone With You
- 03:17
- 2,935 plays

- 8
- Main Attraction
- 03:54
- 1,887 plays

- 9
- Better Than Nothing
- 04:03
- 1,757 plays

- 10
- Since You've Been Gone
- 04:46
- 5,339 plays

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album review

Although Bangin'was not as huge as the Outfield's runaway debut, it's still another flawless piece of pop craft. This trio knows hooks and is never afraid to use them. Swirling in the center, as always, is the precise and economic guitar of John Spinkswhose sentimental songwriting becomes even more forlorn and desperate when passing though the pipes of sonorous singer Tony Lewis. Most songs are variations on the classic unrequited love theme, and thus avoid pretension like (gasp!) early Beatles. Plus, the impassioned vocal delivery over tight playing constantly pulls the listener inside the soaring songs. And in the end, the songs are all that matter. "Bangin' on My Heart," "No Surrender," "Moving Target," "Main Attraction," and "Since You've Been Gone" pack picture-perfect power punches. In fact, Bangin' maintains a consistent quality exclusive to only the upper echelon of rock. Mistakenly lost in the Police files, the Outfield are a true find, and Bangin' deserves any pop fan's attention. ~ Doug Stone, All Music Guide