Bad Company (album)

Bad Company
Studio album by Bad Company
Released 26 June 1974
Recorded November 1973
Studio Headley Grange, East Hampshire, England[1]
Genre Hard rock, blues rock[2]
Length 34:45
Label Island (UK)
Swan Song (US)
Producer Bad Company
Bad Company chronology
Bad Company
(1974)		 Straight Shooter
(1975)
Singles from Bad Company
  1. "Can't Get Enough"
    Released: August 12, 1974
  2. "Movin' On"
    Released: 1974
  3. "Bad Company"
    Released: 1974
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Rolling Stonefavourable[4]

Bad Company is the debut studio album by the English hard rock supergroup Bad Company. The album was recorded at Headley Grange with Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio in November 1973,[1] and it was the first album released on Led Zeppelin's Swan Song Records label.[5]

Reception and legacy

The album reached the top of the US Billboard 200.[6] Since then, the album has been certified five times platinum by the RIAA, and became the 46th best selling album of the 1970s.[7] The album spent 25 weeks in the UK Albums Chart, entering at No. 10 and reaching its highest position of No. 3 in the second week.[8] Kerrang! magazine listed the album at No. 40 among the "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time".[9] The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[10]

The singles "Can't Get Enough" and "Movin' On" peaked at No. 5 and No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively.[11] "Rock Steady", "Bad Company" and "Ready for Love" (the last originally recorded by guitarist Mick Ralphs during his tenure with Mott the Hoople on All the Young Dudes) are also classic rock radio staples.[12]

Versions

The album was remastered and re-released in 1994. In 2006 an audiophile mastered 24K gold CD was released by Audio Fidelity.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Can't Get Enough"Mick Ralphs4:17
2."Rock Steady"Paul Rodgers3:47
3."Ready for Love" (Mott the Hoople cover)Ralphs5:03
4."Don't Let Me Down"Rodgers, Ralphs4:22
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Bad Company"Rodgers, Simon Kirke4:51
6."The Way I Choose"Rodgers5:06
7."Movin' On"Ralphs3:24
8."Seagull"Rodgers, Ralphs4:04

Personnel

Bad Company

Per sleeve notes[1]

Additional personnel

Per sleeve notes[1]

Charts

Album
Chart (1974) Peak
position
Canada (RPM)[13] 7
Norway (VG-lista)[14] 17
UK (The Official Charts Company)[15] 3
US Billboard 200[6] 1
Chart (1975) Peak
position
New Zealand (RIANZ)[16] 27
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1974 "Can't Get Enough" Pop Singles 5
1975 "Movin' On" Pop Singles 19

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Bad Company (Vinyl sleeve). Bad Company. Island Records. 1974. back cover.
  2. ↑ "The Top 30 British Blues Rock Albums Of All Time". Classic Rock. Future plc. 23 March 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  3. ↑ Baksi, Gautam. Album review Bad Company at AllMusic. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  4. ↑ Scoppa, Bud. "Album review Bad Company". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  5. ↑ Reiff, Corbin (7 May 2014). "The History of Swan Song Records". ultimateclassicrock.com. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Bad Company – Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  7. ↑ "Bad Company RIAA certification". www.riaa.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24.
  8. ↑ "UK chart history – Bad Company Bad Company". www.chartstats.com. Archived from the original on 30 August 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  9. ↑ Johnson, Howard (21 January 1989). "Bad Company 'Bad Company'". Kerrang!. 222. London, UK: Spotlight Publications Ltd. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  10. ↑ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (7 February 2006). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 0-7893-1371-5.
  11. ↑ "Bad Company – Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  12. ↑ Berman, Eric. "Song Of The Day – "Ready For Love" by Bad Company". internetfm.com. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  13. ↑ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  14. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Bad Company – Bad Co". norwegiancharts.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  15. ↑ "1974-06-22 Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive". Official Charts. 22 June 1974. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  16. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Bad Company – Bad Co". charts.org.nz. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
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