Newborn is the eighth studio 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 Dalí's "Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of the New Man"

Critical reception

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."

Track listing

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

Personnel

Sales chart performance

Album - Billboard (United States)