Bad Company
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Bad Company
- Artist: Bad Company
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- 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, Rovi| Bad Coffee (1997 Album by Funk d'Void) | |
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Bad Company (album)
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| Studio album by Bad Company | ||||
| Released | 26 June 1974 | |||
| Recorded | November 1973 at Headley Grange, East Hampshire, England[1] | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 34:45 | |||
| Label | Swan Song | |||
| Producer | Bad Company | |||
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| Rolling Stone | favourable[3] |
Bad Company is the eponymous debut studio album by hard rock band Bad Company.
The album was recorded at Headley Grange with Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio in November 1973.[1]
The album peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200.[4] Since then the album has sold in excess of five million copies and has become the 46th best selling album of the 70s.[5] The album spent 25 weeks in the UK Albums Chart, entering at #10 and reaching its highest position of #3 in the second week.[6] Kerrang! magazine listed the album at No. 40 among the "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time".[7]
The singles "Can't Get Enough" and "Movin' On" peaked at #5 and #19 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively.[8] "Rock Steady", "Bad Company" and "Ready for Love" (the latter originally recorded by guitarist Mick Ralphs during his tenure with Mott the Hoople on All the Young Dudes) 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.
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Contents
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Track listing
Side one
- "Can't Get Enough" (Mick Ralphs) – 4:16
- "Rock Steady" (Paul Rodgers) – 3:46
- "Ready for Love" (Ralphs) – 5:01
- "Don't Let Me Down" (Rodgers, Ralphs) – 4:22
Side two
- "Bad Company" (Rodgers, Simon Kirke) – 4:50
- "The Way I Choose" (Rodgers) – 5:05
- "Movin' On" (Ralphs) – 3:21
- "Seagull" (Rodgers, Ralphs) – 4:06
Omitted tracks
- "Superstar Woman" (Rodgers) – 5:04
- This was later re-recorded for the Paul Rodgers 1982 solo studio album Cut Loose.
Non-album tracks
- "Little Miss Fortune" (Rodgers) – 3:53
- Released as the b-side to the "Can't Get Enough" single.
- "Easy on My Soul" (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
Per sleeve notes[1]
- Paul Rodgers – vocals, rhythm guitar on "Can't Get Enough", piano on "Bad Company" and "Don't Let Me Down", all instruments on "Seagull"
- Mick Ralphs– guitar, keyboards on "Ready for Love"
- Simon Kirke – drums
- Boz Burrell – bass
Additional Personnel
Per sleeve notes[1]
- Sue Glover and Sunny Leslie – Backing vocals on "Don't Let Me Down".
- Mel Collins – saxophones
- Ron Fawcus – tape operator
- Hipgnosis – sleeve design, photography
- Ron Nevison – engineer, mixing
- Steve Hoffman – mastering
- Barry Diament – mastering
- Beverly Taddei – production coordination
- Bob Wynne – art direction
Charts
- Album
| Chart (1974) | Peak position |
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| Canada (RPM)[9] | 7 |
| Norway (VG-lista)[10] | 17 |
| UK (The Official Charts Company)[11] | 3 |
| US Billboard 200[4] | 1 |
| Chart (1975) | Peak position |
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| New Zealand (RIANZ)[12] | 27 |
- Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 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 |
References
- ^ a b c d Bad Company (Vinyl sleeve). Bad Company. Island Records. 1974. back cover.
- ^ Baksi, Gautam. Album review Bad Company at Allmusic. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
- ^ Scoppa, Bud. "Album review Bad Company". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/bad-company-19740829. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
- ^ a b "Bad Company - Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bad-company-p3607/charts-awards/billboard-albums. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
- ^ "Bad Company RIAA certification". www.riaa.com. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=bad%20company&artist=&format=&perPage=50.
- ^ "UK chart history - Bad Company Bad Company". www.chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=37717. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ^ Johnson, Howard (21 January 1989). "Bad Company 'Bad Company'". Kerrang!. 222. London, UK: Spotlight Publications Ltd..
- ^ "Bad Company - Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bad-company-p3607/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3859a&type=2&interval=20&PHPSESSID=m89iq841abagb37ld9c0fdc1f3. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Bad Company - Bad Co". norwegiancharts.com. http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Bad+Company&titel=Bad+Co&cat=a. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
- ^ "1974-06-22 Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive". Official Charts. 1974-06-22. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/3/1974-06-22/. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Bad Company - Bad Co". charts.org.nz. http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Bad+Company&titel=Bad+Co&cat=a. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
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