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Bad Company (album)
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| Studio album by Bad Company | |||||
| Released | June 15, 1974 | ||||
| Recorded | November 1973 at Headley Grange | ||||
| Genre | Hard rock | ||||
| Length | 35:02 | ||||
| Label | Swan Song Records | ||||
| Producer | Bad Company | ||||
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Bad Company is the eponymous debut album by hard rock band Bad Company.
The album was recorded at a mansion known as Headley Grange with The Ronnie Lane Mobile Truck in November of 1973.
The album peaked at #1 on the Billboard's Pop Albums chart (North America). Since then the album has sold in excess of five million copies according to the RIAA.[1]
The singles "Can't Get Enough" and "Movin' On" peaked at #5 and #19 respectively. "Rock Steady", "Bad Company" and "Ready for Love" (the latter originally recorded by BadCo guitarist Mick Ralphs during his tenure with Mott the Hoople) are also "classic rock" radio staples.
In 2006 a limited edition CD of 24K Gold was released. It had taken over a year to find the original master tapes, then the analog masters were put through proprietary A/D converter which adds true "breath of life" to the music. Another remaster was previously released in 1994.
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- "Can't Get Enough" (Ralphs) – 4:15
- "Rock Steady" (Rodgers) – 3:46
- "Ready for Love" (Ralphs) – 5:02
- "Don't Let Me Down" (Ralphs/Rodgers) – 4:22
- "Bad Company" (Kirke/Rodgers) – 4:50
- "The Way I Choose" (Rodgers) – 5:05
- "Movin' On" (Ralphs) – 3:21
- "Seagull" (Ralphs/Rodgers) – 4:06
- Mick Ralphs– guitar, keyboards
- Boz Burrell – bass
- Paul Rodgers – guitar, piano, accordion, vocals
- Simon Kirke – drums
- Sue & Sunny (Sue Glover & Sunny Leslie) – backing vocals
- Mel Collins – saxophone
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1974 | Pop Albums | 1 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1974 | "Can't Get Enough" | Pop Singles | 5 |
| 1975 | "Movin' On" | Pop Singles | 19 |
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| Paul Rodgers · Mick Ralphs · Boz Burrell · Simon Kirke Brian Howe · Robert Hart · Steve Price · Felix Krish · Rick Wills · Dave Colwell · Jaz Lochrie · Mark Wolfe |
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| Studio albums | Bad Company · Straight Shooter · Run With the Pack · Burnin' Sky · Desolation Angels · Rough Diamonds · Fame and Fortune · Dangerous Age · Holy Water · Here Comes Trouble · Company of Strangers · Stories Told & Untold · Merchants of Cool |
| Live albums | What You Hear Is What You Get · Live in Albuquerque 1976 |
| Films and videos | Merchants of Cool · Inside Bad Company 1974-1982 |
| Compilation albums | 10 from 6 · The Original Bad Company Anthology · Merchants of Cool |