James Gang Rides Again

James Gang Rides Again (alternatively known as simply Rides Again)^[1] is the second studio album by American rock band James Gang. The album was released on the label ABC Records. It is the James Gang's first album to feature bassist Dale Peters.

James Gang Rides Again
Studio album by James Gang
Released	July 1970
Recorded	November 1969
Studio	Record Plant (Los Angeles)
Genre	Hard rock blues rock folk rock
Length	35:09
Label	ABC
Producer	Bill Szymczyk
James Gang chronology
Yer' Album (1969) James Gang Rides Again (1970) Thirds (1971)

Critical reception and legacy

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	B−[3]

Writing for AllMusic, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote of the album "With their second album Rides Again, the James Gang came into their own... Walsh's songwriting had improved, giving the band solid support for their stylistic experiments. What ties the two sides of the record together is the strength of the band's musicianship, which burns brightly and powerfully on the hardest rockers, as well as on the sensitive ballads."^[2] Music critic John Swenson named it "one of the most important rock records of the Seventies."^[4]

In 1999, Fatboy Slim sampled the string coda of the song "Ashes the Rain and I" from the album on his track "Right Here, Right Now".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Joe Walsh, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Funk #49"	Fox, Peters, Walsh	3:54
2.	"Asshtonpark"	Fox, Peters, Walsh	2:01
3.	"Woman"	Fox, Peters, Walsh	4:37
4.	"The Bomber: "Closet Queen"/ "Boléro"/ "Cast Your Fate to the Wind"	Fox, Peters, Walsh, Maurice Ravel, Vince Guaraldi	7:04
5.	"Tend My Garden"		5:45
6.	"Garden Gate"		1:36
7.	"There I Go Again"		2:51
8.	"Thanks"		2:21
9.	"Ashes the Rain and I"	Peters, Walsh	5:00
Total length:			35:09

On the initial pressings of James Gang Rides Again, a 1:25 electric rendition of Maurice Ravel's "Boléro" is interpolated into the song "The Bomber." Ravel's estate threatened suit against both the James Gang and ABC Records for its unauthorized use.^[5] As a result, the track was edited, and the "Boléro" section was removed on most subsequent pressings of the album. The edited song's running time on such pressings is 5:39. Some late 1970s LP pressings included "Boléro" by mistake, and the most recent CD re-issue of Rides Again contains the full version of "The Bomber," with the "Boléro" section restored.

Personnel

James Gang

• Joe Walsh – electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, vocals, liner notes
• Dale Peters – bass guitar, 12 string acoustic guitar ("Ashes the Rain and I")
• Jim Fox – drums, percussion

Additional

• Rusty Young – pedal steel guitar ("There I Go Again")

Production

• Bill Szymczyk – production, engineer, remastering
• Mike D. Stone – engineer
• Ted Jensen – remastering
• Dale Peters – liner notes
• Jim Fox – liner notes
• Tom Wright – photography