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  • Artist: Bad Company
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1974 06
  • Total Time: 34:35
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Bad Company's 1974 self-titled release stands as one of the most important and accomplished debut hard rock albums from the '70s. Though hardly visionary, it was one of the most successful steps in the continuing evolution of rock & roll, riding on the coattails of achievement from artists like the Eagles and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. From the simple electric guitar lick on "Can't Get Enough" to the haunting bassline in "Bad Company" and the fast beats of "Movin' On," Bad Company exemplified raw rock & roll at its best. Erupting out of an experimental period created by the likes of Pink Floyd, Bad Company signified a return to more primal, stripped-down rock & roll. Even while labelmates Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy and IV featured highly acclaimed, colorful album artwork, Bad Company's austere black and white record cover stood out in stark contrast. Six years later, AC/DC used the same idea on their smash Back in Black. Throughout the 35-minute album, Paul Rodgers' mesmerizing and gritty vocals hardly vary in tonal quality, offering a perfect complement to Mick Ralphs' blues-based guitar work. Several songs include three-chord verses offset by unembellished, distorted choruses, filled rich with Rodgers' cries. Bad Company is an essential addition to the rock & roll library; clearly influential to '70s and '80s hard rock bands like Tom Petty, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Boston. ~ Gautam Baksi, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Can't Get Enough (Lyrics) Mick Ralphs Bad Company (4:16)
Rock Steady (Lyrics) Paul Rodgers Bad Company (3:50)
Ready for Love (Lyrics) Mick Ralphs Bad Company (5:01)
Don't Let Me Down (Lyrics) Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs Bad Company (4:23)
Bad Company (Lyrics) Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke, Derek Ridgers Bad Company (4:48)
The Way I Choose Paul Rodgers Bad Company (5:15)
Movin' On (Lyrics) Mick Ralphs Bad Company (3:27)
Seagull (Lyrics) Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs Bad Company (4:05)

Credits

Bad Company (Producer), Bad Company (Main Performer), Paul Rodgers (Guitar), Paul Rodgers (Piano), Paul Rodgers (Accordion), Paul Rodgers (Vocals), Paul Rodgers (Multi Instruments), Paul Rodgers (Instrumentation), Paul Rodgers (Group Member), Sue Glover (Vocals), Sunny Leslie (Vocals), Boz Burrell (Bass), Boz Burrell (Group Member), Mel Collins (Saxophone), Barry Diament (Mastering), Simon Kirke (Drums), Simon Kirke (Group Member), Ron Nevison (Engineer), Ron Nevison (Mixing), Mick Ralphs (Guitar), Mick Ralphs (Keyboards), Mick Ralphs (Group Member), Terry Thomas (Producer), Sonny (Vocals (Background)), Ron Fawcus (Tape Operator), Hipgnosis [Design Group] (Photography), Bob Wynne (Art Direction), Steve Hoffman (Mastering), Beverly Taddei (Production Coordination)
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Bad Company
Studio album by Bad Company
Released 26 June 1974
Recorded November 1973 at Headley Grange
Genre Hard rock
Length 34:49
Label Swan Song
Island Records (UK)
Producer Bad Company
Professional reviews
Bad Company chronology
Bad Company
(1974)		 Straight Shooter
(1975)
This article is about the rock album. For other uses see Bad company (disambiguation)

Bad Company is the eponymous debut album by hard rock band Bad Company.

The album was recorded at Headley Grange with Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio in November 1973.

The album peaked at #1 on the Billboard's Pop Albums chart (North America). Since then the album has sold in excess of five million copies according to the RIAA.[1]

The singles "Can't Get Enough" (which was to feature in an advertisement for Levi's jeans in 1999) and "Movin' On" peaked at #5 and #19 respectively. "Rock Steady", "Bad Company" and "Ready for Love" (the latter originally recorded by BadCo guitarist Mick Ralphs during his tenure with Mott the Hoople) are also "classic rock" radio staples.

In 2006 a limited edition CD of 24K Gold was released. It had taken over a year to find the original master tapes, then the analog masters were put through proprietary A/D converter. Another remaster was previously released in 1994.

Contents

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Can't Get Enough" (Mick Ralphs) - 4:16
  2. "Rock Steady" (Paul Rodgers) - 3:46
  3. "Ready for Love" (Mick Ralphs) - 5:01
  4. "Don't Let Me Down" (Paul Rodgers/Mick Ralphs) - 4:22

Side two

  1. "Bad Company" (Paul Rodgers/Simon Kirke) - 4:50
  2. "The Way I Choose" (Paul Rodgers) - 5:05
  3. "Movin' On" (Mick Ralphs) - 3:21
  4. "Seagull" (Paul Rodgers/Mick Ralphs) - 4:06

Omitted tracks

  1. "Superstar Woman" (Paul Rodgers) - 5:04
    • This was later re-recorded for the Paul Rodgers 1982 solo studio album Cut Loose.

Non-album tracks

  1. "Little Miss Fortune" (Paul Rodgers) - 3:53
    • Released as the b-side to the "Can't Get Enough" single.
  2. "Easy on My Soul" (Paul Rodgers) - 4:11
    • Re-recording of an old Free track from their 1973 studio album Heartbreaker, it was released as the b-side to the "Movin' On" single.

Personnel

Additional personnel

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1974 Pop Albums 1


Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1974 "Can't Get Enough" Pop Singles 5
1975 "Movin' On" Pop Singles 19


Preceded by
Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder		 Billboard 200 number-one album
September 28 - October 4, 1974		 Succeeded by
Endless Summer by The Beach Boys
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Bad Company
Paul Rodgers · Mick Ralphs · Boz Burrell · Simon Kirke
Brian Howe · Robert Hart · Steve Price · Felix Krish · Rick Wills · Dave "Bucket" Colwell · Jaz Lochrie · Mark Wolfe
Studio albums
Live albums
Films and videos
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See also

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