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Bad Company [Original recording remastered]

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  • Audio CD (26 Sep 1994)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: Swansong
  • ASIN: B000002JSL
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,559 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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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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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 "BadCompany", 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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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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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The first album from Bad Co. is also the best, 27 Jul 2003
By Docendo Discimus (Vita scholae) - See all my reviews
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Bad Company's albums were often rather uneven, but this their 1974 debut album is strong almost all the way through, and the group's best offering, alongside "Straight Shooter".

Many of their best and best-known songs are here ("Can't Get Enough", "Ready For Love", "Bad Company" and the best of the lot, "Movin' On"), and "Bad Company" offers 34½ minutes of classic, stripped-down rock n' roll with a bluesy flavour. It may not be particularly original, but it combines good, solid seventies rock music, good musicianship and a great vocalist in former Free frontman Paul Rodgers.

The only "problem" is that the best songs on this album are all on their excellent compilation "10 From 6", but "Bad Company" is still an excellent record and a fine place to start if you're new to the band.

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Bad Company puts out one of the best Seventies debut albums, 30 Jan 2003
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Bad Company's self-titled 1974 debut release was the first album to come out on the Swan Song label other than Led Zeppelin. Fortunately it proved to be one of the better debut albums of the decade representing good old fashioned back to the basics rock 'n' roll. "Can't Get Enough" with its catchy guitar lick was the big hit off of the album, but my fav track is still the moody title track (i.e., "Bad Company" off of Bad Company's "Bad Company" album). Bad Company was a supergroup, with singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke coming from Free, guitarist Mick Ralphs from Mott the Hoople, and Boz Burrell from King Crimson and having more success than all of those groups put together with this first album. Following the Led Zeppelin model, strong vocalist Rodgers and blues-based guitarist Ralphs provide the heart and soul of the music, giving Bad Company its signature sound. Meanwhile, do you think AC/DC got their idea for the cover of "Back in Black" from this one? Unfortunately it was all downhill for the group from this first effort, with "Straight Shooter" being a step down and "Run with the Pack" continuing the slide. If you pick up their hits collection "10 from 6" (which ignores one of the first six albums anyhow) you will get the four best tracks from this one, which is the only album from Bad Company that really stands alone.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars How do you follow "Free"? Answer: "Bad Company"., 20 Nov 2001
By annormski@supanet.com (Manchester, UK.) - See all my reviews
Formed after the disintegration the seminal rock band, "Free", "Bad Company" pulls together again the phenomenal talents of Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke. This, their first album, is a powerful affirmation of the pre-eminence in the rock world of the totally brilliant vocals of Paul Rodgers and the album blends the moody, hypnotic riffs of the "Free" era with a new, sharp Rock n' Roll feel driven by some very serious percussion and bass.

The album gave rise to some classic tracks, the driving "Can't Get Enough" and the title track "Bad Company" being the obvious examples. The saying goes that if you're immune to the opening bars of "Can't Get Enough" you're immune to life...and sex...and drugs...and rock and roll!

The only way to really appreciate the quality of this album is to listen to it...LOUD! It's a gem and if you like your music to be vintage rock you need look no further than this first, and possibly finest album by Bad Co.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Bad Company
I had this as a vinyl many years ago.
It is a superb album with many fantastic tracks.
It is a very worthy album to add to any collection.
Published 1 month ago by J. D'albert

5.0 out of 5 stars a great hard rock disc
i think bad company's self titled album is one of the best hard rock albums ever and it has the masterpieces can't get enough, bad company, and moving on. Read more
Published 23 months ago by for whom the bell tolls

5.0 out of 5 stars Brazen and brilliant
Way back in the 1970s, a friend persuaded me that the best Bad Company album was 'Straight Shooter,' so that was the first of their albums I listened to. Read more
Published on 29 Sep 2007 by D. J. H. Thorn

3.0 out of 5 stars Somewhere in between 'Free' and 'Reef'
For most of us and, it would seem the band members themselves, the main point of Bad Company was to continue from where Free signed off with 'Heartbreaker' (which, to my ears, is... Read more
Published on 3 Aug 2007 by Gavin Wilson

5.0 out of 5 stars best sounding verson of this great band
This 24 karet gold cd is a must for a bad company fan, Steve Hoffman has done it again,he has the magic touch, i have the remasterd verson from the late 90,s which sounds great,... Read more
Published on 17 Oct 2006 by MR MARK

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than Free - possibly
If you were a Free fan back in the days then this is a natural progression. It carries on in the same musical traditions but there is a more "rock" defined direction to the album... Read more
Published on 12 Feb 2006 by metalhip

5.0 out of 5 stars Original And Best
Their greatest work, includes rock classics like "Can't Get Enough" and "Bad Company". In my view they are just a bit better and a bit more rockier than Free, Rodgers first band... Read more
Published on 3 May 2002 by jtbturnbull

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