Bad Company - Bad Company (2LP, 45RPM)
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- Paul Rodgers – vocals, rhythm and acoustic guitars, piano (B2, C1), tambourine (D2)
- Mick Ralphs – lead guitar (all tracks except D2), keyboards (B1, C2)
- Boz Burrell – bass (all tracks except D2)
- Simon Kirke – drums (all tracks except D2)
Sue Glover and Sunny Leslie – backing vocals
Mel Collins – saxophones
Written by Mick Ralphs (A1, B1-2, D1-2), Paul Rodgers (A2, B2, C1-2, D2), Simon Kirke (C1)
2 LP, Gatefold jacket printed by Stoughton Printing Co.
First 2000 copies are numbered
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 45RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : Analogue Productions Atlantic 75 Series
Original Label : Atlantic
Recorded in November 1973 at Headley Grange Studio, East Hampshire, England
Engineered and mixed by Ron Nevison
Tape operator - Ron Fawcus
Produced by Bad Company
Mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound
Sleeve design and photography by Hipgnosis
Originally released in May 1974
Reissued in December 2023
Tracks :
Side A:
- Can't Get Enough
- Rock Steady
Side B:
- Ready for Love
- Don't Let Me Down
Side C:
- Bad Company
- The Way I Choose
Side D:
- Movin' On
- Seagull
Awards:
Kerrang! magazine listed the album at No. 40 among the 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time
Included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
Ranked number 323 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums
Reviews :
“From the wreckage of Free came Bad Company, a group fronted by singer Paul Rodgers and featuring his drummer bandmate Simon Kirke, Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs, and King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell. The latter is something of a ringer, suggesting an undercurrent of adventure in the band, but as the group's eponymous 1974 debut decidedly proves, the band is proudly not progressive. If anything, Bad Company excise the excesses of Free -- there are no winding jams and very little added color by way of pianos or even air in the production; those two tricks are evident on their title track/rallying call "Bad Company," and the details make a difference, as do the pastoral acoustics of the closing "Seagull" -- reducing their rock & roll to a strong, heavy crunch; compare "Ready for Love," a tune Ralphs brought over from Mott the Hoople, to the original to see how these quartet members keep their heads down as they do their business. Appropriately enough given their name, there's a sense of slow, churning menace to Bad Company. Even the quickest songs -- the blues boogies of "Can't Get Enough" and "Movin' On" -- don't exactly proceed at a rapid clip, a steadiness that makes the quartet seem heavier. It's hard rock painted in stark black & white: cranked guitars mirrored by a deliberate wallop from the rhythm section, a rock & roll so loud and basic it wound up not aging much at all even though it pretty much defined mid-'70s album rock.” AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Rating
AllMusic 4.5 / 5 , Discogs 4.92 / 5