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Bad Company (CD)

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Bad Company Artist Snapshot:

With key members hailing from such storied bands as Mott the Hoople and Free, Bad Company had its hard-rock credentials very much in order from the get-go. On the strength of Paul Rodgers's throaty vocals and Mick Ralphs's simple but memorable power-chord riffs, they became one of the most successful acts of the 1970s.

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DISC 1 for Bad Company (CD) Album By Bad Company (Artist)
1   Can't Get Enough
2   Rock Steady
3   Ready For Love
4   Don't Let Me Down
5   Bad Company
6   Way I Choose
7   Movin' On
8   Seagull
 

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Review

Q (1/95, pp.265-268) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "Sparse, unadorned and tuneful...alternates between good-natured...and soulful ballads....The title tracks became the blueprint for Bon Jovi's career..."

Title Note

Bad Company: Paul Rodgers (vocals, guitar, piano); Mick Ralphs (guitar, keyboards); Boz Burrell (bass instrument); Simon Kirke (drums).

Additional personnel: Mel Collins (saxophone); Sue & Sunny (background vocals).

Recording information: Headley Garage, Hampshire, England (11/1973).

1974's BAD COMPANY laid the groundwork for much of the mainstream hard rock that would dominate FM radio and album sales in the 1970s and '80s. In contrast to the expansive canvases of psychedelic music and the virtuoso excesses of prog rock, Bad Company's debut stripped the blues-rock model down to its essentials, playing muscular, amped-up power chords over driving 4/4 beats. Though the singing of vocalist Paul Rodgers (who had previously been in the blues-based band Free) has a rather flat affect, it is powerful and distinctive, meshing perfectly with the bluesy riffs of guitarist Mick Ralphs.

The tightly structured songs are cut from similar cloth, but the exuberant "Can't Get Enough," the snarling "Bad Company," and moody, spectral "Ready For Love" provide enough variety to keep things interesting. The gentle "Seagull," though uncharacteristically introspective for the band, is one of Rodgers/Ralphs's finest compositions. Subsequent Bad Company albums would rework the same basic themes, but BAD COMPANY, the group's opening salvo, was their defining work. It remains a classic of straightforward, blues-based rock.

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