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Water blessed by a priest and used for religious purposes.


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holy water, in Christian churches, water blessed to symbolize spiritual cleansing. In Roman Catholic churches there is a bowl (stoup or font) of holy water near the doors, so that the faithful may bless themselves with it on entering. Holy water is a sacramental and is used in formal blessings, including the asperges.


Album Review: Holy Water
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  • Artist: Bad Company
  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Release Date: 1990 06
  • Total Time: 53:27
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Bad Company's last platinum album, Holy Water is a formulaic yet reasonably engaging collection of AOR hard rock. Although the only original members on Holy Water are guitarist Mick Ralphs and drummer Simon Kirke, the band does a fair job of approximating the sound of classic Bad Company while adding enough elements of '80s pop-metal to make the record appealing to teenagers who grew up on power ballads. And the band does turn in a first-rate power ballad with "If You Needed Somebody," which rose all the way to number 16 on the singles chart. Surprisingly, that was one of three hits from the album -- "Holy Water" and "Walk Through Fire" also received a fair amount of airplay. What that success signals is not a creative rebirth for Bad Company, but that the group knew how to follow a formula very well. Holy Water hasn't aged as well as their original hit albums -- instead of the clean, ballsy attack of Bad Company and Straight Shooter, it's awash in echo and synths -- but it is a finely crafted, big-budget record of the late '80s and early '90s. It's just as indicative of its era as Bad Company is. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Holy Water (Lyrics) Terry Thomas, Brian Howe Bad Company
Walk Through Fire (Lyrics) Bad Company
Stranger Stranger Terry Thomas, Simon Kirke, Brian Howe Bad Company
If You Needed Somebody Brian Howe, Terry Thomas Bad Company
Fearless Bad Company
Lay Your Love on Me Bad Company
Boys Cry Tough (Lyrics) Brian Howe, Terry Thomas Bad Company
With You in a Heartbeat Brian Howe, Terry Thomas Bad Company
I Don't Care Bad Company
Never Too Late Bad Company
Dead of the Night (Lyrics) Bad Company
I Can't Live Without You (Lyrics) Mick Ralphs, Terry Thomas Bad Company
100 Miles Simon Kirke Bad Company

Credits

Simon Kirke (Vocals), Rick Smith (Accordion), Terry Thomas (Producer), Simon Kirke (Guitar (Acoustic)), Terry Thomas (Guitar), Brian Howe (Vocals), Simon Kirke (Guitar), Rafe McKenna (Mixing), Terry Thomas (Mixing), Derek McCartney (Assistant Engineer), Tony Harris (Engineer), Felix Krish (Bass), Andrew Scarth (Engineer), Tina Egan (Vocals (Background)), Simon Kirke (Drums), Terry Thomas (Organ (Hammond)), Andrew Scarth (Producer), Lea Hart (Vocals (Background)), Terry Thomas (Vocals (Background)), Tony Harris (Producer), Terry Thomas (Percussion), Mick Ralphs (Guitar)
Wikipedia: Holy Water
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Holy Water
Studio album by Bad Company
Released June 12, 1990
Recorded 1989–1990
Genre Hard rock
Length 53:27
Label Atco Records
Producer Tony Harris,
Andrew Scarth,
Terry Thomas
Professional reviews
Bad Company chronology
Dangerous Age
(1988)
Holy Water
(1990)
Here Comes Trouble
(1992)

Holy Water is the ninth studio album by hard rock band Bad Company, with Brian Howe in place of Paul Rodgers as lead vocalist, released in June 1990 (see 1990 in music). The singles on the album all received moderate radio airplay. These include the title track, "Holy Water", power ballad "If You Needed Somebody" (which rose to #16 on the charts), and "Walk Through Fire" along with "Boys Cry Tough" both received significant airplay. With slick arena-ready production, this was the last album by Bad Company to go Platinum.

Track listing

All songs written by Brian Howe and Terry Thomas, except where noted.

  1. "Holy Water"
  2. "Walk Through Fire"
  3. "Stranger Stranger" (Brian Howe, Simon Kirke, Terry Thomas)
  4. "If You Needed Somebody"
  5. "Fearless"
  6. "Lay Your Love on Me" (Mick Ralphs)
  7. "Boys Cry Tough"
  8. "With You in a Heartbeat"
  9. "I Don't Care"
  10. "Never Too Late" (Mick Ralphs, Terry Thomas)
  11. "Dead of the Night" (Mick Ralphs, Terry Thomas)
  12. "I Can't Live Without You" (Mick Ralphs, Terry Thomas)
  13. "100 Miles" (Simon Kirke)

Personnel

Additional notes

Catalogue: (LP) Atco 91371, (CD) Atco 91371-2



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