holy water

n.
Water blessed by a priest and used for religious purposes.

• Artist: Bad Company
• Rating:
• 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 Title	Composers	Performers	Time
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)

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