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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Bad Company's second album, 1974's "Straight Shooter", may not be quite as strong as its predecessor, although it does come close. But it's still better than anything than Bad Company put out afterwards, and it stands alongside their self-titled debut LP as the group's strongest effort.
And it features two real 70s rock classics, the ballad "Shooting Star", and the Grammy-winning "Feel Like Makin' Love", a slow tune that opens with a folkish acoustic guitar riff, before evolving into a swaggering, guitar-driven blues-rock workout.
The ballad-slash-slow blues "Weep No More", written by drummer Simon Kirke, is excellent as well, and "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" and "Deal With The Preacher" are good, solid hard rock. Lead guitarist Mick Ralphs is particularly excellent all the way through.
The remaining three songs are slightly less remarkable ("Wild Fire Woman" has a pretty catchy chorus, though), but "Straight Shooter" remains a good, solid collecion of 70s rock, and one of Bad Company's two must-own albums.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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Ignore the previous reviewer's comments this is Bad Company at their very best and easily compares with their stunning debut. Like that debut this 1975 follow up is chock full of classics from the stomping Good Lovin' Gone Bad, the bump n' grind sweatfest of Feel Like Makin' Love (surely one of Rock's horniest paeans to the horizontal art), raw Blues/Rock of Deal With The Preacher and Mick Ralph's mesmerising slide riffs on the scorching Wild Fire Woman. With Paul Rodgers amazing soulful vocals, Mick Ralph's tasty and economic riffs, Simon Kirke's rock solid drums and Boz Burrel's sinuous bass lines this album cemented Bad Co's position as peerless blues/rock giants who took up that mantle after Led Zep's more experimental forays (Houses of the Holy, Physical Graffiti) saw them moving away into more prog flavoured waters. With Bad Co what you get is no frills, no fuss, no histrionics and no flabby excess just pure stonking blues filled whiskey soaked rock with great melodies and incredible hooks. The albums highlight is undoubtedly Shooting Star an epic tale of a guitar gunslinger who hits the big time only to die tragically - considering Rodgers' old sparring partner in Free Paul Kossoff died less than a year after this album's release it now seems oddly prophetic and would stand as the perfect eulogy on the great Koss's extraordinary talents. The sweet honky tonk of Weep No More with it's acoustic guitar and orchestral strings is simple and emotional with none of that cloying sentimental cheesiness that affects rock bands when they go for a hit ballad (Whitesnake anyone?). Likewise the soulful Anna and Call On Me, with it's tasteful keys, recall the stunning ballads of Rodgers previous band Free and so make this album a perfect package - and a firm fan with female rockers too.
Sadly the rot began to set in with the next album Run With The Pack and by 77's Burning Sky Bad Co were a pale shadow of a once great band. This album is their peak and should be in the collection of any fan of classic driving bluesy rock.
Sadly the rot began to set in with the next album Run With The Pack and by 77's Burning Sky Bad Co were a pale shadow of a once great band. This album is their peak and should be in the collection of any fan of classic driving bluesy rock.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Many would agree that this album represents Bad Company at their most confident. Does that translate to quality? I say it does. This is their greatest achievement.
Contrary to popular belief, this was not a copy of the first BC album. SS is sassier, heavier, and more consistent, viz:
Good Lovin' Gone Bad - It may have those Ralphs trademarks, but is certainly not a Can't Get Enough clone. For a start, it was never a Mott the Hoople song! (CGE actually dates from 1970, when MtH were an Island Band.) This is tough hard rock at its most memorable, and crunchy.
Feel Like Making Love - A unique (apart from track 4) mix of acoustic wistfulness and heavy rock fire. Outrageous, in a nice way. And who can argue with THAT guitar solo?
Weep No More - A beautiful song that shows what a romantic Simon Kirke is. The other three make this a sublime moment too. Perfect.
Shooting Star - Structured like track 2, but still its own song. Simple but very effective. The heaviness that brings the song to its climax is again shocking amongst the country-esque charm of the verses.
Deal with the Preacher - Heavy and funky (hear Boz' clever bass-lines), with a great lyric about indecision over commitment. A great fave with the late Tommy Vance, bless him. One of Ralphs' greatest solos, rivalling Blackmore or Santana at the time.
Wildfire Women - The sort of laid-back heaviness that Bad Co excelled at. Slide guitar adds a certain musical menace. This shows Rodgers stretching out more than any other song I can think of. A gem.
Anna - Again Mr Kirke does the heartfelt thing. Possibly the most Free-like moment here. No flash, just feeling.
Call on Me - The perfect way to end an album. This is an uptempo ballad, with a funky backbeat. The lyrics are as evocative as the music. And one should again mention Ralphs' guitar artistry. He puts emotion before technique, but has the technical ability to make it work.
Sorry this review is so overwhelmingly positive - this can make for very boring reading! - but this album is so inspired and well-made that I couldn't find a single fault to get arty (or arsey) over. Buy with confidence.
Contrary to popular belief, this was not a copy of the first BC album. SS is sassier, heavier, and more consistent, viz:
Good Lovin' Gone Bad - It may have those Ralphs trademarks, but is certainly not a Can't Get Enough clone. For a start, it was never a Mott the Hoople song! (CGE actually dates from 1970, when MtH were an Island Band.) This is tough hard rock at its most memorable, and crunchy.
Feel Like Making Love - A unique (apart from track 4) mix of acoustic wistfulness and heavy rock fire. Outrageous, in a nice way. And who can argue with THAT guitar solo?
Weep No More - A beautiful song that shows what a romantic Simon Kirke is. The other three make this a sublime moment too. Perfect.
Shooting Star - Structured like track 2, but still its own song. Simple but very effective. The heaviness that brings the song to its climax is again shocking amongst the country-esque charm of the verses.
Deal with the Preacher - Heavy and funky (hear Boz' clever bass-lines), with a great lyric about indecision over commitment. A great fave with the late Tommy Vance, bless him. One of Ralphs' greatest solos, rivalling Blackmore or Santana at the time.
Wildfire Women - The sort of laid-back heaviness that Bad Co excelled at. Slide guitar adds a certain musical menace. This shows Rodgers stretching out more than any other song I can think of. A gem.
Anna - Again Mr Kirke does the heartfelt thing. Possibly the most Free-like moment here. No flash, just feeling.
Call on Me - The perfect way to end an album. This is an uptempo ballad, with a funky backbeat. The lyrics are as evocative as the music. And one should again mention Ralphs' guitar artistry. He puts emotion before technique, but has the technical ability to make it work.
Sorry this review is so overwhelmingly positive - this can make for very boring reading! - but this album is so inspired and well-made that I couldn't find a single fault to get arty (or arsey) over. Buy with confidence.
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Revisiting an old favourite
I bought the vynl version of 'straight Shooter' shortly after it was released. I loved Free and Bad Company a good combination of solid rock and blues. Read more
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Published on 21 Nov 2009 by Gheos9
Very bad!
Having enjoyed listening to Bad Company's debut album for over 30 years (not continuously, mind), I was looking forward to at last giving the rest of their output a listen. Read more
Published on 16 May 2009 by E. Heel
Great band - did they really fulfil their potential ?
I have to agree with most of the comments from all the reviewers here with particular reference to "Shooting Star" and "Feel Like Makin' Love". Read more
Published on 3 July 2008 by SMc
Weak Follow-Up
As a Free fan, I was pleasantly surprised by Bad Co's debut, so the release of this one was eagerly awaited. Read more
Published on 18 July 2007 by eadgbe
Two hits but the rest is Bad Company leftovers and filler
"Straight Shooter" is a rather ironic title because for Bad Company's second album, which came out in 1975 a year after their multi-platinum self-titled debut, because a lot of... Read more
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If you never buy any other Bad Company CD, buy this. It is the ultimate compact jewel of what this group is all about. Read more
Published on 29 Oct 2003 by Valerie A Whitehill
Much Of The Same
I felt like giving it four stars but it is better than that. Mainly the same formula that worked so well on their debut set, this has a bit of a kick to it, the original just pips... Read more
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