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Bad Company (Remastered)

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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.

© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo

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1
Can't Get Enough
00:04:17

Barry Diament, MasteringEngineer - RON NEVISON, Mixer, Engineer - Simon Kirke, Drums - Bad Company, Producer, MainArtist - Mick Ralphs, Writer, Lead Guitar - Boz Burrell, Bass - Paul Rodgers, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - Steve Hoffman, MasteringEngineer - Ron Fawcus, Tape Operator Engineer - Beverly Taddei, Production Co-ordinator

© 1974 Swan Song ℗ 1974 Swan Song Inc.

2
Rock Steady (2015 Remaster)
00:03:47

Mel Collins, Saxophone - George Marino, MasteringEngineer - RON NEVISON, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Simon Kirke, Drums - Bad Company, MainArtist - Boz Burrell, Bass Guitar - Paul Rodgers, Guitar, Vocals, Writer

© 1974 Swan Song ℗ 1974 Swan Song Inc.

3
Ready for Love (2009 Remaster)
00:05:03

George Marino, MasteringEngineer - RON NEVISON, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Simon Kirke, Drums - Bad Company, MainArtist - Mick Ralphs, Guitar, Keyboards, Writer - Boz Burrell, Bass Guitar - Paul Rodgers, Lead Vocals - Ron Fawcus, Engineer

© 1974 Swan Song ℗ 1974 Swan Song Inc.

4
Don't Let Me Down (2015 Remaster)
00:04:22

George Marino, MasteringEngineer - RON NEVISON, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Simon Kirke, Drums - Bad Company, MainArtist - Mick Ralphs, Guitar, Writer - Boz Burrell, Bass Guitar - Paul Rodgers, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Writer - Ron Fawcus, Engineer - Sue and Sunny, Background Vocals

© 1974 Swan Song ℗ 1974 Swan Song Inc.

5
Bad Company (2015 Remaster)
00:04:51

RON NEVISON, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Simon Kirke, Drums, Writer - Bad Company, MainArtist - Mick Ralphs, Guitar - Boz Burrell, Bass Guitar - Paul Rodgers, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer - Ron Fawcus, Engineer

© 1974 Swan Song ℗ 1974 Swan Song Inc.

6
The Way I Choose (2015 Remaster)
00:05:06

Mel Collins, Saxophone - George Marino, MasteringEngineer - RON NEVISON, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Simon Kirke, Drums - Bad Company, MainArtist - Mick Ralphs, Keyboards - Boz Burrell, Bass Guitar - Paul Rodgers, Guitar, Writer - Ron Fawcus, Engineer

© 1974 Swan Song ℗ 1974 Swan Song Inc.

7
Movin' On (2015 Remaster)
00:03:24

RON NEVISON, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Simon Kirke, Drums - Bad Company, MainArtist - Mick Ralphs, Guitar, Writer - Boz Burrell, Bass Guitar - Paul Rodgers, Lead Vocals - Ron Fawcus, Engineer

© 1974 Swan Song ℗ 1974 Swan Song Inc.

8
Seagull (2015 Remaster)
00:04:03

George Marino, MasteringEngineer - RON NEVISON, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Bad Company, Writer, MainArtist - Mick Ralphs, Guitar, Writer - Boz Burrell, Bass Guitar - Paul Rodgers, Acoustic Guitar, Tambourine, Writer - Ron Fawcus, Engineer

© 1974 Swan Song ℗ 1974 Swan Song Inc.

Album review

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.

© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo

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